This book was previously published as A Daughter's Legacy, but in my mind the title has always been The Zookeeper's Daughter. It is about a young woman who is ... well, the daughter of a, uh, zookeeper. :-) It remains my best-selling book ever, of all 37 published novels (so far). I've updated it a bit - Kelli has a cell phone, and a flat-screened television. But the story is still full of the warmth and depth and charm that made more than a hundred thousand readers fall in love with it before.
Here's a description from the back cover:
Attending a stranger’s memorial service wasn’t at the top of
Kelli Jackson’s to-do list.
Especially when that stranger was her own mother.
To receive her inheritance Kelli must abide by
the conditions of her late mother’s will. She is forced work as a zookeeper for
six months with animals that terrify her. But the zoo director is the same
handsome man who stole her estranged mother’s affections and might just steal
everything else too. Because if Kelli fails, Jason Andover inherits everything.
How can she possibly get past her animosity when he watches her every move,
waiting for her to throw in the towel?
Or is there another reason Jason focuses such
close attention on her? Does he really have designs on her mother’s money, or
might he have designs on Kelli herself? The only thing she’s sure of is that
Jason is hiding a secret past, one that could destroy any chance of a happy
future together.
“Virginia Smith keeps this story fresh and
interesting with the zoo background and the way she brings her characters to
life.” – Ann H.
Gabhart, bestselling author of the Heart of Hollyhill series.
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