{"product_id":"the-daughters-defiance-adrian-vale-9798180630773","title":"The Daughter's Defiance: A Slow Burn Billionaire Romance of Architectural Secrets, Family Legacy, and Quiet Defiance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe was the daughter who protected the building. He was the man who saw what even she had missed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCecily Whitmore knows the building better than anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the daughter of one of New York's most powerful old-money families and the woman responsible for the Whitmore Foundation for Architectural Conservation, she has spent years preserving the structure, the archive, and the legacy everyone else thinks they understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe does not need rescuing.\u003cbr\u003eShe does not need correcting.\u003cbr\u003eAnd she certainly does not need Daniel Ashworth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel is a structural engineer with no interest in performance, wealth, or family mythology. He reads buildings the way other people read confessions: carefully, directly, and without flattery. When he is hired to assess the Whitmore conservatory, he finds more than structural stress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe finds a hidden archival strand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty-three letters. A suppressed argument. A secret about the building's original design that may change everything Cecily thought she was protecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the investigation deepens, so does the tension between them. Cecily is used to controlling every room she enters. Daniel is the first man who does not try to break through her walls. He simply notices where they are load-bearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut some structures are not broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome are waiting for the right person to understand how they hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Daughter's Defiance is Book Three in the Ivory Tower series, a slow burn billionaire romance with architectural secrets, old-money family legacy, emotional restraint, and a love story built on trust, precision, and quiet rebellion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Vale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798180630773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Adrian Vale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173573206271,"sku":"9798180630773","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-daughters-defiance-adrian-vale-9798180630773","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}