Daniel's True Desire

by Grace Burrowes

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Book 2 of True Gentlemen, Grace Burrowes' gorgeous new Regency series.

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes comes another sparkling Regency romance filled with desire and drama, featuring the Haddonfield ladies and their loves

An Honorable Life

Daniel Banks is a man of the cloth whose vocation is the last comfort he has left—and even his churchman's collar is beginning to feel like a noose. At the urging of family, Daniel attempts to start his life over as vicar in the sleepy Kentish town of Haddondale, family seat to the earls of Bellefonte.

Challenged by Passion

Resigned to spinsterhood, Lady Kirsten Haddonfield welcomes the new vicar to stay at her family's home while his is under renovation. Suddenly the handsome visitor has Kirsten rethinking her ideas about love and marriage, but a dreadful secret from Daniel's past may cast a shadow too long for either of them to overcome.

True Gentlemen series:

Tremaine's True Love (Book 1)

Daniels' True Desire (Book 2)

Will's True Wish (Book 3)

Praise for The Duke's Disaster:

"Charming, funny, filled with suspense and intrigue... an engaging read." —Fresh Fiction

"Burrowes skillfully explores the importance of trust in a relationship, as well as love and passion, bringing a depth of emotion to her romance that resonates with readers." —RT Book Reviews

Creators
- Grace Burrowes
  
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Series

True Gentlemen
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Sourcebooks
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November 3, 2015
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  - ISBN: 9781492621065
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Reviews
- Publisher's Weekly
  
  September 21, 2015
  Burrowes’s second True Gentleman Regency (after Tremaine’s True Love) sets
  up a very period-appropriate conflict between love and duty. Lady Kirsten Haddonfield, sister of the Earl of Bellefonte, is beautiful, accomplished, and forthright. Her village’s new vicar, Daniel Banks, is everything Kirsten
  could want in a man: kind, humble,
  and too handsome for his own good. Unfortunately, he also has an estranged wife. While both Daniel and Kirsten acknowledge their attraction to each other, he admirably refuses to break his vows. Kirsten and Daniel continue to behave as friends as she assists him with turning the dower house into a school for the mischievous young men of the village. Yet when circumstances change, they wonder whether they can anticipate a life together. The protagonists are perfectly matched for each other in a novel complete with touching romance and an undercurrent of suspense. Agent: Steve Axelrod, Axelrod Literary Agency.
- Library Journal
  
  Starred review from October 15, 2015
  After her rejection of two suitors ruins her marriage prospects, outspoken Lady Kirsten Haddonfield retires to the family's country estate to live life on her own terms. Then the new vicar--handsome, dedicated Daniel Banks--arrives, and the attraction that flares between them surprises them both, plunging them into a situation that Kirsten had never envisioned and seems almost impossible to resolve. An unconventional but caring heroine who is honest to a fault and an honorable hero caught in a web not entirely of his own making find love despite the obstacles. VERDICT Beautifully wrought characters, both good and stunningly wicked, interact with a knotty plot that will keep readers enmeshed. The tidy resolution and elegant compromise nicely set the stage for the next in the series. Touching and intense. Burrowes (Matthew) lives in rural Maryland.
  
  Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
- Booklist
  
  October 15, 2015
  Lady Kirsten Haddonfield was a memorable character in previous titles in Burrowes' True Gentlemen series (Tremaine's True Love, 2015) and is now in the spotlight. Reverend Daniel Banks is happy for the chance to be vicar in a small Kentish town while he waits for his estranged wife, Olivia, to make her next move. He is quickly taken in by the villagers and the Haddonfields, especially Kirsten, whose honesty and cleverness reportedly put off two suitors. Daniel sees past her defenses and curbs his attraction while trying to solve his marital dilemma. A letter proclaiming his wife's death moves his new romance forward, but his family suspects Olivia is perpetuating fraud. Burrowes manages to find new twists on romantic conflicts while adding humor and creating wonderful minor characters. The boys in Daniel's fledgling school serve to pull together the main characters' dilemmas while offering humorous warmth. Burrowes continues her trademark portrayal of frank and loving families in her latest memorable romance.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)
- BookPage
  
  Daniel's True Desire, the second book in Grace Burrowes’ True Gentleman series, is a charming Regency romance about a vicar with a troubled past who falls in love with a woman who has resigned herself to spinsterhood due to her own past heartbreaks. Daniel Banks is the son of a vicar and a vicar himself. He grew up, as he puts it, "only nominally a gentleman." Upon becoming vicar for the village of Haddondale, he promptly falls in love with Lady Kirsten Haddonfield. Lady Kirsten is the sister of an Earl, but she is far more comfortable supervising the cleaning and repairing of the vicarage than she is pouring tea. As she says, "Perhaps I am only nominally a lady." The sharp-tongued but extremely practical Lady Kirsten and the gentle Daniel fall very much in love, but Daniel has a tie from his past that could keep them apart. Burrowes deftly mixes angst (both Daniel and Kirsten have tragedy in their past lives) and humor (Daniel is tasked with running a boys' school and the mischievous students provide constant comic relief) in this novel. Watching Daniel and Kirsten work as a team is deeply satisfying—they have fabulous chemistry and engage in witty banter and honest conversations while co-running the vicarage and school. The use of language in Daniel's True Desire is lovely, the characters are fun and interesting, and the setting bucolic. It's a lovely book to escape into, in which problems are overwhelming and yet all are satisfyingly solved—perhaps a bit too miraculously—through the combined forces of romantic love, friendship, family and the machinations of several small boys and their collection of runaway toads.