The Butterfly

How do you know what love is if you’ve never been in love? Where do you look for the answer? Sent to Mexico on assignment by her law firm, Michael Madison, a young, talented, but naïve young woman becomes deeply, passionately involved with a married man. Realizing her affair with the wealthy Mexican will end badly she returns home hoping to resume her life and expecting the success of her assignment will advance her career. But fate has something different in mind. Leaving friends and family behind, Michael accepts a position with a small underfunded non-profit over a hundred miles from home. The dramatic changes in her life are further complicated when she meets a handsome doctor, but will her illicit affair always cast a dark shadow over her life.


About the Author - Deciding the time had come to retire, Ruth and her husband sold Portola Valley Thoroughbred Training Center and left Northern California to set out on a magical journey to Mexico aboard their boat, the Paradigm, cruising the waters and spending time in the many towns and villages on pacific coast of Mexico. After two years of nomadic life they settled in Puerto Vallarta. Ruth developed a love and understanding of the Mexican culture and history while learning to speak Spanish. After seven years they returned to the states due to Ruth’s husband’s medical needs and settled on a farm in South Carolina once again making racehorses a part of their lives.


Keywords – Fiction, Romance, Affair, Mexico, Single Parent, Women, Change