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.

Everyone goes through a time where they felt like they don't belong on Earth. It's only temporary and mostly teenagers go through it. But have you met someone that felt that way since birth? Victoria has felt that way since the day her life was in the hands of the aunt from Hell. This is Victoria's life, and this is her story.

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

"if they catch us," he cautions, "they will surely kill us. and that, my precious, is no dream." he whispers these awful-beautiful things with his deep velvety voice and familiar half smile, before light seems to bleed from him for an instant. then he is gone. i wake with his warnings in my ears and knots knitted tightly in my stomach. for so long i have been able to hide away from trouble.....but what happens when trouble finds me?

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.

Picture this: You enter the mall with your friends. As you're making your way to buy a strawberry smoothie, you notice something more delicious walking right towards you. As he comes closer, he gives you a heart stopping smirk then takes you by surprise. He pulls you into a headlock, jabs a gun in your temple, then runs away with you. As I uncover why this mysterious model kidnapped me, I find myself tackling, punching, hugging, and watching Disney movies with him. Call me reckless, but something about this troubled kidnapper is quite intriguing yet heartbreaking. Find out if I, Skylar Scrowbar, end up dead in a ditch somewhere, or end up helplessly falling in love with my sexy kidnapper.