- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse Star (June 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1583487638
- ISBN-13: 978-1583487631
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #237,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
The pseudonymous Harvey's vivid, imaginative tale of a unique Beverly Hills brothel called Butterfly focuses on its wealthy founder, and three of her troubled female patrons. Discreetly located above an elegant men's clothing store, the brothel features costumed male "companions"a masked burglar, a Confederate soldier, a Versailles courtier, a cowboycapable of fulfilling any woman's needs and fantasies. Lawyer Jessica Franklin goes there for relief from her cold, intimidating husband; Dr. Linda Markus tries to cure her frigidity; Trudie Stein wants affirmation of her feminity. Behind the scenes is Butterfly's owner, Beverly Highland, whose harrowing life story is interspersed with the current action of the tale . Having run away from home in New Mexico at age 14 after being abused by her alcoholic father, Beverly succumbed to the rough-hewn charm of Danny Mackay, who put her to work in a squalid brothel and forced her to abort their baby. Vowing revenge, plain Beverly attains beauty through plastic surgery, becomes an affluent California entrepreneur and cunningly plots against Mackay, now an influential TV evangelist and presidential candidate. Glamour, wickedness and passion spark this highly commercial novel, which builds to a dramatic and unexpected conclusion. $75,000 ad/promo; first serial to Cosmopolitan; Troll Book Club main selection.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"Joan Collins could learn a thing or two from novelist Kathryn Harvey...Immensely readable!"-- "Chicago Tribune"
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One I have never forgotten!!,
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This review is from: Butterfly (Mass Market Paperback)
This book works on SO MANY LEVELS!! And maybe just has a tongue through cheek about the readers of Romance fiction and the writers!! Butterfly is the name of an exclusive store for men's clothing on Rodeo Drive, where Fabio and John de Salvio work as clerks...on the surface.... To those chosen few...the elite of Butterfly customers who wear a special charm bracelet with a butterfly, they can also charge, along with his London Fog and Armani suits...the salesman of choice... Yes, at Butterfly you can point and say the time and how you want him served up....a cat burglar with other things on his mind...a cowboy...a pirate.....for Butterfly sells fantasies as well as swank male clothing. Butterfly centres around its mysterious lead character...who she is, where she came from....switching back and forth from her early life to how she arrived to become Butterfly's very rich owner...you also meet the women who use Butterfly...the lawyer...the builder...the surgeon...and what they get out of using this exclusive club, what it does to their life the rest of the time. This is a knock out book from beginning to end!! followed by the sequel Stars which not as good, but still a great read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A book that I have never forgotten!!,
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This review is from: Butterfly (Mass Market Paperback)
This book works on SO MANY LEVELS!! And maybe just has a tongue through cheek about the readers of Romance fiction and the writers!! Butterfly is the name of an exclusive store for men's clothing on Rodeo Drive, where Fabio and John de Salvio work as clerks...on the surface.... To those chosen few...the elite of Butteryfly customers who wear a special charm bracelet with a butterfly, they can also charge, along with his London Fog and Armani suits...the salesman of choice... Yes, at Butterfly you can point and say the time and how you want him served up....a cat burgler with other things on his mind...a cowboy...a pirate.....for Butterfly sells fantasies as well as swank male clothing. Butterfly centres around its mysterious lead character...who she is, where she came from....switching back and forth from her early life to how she arrived to become Bufferfly's very rich owner...you also meet the women who use Butterfly...the lawyer...the builder...the surgeon...and what they get out of using this exclusive club, what it does to their life the rest of the time. This is a knock out book from beginning to end!! followed by the sequal Stars which not as good, but still a great read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An Absolute Collection to have,
By Vixieeee "Vix" (Singapore) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Butterfly (Mass Market Paperback)
I was first introduced to "Butterfly" by a second-hand bookstore owner. I never returned the book, and after lending the book to 3 friends, who all never return the book to me, I now put my 4th copy in a drawer instead of displaying it with the rest of my books. It's a really mesmerizing!
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