Chasing Daisy
Sometimes the finish line is just the beginning of another race. Daisy Watson, 22, already knows how to run. As a former competitive athlete, she spent years treating her body like a weapon, pushing through pain until she crossed the finish line. But after a sudden, devastating loss shatters her world, Daisy discovers that some things can't be outrun.
Now, she's back in the suburbs, trying to rebuild her life one mile at a time. Her rhythm is interrupted by Gabriel Fortesa-a mysterious, intellectually brilliant teenager living next door. An uncommon young man, he sees the world with a quiet, magnetic intensity that slowly draws Daisy out of her isolation.
What starts as a neighborly bond-mowing lawns, shared runs, and late-night guitar sessions and heart-to-heart talks-quickly evolves into a deep, complicated lifeline. Gabriel is her steady source of support and protection, but as the awkward gap between their years and their life stages begins to narrow, Daisy finds herself standing on a dangerous threshold.
Is their bond a path to healing, an inevitable collision, or a complication neither can afford?
Set against the backdrop of the Washington, DC, suburbs, the Midwest and the shores of the Great Lakes, Chasing Daisy is a poignant, first-person contemporary romance that explores the fragile tension between love, timing, and the risks we take to feel alive again.
Life is a marathon. But sometimes, the most important race is the one that forces you to choose who you really want to become.
