An old friend from his university days, who also happened to be his old friend with benefits, Charlie Sutton. The name on the request is familiar to Jack. Lawson Brighton-Gale receives an email request to identify a butterfly in the Outback, only to discover it’s not an Australian butterfly at all. Because the only thing more incredible than one imago is two.Ī Red Dirt Heart and Imago crossover ~ The story of when red dirt and butterflies collide Jack and Lawson need to determine where they stand, if they live through it. From larvae to imago, their course is plotted by design. On a research expedition into the depths of the rainforest, suddenly it's not only the butterflies’ existence that hangs in the balance. Torn between his new life in Tasmania with Jack and a dying species of butterfly he feels compelled to save, Lawson has to decide where his fate lies. But personal and professional differences aside, Lawson is offered a more permanent role in Queensland. Working alongside renowned professor Piers Bonfils isn’t easy. Figuring they could combine work and pleasure, Jack and Lawson go on their first vacation together. But then he is offered a two-week research position in tropical Queensland to help determine why the Ulysses butterfly is on the decline. When Jack suggests they take a short trip, Lawson agrees. Lawson’s work ensuring the survival of the Tillman Copper is as demanding as ever, and Jack’s work with the regeneration of the bushfire-ravaged national park is just as hectic.

Jack Brighton and Lawson Gale have been together for six months and are very much in love. Imago is the story of finding love, bow ties, and butterflies. He just has to let go first, so these butterflies can fly. They exist only in a touch, in a kiss, in a smile. Lawson soon learns there are butterflies he can’t learn about it in books.

Sometimes the most elusive creatures wear bow ties, and sometimes they can’t be caught at all. There’s more to catching butterflies, Jack realises. But then he meets Lawson, and he knows he’s met someone special. Along with his Border collie dog, Rosemary, his job, and good friends, he has enough to keep from being lonely.

Local Parks and Wildlife officer, Jack Brighton, is an ordinary guy who loves his life in the sleepy town of Scottsdale. He finds himself in a small town in Tasmania on a quest from an old professor to find an elusive species that may or may not even exist. Nerdy, introverted genius lepidopterist, Lawson Gale, is an expert on butterflies.

Imago by N.R. Walker