Road Tripping Across the USA Mini Reading Challenge: Missouri

Sarah knew the elegant blonde in the St. Louis bar was dangerous – she just didn’t know how.

When a beautiful woman pulls Sarah aside on the dance floor to tell her she’s not safe, Sarah doesn’t believe her. But as the events of the evening progress – she’s not so sure. Now only Sarah’s wits can save her – and she doesn’t know how deep the rabbit hole goes.

A kind ER nurse accidentally wins a date with a prickly doctor at a singles auction

Warmhearted ER nurse Ellie and icy doctor Regina constantly clash at work.

When Regina volunteers at a singles auction, Ellie accidentally bids on her—and ends up winning a date!

Soon, the ice between them starts to thaw in this hilarious enemies-to-lovers medical lesbian romance.

Prickly ER doctor Regina gets a surprise gift

Prickly emergency physician Regina has never liked romantic gestures, but when her girlfriend, ER nurse Ellie, surprises her with a gift right after Valentine’s Day, rejecting it is not an option.

Little does she know the impulse buy will have unexpected consequences.

Can a burned-out pop star and an asexual woman find the perfect rhythm together?

Pop star Leontyne is over love and women falling for her image. When she heads home to visit her sick father, she meets nurse Holly, an asexual woman who has no interest in dating, sex, or Leo’s fame. Can their tentative friendship develop into something more despite their diverse expectations?

Can a closeted small-town florist and a too-busy-for-a-relationship bakery owner mix up the perfect recipe for love?

Florist Ashley’s love life is far from blossoming since she’s stuck in the closet.

Sasha isn’t faring much better. Her bakery keeps her too busy for romance.

When the town’s first lesbian wedding forces them to work together, Sasha is soon tempting more than just Ash’s sweet tooth.

Cody Walsh leaves Arkansas for California. Lured by stories of opportunity, even for women, Cody disguises herself as a man and prepares for the arduous journey west.

Lillie Ellis leaves New York to accept a post as a schoolteacher on the frontier near a small homestead she just inherited from her uncle. Lillie’s ultimate desire is to become a painter, and she hopes the Kansas frontier will offer her the freedom to follow that dream. In the nineteenth century, a young woman has few options in the East that don’t revolve around marriage and motherhood. Lillie is interested in neither.

This cracking adventure with a side of romance is for lovers of tough, jaded, lesbian cops, superheroes and villains, and feisty retirees who don’t take retirement lying down.

Agent Geena Fox’s secret lover died six years ago facing down the supervillain, Jewel. Now Geena’s stuck with Leigh, a new rookie with a nose for trouble. Meanwhile, over in a retirement home, four mystery women are making trouble of their own. What do they know?

A fairy bounty hunter stumbles into a vampire conspiracy and gets more than she bargained for…

Olympia Carter just wants to make enough cash via bounty hunting to keep her apartment and buy the occasional drink, but when a vampire named Leandra proposes a bounty with a huge reward, she can’t help but take it, regardless of the shady circumstances.

What happens in a cave...

Bethany French is a geologist with the Missouri Geological Survey. She loves her job and she’s good at it. She gets to explore caves and other land forms for a living. The only thing missing from her life is a partner to share it all with. She had one until she decided she needed to move out of St. Louis, south, to be closer to the territory she was assigned to cover. The forty-minute drive into the city proved to be more than her ex was willing to put up with. She craved the bright lights and the constant stream of social opportunities the city provided. Good riddance Bethany thought. She liked having a partner but, now in her late thirties, she didn’t want to start all over. She figured at her age, she was just better off alone.

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In a queer, noir technothriller of fractured identity and corporate intrigue, a trans woman faces her fear of losing her community as her past chases after her.

This bold, thought-provoking debut science-fiction novella from a Lambda Award finalist is an exciting and unpredictable look at the fluid nature of our former and present selves.

In this “captivating saga” of the post-Reconstruction era, a black female journalist blazes her own trail—“unforgettable; gripping; an instant classic” (Elle)

Ivoe Williams, the precocious daughter of a Muslim cook and a metalsmith from central-east Texas, discovers a lifelong obsession with journalism when she steals a newspaper from her mother’s white employer. Living in the segregated quarter of Little Tunis, Ivoe immerses herself in the printed word until she earns a scholarship to the prestigious Willetson Collegiate in Austin.

A mile wide and with winds rising over 200 miles per hour, the EF-5 tornado that laid waste to Joplin, Missouri, took everything from Dale Kinsel.

Already struggling to get through the months after the death of her partner Sydney, Dale doesn’t believe she can find the strength to dig through the rubble.

The last thing she needs is Sydney’s sister, Taren, crossing her path again.