Butterfly Bound

by Violet Gregory

“It was hard to believe less than a week had passed since my husband Hugh had watched Xavier Bishop seduce me in the back of Willa’s gallery … since I’d read Willa’s secret blog and discovered she was in love with Hugh … since he’d told me he still loved Xavier’s wife, Diana. “What was even harder to believe was the passion with which Hugh and I had made love, just a few hours ago. Or the feeling of deep calm that enveloped me just before I opened my eyes ... “It was the calm before the storm.” 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. After discovering Hugh is not the shy, innocent guy she thought he was, she convinces him to take her to the exclusive club he used to frequent with the charismatic Xavier Bishop and his mysterious wife Diana. She tells herself it’s because she wants to erase the ghost of Diana from their relationship and prove her fidelity to Hugh, but if that’s the case, why does Xavier’s lupine smile, velvet voice and heady scent invade her senses every time she closes her eyes? The Butterfly series is no traditional formulaic romance. The themes are erotic, edgy and challenging, and the characters make their own rules around combining love, sex and fidelity in ways that are modern, unorthodox and ultimately empowering. The Butterfly story unfolds over the course of four novels. This is book 2 in the series.

393 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 5, 2020

About the author

I 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.

Reviews

[Violet Gregory · Rating 5 out of 5]

Steamier than the first book in the series, and the plot gets more complicated. Georgia loves her husband Hugh, and the sex between them is red hot, but she becomes more and more conflicted as she can't stop herself obsessing about Xavier Bishop. At the end of this novel, you think she has resolved her issues, until she goes to Willa's gallery and ...

Well, I don't want to give any spoilers, but let's just say that what happens at the end of this book is a bombshell that will leave you craving the next instalment.