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

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.

"Se qué no soy bueno para tí, pero soy lo suficientemente egoísta para no dejarte ir." CANCELADA, enero 2017.

—Treinta , solo dame treinta días y lo conseguiré —dijo Harry con la sonrisa llena de triunfo. Rodé los ojos y me puse de pie , sacudiendo mis jeans, él también se puso de pie. —De todas maneras no lo conseguirás en treinta días .. Tampoco en cien o en quinientos simplemente nunca pasará —dije yo. Subí hasta el tercer escalón cuando su grito me detuvo. —¡Lena! , ¡Espera!— gritó . Me giré y lo miré atenta—¿Quieres hacer una apuesta de eso?—preguntó con la sonrisa picara y extremadamente sexy que lo caracterizaba.

"Even though his family is broken just like mine, he won’t understand what I did. If I tell him what I did, he’ll think I’m just like the rest of them – fake. But then again, maybe I am just like them." Presley Adams' doesn't know what to do with her life anymore. Her brother Logan is doing drugs, and she suspects her parents of cheating on each other. The only thing that's a constant in her life is her best friend Dakoda, and she's appreciative of that. After everything that Presley's been through, she deserves to have somebody in her life that doesn't leave her. Soon enough though, Presley learns that nobody sticks around forever, and it just really sucks for her that it took her fifteen years to discover that.

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

DISCLAIMER: This story was written in late 2012. I wrote Strings Attached as an adolescent with no idea how a healthy, adult relationship should function. This story is dark and twisted in a way that my teen mind couldn't comprehend at the time. There are more than a few scenes in this book with sensitive content. I--in no way--support rape culture and I do not condone my character's actions. However, as I said, this story was written in an ignorant state of mind. I will not remove this story from Wattpad. It is part of my past and though I am disappointed with the content, it shows how far I've come not just as an author but as a free-thinking adult. Thank you for reading. **Excerpt** "Say... it," She gasped, throwing her head back, cupping my face in her hands so that I was forced to meet her gaze. "You're mine." She held my gaze for a second more, before crushing her lips against my own, arms wrapping tight around my neck, pulling me down to her level. Arms sliding easily around her, she wrapped her legs around me as I lifted her up, lips traveling over her chest and collarbone. She moaned as my hands dug into her tender flesh, pulling on it, their violence a stark contrast to the gentle kisses teasing their way up her neck. Bright lines marked the paths that my nails had etched into her skin, marking her, beautiful red tattoos, spreading out over her entire body. Her small hands knotted in my hair, pulling harder and harder as she fought the urge to cry out...

Was it her beauty that reeled me in? The mysterious, deep, color her eyes contained? Or her addictive smile, smell, or even her personality? It was none of these things. The reason she's too afraid and too sad to even talk is what made her even more mysterious and captivating to me. Not talking for six years as a side affect from a tragic accident is what I learned had caused it; her sister and mothers death traumatized her. And my goal is to help her break free, to help her gain the courage to live her life to the fullest. To speak to me.

He never knew life could be this way, but truly if he did, he wouldn't have cared. He cared about nothing, not even himself until her. Before her, he was empty/ Before her he knew nothing of joy or completion, and this is his journey to his life After her.

Justin's attitude has changed, he's no longer the goody two shoes, he's the badass, the guy on drugs, obsessed with sex, getting himself into trouble and making alot of mistakes. Pattie and Scooter had enough and sent him home, back to high school. He saw Ashlee, a goody two shoes. Exactly the way he used to be, but she couldn't change him, could she?