Daisy Haites

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Daisy Haites, a 20-year-old yearning for a normal life, can't escape her role as heir to London's criminal empire. Raised by her brother Julian after their parents' murder, she's watched over by him. Complications arise as she falls for Christian Hemmes, defying Julian. Amid tangled relationships, their unexpected romance makes them realize life's valuable pursuits often demand a bloody price.

Format: Paperback
Length: 512 pages
Publication date: 08 August 2023
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

In the realm of desires, all that 20-year-old Daisy Haites yearns for is a slice of normalcy. Yet, fate has woven a different tapestry for her, entwining her destiny with the enigmatic threads of London's most infamous criminal domain. As the heiress to this shadowed empire, the prospect of a conventional life remains elusive, a distant dream she can never truly grasp. In a world molded by the sinister legacy of her family, Daisy finds herself under the vigilant guard of her elder brother, Julian, the very puppeteer of the criminal strings that tug at her existence.

The shroud of security he weaves around her life, however, is anything but comforting; rather, it is a cocoon of complexities.

Since the tragic demise of their parents, Julian has been her unwavering guardian, raising Daisy amid the haunting echoes of their murder. But Julian's dominion over the criminal underbelly casts a long, inescapable shadow over Daisy's life, a penance she must bear for sharing blood with a ganglord. Her world, perpetually enmeshed in the intricate lattice of Julian's affairs, remains a tightrope walk between the allure of normalcy and the gravity of her lineage.

Yet, as fate often intercedes, Daisy's heart becomes a battleground for emotions more tumultuous than the world she inhabits. The resolute barriers she has forged begin to crumble when she finds herself helplessly captivated by the allure of Christian Hemmes—a man whose magnetism is matched only by his emotional detachment. Serendipity, it seems, has a way of stitching the unlikeliest of connections. Christian, an entity apart from Julian's dominion, kindles a flame within Daisy's heart, a flame that dances to a tune distinct from the somber symphony of her family's criminal past.

Christian, however, wears his own burdens like armor. His affections are ensnared by the tendrils of unrequited love—for Magnolia Parks, his best friend's paramour. Stricken by the cruel paradox of longing, he employs Daisy as a pawn in a complex game, using her as a smokescreen to veil his true feelings. The labyrinth of emotions they navigate grows more convoluted with each passing day, as their hearts become entangled in a web spun from both genuine sentiment and calculated manipulation.

As the kaleidoscope of emotions twists and turns, love burgeons in unexpected quarters. Daisy and Christian's connection evolves into a love story neither foresaw, defying the odds stacked against them. Yet, the path they tread is fraught with consequences, a reality they cannot escape. The trio—Daisy, Christian, and Julian—are confronted with a harsh truth: every facet of existence demands its due price. The lines separating love, loyalty, and self-preservation blur, leaving them grappling with the irrevocable choices that shape their destinies.

Interwoven like threads in an intricate tapestry, their relationships collide and mesh, revealing the fragile nature of human connections. Amid the intricate dance of desires and obligations, they glean a poignant lesson: the most worthwhile pursuits exact a toll measured in sacrifice and spilled blood. Each step forward becomes a testament to the resilience of their spirits, entwined in a narrative that transcends the conventional boundaries of right and wrong.

In a world where criminal empires cast long shadows and affairs of the heart waver between sincerity and subterfuge, Daisy, Christian, and Julian emerge not as mere players, but as architects of their own destinies. The story of their lives reminds us that existence itself is a tapestry, woven from threads of love, desire, and the inexorable cost of the choices we make.

Weight: 354g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781398716933