The Ribbon

By Stephanie Elysse

A romantic suspense set in today's art world, blending museum intrigue with a love story that spans memory, history, and fate.

In the museum's hush, Ava moves through a world of clear facts and careful precision, everything in her life designed to leave nothing to chance. Yet a single ribbon in an old sketch unsettles the silence, tugging at her in ways she cannot name.

Then Ivan appears: the art collector with steady eyes, impossible timing, and a quiet certainty that shifts everything she thinks she knows. There's something in the way he looks at her-like he's remembering, not discovering. Their chemistry is immediate; their familiarity is harder to explain.

As they trace the drawing's origins, Ava's life begins to mirror its quiet restlessness: a relationship losing shape, an archive that won't yield its secrets, a sense that the past is not as distant as it should be.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GR8PY92Y
• ISBN13: 9798264669767
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"