SarahADChicago

The world didn't end all at once. It unraveled one terrible choice at a time.When James and Maggie find each other in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, survival stops being about simply making it to tomorrow. As strangers become family and every safe haven proves temporary, they're forced to build a life in a world determined to take it away.With danger waiting beyond every tree line and impossible decisions around every corner, they'll discover that hope is as fragile as it is stubborn... and that love can still grow, even after the end of the world.Sometimes the hardest part of surviving isn't fighting the dead.It's finding something worth living for.…

SarahADChicago

Mia thought college would be her reinvention arc.Instead, sophomore year starts with public humiliation, unresolved body image issues, a deeply concerning dependence on iced coffee, and a library floor incident that nearly results in her dying of embarrassment in front of an annoyingly attractive stranger.Jesse was supposed to be temporary. Just a cute guy in the library with suspiciously nice hands and an emotionally stable response to chaos.Unfortunately, he keeps showing up.Between late-night study sessions, campus concerts, awkward flirting, hockey games, disastrous attempts at becoming "effortlessly pretty," and Mia's ongoing war against her own brain, the line between friendship and something much more dangerous starts getting blurry.Funny, messy, painfully honest, and full of the kinds of moments that feel small until they change your life forever, Better with Time is a story about growing up, learning how to take up space, and realizing some people don't just see the version of you that you're trying to hide.…

SarahADChicago

Rules are meant to be broken. Except for Daisy's. Her rules keep her sane.At twenty-two, grad student Daisy Peters has her entire life mapped out to precision-a necessity when you're constantly battling a hyper-analytical mind and a mountain of internal anxiety. Intimacy is a liability, vulnerability is a trap, and relationships? Absolutely out of the question.Enter Shawn. He's a freshman, an athlete, and everything Daisy's rigid logic says she should avoid. After a chaotic, accidental one-night stand breaks her ultimate rule, they strike a deal: no strings attached, strict boundaries, and absolutely no falling in love. Terms and conditions apply.But Shawn isn't the superficial player he pretends to be, and he has a habit of showing up exactly when Daisy's walls start to crumble. As their casual arrangement blurs into late-night text threads and unexpected safety, Daisy is forced to face the ultimate terrifying question: What happens when the only person who can quiet your mind is the one person you didn't allow yourself to keep?…