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.

Published under Pop Fiction/Summit Media. She's rich, he's not. She's the student body president, he's struggling to pass math. She's the queen bee, he's the loner in school. Celeste Graham is on the top of the high school food chain. Students look up to her, but some just plainly feel intimidated. Being popular isn't exactly the greener side of the meadow, but just one night of getting locked into the school with a "nobody" made Celeste feel normal and genuinely happy. Both of them bring a hidden side to each other. They might disagree most of the time, but that was a little price to pay for falling for their polar opposite.

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

One second is all it takes for a life to be changed forever. Meet Addison(Addie) Parker who was not the straight A girl. She was raised by a mom and older sister. She only had two best friends: a spunky red a haired girl, Lizzie, and a nerdy genius boy, Kasey. Addie had one great thing in life, she was a piano prodigy. She had begun playing at the young age of three and since she has been on a track to stardom. When she was thirteen Julliard had their eyes on her and knew once she graduated they would give her a full ride to attend. Music was her life, not only was she gifted with the piano, but she could rock the guitar and her voice was not too bad. Addie was on the path to greatness and nothing could derail her… or so she thought. Next, meet Asher Gray, who was the cliché player/bad boy. Asher played girl’s hearts like he played baseball, and he was an All-Star at both. Asher’s bad boy side was one that no one wanted to mess with. Asher got drunk, did drugs, fought, and acted like nothing could hurt him. He believed he was invincible. No matter how many bad things he did he still had the perfect future ahead of him. With daddy being an MLB player and mommy a lawyer, he was going to go to some big college with a great baseball team then after that join the MLB like his dad. Or so he thought… One car crash, crushes their hopes and dreams for the future, as Addison loses her hearing, forever and Asher, loses his legs. All it took was that one choice, and moment for their lives to change. Can Addison ever forgive the guy who caused this? Will Asher change? Can they become friends after this? Can they learn The Sign for Love? Copyright 2013 © Tara L. Declan Any Attempted at copying this will result in punishment.

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.

Holly Thorne has a normal life in Minnesota. Normal friends and family and grades. Her personality may be a little hyper and bubbly, but all in all, she's normal. Well, except for the fact that her brother, Jackson Thorne, is the world's most famous teen actor in Hollywood. He left their family two years ago in Minnesota and ever since then, he's had nothing but success. So, Holly hasn't seen her brother in two years, but now, she's moving in with him for the summer. What she didn't know about her brother, was that he is best friends with Ryder West. Hollywood's golden boy, aka Holly's obsession. She also comes to terms with the fact that not only are they best friends, but Jackson also lives next door to Ryder and his family. This summer just took a very interesting twist for Holly, Jackson, and the whole West family. © 2014 Madeline States. All rights reserved Buy the paperback edition on Lulu! http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/writerbug44