GIVE ME BUTTERFLIES – Jillian Meadows
Oaks Sisters , Book 1
Avon
ISBN: 978-0063416161
January 21, 2025
Contemporary Romance

Washington, DC – Present Day

Millie loves her job as a butterfly curator at a science museum and is hoping for an advancement at the center as the director of her department. Unfortunately, one of the people who will interview her for the position is none other than the man she always seems to run into—literally. Dr. Finn Ashford is a nerd with his head in the stars as he is the director of the astronomy department. He’s always grumpy with Millie and she always seems to do something disastrous around him. Why does he have to be one of the people to decide about her next career opportunity? Yet, while he continues to glare at her, Millie can’t help but fall under the spell of his blue eyes. She soon learns that Finn is carrying a lot on his shoulders. Besides working full-time, he also is the guardian of his late sister’s twin daughters. And Millie soon encounters them and falls in love with the girls—and their uncle. 

Millie loved bugs as a child, leading her to pursue a degree in entomology and a job at the Wilhelmina Natural Science Museum where she gets to show visitors her beloved butterfly collection. The job is perfect but becoming the director would be even better. She tries not to run into Finn, but her luck always runs out. She has spilled coffee on him and accidentally ran into the back of his car, and he always glares at her as though she’s a nincompoop. After she learns about what is really going on with him, that he’s raising his nieces, she bends over backward to help him. After all, the girls are wonderful, and they come to adore Millie. Of course, this means spending time with their Uncle Finn…and growing closer to the man who will help decide her future. Is she playing with fire? The truth of the matter is that she has come to like Finn and of course, the girls. 

Fans of steamy STEM romances will be in for a treat with GIVE ME BUTTERFLIES. Millie is an endearing character who loves what she does and will do just about anything for people. She recently came out of a bad relationship where her now ex criticized and controlled her. In this tale, her ex-boyfriend, Kyle, starts texting her again wanting to meet up and she tries to ignore him. No more will she let a man sabotage her self-esteem. After getting past Finn’s grumpiness, Mille discovers a different side to the man and comes to admire him. He is doing it alone, even though his parents live nearby. Turns out his parents are really awful people. In the meantime, Millie and Finn are creating a happy unit for the girls. Almost like they are a family. Of course, Finn and Millie’s relationship turns into a romance that lands them in bed. Will they achieve what they want? For Millie, the job of her dreams, and for Finn, peace and happiness after years of upheaval. 

GIVE ME BUTTERFLIES is an engaging and entertaining romance that readers will surely love. We see in this tale what both Finn and Millie are thinking and watch them fall in love with each other. If you’re looking for a read that ends happily ever after for everyone, then don’t miss GIVE ME BUTTERFLIES.

Patti Fischer