Beneath Blood and Bone (Thicker Than Blood Book 2) by Madeline Sheehan and Claire C. Riley

The world is over. What remains is far worse.

They call him Eagle—a symbol of freedom in a place where none exists. In the aftermath of civilization’s fall, his name should mean hope. Instead, it inspires fear.

Autumn hasn’t spoken her name in years. Hidden deep within a ravine, she’s survived by becoming invisible. In a world where every encounter ends in blood or chains, solitude is her only safety. Until she’s taken…

Dragged into a settlement known as Purgatory, Autumn is thrust into a society more twisted than the wilderness she left behind. Here, monsters don’t hide; they wear human faces. And the most dangerous among them have already chosen her.

Eagle never planned to be anyone’s savior. Hardened by loss, he knows exactly what Purgatory does to the weak. But something about Autumn—her silence, her refusal to break—awakens something buried deep within him.

In one act of defiance, their fates collide. Forced together in a place where trust is a liability, Eagle and Autumn must form a fragile alliance that could save them…or destroy them. Because in Purgatory, every bond is tested, and love might be the one thing that gets you killed.

But when the world has already taken everything…is risking your heart the only way to take something back?