“What do you do when you meet your soul mate? No wait… that’s too easy. What do you do when you meet your soul mate and have to spend a lifetime loving him in secret? I’ll tell you what you do. You lie.” REN Ren was eight when he learned that love doesn’t exist—that the one person who was supposed to adore him only cared how much he was worth. His mother sold him and for two years, he lived in terror. But then… he ran. He thought he’d run on his own. Turned out, he took something of theirs by accident and it became the one thing he never wanted and the only thing he ever needed. DELLA I was young when I fell in love with him, when he switched from my world to my everything. My parents bought him for cheap labour, just like they had with many other kids, and he had the scars to prove it. At the start, he hated me, and I could understand why. For years he was my worst enemy, fiercest protector, and dearest friend. But by the end… he loved me. The only problem was, he loved me in an entirely different way to the way I loved him. And slowly, my secret drove us apart.

“What do you do when you write down all your secrets? No…that’s not enough. What do you do when you write down all your secrets and the one person who should never read them does? I’ll tell you what you do. You hope.” REN Ren didn’t know the meaning of love until he took Della for his own. To begin with he hated her, but as the months bled into years, he learned the opposite of hate, dedicating his life to giving her everything. Every sacrifice, every gift, he gave wholeheartedly. But then love turned to lust and ruined everything. DELLA I was stupid to write my secrets down, but I’d been stupid before so it was nothing new. I couldn’t blame him, hate him, fix him. I tried to move on without him. But no matter what I did, I couldn’t seem to delete the secrets I’d written. Until something happened. Until he came back and read my stupid secrets. And nothing was the same after that.

The unofficial ending to The USA TODAY BESTSELLING & MULTIPLE BLOG AWARD WINNING, The Ribbon Duet. The Son & His Hope is the standalone romance of Ren and Della's son. It grants solace to those wishing to remain in Cherry River for a little longer with cameos from all the beloved characters from The Boy & His Ribbon. "Things you should know about me from the very I was born to true love, witnessed the destruction it causes, and vowed never to let such agony happen to me. I am not a story-teller like my father. I am not a writer like my mother. I am just a son—their son. I am happy being alone. And that is all I ever want to be." JACOB The day he was born, Jacob learned his hardest and longest lesson. It wasn't a lesson a boy should learn so young, but from his earliest memories he knew where happiness lives, so does tragedy. Where love exists, so does heartbreak. And where hope resides, so does sorrow. That lesson carved him from the kid to the teen to the man. And nothing and no one could change his mind. HOPE I first met him when he was fourteen at a movie premiere of all places. A movie based on his parent's life. He was stoic, strong, suspicious, and secretive. I was only ten, but I felt something for him. A strange kind of heartbreak that made me want to hug and heal him. I was the daughter of the actor hired to play his father. We shared similarities. I recognised parts of him because they were parts of me. But no matter how many times we met. No matter how many times I tried. He stayed true to his vow to never fall. A sweeping standalone romance for lovers of star-crossed soulmates, hearts that need healing, and a love story set amongst the fields and horses of Cherry River. ...... Reviews ★★★★★ What a Wild and amazing ride Pepper Winters took me on with this amazing masterpiece. This book broke my heart over and over again, threw me to the curb, kicked me around and then piece by piece put me back together again. I feel like even though this was Jacob and Hope's story it gave closure and peace to Della and Ren’s. - Kay's Blushing Book Reviews ★★★★★ Pepper Winters tore my heart out, shredded it, tossed it around like a play thing, stomped it on the ground like a celebratory football, and then soothingly and gently placed it back in my chest whole again. - The Biblioholic ★★★★★ INFINITE STARS "This is one of the hardest series to review because words are not enough to express the emotions that you'll feel throughout the books. - Bookish Affair ★★★★★ I can't think of a Romance story that has affected me to this degree. - Witch Book Babe ★★★★★ This is a book that will stay with you forever . - Born to Read ★★★★★ I wish there was an option for 10 stars !!! - Miss Petite Brunette Book Blog ★★★★★ I don’t even know what to say, but I feel like I could read about this family for eternity. - Find the Lost Bookshelf ★★★★★ This book shattered me over and over again. - Kindle and Koffee Book Blog ★★★★★ The emotions!! OMG THE EMOTIONS!! FEELINGS!! What a perfect series. - Honey, GR ★★★★★ Devoted. Completely and utterly devoted. That is how best to describe the emotional invocation Pepper Winters manages to squeeze from me at the very end of her books. - Book Shelf Muse .... grumpy hero, sunshine heroine, forced proximety, coming of age, steamy romance, HEA

This edition contains both books: THE BOY & HIS RIBBON and THE GIRL & HER REN. The complete RIBBON DUET. “What do you do when you meet your soul mate? No wait…that’s too easy. What do you do when you meet your soul mate and have to spend a lifetime loving him in secret? I’ll tell you what you do. You lie.” REN Ren was eight when he learned that love doesn’t exist—that the one person who was supposed to adore him only cared how much he was worth. His mother sold him and for two years, he lived in terror. But then…he ran. He thought he’d run on his own. Turned out, he took something of theirs by accident and it became the one thing he never wanted and the only thing he ever needed. DELLA I was young when I fell in love with him, when he switched from my world to my everything. My parents bought him for cheap labour, just like they had with many other kids, and he had the scars to prove it. At the start, he hated me, and I could understand why. For years he was my worst enemy, fiercest protector, and dearest friend. But by the end…he loved me. The only problem was, he loved me in an entirely different way to the way I loved him. And slowly, my secret drove us apart.