Beneath the Stars

The Sugarlake Series, Book 1

By: Emily McIntire

Narrated by: Liam DiCosimo, Brittany Pressley

From USA Today bestselling author Emily McIntire comes an angsty second-chance romance and the first interconnected standalone in the Sugarlake series.

Alina Carson meets Chase Adams when she’s eleven years old, after he moves in down the street carrying nothing but a chip on his shoulder and dimples in his cheeks.

Immediately she falls, loving him before she even knows what loving is. But becoming best friends with Chase’s little sister means that he’s off-limits, no matter how much their connection screams for something more.

Chase never cared much for following the rules. Abandoned by everyone who was supposed to love him, he’s broken and insecure, choosing to push others away before they have a chance to hurt him. But there’s something about the girl with golden hair, and before he can stop himself, he’s sneaking through her window, whispering his deepest secrets beneath her glow ‘n stick stars.

As time goes on and they get older, he decides to give their love a chance, no matter what anyone else thinks. But old habits die hard, and when tragedy strikes, Chase is back to doing what he does best.

Ruining everything.

Chase disappears, and years pass, leaving Alina with no choice but to pick up her broken pieces and move on. Until one day, he’s back. All grown up and taking over his family’s business.

When Alina and Chase are thrown together and forced to work in the same building, old feelings resurface, and Alina quickly realizes that Chase is on a mission, determined to right the wrongs of his past.

Starting with her.

©2020 Emily McIntire (P)2025 Blackstone Publishing

Horrible male narrator

I had to finish this book on my kindle. The male narrator made my skin crawl.

Great narration and beautiful story

Devoured this in 24 hours. This story warms my soul, seeing the characters journey in young love and then back to each other amidst their troubles.

Good

Idk if it’s good or bad that an author made me hate a character so much in the beginning lol. I understand chase had issues but come on. He pissed me off so much in part 1 I was ready to stop listening because of how he was acting and putting others before Goldie but he got better as time went on tho I feel like he could’ve been better with some things in Part 2.

As for the performance I loved the female voice actor but the male va was fine but him trying to do everyone else’s voice was cringy and I almost couldn’t take it seriously.

Second Chance

Don’t normally like second chance but this one had a happy ending. Also don’t like the miscommunication trope but I thought the ending wrapped up pretty good to segway into book 2.

A second chance romance

This was a great story about a second chance romance and how addiction can affect our lives. I love how the author foretold of the next books in the series. Can’t wait to listen.