The passionate story of Tessa and Hardin continues as family secrets, deep betrayals, and career opportunities threaten to tear them apart.

This is the sequel (continuation) of After. Hardin and Tessa's relationship will be tested in ways she never expected, but he knew of all along.

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

ABOUT THE BOOK: **A Watty Award 2020 Winner in the Literary Fiction category! Featured Wattpad Editors' Pick!** Nora and Rainey Ko-Harvey are sisters who couldn't be more different in temperament. Rainey impulsively follows her heart; Nora, the epitome of restraint, (over)thinks things. Yet they're still best friends. Along with their mother, they run the family business-a San Francisco tea salon-while navigating the ups and downs of romance, ambitions, and careers. When tragedy strikes their family, their world is turned upside down-yet grief brings new possibilities for love and success. Told with humor and warmth, HEARTS & MINDS is a beautifully executed novel about the many forms love can take.