Daddy's Daughters (Novel Series)

***Daddy's Daughters*** is a novel series written by Maryam Wells.

## Synopsis

A teenager in Beverly Hills gets reacquainted with her father, stepmother, and three younger half-sisters after moving into their mansion.

## Other Characters

* Henry Ellis, the father of the Ellis sisters, is a widower.
* Karen Sorenson - The Ellis' Sisters' aunt. She manages the front counter of Ellis' Bakery. She is the mother-figure to the sisters.
* Mason Hawkins - He is Carly's husband and Head baker at the bakery. He worked at the Bakery as a teenager. His grandmother is the bakery's longtime customer.
* Alex Brody - Daria's Husband. He is the bakery's delivery boy.

## Overview

The first season premiered on 8 August 2001. The season finale aired 20 March 2002. Season one's storylines included:

* The reunion of the Ellis Sisters
* Haylie and - forbidden romance
* Haylie, Mia and - Love Triangle
* Haylie's dream to write a cookbook
* Haylie torn between her commitment to the bakery and her passion to nail art.
* Daria and Nick's marriage woes
* The revealation of Aunt Karen's relationship with her nieces' father.
* Mia forced to choose between a dancing career and her commitment to the bakery.

The second season premiered on 27 March 2002. The season finale aired 16 October 2002. Season two's storylines included:

* Carly and Mason's separation
* The sisters added a coffee shop to the bakery
* Haylie begins making dishes for her cookbook, *Cookin' with Haylie*.
* Daria and Alex's separation
* Aunt Karen's cancer diagnosis.
* Mia's bulimia.
* Haylie and Nick's blossoming romance.
* Daria's reconciliation with Alex and pregnancy

The third season premiered on 12 February 2003. The season finale aired 29 October 2003. Season three's storylines included:

* Daria's who's the daddy drama.
* Carly's daughter, Arianna becomes a victim a bullying.
* Mia injures herself in a dance competition which ends her dancing career.
* The sexual tension between Nick and Haylie
* The birth of Daria's baby, Jesse
* The departure of Becky
* Carly's cancer scare
* The sisters battle the employees of a nail salon.
* Carly and Daria are injured a car accident

The fourth season premiered on 11 February 2004. The season finale aired 24 November 2004. Season four's storylines included:

* Carly and Daria recuperate while Haylie and Mia hold the fort.
* Nick and Haylie relationship and eventual engagement
* The introduction of Kate Manfredi
* Haylie's pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage.

The fifth season premiered on 9 February 2005. The season finale aired 23 November 2005. Season five's storylines included:

* Haylie is jilted at the alter.
* Stevie and Mia's growing affection for one another
* Haylie's book publication
* Carly and Daria renew their feud after the Mason and Daria affair reveal.

The sixth season premiered on 15 February 2006. The season finale aired 29 November 2006. Season six's storylines included:

* Ellis' Bakery is trashed and vandalized.
* Aunt Karen and Fiona Shaw come together.
* The love triangle between Stevie, Mia and Fiona
* Haylie volunteers to be the surrogate mother to Daria and Alex
* Aunt Karen reveals that Fiona Shaw is her long-lost daughter with their father.
* Mia and Fiona clash.

The seventh season premiered on 7 February 2007. The season finale aired 17 October 2007. Season seven's storylines included:

* Carly's daughters Arianna and Gianna work at the bakery.
* Haylie's experience with dating abuse.
* Carly's daughter, Gianna suffers from bulimia.
* Mia falls for a guy who happens to be an spy from a rival bakery.
* Haylie splits from her abusive boyfriend and shoots up the bakery, leaving Mason wounded.

The eighth and final season premiered on 23 July 2008. The season finale aired 31 January 2009. Season eight's storylines included:

* Mason survives the shooting and Haylie's ex is arrested.
* The sisters compete in a baking contest to win the money for repairs to the bakery.
* Fiona Shaw returns.
* Fiona reveals that she was molested by her adopted father.
* Nick returns and begins dating Fiona
* Aunt Karen's cancer returns.

## Notes

* Ellis' Bakery has been in the Ellis family since 1968.
* During the series, it was revealed that Patrick Ellis fathered his sister-in-law Karen Sorenson's daughter, Fiona Shaw during their secret affair.
* The series covered serious storylines like Abortion, Alcoholism, Bulimia, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic Violence
* The series has also featured many natural disaster storylines, including a storm, flood, earthquake, and bushfires. There have also been several storylines involving car nd bus accidents.

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