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Love and Decay 3
Series · 12
books · 2014-2015

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Love and Decay 3, Episode One

2014

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. It’s been six months since Reagan Willow fled the Colony and Matthias Allen’s tyrannical clutches. Six months since she broke Hendrix Parker’s heart. Six months since she watched Kane Allen sacrifice his life to save hers. Whatever was left of her already-tattered life during the Zombie Apocalypse fell apart six months ago. Now, on the cusp of crossing the Mexican border, there is hope that she might lead her friends to a better existence. Except Zombies are only the beginning of their problems. Reagan and her friends must battle the elements, armies of Feeders and bounty hunters desperate to drag them back to the Colony to face their greatest threat. The Colony’s power stretches wide and far. Their only hope is to outrun Matthias and get to Mexico. Love and Decay, Episode One is the first episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Two

2014

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan has led her friends to Mexico, anxious to escape Matthias Allen’s pursuit of them. But Mexico is not exactly the exotic haven Reagan pictured. The price on Reagan’s head is too great for her to find peace. Soon bounty hunters catch up to them and the group is thrust into Post-Apocalyptic Mexican civilization. Reagan and the Parkers must fight their way through a language barrier, imprisonment and Zombie armies that are smarter and more evolved than ever. And then they must learn the hardest lesson yet: Matthias Allen is not their greatest threat. Love and Decay, Episode Two is the second episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Three

2015

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and her friends escaped Diego and his terrifying plans for them. But maybe that wasn’t the best decision after all. Without weapons, food or water, survival has become more than bleak. The Mexican wilderness offers little resources to their desperate circumstances and when Feeders find them, there is no hope of salvation. Until they stumble into a mine and find a miracle waiting for them. But a miracle in the Zombie Apocalypse is a double-edged sword; one they might soon wish had never found them. Love and Decay, Episode Three is the third episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Four

2015

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Haley Gable has never shied away from a challenge. She’s resilient, headstrong and in love with an equally determined Parker brother. But now she’s facing her biggest obstacle yet and there might not be a way for her to overcome. Haley is pregnant. In the middle of the Zombie Apocalypse. She didn’t think things could get more difficult for her after cannibals tried to eat her baby, but the end of world is full of surprises. Haley and Nelson find themselves on the block at a slave auction, they must think fast if they want to survive the day and stay together. Haley worries the stress isn’t good for the baby and when she’s suddenly faced with painful contractions while evil men bid on her, there isn’t time to think of an escape plan. She has to save her baby instead of herself. Love and Decay, Episode Four is the fourth episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Five

2015

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Things have been bad for Reagan and friends, but Raphael’s slaving camp might top them all. Unsure where Haley and Page were taken to, and faced with the evil that immediately surrounds her, Reagan is close to giving up. This life asks too much of her. This world demands too high a price. And yet, sometimes even in the darkest moments there is light. Just as Reagan faces yet more territory wars and an unthinkable bargain, help comes from a very unexpected place. Reagan is given another chance at freedom. And maybe another chance to right the mistakes of her past. Love and Decay, Episode Five is the fifth episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Six

2015

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Get Page back. That’s the only thing Reagan and her friends can focus on, but that is not the only problem facing them. While new allies provide valuable assistance, the outside world still threatens to tear this group apart. Finding the youngest Parker is their top priority, but danger lurks behind every corner and there are rumors that Matthias has made it to Mexico. Reagan will have to find a way to save Page and keep the rest of her enemies at bay long enough to find safety. Or is that only a myth? The help they have raises concerns and the help they need comes from a very unexpected place. Love and Decay, Episode Six is the sixth episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Seven

