Trapping the Butterfly

Romance, Historical
Cover of the book Trapping the Butterfly by Debra Parmley, Belo Dia Publishing Inc.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Debra Parmley ISBN: 9780999252543
Publisher: Belo Dia Publishing Inc. Publication: January 15, 2019
Imprint: Belo Dia Publishing Inc. Language: English
Author: Debra Parmley
ISBN: 9780999252543
Publisher: Belo Dia Publishing Inc.
Publication: January 15, 2019
Imprint: Belo Dia Publishing Inc.
Language: English

Hot Springs Arkansas in the 1920’s is where the wealthy go to “take the baths” for medicinal purposes and where gangsters lay down their Tommy guns while on vacation. Bethany and her aunt and uncle have gone to take the baths hoping to cure her aunt of her illness. Bethany, excited to be celebrating her eighteenth birthday at the Arlington Hotel, can’t wait to cut her long hair into a bob and to raise her hemline and learn to do the Charleston. Her life has been controlled, from the clothes she wears to the food she eats as her aunt and uncle have kept her--and her inheritance--very close. If her aunt and uncle have their way she will return engaged to his new business partner. 

Little does she know Al Capone has rented the entire fourth floor of the Arlington where she is staying with her family, and Suki, the flapper who befriends her, is one of the gang’s molls. One of Al’s men is quite taken with Bethany and wants to make her his girl.

Detective Paul Tollick chased butterflies when he was young. Now he chases gangsters. His job plunges him into the harsh underworld of gangsters, bootleggers, and fast women. He’s captivated by the sight of innocent Bethany, sitting in the park surrounded by butterflies. He hopes she will be his girl. 

But two other men have determined to catch her and one is a dangerous gangster who is part of Al Capone's gang. Will Bethany exit her cocoon; and then find the strength to fly free or will she be trapped by one of these men?

Coming of age in the 1920’s is not so easy at it might appear, especially for a young naïve girl who has been sheltered.

Trapping the Butterfly is book one in Debra Parmley's Butterflies Fly Free series about flappers and gangsters in the 1920’s. Each book focuses on a different flapper. 
 

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Hot Springs Arkansas in the 1920’s is where the wealthy go to “take the baths” for medicinal purposes and where gangsters lay down their Tommy guns while on vacation. Bethany and her aunt and uncle have gone to take the baths hoping to cure her aunt of her illness. Bethany, excited to be celebrating her eighteenth birthday at the Arlington Hotel, can’t wait to cut her long hair into a bob and to raise her hemline and learn to do the Charleston. Her life has been controlled, from the clothes she wears to the food she eats as her aunt and uncle have kept her--and her inheritance--very close. If her aunt and uncle have their way she will return engaged to his new business partner. 

Little does she know Al Capone has rented the entire fourth floor of the Arlington where she is staying with her family, and Suki, the flapper who befriends her, is one of the gang’s molls. One of Al’s men is quite taken with Bethany and wants to make her his girl.

Detective Paul Tollick chased butterflies when he was young. Now he chases gangsters. His job plunges him into the harsh underworld of gangsters, bootleggers, and fast women. He’s captivated by the sight of innocent Bethany, sitting in the park surrounded by butterflies. He hopes she will be his girl. 

But two other men have determined to catch her and one is a dangerous gangster who is part of Al Capone's gang. Will Bethany exit her cocoon; and then find the strength to fly free or will she be trapped by one of these men?

Coming of age in the 1920’s is not so easy at it might appear, especially for a young naïve girl who has been sheltered.

Trapping the Butterfly is book one in Debra Parmley's Butterflies Fly Free series about flappers and gangsters in the 1920’s. Each book focuses on a different flapper. 
 

More books from Historical

Cover of the book Yukon Wedding by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book Swift as Desire by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book The Tall Stranger by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book Outrageous Confessions of Lady Deborah by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book Les paroissiens de Champs-de-Grâce T.2 by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book The Tobacconist by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book Cutthroat Trail by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book Le Prince des Voleurs.Robin HOOD le Proscrit by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book The Closed Book: Concerning the Secret of the Borgias by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book The Canada Exploration Anthology by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book Jacques Pierre Brissot in America and France, 1788–1793 by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book And Miss Julianna Makes Three by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book Blazing Star by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book Loved by a Dragon by Debra Parmley
Cover of the book World Enough and Time by Debra Parmley
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy