Butterfly Palace kept me in suspense from the first page. I could not put it down. The book starts out with Lily Donaldson and Andy Hawkins in love. Some people reading this book may be bothered by the fact that the two characters are overstepping the bounds of a proper courtship, a decision which they later regret doing. They are in each other's company when a fire in town kills both their fathers. Feeling he is responsible Andy flees town. Lily is hurt and rejected but she and her mother make a living for themselves. Fast forward four years and Lily's mother has died. Lily has to make a living for herself so she takes a job as a maid at the Butterfly Palace. Very quickly she runs into Andy who now goes by the name of Drew Hawes. He still loves her but she is still hurt by his actions in the past. After all he took her purity and then disappeared for four years. I like it that she did not immediately fall back into his arms. Also I like it that this time he was more mature and did not try to compromise her. Anyway he goes by the name of Drew Hawes because he is working as an undercover agent to expose counterfeiting going on. But there are other things going on in that town besides counterfeiting which is a different storyline. There is a serial killer in town killing blond haired servant girls. Lily is blond so her life is in danger. There are so many twists and turns in the story. I like it that I could not figure out who the culprits were until the author revealed it to me.
Another key character was Belle, the niece of the owner of Butterfly Palace. She was rather spoiled and looked down on the help. She was so hungry for a higher social status that she was willing to marry a man she could barely tolerate. I did not like her at all in the beginning but by the end I think she matured and liked her a little better.
Thanks to Netgalley and Thomas Nelson for providing me an ebook to review.
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