Hi friends!

If you've been on Twitter lately, you may have seen all the hullaballoo regarding RWA and diversity. I don't know all the details, but one thing became very clear to me: I needed to do a better job at promoting and reading authors of color. If I'm being honest, I'm not someone who can afford to buy a lot of books. I rely a lot on Netgalley and Edelweiss for my reads, but I do set aside a small budget every month for some ebook purchases. Going forward, I'll be making more of a conscious effort to buy books from authors of color. I wanted to compile a list of books that I could pick and choose from when I go on a book shopping adventure. I thought I might as well share the list with you guys too! I hope you find some books to add to your piles as well.

  

The hero is supposedly a soft and quiet military man, and the heroine is a wild child. YES PLEASE. That's like a crack trope for me!

FAKE RELATIONSHIP. Do I need to say more?

I want to read this whole series by Tracey Livesay. It just sounds so cute and right up my alley!

   

Everyone has been telling me to read Beverly Jenkins and I know for a fact that I'm going to love her books because so many of my reader-friends love her stories. They all appeal to me, but Forbidden is at the top of my list!

Another Beverly Jenkins read that I must get my hands on! The book tells the story of a ranch owner and his servant, and it just sounds so so good!

Friends, I'm so upset! I came SO close to getting this one from the library. But when it became available, I never read the email, and the day I did see it was when it expired. There's a long wait for it, but I've been told the wait is worth the while. I have no doubts after loving Alyssa Cole's A Princess in Theory earlier this year!

  

I don't quite know how this book slipped my radar, but omg. NEED! It sounds fabulous, and I'm curious to see how the whole twin plays out.

OK this is the year I WILL read a Courtney Milan book. So many of my friends keep pestering me to read her and I need to listen to them for once. Milan is also a force to be reckoned with in the romance world, so I want to see all the fuss about her writing. I know I'll be blown away!

I have no idea why I have yet to pick up a Sonali Dev book. I dismissed her book as women's fiction which isn't a genre that I read a lot from, but I read the synopsis for A Bollywood Affair and holy cow! It sounds so emotional and romantic. I can't wait to pick it up!

  

This is a book that I actually bought the other day when it was on sale! I read the second book and really enjoyed it. I've heard His Perfect Partner is even better! I loved the snippets of this couple in book 2, so I know I'm in for a treat!

Take the Lead by Alexis Daria

Ahh! Take the Lead sounds like so much fun! I love that it has the dance competition setting. I know I'm in for a treat!

I have been reading and following Mia Sosa's Love on Cue series and I absolutely adore it! I'm determined to go back and read her backlist!

    

Look at all these beauties! <3

Have you read any books featured in this post? Any authors of color you think I should check out?
Let me know in the comments below!