Silver Butterfly (Five Star Expressions)

First Sentence

"Serena D'Agostino and Steve Katz stood by the Red Ball movoing van and watched a brawny black man wheel the maple bureau from Steve's room across the sidewalk and up the wooden ramp. It took its place beside the furniture from Steve's parents' bedroom. Moments later, when the dining room breakfront went by, itsleaded glass doors taped shut, Serena began to cry."

Description

A fascinating story of love that spans a half-century. Junior high school sweethearts Steve and Serena are parted at fourteen when Steve's family moves from Brooklyn, NY to south Jersey. By the time fate reunites them, Serena has been married twice. Now widowed, she is a fugitive from her second husband's family, who hired an assassin to prevent her from claiming her share of his considerable estate. Steve owns a 5-star restaurant; his wife is in a nursing home suffering from early Altzheimer's. When a bus accident in south Jersey brings Serena to Steve's restaurant seeking a job, both sense an instant attraction but both their names have changed, and the years have altered their appearance. They do not recognize each other....at first....

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