What Happens After Midnight

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee — Readers’ Favorite Young Adult Fiction (2023)
From the author of The Summer of Broken Rules comes a swoony, second-chance YA romance perfect for fans of Taylor Swift, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Sarah Dessen, and BookTok favorites.

Lily Hopper has just two weeks left before she graduates from her elite boarding school—and she’s convinced she spent senior year being too careful, too studious, too… predictable. But when a mysterious note invites her to team up with the anonymous class “Jester” for an epic end-of-year prank, Lily decides it’s finally time to break the rules and make a memory worth keeping.

What she doesn’t expect?
The Jester is Taggart Swell—her ex-boyfriend. By the time she discovers the truth, she’s already committed to his wild plan: steal every senior yearbook and leave cryptic clues around campus for her prom date, the charming and annoyingly perfect class president, Daniel, to follow.

As Lily and Tag sneak across campus—dodging campus safety, night-owl teachers, and a swarm of freshmen—their forced proximity sparks new chemistry and dredges up old emotions. Secrets resurface. Feelings get messy. And Lily has to decide: is she breaking rules for a night of fun… or is she risking her heart all over again?

With graduation looming and her future waiting, Lily learns that sometimes you have to take a chance, break the rules, and rewrite the ending yourself.

A funny, heartfelt, and deeply romantic coming-of-age story about second chances, first loves, and the unforgettable memories that happen after dark.