From the Ashes by Laramie Briscoe

The world ended four years ago, and somehow, I’m still standing.

Elizabeth Harper
I’ve lost everyone I ever loved to the aftermath of Eruption. With nothing left to my name but a backpack and protection, I’m headed south toward rumors of a community near what used to be Nashville. I’ve been alone long enough to know that alone might be the only way to stay alive.
Then Knox Brown steps out of the rubble looking like salvation and danger all at once.
I had a crush on him once, back when life was ordinary and he was the star quarterback in high school. Now he’s a former deputy with long dark hair, haunted eyes, and a motorcycle. He’s heading the same direction I am.
Traveling together makes sense. It’s safer and much more practical. At least that’s what I keep telling myself.
It has nothing to do with the way my pulse jumps every time he speaks.
Knox has spent four years convincing himself he doesn’t need anyone. But the moment I nearly walk away, something he thought was long dead flickers back to life.
With dangerous gangs on the roads, dwindling resources, and a world that’s lost its rules, trusting anyone is a gamble. Trusting each other might be the most dangerous bet of all.
But in a world built on what was, we might just be each other’s reason to believe in what could be.

From the Ashes is a post-apocalyptic survival romance about two people from the same hometown, finding hope at the end of the world.