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Beneath the Hood (Sugarlake Series Book 3) Kindle Edition

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 2,066 ratings

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily McIntire comes a forbidden age gap romance.

Jackson Rhoades has a perfect smile and a broken heart. When he gets offered his dream job in Hollywood, he packs up his shattered pieces and leaves Sugarlake for good.

He thought he was hired to restore classic cars, but instead his new boss tasks Jackson with keeping an eye on his unruly nineteen-year-old daughter.

Jackson agrees reluctantly, not realizing doing so will change his life forever.

Blakely Donahue is one of the biggest influencers in North America. She’s followed by millions, but has never felt more alone. Obsessed with counting calories and drowning under the pressure of perfection, she’s barely holding herself together. When her father’s new employee starts hanging around, Blakely can’t help but feel a pull.

Jackson is nine years older and entirely off-limits, but he’s the first person to look beyond the surface and see Blakely for who she truly is. Before either of them can stop it, they’re crossing boundaries and breaking all the rules.

They know better than to get too close, but for some reason, neither can stay away.

Even if it means destruction for them both.

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*Beneath the Hood is the third interconnected standalone in the Sugarlake series. It contains mature and graphic content. Reader Discretion is Advised. Full list of TW can be found on author's website.*

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About the Author

A longtime songwriter and an avid reader, Emily McIntire has always had a passion for the written word, and when she's not writing you can find her waiting on her long-lost Hogwarts letter, chasing her crazy toddler, or lost between the pages of a good book.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08NZRLXGC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (April 6, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 6, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1400 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 422 pages
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    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 2,066 ratings

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Emily McIntire is a #1 New York Times, and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author whose stories serve steam, slow burns, and seriously questionable morals. Her books have been translated in over a dozen languages, and span across several sub-genres within romance.

She's been featured on outlets such as Good Morning Chicago, and in Cosmopolitan.

A stage IV breast cancer thriver, you can find Emily enjoying free time with her family, getting lost in a good book, or redecorating her house depending on her mood.

Instagram: @itsemilymcintire

Facebook Group: The McInCult

Tiktok: @authoremilymcintire

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Never After Series:

- Hooked

- Scarred

- Wretched

- Twisted

- Crossed

- TBA

Sugarlake Series:

- Beneath the Stars

- Beneath the Stands

- Beneath the Hood

- Beneath the Surface

Standalone:

- Be Still My Heart

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Customers find the story engaging and emotional. They appreciate the writing style as raw and real, bringing out struggles with abuse. Readers love the characters and find the romance between the two main characters beautiful.

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28 customers mention "Story quality"28 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the story and find it engaging. They appreciate the behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood life and find the book a fun read with interesting characters. Readers love the Sugarlake series and consider it a great addition to the series.

"...Otherwise, it was a great book. Burned through it really fast. Predictable, but satisfying HEA." Read more

"...Just kidding! This was amazing, absolutely beautiful in the raw emotions it presented and how it made you realize that sometimes you can’t fight..." Read more

"...But still a great read. 4.5 stars" Read more

"Another amazing book by Emily McIntire. Love Blake and Jackson’s romance story. Jackson is about 9 years older than Blake...." Read more

11 customers mention "Emotional content"11 positive0 negative

Customers find the book full of emotion. They say the characters are true to their feelings and make them feel love, pain, and fury. The book is described as a love story with a dose of real-life angst. Readers appreciate the characters' connections with each other's souls. The compassionate, caring, protective, and perceptive characters expose the characters' pain, demons, and struggles in their life.

"...combination of a really beautiful love stories but with a big dose of real life angst...showing that while love may not conquer all that it can pull..." Read more

"...She exposes the character's pain, demons, and struggles in their life and journey to healing without shying away from messiness and touchy subjects...." Read more

"...because it brings out real, raw struggles with abuse, neglect, and mental health and having the characters work through those before coming back..." Read more

"...of writing that gets you so invested in thr characters that you feel the intensity, you get nervous for what will happen, your heart breaks for them...." Read more

9 customers mention "Writing quality"9 positive0 negative

Customers find the writing quality authentic and well-crafted. They appreciate the author's ability to portray realistic struggles with abuse and messy, beautiful romance. The characters feel believable and fleshed-out, like people you would meet in real life.

