The Butterfly Room – Lucinda Riley

As Posy Montague approaches her seventieth birthday, she still lives at Admiral House, the beautiful Suffolk home where she spent her childhood catching butterflies and exploring the gardens. Now she faces a difficult decision about its future.

Memories of her first love, Freddie, and the devastating events that shaped her life begin to resurface. When someone from her past unexpectedly returns, long-held secrets start to unravel.

Meanwhile, Posy’s adult children face challenges of their own, forcing the family to confront choices, heartbreaks, and revelations hidden for decades. The Butterfly Room is a heartfelt multi-generational story of family, first love, secrets, and second chances.

Rated approximately 4.20/5 on Goodreads from more than 40,000 ratings. Readers praise its emotional depth, memorable characters, and compelling movement between past and present. Many consider it one of Lucinda Riley’s most heartfelt standalone novels.

Perfect for fans of The Olive Tree, The Midnight Rose, The Girl on the Cliff, The Angel Tree, Kate Morton’s Homecoming and The Forgotten Garden, and Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale.

Popular with readers who enjoy:

• Family secrets and hidden pasts
• Second-chance romance
• Multi-generational sagas
• English country-house settings
• Complex family relationships
• Character-driven emotional fiction

A trade paperback (2019) in Very Good condition, with minor shelf wear, clean and intact pages, and a tight binding.