Janelle Armstrong

Biography

Since my grandmother's gift of a Nancy Drew book long ago, I've been a prolific reader. From historical romance to mysteries and thrillers, I've always had my nose in a book. Long bus rides back and forth to work went by quickly while caught up in a fictional character's hair-raising adventures. Luckily, I never missed my stop! I have two dystopian series out now. The Barren Plains Series (Exile, Book 1, Brace, Book 2 and Clash, Book 3) and The Extinction Archives (The Drifters, Book 1, The Seekers, Book 2 and The Outcasts, Book 3). My new book is a stand-alone romantic suspense called Entwined. All are available in ebook or paperback.

Series

The Extinction Archives
An apocalyptic scourge has destroyed all plant life. Surrounded by toxic chemical barriers to keep the scourge out, the last of the human race live in the few remaining Green Zones. Sixteen-year-old Iris is part of a group of Drifters who fight to survive while evading the lawless groups that prey upon them. Desperate to find safety, they forage small, deserted towns and avoid the dominant city of their zone where corruption and starvation rule. But time is running out, and Iris discovers the key to their survival may come from an unexpected source that will change their lives forever.
The Drifters
Price: $2.99 USD.
The Seekers
Price: $2.99 USD.
The Outcasts
Price: $2.99 USD.
The Barren Plains
The earth is a wasteland after climate change and a global pandemic devastated the surface decades before. Seventeen year old Ro lives in the underground city of Arcadia, the last remnant of survivors who fled the apocalypse above. Accused of a crime she didn't commit, she is banished to the surface. Will she be able to find a way to survive?
Exile
Price: $2.99 USD.
Brace
Price: $2.99 USD.
Clash
Price: $2.99 USD.

Books

The Runaway
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 73,370. Language: English. Published: January 18, 2023 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense
Brie is being framed for a crime she didn't commit, and someone wants her dead. Now she's on the run. Her last safe refuge is complicated by a grumpy hunk who just wants to be left alone. Harper is fighting his own demons and wants his privacy, but after the spark he feels from his first encounter with Brie, he finds himself in the reluctant role of her protector.
Entwined
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 70,790. Language: English. Published: July 13, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense
As a teenager, April escaped from a secret lab where she and eleven others endured horrific experiments. Years later, the danger returns. To fight back, she must find the only other survivor, but she doesn't know where he is or who he is.
The Outcasts
Series: The Extinction Archives, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 69,970. Language: English. Published: April 17, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General
Wren is part of a band of outcasts who steal to help struggling survivors on the last remaining Green Zone on Earth. When the news comes that the toxic barrier holding the scourge back is breaking down, the outcasts must find a way to help those that are left. A boy she has grown to love holds the key to their survival, but may have to sacrifice himself to save them.
The Seekers
Series: The Extinction Archives, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 72,810. Language: English. Published: July 29, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General
Fleeing a world on the brink of extinction, a few survivors discover a mysterious cave that transports them to a sister world they call New Dawn. But their new home holds both wonder and danger. It is a land filled with animals that have been extinct for thousands of years. Can they survive in this new world?
The Drifters
Series: The Extinction Archives, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 70,480. Language: English. Published: October 15, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
An apocalyptic scourge has destroyed all plant life. Surrounded by toxic chemical barriers to keep the scourge out, the last of the human race live in the few remaining Green Zones. Sixteen-year-old Iris is part of a group of Drifters who fight to survive while evading the lawless groups that prey upon them.
Clash
Series: The Barren Plains, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 71,340. Language: English. Published: November 16, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General
Ro’s life changed the minute she was banished from the underground city of Arcadia. Now fearing Gray has betrayed her, Ro and her friends prepare to fight an enemy bent on their destruction. Desperate choices will be made, and lives will be changed forever in the battle to protect their home. Before it ends, Ro will have to face an adversary who will stop at nothing to destroy her.
Brace
Series: The Barren Plains, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 74,390. Language: English. Published: June 9, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General
After her banishment from the underground city of Arcadia, Ro has found a new home and friends, but Gray, the young recluse who saved her, is gone. When he suddenly returns to warn everyone of a threat that may destroy them all, she and Gray go to warn others, but their journey reveals a terrible discovery about Gray’s past that just may tear them apart.
Exile
Series: The Barren Plains, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 69,800. Language: English. Published: November 18, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
The earth is a wasteland after climate change and a global pandemic devastated the surface decades before. Seventeen-year-old Ro lives in the underground city of Arcadia, the last remnant of civilization. Accused of a crime she didn’t commit she is banished to the surface, but the world above holds both beauty and danger, and she must depend on a reclusive young survivor to teach her how to live.