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Black Burlesque #3

Black Butterfly

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Each book in the Black Burlesque Series are STANDALONE novels.

Book 1: Black Pearl
Book 2: Black Dahlia


Andre Collins is not looking for love. In fact, love is the last thing on his mind as he continues to run one of the country’s most successful financial services firms alongside his brother. Andre is steadfast in the belief that love and marriage just aren’t for him. Or are they?

Life for Stacey Coleman hasn’t turned out the way she dreamed as a young girl. After a devastating injury ended her ballet career, she is finally finding happiness performing as a burlesque dancer while finishing school to become a social worker. Stacey’s not looking for love, but sometimes life has other ideas. When she meets the charismatic Andre Collins, the chemistry between them will not be denied, least of all by Andre. Andre will find that the one woman that is meant for him will challenge all of his previously held notions about love and marriage.

Just as the couple’s relationship deepens, an intruder from Andre’s world emerges and threatens to tear them apart.

405 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 7, 2015

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456 reviews31 followers
December 13, 2015
Yeah yeah I know I hard stopped at 68% and said I would finish it another day but I can't stand getting past the 50% mark and not finish the book...feels like I wasted time.

Sooooo yeah okay this one just wasn't for me... no drawn out explanation I will just simply say... Because I have read many books similar (minus the girls being burlesque dancer) the storyline was rather simple. I think that might have been the problem for me.. I kinda knew what was going to happen within the first 20%. It was actually quite clear.

Now.. if I was a newbie I probably would have LOVED this book.. but I'm not so there's that.

So please note that the book wasn't bad.. I just wasn't a fan.

Signing off "Just wasn't for me"

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1,597 reviews65 followers
December 11, 2015
This is book 3 in the Burlesque Series and I read this book on KU and then I got this book.

Andre Collins is my kind of man. He is protective and caring of Stacey and he is only interested in her well-being and he will beat you down if you try and hurt his woman.

Thank you Miss Patterson for writing another story as romantic as book 1. I loved this book because it was mainly about the couple and their interactions with each other and I simply loved how protective, loving and considerate Andre was regarding all things involving Stacey. I did not want their story to end. I just loved it.

I would recommend this story to those who loves a man who is all about his woman.
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61 reviews1 follower
October 21, 2016
Took me a little longer to read this book but I enjoyed every moment of it. I felt like Andre was a little commanding at times and Stacey was a little submissive when it came to Andre. But it's a love story so I guess that's how it's suppose to be. Jennings got what he deserved and so did Michael which was amazing. I wonder what happens to Stacy's sister Coral. Is her story out there? If so I totally need it bad. Finally done with this series on to the next.
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753 reviews14 followers
February 7, 2021
This was awesome! I felt sorry (a little) for Maria because Andre should not have asked her to come with him to the gala. He gave her a false sense that their "relationship" was headed somewhere. Anyway, I am glad that it all worked out in the end and that Stacey and Andre got their HEA. This was a nice conclusion to the Black Burlesque stories. Tiffany Patterson has done it again!
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68 reviews7 followers
October 15, 2017
For me this was a re-read of the Black Burlesque series, books 1,2 and 3. So obviously I love the series. Each book stands on it's own , but I recommend all 3 . The Alpha men soon learn who really has the power. Tiffany Patterson is an amazing writer
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2,161 reviews1 follower
August 27, 2018
They both unfurled like butterflies!

Andre Collins, CFO of Excel Corporation, was a forever vowed bachelor and playboy. After witnessing his mother's heartbreak over losing his father in an accident, he promised himself to never put his heart and emotions at risk by falling in love and marrying. That was until he met the burlesque dancer, social worker student Stacey "Jasmine Noir" Coleman. He did not know what it was that drew him to her but he was drawn to her and needed her in his life. He came to realize that when he saw her at a function with a man he thought was her date. He was determined to protect her from anyone who seemed to be a threat to her at the Black Kitty, the burlesque club where she and her two friends Devyn and Mercedes also danced.