"...It was real, raw, ugly and beautiful all at the same time...." Read more

"...The characters felt real, fleshed out, like people you’d meet and mesh with perfectly. To all those who feel alone, don’t worry - someone sees you." Read more

"...Emily McIntire’s writing is absolute perfection in this book. There is not one thing I wish would change, no questions unanswered...." Read more

"...I love this series because it brings out real, raw struggles with abuse, neglect, and mental health and having the characters work through those..." Read more

8 customers mention "Character development"8 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the characters.

"...The characters felt real, fleshed out, like people you’d meet and mesh with perfectly. To all those who feel alone, don’t worry - someone sees you." Read more

"...I particularly love the writting style of Emily McIntire. Her characters feel so real, like they are laughing and crying right next to you...." Read more

"...Blakely’s character was so well written. I haven’t read many characters like hers. So in my opinion, she was unique...." Read more

"I think the story was written well enough and each character was interesting, but I just didn't really buy their happily ever after...." Read more

7 customers mention "Beauty"7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's beauty. They find the love between Jackson and Blakely lovely, and the story sweet, emotional, and raw at the same time.

"...This is steamy, emotional and sweet. I loved the romance story here....two people who while SO different who were exactly what the other needed...." Read more

"...Just kidding! This was amazing, absolutely beautiful in the raw emotions it presented and how it made you realize that sometimes you can’t fight..." Read more

"Beneath The Hood is one of the most beautiful and emotional stories, I have read...." Read more

"...Blakely is everything every young girl wants to be. Beautiful, entrepreneur, fit, in charge of our lives, people wanting to be like us...." Read more

5 customers mention "Romance"5 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the romance between Blake and Jackson. They describe it as a slow-burning age gap relationship.

"...This is steamy, emotional and sweet. I loved the romance story here....two people who while SO different who were exactly what the other needed...." Read more

"...It is true, this is a romantic book, let me not mistaken you, Jax and Blake are one of the best couples I have read of...." Read more

"Another amazing book by Emily McIntire. Love Blake and Jackson’s romance story. Jackson is about 9 years older than Blake...." Read more

"...Emily is known for writing painful, messy, beautiful romance, and that's exactly what this is. You'll love the characters and feel their pain...." Read more

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Beautiful and Emotional
Beneath The Hood is one of the most beautiful and emotional stories, I have read. Without a doubt, I didn’t expect this book to be on this level, and thank you to the author for proving me wrong. I seriously cried like a baby. Take the trigger warning seriously, there are several, and it is not for everyone. The author also suggests trusting the process and keeping that in the back of your head while reading this. Glad I did.My sweet sexy Jaxson, forever stuck in the friend zone, permanently moves to California to heal, move forward, and continue his dream. If you read the series, you know his story. I have to say I loved him before, but now I am in deep. He is a selfless, caring, compassionate, protective, perceptive, and such a swoon-worthy man. We all need Jaxson; he owns a part of my soul.Blakey is a perfect example of placing a mask on your face, and not everything is what it seems. I went in with an open mind on her character. In the beginning iI was on the fence if I was going to like her. Honestly, I fell in love with her. I wanted to give that girl one series hug and tell her I would adopt her.This book wrecked me in the most gloriously. Emily McIntire’s writing is absolute perfection in this book. There is not one thing I wish would change, no questions unanswered. She exposes the character's pain, demons, and struggles in their life and journey to healing without shying away from messiness and touchy subjects. To me, that is perfection. I hope my review did this book justice; it's one of my top reads of the year. I highly recommend this book and the series. I am hooked and can't wait for the next book.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021
    Beneath The Hood (Sugarlake #3) took me on a emotional journey. This is a slow burn age gap romance between Jax and Blakely. Blakely is the famous and beautiful young influencer whose entire life is about being seen. However, she has never really felt seen at all despite everyone always watching her. Jax is her fathers employee who is trying to mend his own broke heart while reaching his goals in life. They don’t make sense until they make perfect sense. This is steamy, emotional and sweet. I loved the romance story here....two people who while SO different who were exactly what the other needed. The age difference didn’t seem like a big deal even though it was pretty big (10 years) because Jax actually treated Blakely like the successful woman she was. Their road is paved with paparazzi, secrets, betrayals but also friendship, caring and love.

    This is also the story of how Blakely and her mental health and family struggles. A young woman who had basically been left alone by her father because he couldn’t handle his own grief after his wife passed away during childbirth. He gave Blakely everything she could possibly want except his attention and affection. So she sought that attention and love from her followers and in order to keep it she sacrificed so much of herself. This book deals with her mental health struggles including OCD and disordered eating. I appreciated how this was dealt with in a real way and didn’t gloss over or glamorize. It showed that even the most beautiful and successful people don’t have the perfect lives we see in social media. Such a relevant topic.

