Sugarlake, Tome 1 : Beneath the Stars
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- Emily McIntire (Écrivain)
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It’s when I’m walking to the back office that I feel it. The shift in the air. It’s subtle—a ghost of a chill that flickers down my spine. What the heck? I brush it off, straightening my shoulders and walking through the open door.
I don’t see him at first, but when I do—that chill drops like an iceberg, free-falling through my body and freezing me in place.
This isn’t happening.
This cannot be happening.
“Alina! I was starting to wonder if you would even show up,” my boss, Regina, says as she smiles thinly. She’s annoyed, and rightly so. I should respond, but I don’t. I’m not sure I physically can since my heart has stalled in my chest.
Chase Adams.
I’d love him if I didn’t hate him so much.
There’s a pencil behind his ear, a blueprint rolled up in his hand, and another laid out on the desk. But he isn’t looking at that. He’s locked on me, mouth partially open, hand frozen halfway through his silky, dark hair.
He swallows, and my traitorous eyes track the way his throat bobs. “Goldi.”
The nickname travels across the room and pierces me in the chest, snapping me out of my shock. “Don’t call me that.”
He sucks in a breath, but clamps his mouth shut and nods.
“You two know each other?” Regina points between the two of us.
Chase starts to answer. “Yeah, actually we used—”
“Our folks are neighbors,” I interrupt. “We grew up together, but no. I never really knew him.”
I stand stoic, my gaze never straying from Regina. But I can feel him. My body hums, reminding me of the first time I saw him at eleven years old, and just like then, I have to clench my fists to keep from reaching out.
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J’ai apprécié plonger dans le petit monde d’Alina et Chase. C’est une belle histoire d’amour, plus proche de notre réalité que certains livres à l’eau de rose que j’affectionne pour me changer les idées.
Des sujets psychologiquement difficiles sont abordés par Emily McIntire; Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)la perte d’un parent, l’alcoolisme, la solitude, l’addiction aux drogues. Ce tableau assez sombre confère aux personnages et à leurs sentiments une certaine profondeur. Le tout sans se départir d’humour et de piquant ni tomber dans le discours moralisateur. Ce n’est pas mon coup de cœur de l’année mais ça mais cette lecture valait sans aucun doute le coup!
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Alina
I was eleven when I met Chase Adams. I loved him before I knew what lovin' was.
I pulled, he pushed.
I gave, he took.
I loved... I lost.
Now he's back. All grown up and sexy as sin.
But things changed while he was gone. So, he can show those dimples and flex those muscles all he wants. It won't change a thing.
Chase Adams is nothin' but a lost memory. I'll do everything I can to keep him that way.
Chase
Growing up, there were only two women I ever loved.
Neither one of them ever really loved me back.
Until her. Alina. My Goldi.
She was everything that's good. I was the bad.
She was the brightest goddamn star. I was the black hole shredding her to pieces.
I loved her wrong, losing her to my demons.
But now I'm back. A better man.
I'll do everything I can to make her remember us, even if all she wants is to forget.
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Beneath the Stars is a full-length, interconnected standalone featuring strong language, explicit sexual scenes and mature situations which may be considered triggers for some. Reader discretion is advised.
Please note that while there is a HEA for the main characters at the end of this book, since it is an interconnected standalone, there are themes and side stories that run through the series and may not be resolved immediately.
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