Hidden Desire (Regency Men in Love 2) - Regency Men in Love, #2

Hidden Desire (Regency Men in Love 2) is the second book in the MM Regency series written by Carole Mortimer as C A MORTIMERCarole Mortimer is a USA Today Bestselling author, an Amazon #1 Bestselling author, and an International Bestselling author of over 260 novels in many different romance genres. Maxim Armitage, the Duke of Lancaster, has become totally smitten with Christopher Brooks since that young man came to work as a server at The Apollo Club, a gentleman's club owned by Maxim and three of his closest friends.
But their ages, Christopher is only nineteen to Maxim's six and thirty, and the difference in their circumstances, Christopher is employed at The Apollo Club and Maxim is the powerful Duke of Lancaster, force Maxim to keep his distance. Until the night Maxim discovers Christopher being attacked by another man. Christopher Brooks was beyond grateful when he was offered employment at The Apollo Club.
He enjoys his work there. The owners of the club are fair gentlemen. Most especially Maxim Armitage, the Duke of Lancaster, whom Christopher very quickly finds himself developing feelings for. His fellow workers have also become the family Christopher no longer has. All except one, and Christopher has managed to evade that man's demands to date. Until the evening he is no longer able to do so. Being rescued and cared for by Maxim makes Christopher long for things he can't have.
Or can he?And what will become of their mutual attraction if or when Maxim learns the secret Christopher has been hiding from him?Carole Mortimer has written over 260 books in Regency, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense, Regency MM, and Paranormal romance. In 2015 she became the Recipient of the prestigious Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award. She was awarded a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in 2017.
She is an Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance Author-ever. A 2014 Romantic Times Pioneer of Romance. She was also recognized by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012, for her "outstanding service to literature"