Beneath the Stands -- Emily McIntire

<p><strong>From <em>USA TODAY </em>bestselling author Emily McIntire comes an angsty, best friend's brother, second chance romance. </strong></p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p>But he won't go home.</p><p>He can't. </p><p>Instead, he accepts a coaching gig at Florida Coast University, determined to leave his past behind. But fate has other plans when Becca, his sister's best friend, shows up as a student and, even worse, becomes the new team manager.</p><p>Rebecca Sanger is the preacher's daughter and the town's disappointment. When she ignores her family's demands to come home, she's cut off and needs a job so she can stay enrolled at FCU. She thought she had everything figured out, until Eli Carson-the person she hates more than anything in the world-ends up being her new boss.</p><p>Forced together, Becca and Eli's hatred turns to heat, and they start an affair. But disaster quickly strikes, ripping them apart.</p><p>Years pass, and Becca's back home, under her parent's thumb, and living a mundane life. When Eli shows up out of the blue with a fiancée in tow, Becca is tasked with planning their wedding.</p><p>There's only one problem.</p><p>Becca still loves Eli.</p><p>And he hates her.</p><p>For the second time in their lives, they're forced together, and they'll find out just how thin the line is