Winters in London are cold. Harry drinks tea to keep warm. Lena doesn't like that. She's much more of a coffee person, really.

Harry Styles, the brooding and intolerable tattoo parlour owner, meets River, a stubborn and somewhat oblivious girl, who just doesn't understand the reasoning behind his nefarious ways but is determined to find out. River comes to realize that Harry's hiding something much deeper than expected... only once those secrets come to the surface, it's too late to turn back. -- *18+ // Story Contains Mature and Explicit Content*

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.

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.

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

*Mature Audiences* The Black Swan, Odile, known for being a sensual, dark figure in ballet. Odette, the White Queen, known for being pure and innocent. Odette Graff, better known as her stage name Odette Ricci, must fulfill the role of the Black Swan. If she wants her name to go down in history like the longstanding line of Ricci dancers before her. Her simple nature may be her downfall, or so she thinks. That is, until the rude, annoying man came into the Company. He despised her in the beginning because of a dark memory in the past, but he offers his services. The two have a history that she doesn't even know about. Lies, family secrets, sex, deception, betrayal, and past demons all entangled her life and sweep her under. Will Odette lose her own inner White Queen? Or will she become black hearted like the women before her? Will Harry Styles truly corrupt her like he planned for his own revenge or will he end up discovering her sweet nature is what he really wants? Who truly is... The Black Swan? If all truths come out, who will be left to take a bow? Copyright ©writetospeak 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This story will be aimed at mature readers, contains: alcohol, drugs, and sexual content.