Stacey came along way in her life after losing her mother at an early age, surviving an abusive father and losing her career as a ballerina after an injury, and over coming an eating disorder. She emerged from her tragic life into a beautiful woman from having experienced her early years, just like a butterfly. She found that dancing burlesque gave her the comforting solace that she needed to make her feel fulfilled since the tragic end to her ballerina career. She refused to give it up when Andre demanded she end her burlesque dancing for her safety when she was propositioned as a prostitute. She gave him up instead, but those weeks apart from each other, they were miserable. Just when they got their act back together, unrequited business of Andre but Stacey in danger, Andre came to the decision it was time to drop his guard and allow himself to fully open to Stacey and admit he loved her and wanted her for as long as he lived.

Tiffany wrote a sweet conclusion to the Burlesque Series. It started off a little slow but the chemistry between Andre and Stacey was hot. They just could not get enough of each other. The ending of the plot had my heart racing wondering how Stacey and Marie would get out of the predicament they found themselves in. Both Andre and Stacey entwined their lives and their love unfurled like that of a beautiful butterfly in to their HEA.
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605 reviews22 followers
June 13, 2018
Andre and Stacey's story is pretty electric, pretty much from the beginning. These two were sizzling off my page. Tiffany Patterson writes some of the best damn love scenes you will ever read. In this last installment of the Black Burlesque series, I again, found myself reading the scenes between these two over again hahaha. They are that good! The one thing that did kind of bother me though was how Andre treated Maria, his occasional booty call lover and woman he dated for years although only casually. He was really awful to her and all she ever wanted from him was a relationship and he knew that, yet he'd cut her off, tell her to bounce when he decided he wanted to get serious about Stacey, only to call her up for a date to a gala when he got jealous about Stacey taking another date to it during their brief break up. Not cool. You don't keep messing with a woman you know damn well got more feelings for you than you do her and use her! He never apologized to her for that. Other than that, I thoroughly enjoy Andre's alpha and dominant tendancies and it made for a very erotic read!
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558 reviews14 followers
June 16, 2016
A super read

Andre and Stacey's story is just the icing on the cake of this very entertaining series. We met Andre in the first book and he's the brother of Nikola. A self claimed bachelor for life that is until he met Stacey and was bitten by the love bug.

Stacey had secrets in her past that made her weary but she found joy in dancing and working towards getting her degree in social work. She too was bitten by the love bug when she met Andre.

I love how the story unfolded with all the twists and turns that makes it a compelling story.
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135 reviews9 followers
December 12, 2015
I really enjoyed this book! It had just the right elements to keep you hooked! And Andre is my kind of alpha! My fave of this series so far!
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2,535 reviews46 followers
June 2, 2021
I finished this yesterday [it's now 6/1] and ... I'm kinda torn on it.

Andre and Stacey are ... low key the best and worst? Like the O_O WTFery [WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO YOUR MESSAGES, ANDRE? WTF?] I felt like that was a big plot hole near the end ...

Also I feel that I do have to mention these books to have a lot of spelling and grammatical errors - not so much you're ripped out of the story, but they're definitely there.

I liked Stacey's history - but Andre was kinda all over the place. I liked him from the previous books but he was kinda sometimes the biggest asshole? The "oh you have to quit dancing" and he was the worst about it. He also was the least in touch with his emotions - I get the trauma of seeing his mom suffer, but yikes.
I just felt that it wasn't really developed or delved into.
[Also that the end of this book was kinda really more a lead into Stacey's sister's book...]

I thought Stacey was really well developed and liked her quite a lot - low key she was too good for Andre >.> who was ish the most romantic? So many gestures and his listening and the cooking and such - but I REALLY didn't like his behavior during the [gala?]
How he's such a baby and brings Maria -and then/but rages at Stacey for even talking to a dude - and then he fucks her in the bathroom. I just.
Dude.



And the graduation party. There was a lot thrown in - like ... I felt ... I dunno - it kinda was shoe horned in there - but it was a very important point that ALL types and peoples might face eating disorders and it's not just ignorant but racist AF to be all "oh Black people don't have EDs" ... WHAT?!

So yeah.
[I'm kinda shocked the burlesque club doesn't have security video. It's just ... whut. How does ... you'd think Raul would've set it up pro bono just cuz...]

