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Missouri Vaun

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Missouri Vaun is a two-time Golden Crown Literary Society award-winning lesbian romance writer published by Bold Strokes Books. FOREVER'S PROMISE is Vaun's latest, a historical romance. Wes dresses as a man for property rights. Will she risk it all for love?

Vaun spent a large part of her childhood in southern Mississippi, before attending high school in North Carolina and college in Tennessee. Strong connections to her roots in the rural South have been a grounding force throughout her life. Vaun spent twelve years finding her voice working as a journalist in places as disparate as Chicago, Atlanta and Jackson, Miss., all along filing away characters and their stories. Her novels are heartfelt, earthy; speak of loyalty and our responsibili ...more

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Forever’s Promise is Here

I love learning more about queer history. I’ve particularly been interested in research on women who disguised themselves as men for opportunity and survival during the early years of the U.S. This led me to write Crossing the Wide Forever in 2017. I’m back with another lesbian romance during what they called “Westward Expansion” in … Continue reading Forever’s Promise is Here Read more of this blog post »

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	Crossing the Wide Forever 4.04 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Take My Hand 4.02 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love at Cooper's Creek 4.03 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mandolin Lunch 4.01 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasing Sunset 3.77 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slow Burn 3.99 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever's Promise 3.90 avg rating — 154 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Proxima Five 4.03 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Things Rise (Return to Earth #1) 3.75 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whiskey Sunrise 3.94 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

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“I imagined a time when being gay is as unquestioned and un-judged as is having blue eyes. Some might call it fantasy or science fiction. I’d like to think it’s the future.”
― Missouri Vaun, All Things Rise

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“Love is the greatest unseen force in the universe." - Cole”
― Missouri Vaun, All Things Rise

tags: all-things-rise, fiction, fiction-novel, lesbian-fiction, lesbian-romance, love, love-quotes, love-story, missouri-vaun, romance

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“Experiencing loss was a messy, nonlinear process. If you cared about anyone and lost them, then grief was inescapable.”
― Missouri Vaun, Slow Burn

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“Love is the greatest unseen force in the universe." - Cole”
― Missouri Vaun, All Things Rise

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“he knew he would always be the sad one: caged in that little round of skull, imprisoned in that beating and most secret heart, his life must always walk down lonely passages. Lost. He understood that men were forever strangers to one another, that no one ever comes really to know any one,”
― Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel

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