USA Today Bestselling Author, Terri E. Laine brings a new standalone New Adult Romance novel, Chasing Butterflies, about second chances on and off the field.
One night … one kiss … one touch … will change everything.
Kelley Moore’s tragic home life should make him a survivor. But when he’s uprooted yet again, his plans for a better future seem impossible. Being a player on and off the football … a player on and off the football field is all he knows, until Lenora Wells. The beautiful town princess makes him feel and want things he never thought he could have…
Lenora will do anything to get out of her town, even if it means dating the wrong guy. There’s one problem: she can’t stop thinking about the gorgeous, complicated boy with the unusual eyes who gives her butterflies and makes her question her choices.
When their lives collide, the world shifts and not in their favor. Four years later, the sins of their past can never be taken back and forgiveness won’t come easy.
College is a different game, a second chance for something better.
She’s not the girl he remembers and he’s the one boy she can never forget.
He’s made a name for himself as the star quarterback — the golden boy who can do no wrong. But he’s only interested in being her hero.
Despite everything, she can’t deny he still makes her heart flutter; and she’s got him chasing butterflies.
* Warning this new adult romance contains adult content and language and may not be suitable for younger readers. *
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Kelley is from the wrong side of the tracks. Lenora is just trying to please her parents. Kelley feels sparks right away, but Lenora resists to connection. A few unforgivable circumstances lead Lenora to Kelley. His life is rough, but she is his light. A tragedy and a bad decision tear them apart.
Years later, a chance encounter finds them together again. Will they get a second chance at chasing butterflies, or will they be torn apart with lies and secrets?
*No spoilers here
I really enjoyed reading this book.
It was tragic, funny, sexy, & full of hope.
Kelley lives a dark life and Lenny’s lives one that is controlled.
Kelley aims to chase his butterfly while Lenny runs, but how far can she run and hide before it all comes crashing down?
You’ll have to read to find out!
****4 Stars ****
Chasing Butrerflies is a delightful story about getting second chances at love. Kelley has had a rough upbringing and the only thing keeping him sane is playing football. With dreams of becoming professional football player so he can get away from all the bad. Lenny is a good girl who does everything she can to make others happy, and she has her whole life planned out. Kelley and Lenny think they know what the other is all about but they are so wrong about eachother. But now that they have gotten to know eachother their world feels right but fate has away of stepping in and pulling them apart.
This story pulled at my heart. It’s no typical love story but one I will cherish for a long time to come. The characters really got to me.
I enjoyed reading both POVs especially because sometimes they were overlapping in time (but just a small part of it and never in a boring kind of way) and some scenes were interesting to read from both perspectives. It’s like reading both characters story and this helped to understand them better because they both had to struggle with different things while growing up.
Even though I went blind into the story because I didn’t read the full blurb and instantly knew I would like it, I didn’t expect to love this book as much as I do.
This is such a unique story for a unique boy with bicolored eyes. Imagine standing in front of him and looking into those gorgeous eyes of his. *swoon* Kelly is one of the good guys even though he thought different of himself.
I love that the author put a lot of meaningful details into the story and that they fell into place so perfectly. (For example the name Kelley and the nickname Lenny wasn’t picked randomly and you will probably notice what I mean when you read the book. Also the bicolored eyes of Kelley and the butterflies.)
I enjoy Terri E. Laine’s writing and how she creates her characters. I already loved her other books Cruel and Beautiful and A Mess of a Man which she both co-wrote with A.M. Hargrove.
The Story:
I don’t want to spoil anything in telling you too much about the story apart from that it’s about a young boy named Kelley who has no easy life growing up. He has to deal with loss, love, anger and so many more emotions that are especially hard to deal with when you are a lonely kid and not able to share your stuff with someone else. Since his family moved a lot, he didn’t have any friends. What made it even harder for him was that he had to endure the anger of his drunken father. He found distraction and oblivion in meaningless sexy with girls until he meets Lenny.
Thoughts:
I was surprised by how much I loved every part of it no matter how ugly or sweet it was. I couldn’t put it down even through the tough parts of it.
I almost read the book in one go and I wish I took more time so I could still enjoy it.
I felt so sorry for Kelly. He had a hard life and so did Lenny. Their childhood was horrible and her life after high school wasn’t easy either. I am glad though that especially in that hard time they found each other even when it wasn’t a Cinderella-like story where the instant they saw each other everything was perfect. They still had a tough life but they found the perfect match in each other because they knew firsthand how fucked-up life can be. I envy this love they shared. I think this is a rare love to find but the best one to have. They’re lucky besides all that horrible stuff they had to go through.
Conclusion:
This is no ordinary fairy tale where boy meets girl and they find their happily-ever-after because both characters have some hard stuff to go through. But maybe this is exactly why this is such a special story.
PS.: I hope there will be a story of Chance and Brie someday.
I loved seeing Lenny and Kelley on a happy path those were the scenes I loved the most:
“It’s a suit and every guy here has one on.”
“But you look the best.”
His smile stole my breath. “You trying to say I look good, baby?”
“You know you look good. Now rein in your ego. More people want to come in the room.”
His deep chuckle vibrated through his chest. “You look even better in that dress. I can’t wait to get you out of it.” I slapped at his hand on my thigh. He grinned at me before planting a quick kiss on my lips.
I really enjoyed this book, I will warn that there is some heavy subject matter but the author wrote about it where I didn’t need to complain