16 must-read survival books like Withering Hope by Layla Hagen

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Withering Hope

By: Layla Hagen

3.97

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Aimee’s wedding is supposed to turn out perfect. Her dress, her fiancé and the location—the idyllic…

"When you find the person who sees you clearer than you see yourself, you know you've found true love."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

"When you find the person who sees you clearer than you see yourself, you know you've found true love."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

"When you find the person who sees you clearer than you see yourself, you know you've found true love."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

"Love has an effect few other things have: to empower you with happiness, and at the same time, strip you of all power, making you a prisoner of fear."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

If you liked the survival plot in Withering Hope by Layla Hagen , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Unseen Messages

By: Pepper Winters

4.19

Format: 590 pages, Paperback

"There is a message for everything. From handwritten to verbal, seen and unseen. Messages exist al… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Winters's Unseen Messages book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
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2. Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)

By: Shay Savage

4.03

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Librarian's note: This is an Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00IFV9AXY. It's said that women … read more

Similar categories in Shay Savage's Transcendence (Transcendence, #1) book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"Beh reaches up and touches my cheek. “Love,"

-Shay Savage, Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)

"My mate is really, really weird. She is also absolutely covered in brown, mushy clay. She laughs and holds a large lump up to show it to me. Her mouth moves, and she makes enough noise to scare away …"

-Shay Savage, Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)

"In the darkness of the cave, there is a light inside her eyes that makes my heart beat faster. I know the emotions I see there are also reflected in my own gaze though I have never felt this way befo…"

-Shay Savage, Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)

"I wonder what I will do if she doesn't wake up, and I don't have an answer. As I lie back down next to her and pull her into my arms, my stomach growls, and suddenly I know exactly what I will do. If…"

-Shay Savage, Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)

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3. On the Island (On the Island, #1)

By: Tracey Garvis Graves

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a job tutoring T.J. Callahan at his fa… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Garvis Graves's On the Island (On the Island, #1) book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • adventure
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"We were eating lunch when a chicken walked out of the woods. “Anna, look behind you."

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"You named the chicken, Chicken?" She looked embarrassed. "When we decided not to kill it, I got attached."

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"What's it like being with her? Is it true what they say about older chicks?" "She's not that much older." "Uh, okay. So anyway, how is it?" "It's incredible." "What's she do" "She does everything, Be…"

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

"This next part might cheer you up. So my mom told me she was gonna drive me to my appointment at the sperm bank, and she handed me one of my dad's Playboys --I had something way dirtier stashed in my…"

-Tracey Garvis Graves, On the Island (On the Island, #1)

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4. Savage

By: Kat Austen

3.81

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

He's been alone for years. Marooned on a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, he lon… read more

Similar categories in Kat Austen's Savage book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • contemporary romance
  • contemporary
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5. Hold (Hold, #1)

By: Zannie Adams , Claire Kent

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Find the strongest man there. Give yourself to him in return for protection. It’s the only way you’… read more

Similar categories in Zannie Adams's Hold (Hold, #1) book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • adult
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6. Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1)

By: Shay Savage

4.01

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

As the captain of a schooner catering to the elite on the Caribbean Seas, Sebastian Stark does his … read more

Similar categories in Shay Savage's Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1) book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • adventure
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
"Maybe I was in love with the idea of love."

-Shay Savage, Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1)

"I don't recall telling you I was anything other than a lunatic."

-Shay Savage, Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1)

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7. Withering Hope

By: Layla Hagen

3.97

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Aimee’s wedding is supposed to turn out perfect. Her dress, her fiancé and the location—the idyllic… read more

Similar categories in Layla Hagen's Withering Hope book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • adventure
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"When you find the person who sees you clearer than you see yourself, you know you've found true love."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

"Love has an effect few other things have: to empower you with happiness, and at the same time, strip you of all power, making you a prisoner of fear."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

"I used to hate waking up every morning. Now I look forward to every day, even though we're stuck in this place. Because it means one more day with you."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

"I need you in a way I never thought I could need anything. It's like air. You don't notice how much you need it until you don't have it. I love you, Aimee."

-Layla Hagen, Withering Hope

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8. Uncharted

By: Julie Johnson

3.75

Format: None pages, None

From internationally bestselling author Julie Johnson comes an action-packed story of survival and… read more

Similar categories in Julie Johnson's Uncharted book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • adventure
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
"They say the average human heart beats 2.5 billion times over the course of a lifetime. 2.5 billion heartbeats. And every one of mine belongs to him."

