Road Tripping Across the USA Mini Reading Challenge: Rhode Island

As a young African American woman from Durham, North Carolina, Sky Valentine is tired of being boxed in by small minds and Southern expectations.

To escape the restraints of her Southern upbringing, Sky flees to Rhode Island to attend college. Once there, Sky doesn’t just work on her degree, she also works on shedding many of the things that peg her as a Southerner.

Daniella always worried whenever Taylor was deployed, but she never imagined that her worst fears would come to life.

A gripping romance of Taylor and Daniella as they struggle with a long-distance relationship while Taylor is off fighting in the army. Their lives are forever changed in one night when their worst fears become reality. A timeless romance of perseverance, family, and strength.

Who cares about adulting and rational thought when your nemesis becomes your lover?

Everyone is counting on Britton and Daphne to behave like adults and put the past behind them long enough to get through these two weddings. No one expects to find them wrapped in each other’s arms at the most inopportune time.

Britton Prescott is dating the love of her life, Daphne Attwood, after a few tumultuous events that happened to unravel at her sister's wedding reception, seven months earlier.

She’s happy with the way things are, but immense pressure from her family and friends to take the next step, nearly sends her back to the single life. The idea of a long engagement and simple wedding are thrown out the window, as both families take over, rushing Britton and Daphne to the altar in a matter of weeks.

Did you know some turtles can breathe through their butts?

Maggie knows, and to her utter horror, she just blurted that out in front of the most attractive woman she’s ever seen. Cue the nervous flop sweat.

In a tiny town on the coast of Rhode Island, Maggie has built a quiet life running her family’s bookshop. But as much as she loves her work—and the eclectic town she calls home—something is missing. Then one day, an absolute smoke show walks through the front door and throws Maggie off her (arguably, very small and unreliable) game.

World famous violinist Gail Owen is devastated after a car accident leaves her unable to play her beloved instrument.

She withdraws from her privileged life to an old farmhouse in Rhode Island.

Romi Shepherd is homeless in New York City and barely survives by singing for pennies in the subway. After being wrongfully arrested, she hitchhikes back to Rhode Island and, out of money and options, hides in a secret room in the house she grew up in, unaware that the new owner is about to move in permanently.

Every small town has dark secrets. Miridical, Rhode Island has dark magic.

With absolutely nothing to do in this tiny, boring town, high school sophomore Juniper Szmydt passes the time solving small crimes. But when one of the town founders is killed, she jumps at the chance to solve a murder. Dad works for the mayor and can’t help her snoop, so June’s on her own playing nice with a town she’s hated since moving to last year.

Love is thicker than blood.

When Yale student Sarah Storm comes out to her parents, they disown her and withdraw all support for her education. A few days later, Sarah’s long-term girlfriend breaks up with her and Sarah loses everything that matters—family, future dreams, and love. Forced to leave Yale with only the contents of her dorm room and a boat of a car bequeathed to her by her grandmother, Sarah scrambles to get her life back on track at the University of Rhode Island.

Love, like the wind, charts its own course.

Once upon a time, Corrie Marsten fell hard and got dumped. Now, her only loves are sailing, and power. By day, she works as the head instructor for the University of Rhode Island’s Sailing Center. Once night falls, she indulges in frequent casual sex with her friends, all of who know that like the wind, she can’t be tethered. When Corrie meets vet student Quinn Davies, an enrollee in the summer sailing course, she senses Quinn’s attraction and comes on strong.

Kate Ryan is sent to New England on a photo assignment.

Seems her editor’s ex-cousin, the hapless flamboyant Simon Merriweather needs photos of his new inn for the local travel guide. It was to be a nice quiet week of reflection for Kate. What could go wrong?

Enter Kit Parker, Emily Masterson, and Rebecca Townsend. Newport, Rhode Island’s old, very old money… The irresistibly delightful elderly friends of Simon arrive for the grand opening. All hell breaks loose one stormy night and what happens?

Will Sam dare to do that last bold stroke?

Sam Hale decided long ago that love wasn’t for her. The same applies to sharing her art with the world. But what if one chance encounter with the famous French painter Emmanuelle Renaud changes everything?

For best friends Miliani, Inez, Natalie and Jasmine, Providence, Rhode Island has a magic of its own.

Thrilling and absorbing, Deep in Providence is a story of profound yearning, and what happens when three teen girls are finally given the power to go after what they want.