Federica Campione adores her father No matter that Ramon, a distinguished traveller and writer, spends months away from their home on the exotic Chilean coast as soon as he's back, his daughter has eyes for no one but him As she grows to womanhood, Federica attempts to recapture that long-forgotten sense of security in the arms of the debonair Torquil Jensen From the sanctuary of a seemingly perfect marriage, she embarks on a painful journey of self-discovery It takes Federica years of heartbreak to escape her gilded cage and learn the true lesson of the butterfly box, her father's legacy