A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones, TP $24.50

I can resist the urge to be longwinded this year because, as Michael says, I will be in the store for two weeks over the holidays. I have been very transparent about my struggles to read this year so when it came down to picking a favorite book, it was a shorter short list than usual. That said, just because the list of nominees was short, it doesn’t mean the winner is any less deserving of the title of my favorite book.

I lost track of Darynda Jones’ ‘Charley Davidson’ series mid-way (perhaps a project for 2022?), but the blurb for her new ‘Sunshine Vicram’ series was more inline with my more recent reading interests. A sassy and too smart for her own good teenage girl? Check. A mom with a big job in a male dominated career with meddling parents? Check. A handsome and elusive love interest? Check!

A Bad Day for Sunshine features Sunshine Vicram moving back home to her hometown with her daughter who was conceived under mysterious circumstances. Sunshine’s whole life features a lot of mysterious circumstances. It’s a fun, smart, and breezy read and the best news is if you love it, you can buy book #2, A Good Day for Chardonnay, in hardcover!