-Julie Johnson, Uncharted

"Quite the opposite actually. I think having hope is one of the most important things you can do. Once you let go of it, despair takes over. Despair will kill you quicker than hope ever could. So if y…"

-Julie Johnson, Uncharted

"I am a cherry blossom tree hit with the first hints of spring. Something dormant inside me has stirred awake after a long hibernation. Something I’m not sure I even realized lurked there, waiting to …"

-Julie Johnson, Uncharted

"I know how his mind works, how his heart beats. I know the sound of his sighs and the break in his laugh. I know him like the breath in my lungs, the blood in my veins. And so I know… I am not the on…"

-Julie Johnson, Uncharted

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9. The Island

By: Daya Daniels

3.84

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

One island. Two people. A spider monkey. Far from the only home they've ever known. Would you ac… read more

Similar categories in Daya Daniels's The Island book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
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10. Lost with You (Lost and Found #1)

By: Anna Lenore

3.83

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A tragic act of fate becomes an epic journey toward love… Tired of following in her father’s foo… read more

Similar categories in Anna Lenore's Lost with You (Lost and Found #1) book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • survival
Cover of Fall (Hold, #3) by Claire Kent

11. Fall (Hold, #3)

By: Claire Kent

3.88

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

As a pilot and a smuggler, Lenna has spent her life flying under the radar in Coalition space--taki… read more

Similar categories in Claire Kent's Fall (Hold, #3) book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • audiobook
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12. Embers (Kindled, #3)

By: Claire Kent

3.87

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

I never thought I'd live through an apocalypse, but I guess no one ever does. Now my family's gone,… read more

Similar categories in Claire Kent's Embers (Kindled, #3) book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
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13. Moonshine

By: Kat Bostick

3.90

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

When I started college in Seattle, I expected that I would change. What I didn’t expect was that I … read more

Similar categories in Kat Bostick's Moonshine book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
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14. Haven (Kindled, #1)

By: Claire Kent

3.89

Format: 169 pages, Kindle Edition

Maybe Jackson would be different if he were in love. If he were in a relationship. Or if the world … read more

Similar categories in Claire Kent's Haven (Kindled, #1) book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
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15. Last Light

By: Claire Kent

3.98

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

It only took four years for the world to fall apart. Now the last member of my family has died, an… read more

Similar categories in Claire Kent's Last Light book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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16. Whiteout (Survival Instincts, #1)

By: Adriana Anders

3.73

Format: 514 pages, Kindle Edition

Angel Smith is finally ready to leave Antarctica for a second chance at life. But on what was meant… read more

Similar categories in Adriana Anders's Whiteout (Survival Instincts, #1) book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"The Ice Man… cometh."

-Adriana Anders, Whiteout (Survival Instincts, #1)

"He rose. “Come here."

-Adriana Anders, Whiteout (Survival Instincts, #1)

"I thought you were a jerk."

-Adriana Anders, Whiteout (Survival Instincts, #1)

"You feel a loss of control?"

-Adriana Anders, Whiteout (Survival Instincts, #1)

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17. If We Disappear Here

By: Mindy Hayes

4.22

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

They are marionettes under a concrete sky. Pain shoots through Maeve Campbell’s body when she wa… read more

Similar categories in Mindy Hayes's If We Disappear Here book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • suspense
  • contemporary
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18. Found with You (Lost and Found #2)

By: Anna Lenore

3.77

Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition

The journey continues… Their tiny island in the middle of the Pacific had been home for almost f… read more

Similar categories in Anna Lenore's Found with You (Lost and Found #2) book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
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19. The Stranding

By: A.L. Nelson

3.86

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

The only thing better than a vacation in the tropics is surviving it. Savannah Dalton leaves her f… read more

Similar categories in A.L. Nelson's The Stranding book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

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20. Alone Together

By: Cristelle Comby

4.03

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

They need all their wits to survive. But a language barrier could leave them dead in the water. … read more

Similar categories in Cristelle Comby's Alone Together book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • survival
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21. Into the Blue

By: Robin Huber

4.02

Format: 474 pages, Kindle Edition

When Makayla Evans discovers that her employer — a pharmaceutical trailblazer — is dabbling in Dark… read more

Similar categories in Robin Huber's Into the Blue book and Layla Hagen's Withering Hope

  • romance
  • survival
  • contemporary romance
  • suspense

12 Best contemporary books like Withering Hope by Layla Hagen

Transform Your Habits

Unseen Messages

Pepper Winters

4.19

Transform Your Habits

On the Island (On the Island, #1)

Tracey Garvis Graves

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Savage

Kat Austen

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1)

Shay Savage

4.01

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16 must-read contemporary books like The Island by Daya Daniels

Transform Your Habits

Hate to Love You

Elise Alden

3.81

Transform Your Habits

On the Island (On the Island, #1)

Tracey Garvis Graves

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Two Alone

Sandra Brown

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Surviving Raine (Surviving Raine, #1)

Shay Savage

4.01

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