Mar 16 2012
Dear Ms. Mayberry, It’s always a delight to read your books. Your characters are interesting, multifaceted, (reasonably) ordinary men and women; your plots are touching without being tawdry; your love stories convincing and sexy. More Than One Night isn’t my favorite of your books—I had trouble with the heroine—but was an enjoyable novel and one [...]
Nov 9 2011
Dear Ms. Mayberry: I almost feel bad recommending another book of yours. I feel like to continually recommend the same author time and again may read inauthentic to readers but your voice and the stories that you tell really resonate with me. I think you really know how to capture and express a modern women [...]
Nov 7 2011
It is a sparse recommended reading month for us here at Dear Author. We’ll need help from you guys in the comments. Reviews (if not linked) to come. GLBT Master Class by Rachel Haimowitz, Recommended by Sarah F Sublime by Rachel Haimowitz, Recommended by Sarah F The Closer You Get by L.A. Witt, Recommended by Sarah F YA Ashfall by [...]
Aug 4 2011
Dear Ms. Mayberry: I confess. This book made me teary at the end. I think it was because I became so attached to Gabby Wade and felt like she really deserved a happy ending. Gabby Wade fell in love with her boss, Ty Adamson. They actually dated for three years but Ty could [...]
Nov 1 2010
Here’s our November Recommended Reads. Do you have a book you think we should have recommended. Did you read one of these and have a totally different response? Let us know in the comments. Jennie and Jane Seven Nights to Forever by Evangeline Collins. Janine and Shuzluva: Play of Passion by Nalini Singh Shuzluva: Devil [...]
Oct 28 2010
Dear Ms. Mayberry: I have a confession to make. I started but never finished Hot Island Nights. For some reason, the characters never quite hooked me. When I saw Best Laid Plans on sale, I felt both a little fear and excitement when starting it. Fear because the last release of yours and I weren’t [...]
Jan 15 2010
Dear Ms. Mayberry: I’ve enjoyed nearly all your books and I’m glad to say that your most recent release, Her Secret Fling, was just as satisfying as your backlist titles. Poppy Birmingham is a former Olympic gold medalist who suffered an injury and quit the sport. Poppy is almost relieved to be out of competitive [...]
Nov 6 2009
Dear Ms. Mayberry: I think this might be your most emotional romance yet. I certainly felt a little misty eyed (damn you) at the end of the story. Hannah Napier and Joe Lawson meet under inauspicious circumstances. Joe is exhausted and all he can hear is the loud sound of an engine next door. It’s [...]
Apr 4 2009
Dear Ms Mayberry, Jane has given some of your books rave reviews and since Jane knows her contemporary authors well, I was looking forward to trying you. The tattoo artist heroine working her hero into a sweat then enjoying some hot sex sounded like just the book to try. Liam’s had a hard life until [...]
Feb 11 2009
Dear Ms. Mayberry: I have to start out this review by admitting my personal bias. I am not a huge fan of kids in romance books, or at least how they seem to be generally characterized. While I am a mother myself, I do not believe that children are necessary to be fulfilled either as [...]
Dec 6 2008
Dear Ms. Mayberry: Only one book left after this one to review. Cruise Control is one of my favorites of the Mayberry collection so I was surprised to see the Goodreads rating to be a 2.5 out of 5. One of the readers said that it was “raunchy” and it is very sexual but the [...]
Nov 18 2008
My first introduction to Sarah Mayberry was Anything for You which was a huge success. Marg, a commenter, said that it was one of the best friends to lovers iteration she’s read. “I loved how the story was not about Sam finally ‘noticing how hot his friend is’ but rather realizing the depth of their [...]
Nov 15 2008
Sayuri commented in my Harlequin (not so) Lightning Reviews last week that she enjoyed Sarah Mayberry. I bought three of her books at Fictionwise: Amorous Liaisons, Island Heat, and Anything For You. The thing I like most about Mayberry’s characters is their self honesty and the sense that these individuals could be real people. They [...]
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