Daisy Haites (The Magnolia Parks Universe)

Daisy Haites (The Magnolia Parks Universe)

All twenty-year-old Daisy Haites has ever wanted is a normal life, but as the heiress to London’s most notorious criminal empire, it’s just not in the cards for her. Raised by her older brother, Julian , after their parents were murdered, Daisy has never been able to escape the watchful gaze of her gang-lord brother. But Julian’s line of work means that Daisy’s life is . . . complicated. And things don’t become any easier when she falls hard for the beautiful and emotionally unavailable Christian Hemmes , who happens to be one of the few men in London who doesn’t answer to Julian. Christian’s life is no walk in the park either, since he’s in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Magnolia Parks . He’s happy enough to use Daisy to throw off the scent of his true affections—until she starts to infiltrate those, too. As their romance blossoms into something neither was anticipating, Daisy and Christian must come to terms with the fact that in this life everything comes at a price. Relationships intersect and tangle, and Daisy, Christian, and Julian will learn that sometimes life’s most worthwhile pursuits can only be paid in blood. Readers love Magnolia Parks Universe "Hands down the most emotional romance book I have ever read and therefore my favourite" (FIVE STARS) "A girl who was brought up in the world of crime, yearning to be normal. Daisy is SO badass." (FIVE STARS) "TikTok made me do it, 1000% lived up to the hype." (FIVE STARS) "Daisy Haites has become my favorite character in the Magnolia Parks Universe." (FIVE STARS) "I am obsessed. Totally consumed. This universe has me all sorts of messed up." (FIVE STARS) "You will fall in love with Daisy Haites a million times over and be desperate for more of her story when it ends." (FIVE STARS) "Daisy and Christian are going to be my favorite characters forever and ever." (FIVE STARS) Jessa Hastings is an Australian native who now lives in Southern California with her husband, two children, two cats, and a dog. They have, as their best friend calls it, gone “full farm.” Jessa is a chronic overthinker and has, in this very moment, begrudgingly accepted American coffee and how depressing it is. She finds Twitter and small talk equally terrifying, and often still pines for a sourdough loaf in America that doesn't make her tummy hurt or cost $45 for half a loaf. Magnolia Parks was her debut novel and the launch of the series, and she clearly struggles to write a concise or topically relevant author’s biography. She is sorry for this. 1 Daisy No guns at the dinner table. That's my one rule. Call me old fashioned, I don't know. It's just what I've always said to the boys. I don't care about phones, I don't care if they're texting, I don't care if they're wearing a hat at the table-I just don't want guns while I'm serving them a brisket I slow-cooked for nine and a half fucking hours. Julian makes us say grace (as though the Lord is listening to him and like He'd actually bless us) and then comes the silence of eating that makes the cook happy. The volume starts to rise again after a couple of minutes-they're total animals when it comes to food, these Lost Boys of mine. I call them that because that's what they are. You can't really be around my brother for too long without meandering off the garden path, and all of these boys have well and truly strayed. None of these boys are boys, by the way-not in age, not in attitude. Each of them has their own unique set of pros and cons, red flags, warrants and no-fly statuses, and together they comprise the inner sanctum of my brother's outfit. "Oi, Daisyface." My brother nods his chin at me. "How'd you do in your Immunopathology exam?" "Immunopharmacology," I correct him and he rolls his eyes. "Did you pass or not?" "Course she passed," Kekoa tells him proudly. I don't have a dad anymore but when I did, Aleki Kekoa was his best friend. "First class?" Julian asks. I frown at him, offended. "Obviously." My brother tosses me a little wink as he pours himself more wine. "What's next on the curriculum?" I shrug. "I think we're about to move on to a block on Disease and Therapeutics." Second year med student at Imperial College. Jules swats his hand. "You don't need to know about that sh-" "Take it back!" Declan Ellis yells suddenly as he jumps back from the table, staring down darkly at TK, who's seated next to me. I frown between them. I've no idea what's going on, I wasn't paying attention. "Nope." Teeks grins. Declan reaches around from behind him and pulls out his Star Model BM. He likes it, I don't. Too heavy in the hand, too much lag on the recoil. "Decks." Julian rolls his eyes. "Put the gun away." He's a bit drunk at the minute, Decks-I can see it on him because when he's drunk or hungover, one of his eyes goes a bit squinty. I glance at TK and I can already tell he's not going to oblige Declan-whatever it is, he thinks it's too funny to ta