The Menagerie at Mervale: A Second-Chance Historical Romance an Unruly

He broke her heart once. Now the survival of an entire menagerie depends on her trusting him again.Years ago, Sebastian Marlowe destroyed Norah Quill's faith in him with one unforgivable letter. She rebuilt her life without him, becoming the fiercely capable head keeper of Mervale, an eccentric country estate filled with rare animals, medicinal gardens, and creatures far easier to understand than charming gentlemen.Now Sebastian has inherited Mervale under one impossible condition: every animal must be alive, healthy, and accounted for at the trustees' autumn census.There is only one complication.He cannot spend a penny of the estate's money without Norah's signature.Forced to work beside the woman he once abandoned, Sebastian must trade fashionable drawing rooms for muddy paddocks, stubborn ledgers, an irritable camel, an acquisitive hornbill, and an ostrich with no respect for romantic timing. But beneath his ruined reputation, Norah begins to glimpse the thoughtful man she once loved, and the devotion he has never learned to offer in his own name.As unexplained accidents threaten the animals and place Mervale's future in jeopardy, Sebastian and Norah must decide whether broken trust can be rebuilt through actions rather than promises. Saving the estate may require them to confront an old betrayal, expose a dangerous scheme, and risk their hearts on a second chance neither believed they would receive.Warm, witty, and deeply romantic, The Menagerie at Mervale is a mature second-chance historical romance featuring forced proximity, a reformed rake, a highly competent heroine, an eccentric English menagerie, animal mischief, hard-earned redemption, and a complete happily-ever-after.