The Girl Who Liked Giraffes — Elizabeth Hawksley

Love … Danger … BlackmailMay 1836: Miss Decima Wells sneaks out to see the astonishing sight of four giraffes walking from London Docks to the new Zoological Gardens, but her innocent expedition will have dangerous and far-reaching consequences.Also there to see the spectacle is Alexander Peverell, a successful merchant newly-returned from India. He is worried about his father’s failing health and his brother Hugh’s desperate need for money. There is no love lost between the brothers. How far will Hugh go to get what he desires?Decima’s tyrannical father plans to blackmail Alexander. And now one of London's criminal gangs has become involved.Can love and trust find a way through for Alexander and Decima?‘The Girl Who Liked Giraffes’ was previously published as ‘A Desperate Remedy’.