    This book both was exactly what I wanted for Jax and also completely decimated my heart at times. It was real, raw, ugly and beautiful all at the same time. It’s the perfect combination of a really beautiful love stories but with a big dose of real life angst...showing that while love may not conquer all that it can pull you through the darkest of times. I would highly recommend Beneath The Hood. It’s definitely a 5⭐️ read for me.

    Now onto Lily’s story which I have a feeling is going to be a doozy.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2024
    I like Jax probably the most of anyone so far in this series. And honestly, I think you can read this book without having read the first two. I think Blakely seems older than most 19yo, but I you could attribute that to her upbringing. The things she seems immature about seem more like mental health issues then immaturity issues to me.

    Spoilers***
    There’s 2 things that bum me out about this book. The first being, that I think there could’ve been some more time spent on her struggles with recovery. In the previous book, the fact that rehab isn’t the magic cure all was well covered. There was a discussion about the type of therapy Blake received, but not really how thing progressed for her. Especially with her relationship to food & exercise, this could’ve been covered more extensively.
    Secondly, Jax’s reunion with Chase is extremely superficial. Because not much is covered from the other books, (or what’s covered is super high level,) his reconciliation with Chase is very shallow. I think a lot more background could have been provided.
    Otherwise, it was a great book. Burned through it really fast. Predictable, but satisfying HEA.
  • Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2021
    Well, I can definitely say that Jackson stole my whole heart and that’s a the end of my review. Just kidding! This was amazing, absolutely beautiful in the raw emotions it presented and how it made you realize that sometimes you can’t fight alone. Blakey and Jax both had issues to face and they did it, conquering the demons one step at a time. I won’t lie and say I didn’t cry while reading because I absolutely did. This book hurt in the best way. Any relationship is hard, you face your difficulties, but when you have all eyes on you then things can be amplified - the good is great and the bad is worst but you face it or crumble. Though there were some definite bumps, it was good to see things play out the way they did {EVEN IF I CRIED MANY TIMES}. Seeing their story unfold, from the good to the bad to the very good again was an amazing journey. Emily created such an incredible story and I almost hated that the book had to end {but I’ll come back to it}. The trigger warnings should absolutely be taken seriously, some heavy things are discussed but it truly adds beauty to the story. The characters felt real, fleshed out, like people you’d meet and mesh with perfectly. To all those who feel alone, don’t worry - someone sees you.
  • Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021
    Beneath The Hood is one of the most beautiful and emotional stories, I have read. Without a doubt, I didn’t expect this book to be on this level, and thank you to the author for proving me wrong. I seriously cried like a baby.

    Take the trigger warning seriously, there are several, and it is not for everyone. The author also suggests trusting the process and keeping that in the back of your head while reading this. Glad I did.

    My sweet sexy Jaxson, forever stuck in the friend zone, permanently moves to California to heal, move forward, and continue his dream. If you read the series, you know his story. I have to say I loved him before, but now I am in deep. He is a selfless, caring, compassionate, protective, perceptive, and such a swoon-worthy man. We all need Jaxson; he owns a part of my soul.

    Blakey is a perfect example of placing a mask on your face, and not everything is what it seems. I went in with an open mind on her character. In the beginning iI was on the fence if I was going to like her. Honestly, I fell in love with her. I wanted to give that girl one series hug and tell her I would adopt her.

    This book wrecked me in the most gloriously. Emily McIntire’s writing is absolute perfection in this book. There is not one thing I wish would change, no questions unanswered. She exposes the character's pain, demons, and struggles in their life and journey to healing without shying away from messiness and touchy subjects. To me, that is perfection. I hope my review did this book justice; it's one of my top reads of the year. I highly recommend this book and the series. I am hooked and can't wait for the next book.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and Emotional
    Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021
    Beneath The Hood is one of the most beautiful and emotional stories, I have read. Without a doubt, I didn’t expect this book to be on this level, and thank you to the author for proving me wrong. I seriously cried like a baby.

    Take the trigger warning seriously, there are several, and it is not for everyone. The author also suggests trusting the process and keeping that in the back of your head while reading this. Glad I did.

