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Birdie Richards isn't the kind of woman to get starstruck. After years of patching up everything from cheetahs to chinchillas, she knows animals don't care about fame, fortune, or who's on the magazine covers-they only care if you come bearing kindness.
But a call to Neverland Ranch changes everything.
When Birdie arrives to treat Bubbles, Michael Jackson's beloved chimpanzee, she expects another routine case. Instead, she finds herself drawn into a world that's equal parts fairytale and reality-a place of fountains, llamas, and carousel dreams. Michael himself is nothing like she imagined: gentle, shy, and deeply devoted to the creatures under his care.
What begins as a vet visit turns into something more as Birdie is called back again and again, each encounter blurring the line between professionalism and something warmer, quieter, and far more dangerous to her guarded heart.
Because at Neverland, animals may be the ones in need of healing-but Birdie soon realizes she isn't immune to the magic either.