Teagan Ransom is reinventing herself. She’s a plastic surgeon and former reality TV star now living in Seattle, transplanted from New York. She’s made new friends and is living in a butterfly-roofed house with a view of Puget Sound and working from home developing skin care products. Her tranquil existence is disrupted when her next door neighbors suddenly sell their home to Garrett Frost, a successful photographer. Their attraction is instant but it’s clear that both have some tragedy in their pasts.
Butterfly Roof Home
This was a puzzling story for most of the book as there was an intimacy between Garrett and Teagan that ramped up at lightening speed. I wasn’t feeling it and kept looking for the why. Teagan’s story was revealed so slowly but I knew it was still incomplete because it didn’t provide meaningful insights. Garrett’s was equally slow but much more enlightening. There was always enough to keep me in the story but I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was missing something, like I’d been dropped into the middle of the book. My instincts were dead on as there’s a bombshell dropped late into the party. I’m still trying to sort out if it would have been better to have this revealed earlier. I’m thinking not because I blew through this, trying to GET these characters and what they were about. I liked both of them, though Garrett could come on strong at times. No matter, though as I rooted for them to work.
Fans of Crossfire will be delighted to see characters from that series make brief appearances. You don’t have to have read those books to follow what’s going on but insiders will appreciate the updates.
I listened to this story and the narrators were very good, especially Emma Wilder who carries most of the weight. Her male voice was excellent, making me think that it was an actual male narrator! I’m very glad I chose this format as it really helped me enjoy the book, despite my frustration with the delay in figuring things out.
Book Info
- Release Date: August 27, 2019
- Narrators: Emma Wilder & Joe Arden
- Audio Length: 4 hours, 48 minutes
- Publisher: Brilliance Audio
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(Thanks to Brilliance Audio for my complimentary copy. All opinions are my own.)
Interesting take on this book! I’ve had that happen before…where I’m paging backwards, because I’m sure I’ve missed something that would clarify what was happening a little better.
You’ve described what happened to me here perfectly, Amanda! I actually rewound several times.
Fab review! glad the audio was good but what a shame it felt like there was something missing.
Thanks, Nicki💜 it was a shame because it’s a great story but delaying that reveal so long was a miss for me.
Dang, this is the second time I went to type. my comment … wordpress is playing up and erased my first comment. Which is to say, I’m glad that, in the end, you enjoyed this one.
So sorry you’re having WordPress issues (so am I these days)! I’m not fond of novellas so this was quite the challenge. But, Day is a really good writer so I trusted her and in the end was okay.
WordPress (never mind my DEAD iMac) have been annoying me these last couple of days. I’m using my SOs computer because mine finally died, so of course, there are no saved passwords or anything. And then, WP doesn’t want to log me in. Argh!!! Deep breaths. 😉
Hang in there💜
Lovely review, Jonetta, and I love the cover on this one and that image of a butterfly-roofed house! How pretty! I tried the first Crossfire book and just did not click. It was several years ago and maybe I should give it another shot.
Thanks, Jennifer💜 I don’t imagine that Crossfire would be your cuppa😏 It’s straight romance, though a bit of mystery, written back in the day of “troubled, obsessive, stalker-ish men.” I’m not sure how I would take it in today.
I had no idea what a butterfly roof is so I included it, teasing how it relates to the title.
Great review, Jonetta. It’s always interesting when an author chooses to withhold information with the intention of a major reveal. Glad that it mostly ended up working out in the end! There’s nothing like flipping back through a book, checking to see if you’ve somehow skipped over something.
Thank you, Christopher! I’m grateful it was a short audiobook as rewinding was a bit easier.