After

There was the time before Tessa met Hardin, and then there's everything AFTER

Life will never be the same...

Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She's got direction, ambition, and a mother who's intent on keeping her that way. But she's barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin, her mother's worst nightmare. With his tousled brown hair, irresistible British accent, tattoos, and lip ring, Hardin is undeniably attractive but completely different to what Tessa is used to.

But he's also rude - to the point of cruelty, even. Tessa should hate Hardin, and she does... until she finds herself alone with him in his dorm. His dark mood grabs her, and when they kiss, something ignites within her - a passion she's never known before...

He'll call her beautiful, then insist he isn't the one for her and disappear without a word. Despite the reckless way he treats her, Tessa is compelled to dig deeper and find the real Hardin beneath all his lies. He pushes her away again and again, but every time she pushes back she winds up being pulled further in.

Will Tessa risk everything for someone she can't trust?