"10 Historical Novels to Add To Your Summer Reading List"
--Ms. Career Girl
"Following the lives of real-world people to spin an engaging story is a tricky business . . . . Fortunately, author Leslie Johansen Nack has picked the perfect subject matter in Marion Davies whose life on and off the silver screen was filled with glamour and high drama.."
--Readers Favorite Review, 5 STARS
"Leslie Johansen Nack goes where no author has gone before with this vibrant period novel that brilliantly reimagines the life of legendary film star, Marion Davies."
--Brit & Co, "12 Historical Romance Novels To Tide You Over Until Bridgerton Premieres"
"The Blue Butterfly is a vibrant period novel that reimagines the controversial love story of a classic film star."
--Foreword Reviews
"Leslie Johansen Nack redeems the tragic legacy of Marion Davies, William Randolph Hearst's long-time lover, in her newest, The Blue Butterfly. Dripping with diamonds and gilded with grandeur, The Blue Butterfly takes readers from the bowels of the New York stage to the glittering life of Hollywood and its stars. Haunting and heartbreaking, The Blue Butterfly elicits the gut-punch that what we do for love colors our lives forever."
--Ashley E. Sweeney, author of the award-winning Answer Creek and Hardland
"The Blue Butterfly is an unfiltered, first-person narrative told in glittering detail. It is the almost mythic story of a glowing, spirited woman who is captured and showered with riches beyond imagining--a butterfly in a gilded cage. In this very fast-paced book, which spares no detail in the telling, we see how dearly Marion Davies paid for her willing captivity."
--Laurel Davis Huber, author of the award-winning The Velveteen Daughter
"You'll have a new appreciation of the complex woman after reading this page-turning novel, which puts the spotlight on Davies once again."
--Bookbub