    My sweet sexy Jaxson, forever stuck in the friend zone, permanently moves to California to heal, move forward, and continue his dream. If you read the series, you know his story. I have to say I loved him before, but now I am in deep. He is a selfless, caring, compassionate, protective, perceptive, and such a swoon-worthy man. We all need Jaxson; he owns a part of my soul.

    Blakey is a perfect example of placing a mask on your face, and not everything is what it seems. I went in with an open mind on her character. In the beginning iI was on the fence if I was going to like her. Honestly, I fell in love with her. I wanted to give that girl one series hug and tell her I would adopt her.

    This book wrecked me in the most gloriously. Emily McIntire’s writing is absolute perfection in this book. There is not one thing I wish would change, no questions unanswered. She exposes the character's pain, demons, and struggles in their life and journey to healing without shying away from messiness and touchy subjects. To me, that is perfection. I hope my review did this book justice; it's one of my top reads of the year. I highly recommend this book and the series. I am hooked and can't wait for the next book.
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  • Leyendo Forever
    4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 🍭🍭🍭🍭
    Reviewed in Mexico on April 8, 2021
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    ESP ::

    Me encantó. Esta serie es súper emocional. Los personajes me hacen sentir muchas cosas y me encanta ver las historias interconectadas.

    Jax es de mis favoritos y su historia con Blakely es hermosa. Ambos se merecían todo lo bueno y el enorme crecimiento que muestran durante el libro.

    El final... ¡Shock total!

    ENG ::

    This series keeps making me feel so many things! I loved this book. The characters are amazing and I love how we can keep getting updates of our favorite couples.

    Jax is definitely one of my favorites and his love with Blakely was amazing. Their story was raw, emotional but it was lovely to see them grow and achieve the epic story they both deserve.

    And the end... WHAT! Need the next book ASAP!
  • Kiki
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
    Reviewed in Germany on June 6, 2021
    Aber really enjoyed all the books in this series. Finished them in record time. Can’t wait for the next one.
  • Toni and Carl Garrett
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sizzle.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2021
    This author was recommended to me when I asked on an online book club for new authors to read. Not sorry I picked up this recommendation. I've now finished all three in this series and very much looking forward to the next one.
  • L. Starla
    5.0 out of 5 stars A forbidden love in Hollywood’s shadows
    Reviewed in Australia on April 26, 2021
    If you haven’t already fallen in love with Jackson Rhoades after reading the first two books of the Sugarlake series, I guarantee you will in this, his own story. Jax is the tragic hero, broken by unrequited love and abandoned by his best friend. Attempting to move on with his life, he moves to Los Angeles to focus on his career. Enter Blakley: entitled Hollywood princess and royal pain in Jackson’s backside. But there is more to her than first appearances and the more her gets to know her, the more he wants to be with her. Problem is, she’s the boss’ daughter, the forbidden fruit, and far too young for him. How are they supposed to keep such an affair secret with the Paparazzi breathing down their necks?

    As with McIntire’s previous books, this one is a beautiful blend of steamy scenes and sweet romance. The characters come to life and the story evokes a multitude of emotions. The author is skilled in her use of language, painting pictures that capture the reader’s imagination. I highly recommend the Sugarlake series.
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    L. Starla
    5.0 out of 5 stars A forbidden love in Hollywood’s shadows
    Reviewed in Australia on April 26, 2021
    If you haven’t already fallen in love with Jackson Rhoades after reading the first two books of the Sugarlake series, I guarantee you will in this, his own story. Jax is the tragic hero, broken by unrequited love and abandoned by his best friend. Attempting to move on with his life, he moves to Los Angeles to focus on his career. Enter Blakley: entitled Hollywood princess and royal pain in Jackson’s backside. But there is more to her than first appearances and the more her gets to know her, the more he wants to be with her. Problem is, she’s the boss’ daughter, the forbidden fruit, and far too young for him. How are they supposed to keep such an affair secret with the Paparazzi breathing down their necks?

    As with McIntire’s previous books, this one is a beautiful blend of steamy scenes and sweet romance. The characters come to life and the story evokes a multitude of emotions. The author is skilled in her use of language, painting pictures that capture the reader’s imagination. I highly recommend the Sugarlake series.
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  • Yelena Santos
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great advocate for self help
    Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2022
    This was another good addition to the series. Emily McIntyre really focuses on trying to build health relationships one they've been toxic and puts emphasis on mental health.

    Both characters were really well fleshed out and great to read. The only issue I had was with Blakely being 19.I know this was an age gap book, but 19 is barely an adult and it really took me out if the book.

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