ANYWAY.
I enjoyed this series overall, and of course - am interested in more TP books. I've been thinking about this glom and I like how every character is so unique.
You basically know what you're going to get from each story, but each character is so individual and generally developed - their distinct personalities and such - it's obviously enjoyable.

C ... c- I think? I liked it but this ... was and wasn't my favorite? It's hard to describe. Parts were !!! and parts were :|
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360 reviews1 follower
September 21, 2022
Stacey is a retired ballet dancer that has instant chemistry with Andre, the CFO of a billion-dollar financial enterprise. This novel was okay, but out of the three in the series, I liked this one the least of all. I feel like Stacy and Andre's romance could have been a secondary love story with another couple. There were lots more intimate moments than anything else in this novel. It became apparent Ms. Patterson has a formula when it comes to love scenes. Since I read the formula in the previous two novels, I ended up skipping over the love scenes in this novel. The storyline for Stacey and Andre was okay, but at the halfway point, it began to get annoying, and felt like the author was trying to fill pages. The physical antagonist in this novel was not a good one in my opinion and the character of Maria was pointless after some time.

I did notice that one character's name changed from what it was at the beginning of the novel to another name by the end of the novel. Although the character was secondary, it was obvious that the name was different and I also think the race/ethnicity of the character.

I am a mental health provider, so the use of the wrong credentials for the social work license was noticeable to me. I think with a little more research, Ms. Patterson could have found the correct license acronyms and titles. I liked that she referenced a real eating disorder clinic in the Atlanta area and she briefly addressed eating disorders among BIPOC, low SES, and queer community.

Overall it was a nice read, but not as good as the first novel in this series in my opinion.
304 reviews1 follower
August 31, 2017
Black Butterfly

Omg I adored this series. Omg it was hot. I think I actually liked this one the best over the three. And I loved the first two. Andre and Stacey, wow, what a passionate love they had. Andre was intriguing to me in the first two stories, and I couldn't wait to read his story. I knew he would fall hard like his brother and Raul, and boy did he. I knew he was head over heels 👠 madly in love with her.
Now, Coral that amazing sister of hers, needs her own story. It would make this reader sooooo happy. Anyway, the story was great, the plot was a good one. The author did a great job portraying Stacey's struggle with eating disorder. I was so proud of her as she overcame those obstacles. I loved this series. Thank you 😊
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780 reviews5 followers
August 29, 2024
Great the first time, and Great the second time.

I am so sorry, I did not leave a review the first time. But truthfully I tell you when a story is good I will read it again. So I’m leaving a review now on the 2nd time I’m reading this. I love that song to Black Butterfly 🦋, it will be on rotation in my tonight and probably in the morning too.
Andre made me smile, I love reading a story of a man protecting his women, and when he act like a true Alpha with her as well, that’s my turn on. Stacey using burlesque dancing to get over not able to do ballet anymore, both are a beautiful expression of dancing. This story really had involved I almost felt I was inside the story as well.
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241 reviews1 follower
August 8, 2017
Wow

Good read, interesting characters. Loved the storyline. Andre meets his match in Stacy aka Black Butterfly. He is totally Alpha male who believes he is right about everything however his saving grace is that when he interacts with Stacy he does the thing that makes him awesome he listens to her and he dates her. While there is plenty sexual encounters there is dialogue. To the author kudos thanks for a complete story with romance and a bit of suspense.
Profile Image for Christine Johnson.
191 reviews2 followers
August 30, 2017
Couldn't finish it

I've read the other two books in this series and I enjoyed them. I didn't even make it half way through this book because I just wasn't feeling it. Andrew was to demanding and possessive over someone he didn't even know. Nicola was like that as well with Devin but at least the knew each other before hand. I just couldn't get with how you just met someone and all of a sudden your super possessive.
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65 reviews2 followers
May 4, 2018
Dominant Alpha & Ballerina

Andre & Stacey story was a fast moving one. Once Andre saw her again at the family barbeque he had already made up his mind to go after her. Stacy had some past issues she was dealing with but as soon she saw Andre things turned around for her Quickly. This storyline had drama and was SEXY & HOT for Andre may seemed QUIET, but was a Man of Action!! Enjoyed reading❤❤❤❤
154 reviews1 follower
June 9, 2018
I enjoyed this book but...

