Reed Clemons is twenty-six, exhausted, and deeply in her feelings. With a BPD diagnosis and a tendency to fall too hard, too fast, she's spent most of her twenties chasing stability she can't seem to hold onto-especially when it comes to love. She should've learned her lesson with Vince Dunn: the emotionally unavailable hockey player with a soft spot for her but a habit of vanishing when it matters most. But old habits die hard-and Reed's heart hasn't quite caught up to her common sense. Then Mat enters the picture. Quiet. Charming. And way too observant. A rival on the ice, Mat is everything Vince isn't: present, attentive, and completely smitten. And while Reed's used to being someone's secret, Mitch wants to make her his whole world-even if it means stepping into the mess Kieran left behind. Now Reed's stuck between two players-one who's had her heart for years, and one who sees her in a way no one ever has. And when you've built your identity around being "too much," what does it mean when someone says you're just enough?

✓ {needs editing. my apologies} "Don't fall in love with me... I'm too damaged for you" This is no kind of fairytale. She was just too troubled to even look like a princess. Her past changed her completely, and since then, she's been living in her own world, trying to ignore everyone's opinion about how she should live her life. The few people left who really cared about her had to get used to her rebel behavior and the way she always seemed to be in danger. But then there's this guy, who forcedly comes into her life, and tries to find out her deepest secrets, those things she didn't even dare to admit to herself. When she's already taken, and with a whole reason to be who she is, will she be able to forget about everything to give into his love? And will he handle the damaged girl he fell in love with?

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.