At the Edge of the Horn: A Mini Novel (Love by the Lakeside Book 1)

At the Edge of the Horn is the gripping first novella in the Love by the Lakeside trilogy, a story of inheritance, betrayal, and the quiet war for control inside a family empire.Desta Alemayehu has always understood her role.As the only daughter of a self-made hotel magnate in Addis Ababa, she was raised to protect the legacy her father built from nothing. Loyalty mattered. Reputation mattered. Family mattered most of all.But when a new head manager arrives at Heritage Hotel, subtle tensions begin to surface. Decisions are made without her knowledge. Documents feel incomplete. Conversations stop when she enters the room.What begins as professional disagreement slowly reveals something far more dangerous.As her father’s health falters and internal power struggles intensify, Desta is forced to question who truly holds influence within the hotel’s walls — and whether the greatest threat to her family’s empire is coming from outside… or from within.Set in modern Ethiopia against a backdrop of boardroom politics and deeply rooted cultural expectations, At the Edge of the Horn is a compelling family drama about loyalty, ambition, and a woman learning that protecting a legacy may require challenging it.Some battles are fought in public.The most dangerous ones happen at home.