When the world falls apart, the characters hold on. To each other, to hope, and usually to a very good dog.

K.A. Jarvis writes survival stories with women at the center. Flawed, ordinary women who don't have all the answers but figure it out anyway. These books blend edge-of-your-seat tension with warmth, found family bonds, and the quiet stubborn refusal to give up.

If you like your survival fiction with heart, where the relationships matter as much as the danger, pull up a chair.