Eugenie Dashner had loved the pretty house in Manitou Hills
for as long as she could remember. Even the name of the
house, Fleurissant, seemed magical to her. And now that
she has returned to her childhood home, it seemed that the
once pretty and elegant house on Butterfly Way was calling
to her -- to come fix it up and in return it would help
Eugenie fix her life up as well.
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.
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...
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