*Written in 2014* Book One in the Darien Grace Chronicles He was my siren song and all other melodies just seemed to pale in comparison.

"one need not be a chamber to be haunted. one need not be a house neither. for the brain has corridors surpassing material place" ~ emily dickinson

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.

"Before you can see the light you have to deal with the darkness"

17 year old Jessamine Taylor has just recently moved to California after her parents both get job promotions. She's very excited to be moving to a new state. The only thing that catches her off guard is one of Hamminton High School's bad boys, Harry Styles. Something is different about this boy, and she wants to find out.

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.

"I could destroy you, you know." "I'd let you." ------------------- Saoirse just wants to run, to hide from the past she had been trying to escape from for as long as she could remember but it always seems to find her. It's not fate that brings her to Harry, but something stronger. Because he won't let the past get to her, not if he can

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