2015

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and the Parkers have finally rescued Page just in time for their favorite family activity- killing Zombies. When they are attacked in the middle of the night, Reagan heads out with some Parkers to protect the bungalow. It’s been a while since Reagan has gone head to head with a Zombie and she’s a little rusty. Thankfully, Hendrix has her back. And her heart. After another near death experience, Reagan and Hendrix are forced to face the feelings they’ve tried to bury. Hendrix has more to say and it is not what Reagan expects. When they finally find the courage to be honest with each other, can they come out on the other side unscathed? Or at the end of the world will they be able to find a happily ever after? Love and Decay, Episode Seven is the seventh episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Eight

2015

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Tyler Allen has spent a life time in hell. Long before the Zombie Apocalypse upended the rest of the world, she was forced to live under Matthias Allen’s tyranny. She thought she would spend her life under the control of her sadistic father. Until she met the Parkers. Vaughan Parker rescued Tyler from the Colony and saved her from a lifetime of pain and abuse. But he didn’t stop there. Tyler resisted Vaughan at first, but his tender charm and sweet patience wore her down. They became something more than friends and Tyler slowly adjusted to their new relationship. Now he’s asking something of her she’s afraid to give him, something she doesn’t know if she can give him. When the horrors of Tyler’s past finally catch up with her, she has to decide if she’s ready for everything Vaughan is offering or if she’s better off alone. Love and Decay, Episode Eight is the eighth episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Nine

2015

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan Willow has made a lot of enemies during her time in the Zombie Apocalypse, but one enemy stands above the rest. He has made it his mission in life to destroy her and he will stop at nothing to get his way. Matthias Allen lost his family because of Reagan and the Parkers. His wife and eldest son are dead at her hands and his other children have been stolen away from him. He wants Reagan to suffer like he has. He wants her head mounted on his mantle. He wants to rid the world of any opposition to his twisted plans and tyrannical dictatorship. After months of hunting, he finally has her in his possession. Reagan and Matthias are ready to end this conflict once and for all. They can’t exist in the same world. One of them has to die. Love and Decay, Episode Nine is the ninth episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Ten

2015

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and friends have worked hard to survive Mexico. They fought warlords and cannibals, slave traders and Matthias Allen. They fought and they survived. Colombia is closer than ever, and with it their dream for a better, safer life. But first they have to make it through Mexico City, a huge metropolis rife with civil war, intelligent Feeders like they have never seen and danger around every turn. As Reagan’s wounds heal and the Parkers look to the future, their close family is threatened yet again. But there’s more to life than fighting Zombies. There’s more to their world than decay. Love and Decay, Episode Ten is the tenth episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Eleven

2015

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and friends have found sanctuary with Tomás. The cathedral offers protection from Zombies and a place to rest and recuperate. But what happens when the outside world follows you inside? There is a greater hazard to the Parker family than Feeders and warlords. The evil at the end of the world has sunk its claws into one of the brothers and threatens to tear the family apart. Reagan must decide what’s best for the people she loves and find them safety, the kind that lasts. The kind of safety that will keep them together. Love and Decay, Episode Eleven is the eleventh episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Twelve

2015

Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. In the conclusion of Love and Decay, Season Three, Reagan and friends have made it to Colombia, but their fight out of hell is not over. Starving, dehydrated and out of ammo, the group is at their lowest. Even though they’ve reached their final destination, there is not much hope that they can survive the night. Exhaustion and grief have debilitated them until they are willing to make desperate, dangerous decisions. Decisions that might very well be the end of them. Is there hope at the end of the world? Can Reagan and her loved ones find the safety and security they’ve been searching for over the last three years? Or will the Zombie Apocalypse finally destroy them? Love and Decay, Episode Twelve is the final episode in Season Three of a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with. This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.

Author

Rachel Higginson
Rachel Higginson
Author · 86 books

Rachel Higginson is the best-selling author of The Five Stages of Falling in Love, Every Wrong Reason, Bet on Us and The Star-Crossed Series. She was born and raised in Nebraska, and spent her college years traveling the world. She fell in love with Eastern Europe, Paris, Indian Food and the beautiful beaches of Sri Lanka, but came back home to marry her high school sweetheart. Now she spends her days writing stories and raising five amazing kids.

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