Convincing Marianne by Jen Geigle Johnson

He’s order. She’s chaos. But sometimes the most perfect partnerships are built on beautiful contradictions.

Lady Marianne Linfield has found perfect sanctuary in her Somerset cottage, surrounded by her beloved menagerie of rescue animals and blissfully free from society’s expectations. The last thing she wants is interference from her rigid, proper neighbor—no matter how devastatingly handsome he might be.
Lord Henry Alton values order above all else, and his new neighbor’s household is the very definition of beautiful chaos. Between the peacock who terrorizes visiting clergymen, the pug who follows him everywhere, and the woman who climbs trees to rescue stranded birds, his carefully controlled world is under constant siege.
When family pressure forces Marianne to consider remarriage, Henry appoints himself her advisor in attracting “suitable” suitors. But his plan to help her find the perfect husband backfires spectacularly when he realizes the perfect man for Marianne might be the one person too afraid of losing control to fight for her heart.
As they work together to establish Somerset’s first foundling orphanage, Marianne and Henry discover that the best partnerships aren’t built on compromise—they’re built on the courage to love someone exactly as they are. But when the ideal suitor appears and appreciates everything about Marianne that Henry has tried to “improve,” will Henry find the strength to risk everything for love?

A delightfully chaotic Regency romance about finding love in the most unexpected places—and learning that the best kind of order comes from the heart.