But that trust is fragile, like the preciousness of a soldier's life. In her practice as a physical therapist, Karina has a strong desire to help him heal, and though it challenges her many insecurities and anxieties, she has an equally strong desire to trust him. As their uncertain and unexpected friendship starts to turn into something more, Karina tries to piece together Kael's story: he is emotionally closed off, recovering from wounds and other trauma in the aftermath of two tours in Afghanistan. And when she meets Kael, a handsome soldier on the cusp of discharge, she's immediately intrigued by his brooding presence and enigmatic silence. Like anyone who has grown up around an army base, Karina also knows the background noise that follows men and women home from war. A dutiful officer's daughter, supportive sister to a troubled twin brother, and caring friend to her roommate, Elodie, she always puts the needs of others ahead of her own, and prides herself on being a fixer of broken things-whether it's the house she's just bought or the fragmented family she works hard to keep intact. Twenty-year old Karina is proud of the independent life she is trying to create for herself in Ft. So why is she trying so hard to overcome her own hurt pride and Hardin's prejudice about nice girls like her? Unless.A new love story from Anna Todd begins with THE FALLING, the first novel in a new trilogy (Brightest Stars) from the #1 internationally best-selling author of the AFTER series. He pushes her away again and again, yet every time she pushes back, he only pulls her in deeper. Despite the reckless way he treats her, Tessa is compelled to dig deeper and find the real Hardin beneath all his lies. He'll call her beautiful, then insist he isn't the one for her and disappear again and again. Something about his dark mood grabs her, and when they kiss it ignites within her a passion she's never known before. And she does - until she finds herself alone with him in his room. With his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, tattoos, and lip ring, Hardin is undeniably hot! But he's also rude - to the point of cruelty, even.įor all his attitude, Tessa should hate Hardin. But she's barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin.

She's got direction, ambition, and a mother who's intent on keeping her that way.

#Hessa Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. There was the time before Tessa met Hardin, and then there's everything AFTER.Life will never be the same.

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