Beneath the Stands (Sugarlake, 2) by Emily McIntireFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily McIntire comes an angsty, best friend's brother, second chance romance and the second interconnected standalone in the Sugarlake series. 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 spiraling with no direction. But he won't go home. He can't. Instead, he accepts a coaching gig at Florida

I have no choice but to leave everything behind and start a new life

break free

As it turns out

He's also chaos and danger poured into a sleek Italian suit

Dot dies for real before she can finish recounting her story

When a very public breakup becomes a PR nightmare for Ian Chase's team

and he promises to protect my shop

Through their parallel experience of love-- and its threatened loss--the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love

But over days and weeks

Because he can look

Hearts get tangled in the chaos

I'm not so good with the whole "rules" thing