I looked forward to reading about Andre but this man does not have the same personality as the first book. Andre was friendly and easy going. This Andre was dominating and controlling . I like the fact that he and Stacey were able to open up to each other. Another thing that I found strange was how Stacey accepted and didn't question him about what Hwan told her about his and Hwan past.
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708 reviews16 followers
February 7, 2025
A wonderful finish to the trilogy ^^ there were quite a few parts that I thought went into way more detail that we needed...but I'm sure there are people that love that level of setting description so you can literally see the entire room around you...sadly I'm not one of them 😅 that being said I always love the people that Patterson surrounds her couples with and can't wait to check out more of the branches she has in this universe 💜
934 reviews8 followers
July 7, 2017
Wonderful tale of love and passion

This is my umpteenth time reading this book and I am just realizing that I've never left a review. Of all Tiffany Patterson books and I've read them all, Andre and Stacey are my favorite couple. He is full of passion and love for his Black Butterfly.
Profile Image for Charlene Richardson.
88 reviews21 followers
March 20, 2018
Wow

I stumbled upon this series randomly browsing and fell in love with these characters. I really enjoy how we get to catch up with everyone from previous books as well. I read this in one sitting and could not put it down. This series has me one-clicking everything with this author's name on it.
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154 reviews
February 11, 2019
Loved it

Andre finally met his match. I loved the chemistry between him and Stacy. Stacy had gone through so much but she was a survivor. Coral is no joke and I can't wait to read her story. Jennings was narcissistic undeserving cry baby. Congrats to Raul and Mercedes. I'm glad all the couples from this series were able to over come their issues and it made them all stronger.
234 reviews1 follower
August 8, 2019
Great books

This book was great. I read the firs two a couple years ago before this book came out. I love that they each couple overcome a lot to be with each other. These books so that love does not care abot the colir of skin or the past which everyone has and they are not always good.
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1,242 reviews
June 18, 2021
⭐️⭐️⭐️

While this was good, I’m WAAAAAY more interested in Coral. I love her badassery in this book, does she have her own story?! If not that’s a disservice to us all.

I’m glad I finished this series. It wasn’t my favorite of Tiffany’s work and I can definitely see the growth from her older stuff to her newer stuff. And still, it was a good series.
77 reviews
September 14, 2022
Stacey and Andre

The entire series is worth the read but this one, HOT!! Andre is all alpha and I love it. His honesty, caring and loving not forgetting his sex appeal keeps you up to the very last page. The Collin brothers, best friend Raul and entire family shows how to love and cherish their black women. We are treasures 💕
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5,973 reviews134 followers
May 7, 2018
Reluctant love

5 Star Kindle Unlimited Read
Finding love is hard enough. Falling in love with a man that is reluctant to the idea of dating, live, and marriage is even harder. The question is can he get over is reluctance to love and give in?
68 reviews
December 28, 2018
Love this author

The story is simlar but classic. Those running the hardest from love always take the greatest fall into it.... loved the intensity. This was my favorite book of the series
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197 reviews1 follower
May 21, 2019
Coral is next........right?

Intense action and a bossy man. Andre and Stacey fought themselves as well as heavy baggage to get their HEA! Well worth the time, I've enjoyed all three books in this series and I am looking forward to more from Tiffany Patterson.
87 reviews
April 1, 2020
Another hot read!

Tiffany I love the Tells you spin!!! Andre is hot hot hot! Stacey is a strong, beautiful and talented African American woman! The two together constantly
Kept you wanting to turn the pages. Interesting from beginning to end. Loved it!
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36 reviews
June 26, 2020
Outstanding

This book was just as outstanding as all the others. I can’t wait until the next one. I’m a huge fan of Tiffany’s writing. Keep it up. I don’t even borrow your books from Amazon I just click “buy” although I can borrow for free.
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