BooksBeneath the Surface
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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Exploring dark romance, fractured morals, and high-stakes emotional conflicts, romance fiction across sub-genres offers readers high heat, slow-burning suspense, and complex antiheroes. Author Emily McIntire established her place on international bestseller lists through contemporary and fractured-fairy-tale romance novels where happy endings are earned through intense conflict.
Her popular releases include Hooked from the Never After series and Hexed, which reimagine traditional antagonist dynamics into standalone romantic narratives featuring morally ambiguous characters.
A #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, Emily McIntire began her writing journey driven by a lifelong passion for reading and storytelling focused on deep emotional connections. Over the course of her career, her romance novels have spanned multiple sub-genres and have been translated into more than a dozen languages for readers around the world.
In addition to her publishing accomplishments, McIntire is a stage IV breast cancer thriver who has maintained no evidence of active disease for over a year. Residing in East Tennessee with her husband, daughter, and three cats, she balances her author career with reading, home redecorating, and spending time with her family.
McIntire's signature writing style features high steam, slow burns, and characters with seriously questionable morals. Her narratives frequently examine tropes such as hate-to-love, forced proximity, secret identities, corrupt small towns, and forbidden relationships where stakes remain high and character motivations test traditional moral boundaries.
Whether writing interconnected standalone books in the Never After series, the Sugarlake series, or the Defying the Stars series, she blends electric chemistry with emotional tension, ensuring that her characters face formidable obstacles before reaching their happily ever after.
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