What if the people around you- from your classmates to your best friend- were hiding their true feelings behind their smiles? And you found out? Abbie Lee used to think that her life was perfect. She had supportive parents, a best friend who had her back and a tentative boyfriend too. But her once flawless life comes crumbling down when she gets a high fever and falls unconscious. She wakes up a few hours later with the ability to hear the thoughts of the people around her and they were not what she expected. Smiles turn out to be masks. True feelings are revealed. Feelings are hurt. Add Benson Chang into the equation. He's a new student. Abbie is given the job to show him around and that's when she notices that she can't hear his thoughts. Wanting to know why, she begins to pay attention to him.... Follow Abbie as she deals with the truth behind her friends' smiles and as she tries to find out why Benson is different from everyone else. #21 in Teen Fiction [08.21.16]

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

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.

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.