Book description
'A Western like you've never seen before: a story of reinvention, sex work, found family, and queer self-discovery' Harper's Bazaaar, Best Queer Books of 2023
In the summer of 1877, Bridget is orphaned when her unreliable father succumbs to a snakebite as they're crossing the Kansas prairie. Arriving in Dodge…
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In 1877, Bridget arrives penniless in Dodge City, Kansas, and, needing work, takes a job at the Buffalo Queen, a brothel run by women. Bridget finds friendship and community among the other sporting women until their relative peace is shattered by the arrival of legendary female gunslinger Spartan Lee.
Cravens delivers a one-two punch of queer love and swashbuckling action that culminates in an explosive finale. Cinematic, brilliantly paced, and sexy as hell, this is a story that will and should turn the Western on its head.
From Elizabeth's list on shatter the myths of the American West.
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