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Butterfly
“The delicate silver filigree butterfly around my neck had been a gift from Hugh … I told myself it was a talisman that would prevent any harm coming to me. But I couldn’t have been more wrong.”
The opening night of Georgia’s exhibition is a flop. It’s stinking hot, sales are down and her husband Hugh is stuck in Wellington, four hundred miles away.
Then Georgia meets Xavier Bishop, who tells her he’s an old friend of Hugh’s. His unexpected behaviour – and Georgia’s unexpected response – trigger a series of events that leaves Georgia wondering if she’s made a big mistake marrying Hugh.
Things only get worse when Georgia goes to talk to her best friend Willa – who turns out to have been keeping secrets of her own. Until she confronts both Hugh and Willa, Georgia has no way of knowing what the truth is. But both of them are being frustratingly evasive ...
About the series
What happens when everything you believe about love, sex and fidelity is turned on its head?
When American artist Georgia Daniels marries handsome, sexy lawyer Hugh Fraser and moves to the other side of the world with him, the fairy tale she thought she was buying into soon transforms into a complex web of secrets and uncertainty.
Ghosts from Hugh’s past surface, making her realize he’s not the shy, innocent guy she thought he was. Her best friend Willa turns out to have secrets of her own that leave Georgia out on a limb when she needs someone she can trust. And every time she thinks she has it all figured out, she gets a call from her estranged mother, whose well meaning attempts to deal with the past and restore their relationship just leave Georgia even more confused.
The Butterfly series takes up where traditional romance novels leave off – exploring love in a way that is edgy, challenging and sometimes painfully real – and coming to conclusions as unexpected as they are perfect.
This story unfolds over the course of four novels, each in three parts. This book is Part 1 of the first novel.
The opening night of Georgia’s exhibition is a flop. It’s stinking hot, sales are down and her husband Hugh is stuck in Wellington, four hundred miles away.
Then Georgia meets Xavier Bishop, who tells her he’s an old friend of Hugh’s. His unexpected behaviour – and Georgia’s unexpected response – trigger a series of events that leaves Georgia wondering if she’s made a big mistake marrying Hugh.
Things only get worse when Georgia goes to talk to her best friend Willa – who turns out to have been keeping secrets of her own. Until she confronts both Hugh and Willa, Georgia has no way of knowing what the truth is. But both of them are being frustratingly evasive ...
About the series
What happens when everything you believe about love, sex and fidelity is turned on its head?
When American artist Georgia Daniels marries handsome, sexy lawyer Hugh Fraser and moves to the other side of the world with him, the fairy tale she thought she was buying into soon transforms into a complex web of secrets and uncertainty.
Ghosts from Hugh’s past surface, making her realize he’s not the shy, innocent guy she thought he was. Her best friend Willa turns out to have secrets of her own that leave Georgia out on a limb when she needs someone she can trust. And every time she thinks she has it all figured out, she gets a call from her estranged mother, whose well meaning attempts to deal with the past and restore their relationship just leave Georgia even more confused.
The Butterfly series takes up where traditional romance novels leave off – exploring love in a way that is edgy, challenging and sometimes painfully real – and coming to conclusions as unexpected as they are perfect.
This story unfolds over the course of four novels, each in three parts. This book is Part 1 of the first novel.
72 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2013
About the author
Violet Gregory
5 books3 followersI couldn’t find enough of the books I love: chick lit featuring quirky, adventurous characters who mess up and break all the rules, but somehow manage to work their way through the chaos to a happy (if somewhat unorthodox) ending ... with an undercurrent of edgy, intense and steaming hot erotic sex that is actually integral to the story.
So, when the company I worked for collapsed, I moved to a cottage by the sea, ignored my husband and sons playing heavy metal in the next room, stopped doing the cooking and cleaning and started writing the Butterfly series.
I hope you enjoy my books and welcome your reviews, comments and questions.
So, when the company I worked for collapsed, I moved to a cottage by the sea, ignored my husband and sons playing heavy metal in the next room, stopped doing the cooking and cleaning and started writing the Butterfly series.
I hope you enjoy my books and welcome your reviews, comments and questions.
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April 21, 2015
This book was poetic and well written. It was also creative and original. I appreciated the depth of emotion and realistic internal conflict with which Georgia struggled throughout the story. The other characters remain shrouded in mystery, including Georgia's husband, which is vividly expressed through her first person discovery that he may not be the man she thought she new. If that didn't leave her on edge enough, she now has doubts about her best friend & her husband's personal assistant...both who seem pretty unsavory, in my opinion. Xavier is intriguing, yet he emanates a malevolent aura, which serves to both seduce Georgia and fill her with trepidation...
On the one hand, Georgia made her own bed and gets little sympathy from me regarding the fallout of her indiscretions. On the other hand, she did not sleep with the guy...regardless of blame, the husband's and friend's behavior was baffling and unsettling at best.
I was intrigued by the imagery and mystery created by the author, but not absorbed enough to want to read further along in the series. I found the book to be very slow and more descriptive than plot driven. Beautifully written though...
On the one hand, Georgia made her own bed and gets little sympathy from me regarding the fallout of her indiscretions. On the other hand, she did not sleep with the guy...regardless of blame, the husband's and friend's behavior was baffling and unsettling at best.
I was intrigued by the imagery and mystery created by the author, but not absorbed enough to want to read further along in the series. I found the book to be very slow and more descriptive than plot driven. Beautifully written though...
October 27, 2013
I wrote this book ... so of course I think it's great. I hope you will too.
Butterfly Parts 1 and 2 are available on Amazon - Part 3 is due out in December 2013. I'd love you to check them out and let me know what you think in a review.
Butterfly Parts 1 and 2 are available on Amazon - Part 3 is due out in December 2013. I'd love you to check them out and let me know what you think in a review.
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