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The After
Series · 5 books · 2021-2023

Books in series

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#0.5

The Beginning of the End

2021

It's the beginning of the end... Seventeen-year old Cassie is home alone planning her first ever house party, unaware the deadly Sy-V virus has begun to ravage humanity. But when most of her classmates fail to show for the party, she can't contact her parents, and her best friend becomes sick, in the blink of an eye her entire world changes. Stephen has lived next door to Cassie forever, only as the virus tears their friends and family apart, the boy-next-door suddenly becomes a hero burning brightly in the devastating dark of their new world. But no way could she fall in love. Not at this moment. With this boy. Right? This novella is a prequel to The After series, which begins with After Today.
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#1

After Today

2021

Can love survive an apocalypse? After a deadly virus ravages Chicago and destroys Mackenzie Lyons’ carefully curated world, Mac escapes the devastation and horror to her childhood hometown with the help of her best-friend’s little brother, Jake. But the small-minded community of Sanford isn’t exactly welcoming, and the virus isn’t the only battle brewing. Jake Brent has secretly loved Mac forever, and while this isn’t the way he’d dreamed of their relationship beginning, with the uncertainty of the outbreak he’ll take every opportunity with Mac he can and hope—pray—for a better future. But when Sanford’s misogynistic council torment the survivors with horrifying demands and a lawless motorcycle gang threatens their fragile sanctuary, somehow Jake and Mackenzie must form new alliances and face down dangerous enemies in a struggle far worse than the outbreak. Surviving the virus was one thing, surviving humanity after is another.
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#2

After Yesterday

2022

Surviving the virus was one thing, surviving humanity after is another. Rachel Davenport has always liked things ordered and neat, so when the Sy-V virus decimated the world around her, she was left reeling. With winter closing in and danger everywhere she turns, the last thing she needs is the unexpected arrival of her former high school sweetheart—a man who left her without so much as a goodbye. When James O’Connor crossed the country to declare his love for Rachel, the girl he left behind eight years ago, he knew he’d have a fight on his hands. But the girl he left has become a woman he struggles to recognize. As the apocalypse forces him to balance his morality against Rachel’s determination, can he cross the chasm growing between them? As humanity crumbles around them and survival becomes everything, James and Rachel must choose between what is smart, and what is right. The stakes are higher than ever… can love survive a second chance? —- Author’s note: After Yesterday is the second book in The After series of post-apocalyptic romance novels. If you love reading stories by Kate L. Mary, Kate Morris, T.L. Payne and Kyla Stone, then you will love this series. After Yesterday is a standalone story with no cliffhangers and a HEA, however will be enjoyed further by reading the other books in the series. Possible trigger warnings for violence against women and consensual rough sex; this is mature content written for 18+ readers - there is unsavory language and gratuitous sex. Lots of it.
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#3

After Tomorrow

2023

If you like the action of The Walking Dead, the friendship of Stand By Me, and the sizzle of Fifty Shades of Grey, you’re going to love the post-apocalyptic After series! The world is still ending, but now winter is closing in and it’s deadlier than ever. Sandford’s party girl, Kat Tenor, isn’t about to let something like the apocalypse ruin her fun. The Sy-V virus may have decimated the world around her, but it hasn’t dimmed her charisma. If anything, she’s even more determined to see the best in a critical situation. But when old secrets and new enemies challenge her at every turn and an impulsive act leads to devastating consequences, everything she’s fought to hold together begins to unravel. Quinn Brent, guard for the new Sanford, has admired Kat’s tenacity from afar for too long. He knows that beneath her bubbly, messy exterior lies someone who’s fiercely loyal and kind. So when the unthinkable happens, and Kat’s light dims too much for him to handle, Quinn has no choice but to step out of the shadows and take on a rescue mission of his own. To find the girl he loves and save her from herself. With brutally cold weather and their enemies closing in, the stakes are higher than ever… Can love survive the end of the world? \—- Author’s After Tomorrow is the third book in the After series of interconnected standalone post-apocalyptic romance novels, for fans of Kate L. Mary, Kate Morris, T.L. Payne, Stella Craig and Kyla Stone. After Tomorrow is a standalone story with no cliffhangers and a HEA, however will be enjoyed further by reading the other books in the series. This is mature content written for 18+ readers - there is unsavory language and gratuitous sex. Lots of it. ♡
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#4

After The End

2023

If you like the action of The Walking Dead, the friendship of Stand By Me, and the sizzle of Fifty Shades of Grey, you’re going to love the post-apocalyptic After series! The future was not promised to them, not unless they fought for it. The fourth and final instalment in The After post-apocalyptic romance series. This book gives Chloe her happily ever after... but will it be with Jesse, or Ash? \—- Author’s After Tomorrow is the third book in the After series of interconnected standalone post-apocalyptic romance novels, for fans of Kate L. Mary, Kate Morris, T.L. Payne, Stella Craig and Kyla Stone. After Tomorrow is a standalone story with no cliffhangers and a HEA, however will be enjoyed further by reading the other books in the series. This is mature content written for 18+ readers - there is unsavory language and gratuitous sex. Lots of it. ♡

Author

Jacqueline Hayley
Jacqueline Hayley
Author · 8 books

Jacqueline picked up her first Mills & Boon novel when she was 14, and fell head over heels in love with the romance of a happily-ever-after. Sweet Valley High just couldn’t compete after she got hooked on plucky heroines and dashing heroes. She has a Bachelor Degree in Print Journalism but, having always been tempted to embellish the facts of a story, decided she was more suited to writing works of fiction. She writes in between wrangling two daughters and her very own tall, handsome husband. *wink wink* IG | www.instagram.com/jacquelinehayleyrom... FB | www.facebook.com/jacquelinehayleyromance

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