Beneath the Surface
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily McIntire comes the fourth and final interconnected standalone in the Sugarlake series.
Lily Adams ran away and never looked back. She got herself clean and lives a sober life, working hard to give her son a good home in a place where they’ll be safe.
It’s been years since she left Sugarlake, and the last thing she’d expect is her brother sending someone to find her.
Mason Wells is the best private investigator in Tennessee. Tasked with the mission of hunting down Lily Adams, he knows he’s the perfect man for the job. At least he thought he was, until he actually finds her.
Immediately, Mason feels a pull. He needs to know the perky, dark-haired woman and the son she loves more tha the world.
Before he can stop himself, he’s inserted himself into their lives, fake name and all, and even though he tells himself it’s temporary, every day he spends with Lily, the weight of his secrets push down on him more.
When Mason’s past catches up to him, putting Lily and her son’s life in danger, he knows he has to do something major to keep them safe.
Even if it means breaking both their hearts and losing them for good.
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*Beneath the Surface is the fourth interconnected standalone in The Sugarlake series. It contains mature and graphic content including CSA, domestic abuse, and recovering drug addiction. Reader Discretion is Advised. Full list of TW can be found on the author's website.*
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Sugarlake is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Emily McIntire.
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Ahh I can't believe this is the end of the Sugarlake Series...the feeling of this book left me is bittersweet but so happy to see how all this played out in the end!
This is the book everyone, including myself, have been waiting for! This was literally the cherry on top for everything this series has come to when you and if you've read the other books.
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We meet Lily once again from when she suddenly disappeared from book one; where has she been?! She has a past, something she could not outrun ever and has scars & secrets kept beneath the surface. (Had to put it there!)
We see her now as an adult, with a son who she dearly puts everything in for him before her. Lily hoped she wouldn't face her past or anyone for that matter, unfortunately it was wishful thinking. Her demons as well as people she ran from has come back, and she was held onto to come back to where it all began, Sugarlake, Tennessee.
Mason, he's an investigator, hired to find Lily and report back to Chase once she's been found. Yet he didn't do that, he was so allured to her, wondering why she ran away and the darkness she carries around herself. Desperate to know her story and before it was too late, love was blossoming.
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Ah, going into this, I knew this was going to be heavy and it currently put me through a whirlwind of emotions and heartache! I would like to prewarn y'all that this book has tons of trigger warnings such as drug abuse and rape so read at your own risk!
Love was not supposed to happen especially for an investigator that's supposed to do his job but he couldn't help himself when it came to Lily Adams. If you've read Emily's other books you'd see what each book has in common, a forbidden/not supposed to happen love story but of course it happens anyways! Who wouldn't want to read such a thrilling trope
