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.

[ 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 #𝟐 ] BEING EDITED! Luciano Mariano stayed quiet and poised, with corrupting intentions for anyone who crossed his path. It was the depths of darkness lurking within him. His enemies whispered his name with trepidation, for they knew the consequences of defying him. Luciano's methods were as brutal as they were efficient. Adeline Meadows, the young girl who grew up around scary men, and perfect women, but she just couldn't fit in. She always saw the good in people no matter how they treated her. Despite growing with dangerous - revolting men who scared her, she saw the good in each person. An angel who was always the second option, an angel only Luciano could save. ____________ Christian Kingston. By his last name, you know ego runs in his veins. Christian was a perfect made-man. Strong. Independent. And has his fun with manwhoring. He always knew someone obsessed over him. His best friend's baby sister, who always found her way to him. Not only was he twice her age. But she's so fucking innocent and annoying he hates it. But deep down, he wants that innocence. Valentina Lars always got what she wanted. Just not him. Just not Christian who she longed for. Not her prince charming, but her deepest desire she craved. She wanted him to degrade and ruin her. She wanted love. She wanted everything involving him. Valentina knew damn well he wasn't bound to be with her, but what happens when that temptation can't be held in? What happens when her desire acts on impulse, physically.

[ 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐃𝐔𝐄𝐓 #𝟐 ] 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐒 cold-hearted millionaire. After taking over Meadows Enterprise: Consultancy company. Involved in crime organizations. A man who doesn't see the good in people just deceives them and uses them like a pawn. 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐋 savage, feisty & a surgeon. On the day when the was the happiest girl on earth, she doesn't see the heartbreak that's coming for her. The enemy that she gave a chance, shattered her heart into a million pieces. Now, facing a family crisis, another mess her way. Grayson Meadows is back to win her heart back. Under one roof, living on the same floor, only one wall separates them from gaining back their pleasure.

(Book one of the rollercoaster love series) This is my take on the cliche (albeit awesome) football & cheerleader, best friend's brother, boy next door, bad boy & good girl, high school love story. *"Just being with you helps me," he whispered. He ran the back of his hand along my cheek. He leaned down and softly put his lips on mine. I put my hand on his cheek. I kissed him back for a moment before pulling away from him. I leaned my forehead against his. "I'm sorry." "No it's not that. We don't kiss when one of us isn't clear headed, that's the rule." "We have rules now?" he asked. I nodded. He hugged me tighter and laid his head against my shoulder. "What are our rules?" "We don't kiss when one of us isn't clear headed." He nodded and put one finger on my thigh. "We uh we don't kiss other people." He put a second finger on my thigh. "We don't take our anger out on each other." he kissed my shoulder and put a third finger onto my thigh. "We don't go further than kissing." he chuckled putting a fourth finger down. "And when we figure out what we want, we have to tell the other." His hand was now on my inner thigh. "And that's five."* This is the story of two childhood best friends. Leia Evans, the good girl, the head cheerleader, the girl every girl wants to be, the girl every guy wants to get with, and his corazón. And Nick Torres, the bad boy, the star wide receiver, the guy every guy wants to be, the guy every girl dreams of being with, and her brother's best friend.

[ 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 #𝟏 ] It's a game of chess, it depends on who was playing all along, and who was naive enough to lose. 𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐒 If there's anyone as cold-hearted or twisted as him, it would be his father. He lives in the dark shadows, no one crosses their lines with him. He could smile at you and make you fall as his pawn, and then slaughter you ruthlessly with his mischievous methods. He is your prince charming who lures you to his bed by morning and becomes a monster in bed. He hates one thing: attitude. The attitude bratty girl gives him who is named Bridget Meadows, but he promises to bring her down to her knees, and she will. Power is his chessboard, and humans are his playthings he controls. _____

[ 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐃𝐔𝐄𝐓 #𝟏 ] (SPINOFF VERSION PUBLISHED) _ In which four guys with a dangerous reputation happening to find interest in innocent girls. Four dangerous young men. Four innocent girls. Damon Lars, my brother's best friend, has always been a shadow lurking in the background, his dark reputation a whispered threat. I was the good girl, safe in my world of books and silence, until his eyes found me, pulling me into a world of darkness I never saw coming. Jaxon, Marci's twin, has always burned with a violent hunger in his gaze. He's danger in its purest form, and I can feel it every time he looks at me. But what happens when the good girl is drawn to the fire that will consume her? Grayson Meadows has always hated me, his cruel jabs masking something deeper. His father and mine are business partners, and yet when it's just us, he becomes my protector. I should hate him too, but the way he makes my pulse race tells me something else. Alessio calls me a little devil, pretending to despise me, but I know the truth. Every year, at midnight, he calls me, his voice a dark secret. He's my sister's boyfriend, but it's me he can't escape. In a world where innocence and danger collide, these men will make us question who we really are-and what we're willing to become. This is a dark romance. _ © Eroticsaint