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Ribbonwood

by Ruby Landers

Old rivalries, new questions

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Old rivalries, new questions

In the small town of Ribbonwood, Lara Bennett’s reputation as a scandal magnet precedes her—including the unsettling rumor that she may have killed a man. Ollie Gabrielli returns after years away, hoping to recover from burnout and spend time with her chaotic family. Once a closeted soccer star and Lara’s high-school nemesis, Ollie now finds herself looking at her former rival differently. The setup brings together a homecoming, a charged history between two women, and uncertainty about how much of Lara’s public image is true. The story is framed as an LGBTQ+ romance with small-town gossip and a past that complicates a return home.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers seeking a lesbian romance centered on former rivals and renewed attraction.
  • Readers interested in homecoming stories involving small-town reputations and family ties.
  • Readers who enjoy romance premises that include rumors and questions about a character’s past.

Themes

Lesbian romanceOld rivalriesReputation and rumorReturning homeBurnout and recovery

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Book overview

Lara Bennett is world-famous in Ribbonwood, population 907. She's the woman you don't trust your husband with: a real-life femme fatale. If there's a scandal in town, she's at the center of it, ruining businesses, marriages, and egos everywhere she goes, with her sharp tongue and that body that makes you look twice. Besides... didn't she more or less kill a man?

 

Ollie Gabrielli left Ribbonwood right after high school, back when Lara was her arch-nemesis. The queen bee and the closeted soccer star: natural enemies. When she comes home for three months it's to recover from burnout and spend time with her chaotic family, not to reconnect with old classmates. Only somehow, she can't seem to take her eyes off Lara. How did she only get hotter? And is she really everything they say she is?

 

Sometimes, there's a reason you should never try to go home.

 

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