A Secret Desire

In this second chance romance by USA Today Bestselling author Charlie Lane, a future duke must win back the seamstress who stole his heart during an ill-fated house party brimming with lap dogs, impish children, nefarious villains, and corners dark enough for kissing...

Grayson Maxwell never expected to be a duke. He's happy as a second son to manage his father's estates and wed Miss Henriette Blakely, a feisty tradesman's daughter with a talent for designing gowns. But when the tragedy strikes, and Grayson the spare becomes the heir to the Duke of Devonmere, new and powerful obligations shatter his plans. After all …

Dukes don't marry dressmakers.

Henrietta Blakely has quite forgotten the former love of her life. She never even thinks about Grayson Maxwell. She certainly never dreams of his touch or the way he used to look at her like she was the only woman in the world. She's much too busy wooing the wealthiest clientele of the haute ton to her London dress shop.

When she arrives at a country house party to court the fashionably-gowned guests, she runs into her past instead, and his shoulders are wider than ever, his eyes just as devouring. And he's asking for a second chance …

But dressmakers don't flirt with future dukes.

One glimpse of Henrietta and Grayson knows what he always has—he wants her back. Can he convince her to give in to her secret desires and take a second chance at love?

The first full-length, open-door novel in the London Secrets series is a lighthearted Regency romp overflowing with heat, humor, and heart.