Beneath the Surface: A Hidden Identity Romance (Sugarlake Series)

𝖨 𝖺𝗆 𝖺𝖻𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗒𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇!𝖨 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗃𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗒, 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗌- 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝖻𝗎𝗋𝗇- 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾. 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖫𝗂𝗅𝗒'𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖡𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝖾𝗇𝖽. 𝖡𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 1-3 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖠𝖬𝖠𝖹𝖨𝖭𝖦, 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗈𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗒𝖾𝗍! 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄, 𝖨 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗇𝗈 𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖺 𝖽𝗈𝗓𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌.𝖨𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗈 𝗋𝖺𝗐, 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗈 𝖡𝖤𝖠𝖴𝖳𝖨𝖥𝖴𝖫. 𝖫𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖬𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗂𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗈𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗄𝖾𝗉𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽, 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗏𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅?𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗎𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗈. 𝖠𝗇 𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗓𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌! 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝗋.** 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀**

"You can stop singing for everyone in the world, little bird, but not for me. You want to be mad? Be mad. But you stay here with me and you fight.”⁣Well, the Sugarlake Series has come to a bittersweet end. But what an ending it was! I enjoyed each journey these books took me on and I am sad to say goodbye. Emily did such an amazing job bringing back Chase and Alina, Becca and Eli, & Jax and Blakely, along with introducing us to Lily and Mason.We first met Lily in Beneath the Stars, Chase, Lily's brother's story with Alina. We know all the struggles he faced throughout his book and everything he overcame. I am so happy that we got closure on everything in Lily's book. It was incredibly emotional throughout this book, and I love all the characters and was so happy for them I just had tears in my eyes throughout a good portion of this book.Lily's story is absolutely heartbreaking and I just wanted to cry for her and reach into the book and give her a hug. She is so incredibly strong, selfless, and simply amazing. She's been through so much in her life, but she has so much to live for and someone to live for that she never gives up or falls back into old habits.Mason is so sweet, knows how to handle Lily, and gives her everything that she needs. He comes into her life knowing that he shouldn't, but can't deny the pull between them. Mason is dealing with his own demons and eventually they pull him away, but he'll never give up his fight for Lily."You can tell me all your secrets. I promise I’ll keep them safe.”These two together are just perfect. Their chemistry, connection, and growth. Mason turned out to be completely different than I was expecting him to be, and like I said, Lily is an absolute warrior.I think I almost most definitely need all their kids' stories *hint hint* 😘❤I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to the author, Emily McIntire, for the ARC in exchange for an honest review! 💙Well, bookworms, it’s official. This is my favorite book in the Sugarlake series! The story of Mason and Lily got me so hooked from beginning to end, I really had a hard time putting it down to celebrate 4th of July. 🤪 If you noticed, I didn’t put trigger warnings because it’s best if you go in blind, as the author suggested. However, if you want specific trigger warnings, feel free to message me about it.Going back to my review, I was broken by this book, though I loved every moment of it. If, like me, you have read the whole of the Sugarlake series, then you would understand why this was an amazing end to the series. Every single scene was worth it despite them making me so emotional the other night. I don’t want to divulge too much info, vague or not, so you could maximize your experience with this book. All I can say is that Lily and Mason are meant to be together until the day they both die.P.S. This series consists of interconnected standalones. I HIGHLY recommend that you read it in order (but not required) so you would not miss bits and pieces & so you could appreciate the beauty of this series.