Before (After Series, Book 5)
Before (After Series, Book 5)Anna Todd
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Before (After Series, Book 5) (2011)

Anna Todd

Others: Negative

Recounts Hardin's first encounters with Tessa and their ensuing love affair that became a vortex pulling in everyone around them.

ISBN:
9781501130694
Length:
345 pages

Genres: romance

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