What Remains: A Gritty Age-Gap Post-Apocalyptic Romance

The world ended. But in the silence, two survivors might find something more dangerous than death – connection.

After society collapses under nuclear fire and plague, 17-year-old tech scavenger Alex Reyes flees the ruins of Portland with a backpack full of salvaged electronics and a desperate dream of rebuilding.

Diana Morrison, a 44-year-old former corporate VP hardened by loss, escapes Salt Lake City with nothing but a rifle and an iron will.

When their paths converge at a remote mountain cabin, trust is a luxury neither can afford. He’s impulsive, brilliant, and starved for connection. She’s guarded, pragmatic, and unwilling to let anyone close.

But winter is coming fast – and in a world overrun by the infected and fractured by fear, survival means sharing space, secrets… and something even more dangerous: hope.

As the firelight flickers and days grow shorter, their uneasy alliance deepens. Her maternal instincts blur with forbidden desire. His adolescent longing sharpens into love – messy, sincere, and all too real.

Can two fractured souls build something worth living for in a world that’s already ended?

A slow-burn, emotionally intense post-apocalyptic romance about survival, intimacy, and the fragile line between dependence and devotion. For readers who crave both grit and grace.