He never knew life could be this way, but truly if he did, he wouldn't have cared. He cared about nothing, not even himself until her. Before her, he was empty/ Before her he knew nothing of joy or completion, and this is his journey to his life After her.

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.

Jett is a Junior at Smith High School in Austin, Texas. He has grown up around football his entire life. His friends and family plan on him going to Texas A and M and then going Pro. He has his future all planned until he meets Melody, the dirty hippie from Hippie Hollow. He becomes fascinated with her free lifestyle, but his parents and friends do not approve of their new friendship. What will they do to keep him away from her? How far are his loved ones willing to go to prove that he is too good for this girl? Melody's Favorite Quote: "Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man. Imagine all the people Sharing all the world." -John Lennon

"Some things never change and the intriguing things you fall in love with will sometimes become the things you don't like." -Courteney Cox Kail was once an innocent girl. She didn't know what it was like to fall in and out of love so easily. She also didn't know how love could change a person in so many different ways. The happiness it could bring or the pain it could cause was far beyond her understanding. That was all until she met him. He showed her just how consuming love could be, how addictive it could be, in the best and worst ways.