Beneath the Stands

<p><b>From <i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling author Emily McIntire comes an angsty, best friend''s brother, second chance romance and the second interconnected standalone in the Sugarlake series. <br></b><br>Elliot Carson left Sugarlake and has never looked back. Revered as the next big thing in basketball, Eli''s a star until an injury ends his career, sending him spiralling with no direction.<br><br>But he won''t go home.<br><br>He can''t.<br><br>Instead, he accepts a coaching gig at Florida Coast University, determined to leave his past behind. But fate has other plans when Becca, his sister''s best friend, shows up as a student and, even worse, becomes the new team manager.<br><br>Rebecca Sanger is the preacher''s daughter and the town''s disappointment. When she ignores her family''s demands to come home, she''s cut off and needs a job so she can stay enrolled at FCU. She thought she had everything figured out, until Eli Carson - the person she hates more than anything in the world - ends up being her new boss.<br><br>Forced together, Becca and Eli''s hatred turns to heat, and they start an affair. But disaster quickly strikes, ripping them apart.<br><br>Years pass, and Becca''s back home, under her parent''s thumb, and living a mundane life. When Eli shows up out of the blue with a fiancée in tow, Becca is tasked with planning their wedding.<br><br>There''s only one problem.<br><br>Becca still loves Eli.<br><br>And he hates her.<br><br>For the second time in their lives, they''re forced together, and they''ll find out just how thin the line is between hate . . . and a love that lasts a lifetime.<br><br>*****<br><br><i>*</i>Beneath the Stands<i> is the second interconnected standalone in the Sugarlake series and contains mature content. It can be read alone, but it''s recommended to start with </i>Beneath the Stars <i>for a full reading experience. </i><i>Full list of TW can be found on author''s website.*</i></p>