Andrea Cooper has already disappointed Victorian society once. She has no intention of doing it quietly.

After the death of her father, Andrea travels to Madagascar determined to complete the natural-history research he left unfinished?and to prove that she is every bit the scientist the men around her refuse to believe she can be.

There is only one problem.

To reach the remote rainforests she needs to study, she needs Derek Heston.

Experienced, infuriating, and far too sure of himself, Derek has little interest in risking his neck for a stubborn Englishwoman with something to prove. Andrea has equally little patience for a man who thinks he knows what she can handle.

Unfortunately, neither of them is prepared for the attraction simmering beneath every argument.

Set amid the extraordinary wildlife and lush landscapes of nineteenth-century Madagascar, Where the Heart Blooms is a historical romance about ambition, adventure, and falling for the one person you were determined not to need.