As far as the world is concerned, Jennie was raised a southern belle, from a rich plantation family in small town Alabama. She's finally become somebody, a successful designer on her way to becoming a household name. But when her boyfriend, Connor Newton, son of New York City's mayor, proposes to her and she says yes, Jennie finds herself back in Polis, Alabama. Back in her hometown for the first time in five years, Jennie has to come to terms with the fact that maybe she's been living a lie in New York. Oh, and that if she wants to marry Connor, she first needs to convince her high school sweetheart, Lisa Manoban, to sign their divorce papers.
OR The Sweet Home Alabama AU
⚠️THIS IS A WORK OF ADAPTION, ALL CREDIT GOES TO THE ORIGINAL ASTOUNDING AUTHOR.
"What she lost brought her here. What she found made her stay. Love wasn't the plan. But neither was staying."
After a devastating loss, Jennie Kim moves her small family to the quiet rural town of Ridgelake, hoping for a fresh start in a place that promises peace but offers little more than broken fences and lingering ghosts. What she doesn't expect is Lisa Manoban - a quiet former Navy SEAL with her own scars, living modestly on inherited land, far from the noise of her once-glorified family name.
Lisa wasn't looking for company. Jennie wasn't looking for love.
But when a barn becomes sanctuary, a porch swing becomes home, and peanut butter toast becomes an unspoken promise - something shifts.
This is a story of grief and healing, found family, and the love that blooms between one woman learning how to stay... and another learning she's worth staying for.
Full of small-town charm, slow-burn tenderness, and the messy beauty of rebuilding, What She Found is for anyone who's ever tried to start over - and found more than they bargained for.
This is a G!P story. (Feel free to skip if this makes you uncomfortable.)
Please note: This is purely a work of fiction, born from imagination.