The Ribbon — Heather Ann Montford

“Their romance was storybook. Love had come at first sight. Within a week, they were man and wife. That was twelve years ago. Now, on the eve of her thirtieth birthday, Ysoria wondered where the story of her life had lost all magic.” Ysoria de Montfort lived a storybook life. She has her castle in the sky in the form of the grand country manor she lived in. She had her rope of diamonds in the form of her precious books. She had her knight in shining armor in the form of her husband Gedric, who had bought her love with a simple token of affection: a hair ribbon. And Ysoria was happy. But the story of Ysoria's life changes, and she finds herself alone, abandoned by her husband and missing the servants that had once filled the house. She has nothing to her name save the ribbon that had once bound her and Gedric in love. Now, as she languishes in an empty house once filled with life, Ysoria must discover where the story of her life turned dark, and learn how she can regain the magic she has lost along the way.