The Billionaire's Secret Desire

By Annie Carlisle

He swore off love at an airport gate. She's been surviving on grit and a secret. One fire throws them under the same roof.

Sawyer Gallo learned his lesson in the cruelest way possible: a fianc e who vanished at the gate and reappeared on security footage in another man's arms. Since then, the "playboy billionaire" act has kept everyone exactly where he wants them - at a distance.

The one thing he let himself love was The Silver Willow, the restaurant that was his, not inherited. And the force of nature running its kitchen.

Charli Whitmore commands a brigade with a look. What nobody knows: when the housing market priced her out, she quietly made a home in the office behind dry storage. No family. No safety net. No complaints.

Then an arsonist takes the restaurant - her job and her secret home - in one night.

Sawyer's offer is simple: the guesthouse, strictly temporary. Charli's acceptance is reluctant, heavily negotiated, and supervised by Ghost - his traitor of a dog, who chooses Charli on sight.

But guesthouses have a way of becoming homes. Walls have a way of coming down. And just when something real begins... the woman from the airport comes back, carrying a lie engineered to destroy it.

She never asks for help. He never lets anyone close. Watch them break both rules.

The Billionaire's Secret Desire is Book Six in the Hibiscus Harbor series - a steamy secondchance romance with a broody billionaire, a fiercely independent chef, a dog who picks her person, a villainess you'll love to hate, a grand chase worthy of the grovel hall of fame, and a Prince Charming proposal that must be read to be believed. Standalone HEA.

One-click today - Ghost has already chosen. Your turn.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H824YCLJ
• ISBN13: 9798233839221
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Annie Carlisle, LLC
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"