Babette Darmody a 19 year old girl from New York City moves to Franklin County, Virginia with her father and two older brothers. After suffering a tragic loss the family move to Virginia for a new start and what they think would be a quiet country life... That is until Babette finds herself in the presence of the Bondurant brothers. Babette's older brothers who are very overprotective of her do not want her with any man especially with a man who has his own legend. From tragedy you find hope and in hope you sometimes find love but that doesn't mean it comes easily for Babette.

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.

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.

Amelia is the twin sister of Stefan Salvatore, and little sister to Damon. She had no intentions of visiting her home town again, but when Stefan contacts her, asking her to come back to Mystic Falls, she discovers that something big is going down in the supernatural world. Something to do with a certain Original Vampire she'd planned to avoid for the rest of her life.