{"product_id":"the-billionaires-secret-desire-annie-carlisle-9798233839221","title":"The Billionaire's Secret Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe swore off love at an airport gate. She's been surviving on grit and a secret. One fire throws them under the same roof.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSawyer Gallo learned his lesson in the cruelest way possible: a fiancée 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharli 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen an arsonist takes the restaurant - her job and her secret home - in one night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSawyer'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe never asks for help. He never lets anyone close. Watch them break both rules.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne-click today - Ghost has already chosen. Your turn.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annie Carlisle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233839221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Annie Carlisle, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Annie Carlisle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665845817599,"sku":"9798233839221","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-billionaires-secret-desire-annie-carlisle-9798233839221","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}