If you could have one life lesson. What would it be? Who would it be from? Tessa surely wished she could have picked. Coming from across the world trying to escape problems, to a lot of people sounds like a bad idea. But what if it could be one of the best ideas? You can't pick what your life's biggest lesson will be or who it will come from, but you can pick to how to deal with it. Maybe moving across the world will show her she's ready to run. Move on. Keep going. And just show you how strong you really are. Let people know their not always sorry. To not let people walk over top of you all the time. And maybe, just how to give back revenge and teach someone else a lesson, the hard way. Tessa may be able to realize she's ready to let go of everything and be ready to run. But are you?

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.

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.