Henley Smith lives a perfect life. Coming to the end of her senior year and being accepted into her dream college she has maintained good grades with a seemingly "good girl status." But what Henley wasn't expecting two days before her 19th birthday that her whole world was about to change. Carter Brown is a bad boy on a motorcycle and has been living his own life since high school. He finds himself in a small town when disaster hits. Unsure of what to do or where to go he decides to follow the dirt road that leads him to more then what he expected.

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.