The first book that has to make my favorite's list for 2021 is Filthy Rich Revenge by Lynn Raye Harris.
I'll be honest. I'm not a huge fan of the enemies to lovers trope, but I picked this one up because it was Lynn Raye Harris and I love her stuff. She didn't disappoint. I LOVED this one.
These two characters pulled me in from the start and didn't let go. I would highly recommend this if you're looking for a great enemy to lovers story with a sexy billionaire hero.
The second book to make my best of 2021 list is All That Matters by Erin Nicholas.
I'm not sure there's a book this author has written that I haven't liked. I don't think so. And this year, I read several of her stories. This one, however, is at the top of my list. I loved the story from start to finish and found myself picking it up every chance I got.
This is the third book in a series, and while it can be read as a standalone, I would highly recommend reading them in order. We meet the heroine as a fourteen year old girl in the first book, and the hero is introduced in book two. Seeing these two progress was part of the fun!
And my biggest surprise find for 2021 was a book by a new to me author. She also happens to be one of my co-hosts in the Bound by Books Podcast.
I wasn't sure what I was going to get when I started reading The First 100 Kisses by Danielle Bannister. She warned me it wasn't going to be as spicy as my stuff, but that there was some steam. What I discovered was a fun story about exploration and lots of sexual tension.
If you're looking for a book filled with angst, this is the book for you. This is a friends to...sort of lovers...romance that is full of angst.
It's hard to believe we are hours away from the end of 2020. I'm not sure any of us will ever forget this year.
In January, my husband and I were told our cat, Willow, had kidney failure and was giving 3-6 months to live. It was devastating news. We changed her diet, got her one of those little fountains to encourage her to drink more water...we didn't want to lose her any sooner than we had to.
Luckily, she's still with us. Despite the grim diagnoses, Willow is doing well and she still wakes me up every morning for her breakfast.
Working from home, my husband and I have been less impacted by COVID than a lot of people. Our lives didn't change all that much from day to day, but that didn't mean we weren't affected. Over the summer, my brother and his wife tested positive and had to quarantine for two weeks. Either had any of the harsh symptoms you hear about on the news, so once the quarantine was over everything went back to normal for them.
I learned the benefits of grocery pick-up and searched the internet for recipes so I could cook more at home.
One of the greatest blessing through all the craziness has been my love of books, both writing my own and reading some great authors. Some of my best reads this year were:
What were some of your best reads of 2020?
Here's to hoping 2021 will be a great year with lots of reading and writing. Happy New Year!
