Genres: Romance Contemporary
Posted: July 8, 2012
As Eugenie struggles with the renovations of the stately house, she is also trying to come to grips with her life troubles -- a failed marriage (her husband left her for an OLDER woman), her troubled son, helping her widowed brother and his two girls adjust to life, and her bitter and feisty mother who has come to live with them. But slowly, but surely as the house begins to come together, Eugenie catches glimpses of her life coming back together as well.
In THE HOUSE ON BUTTERFLY WAY, Elizabeth Bevarly presents a cast of characters that are lively, witty, and above all, real. These are people that could be your next-door neighbors, your best friends, and even, in some cases, you yourself! This story of a multi-generational family trying to learn how to live together again is lovely, and the romantic side of the story is gentle and sweet.
I was absolutely charmed by this story. This was my first Elizabeth Bevarly novel, and I'm not quite sure why I haven't read her work before, but I can tell you - after this book, I will be on the lookout for more of her books.
Book Summary
Lisa Kleypas says "nobody does it better" than USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Bevarly. Find out why in this rich, emotional new novel... Once upon a time, in Manitou Hills, there was a home so radiant and vivacious it was christened with its own name: Fleurissant. Now it's in ruins, forgotten and neglected-except by a woman who sees her own life reflected in the broken windows of that house on Butterfly Way... As a child, from afar, Eugenie Dashner loved Fleurissant and the elegant, youthful fantasies it provided. Now, with a failed marriage behind her, a troubled son at her side, and a contentious and bitter mother to care for, Eugenie returns to the Louisville neighborhood of Manitou Hills to fulfill a dream: buy and renovate the house that once meant so much to her, and maybe, in the process, rebuild her own life. Day by day, as the house reveals more and more of its forgotten beauty, Eugenie sees her dream come to fruition-especially when the attentions of two men help to reawaken in her feelings of romance and passion she thought were gone forever. As she navigates her rediscovered emotions, Eugenie comes to realize that there is no such thing as irreparable damage-not in herself, not in the house on Butterfly Way, and not in the family who now calls it home...
Berkley
February 1, 2012
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Featuring:
336 pages
ISBN: 0425245349
EAN: 9780425245347
Kindle: B005GSYY5I
Paperback / e-Book