My first Sarah Mayberry super cute and enjoyable Will and Leah were a great couple and I liked both of them from the start Some of my very favorite elements are in this story friends to lovers and sisters Having a sister who you are close to and love is a blessing through life It was touching reading how they were able to come to terms with their parents childhood and also move forward in a progressive way Willwhat can I say Perfection Love this guy Kind of reminded me of an Australian Adam Levinesigh Totally understood why he kept his secret for as long as he did and thought he did a great job fessing up when he did So this was sweet and steamy but it took quite a while to get there.

Which was okay with me The other issues going on in the book were heavy so it bounced back and forth between Will and Leah and Leah and her parents and sister Audrey So I will definitely be reading the next book which is Audrey s story yeah This was a perfect summertime read Also this is the first time I ve read a book where the main character has my name I m a Leah too Her Favorite Temptation Mathews Sisters 1 This was a really good read I ve never read Sarah Mayberry before Set in Australia he is 1 2 of a world famous rock group She s a medical doctor unhappy with her surgery career and wanting to change to another medical field to the extreme consternation of her mother Doctor and rocker live in adjoining apartments Doctor is very career minded and has no idea who rocker is. Turns out rocker has moved next door to doctor in Melbourne because he has a brain tumor and needs surgery at Melbourne hospital He is paralyzed with fear that he ll either die in surgery or something terrible physically will happen from the surgery He doesn t tell neighbor doctor what s going on but rocker wants one last glorious night in case he s never able to have another one so the doctor and rocker get it on and of course fall in love. As I said I really enjoyed this story Angst was kept to a minimum The story just moved right along to a wonderful conclusion Her Favorite Temptation Mathews Sisters 1 This was a great romantic read I loved the MCs and their struggles felt emotional and real I loved them together Sarah Mayberry is quickly becoming one of my favorites Her Favorite Temptation Mathews Sisters 1 Another solid hit from Sarah Mayberry even though the book was shorter than what I usually prefer. It was a very sweet romance definitely taking place today and at the same time almost slightly old fashioned in the small place taken by sex over the pages Not that the characters do not desire each other but circumstances prevent them from indulging and they built a relationship based on much and deeper feelings. I liked the ease with which what could have been a major conflict and issue between both characters ie Will hiding his condition and need for major surgery from Leah was easily solved I really enjoyed reading how each of those two characters brought something to the other and helped him her grow into someone better at ease and happy I also really enjoyed discovering how Leah tried to progressively improve her non relationship with her sister. Even though Will and Leah met under duress I had no doubt they would end up happy ever after and would manage to overcome any difficulty coming their way Her Favorite Temptation Mathews Sisters 1 Sweet Characters are good people The situation is a little too convenient Her Favorite Temptation Mathews Sisters 1 Sarah Mayberry was born in Melbourne Australia and is the middle of three children From the time that she first stole paper from kindergarten and stapled it together to make books Sarah has always wanted to be a writer In line with this ambition on graduation from high school she completed a bachelor of arts degree majoring in professional writing then sat down to write a book When inspiration didn t strike she began to wonder if perhaps she needed to live some life first before writing about it. This still left the burning question of how to pay the rent She found her way into trade journalism working off the principle that it was better to write anything for a living than nothing at all Her time there lead to the opportun Sarah Mayberry was born in Melbourne Australia and is the middle of three children From the time that she first stole paper from kindergarten and stapled it together to make books Sarah has always wanted to be a writer In line with this ambition on graduation from high school she completed a bachelor of arts degree majoring in professional writing then sat down to write a book When inspiration didn t strike she began to wonder if perhaps she needed to live some life first before writing about it. This still left the burning question of how to pay the rent She found her way into trade journalism working off the principle that it was better to write anything for a living than nothing at all Her time there lead to the opportunity to launch a new decorator magazine for one of Australia s major retailers an invaluable and grueling experience that she found very rewarding. But the opportunity to write fiction for a living soon lured Sarah away She took up a post as storyliner on Australia s longest running soap Neighbours Over two years she helped plot than 240 hours of television as well as writing freelance scripts She remembers her time with the show very fondly especially the dirty jokes and laughter around the story table and still writes scripts on a freelance basis. In 2003 she relocated to New Zealand for her partner s work There Sarah served as storyliner and story editor on the country s top rating drama Shortland Street before quitting to pursue writing full time. Sarah picked up a love of romance novels from both her grandmothers and has submitted manuscripts to Harlequin many times over the years She credits the invaluable story structuring experience she learned on Neighbours as the key to her eventual success along with the patience of her fantastic editor Wanda. Sarah is revoltingly happy with her partner of twelve years Chris who is a talented scriptwriter Not only does he offer fantastic advice and solutions to writing problems but he s also handsome funny and sexy When she s not gushing over him she loves to read romance and fantasy novels go to the movies sew and cook for her friends She has also become a recent convert to Pilates which she knows she should do often site_link 4. 5 starsI really enjoyed this I ve missed Sarah Mayberry s writing Even the books by her I haven t loved I ve still always liked a lot It seems like she can t go wrong for me with her stories or maybe I ve just been lucky with the books I ve picked up to now I can be fussy where celebrity romances are concerned although compared to some other book using this trope I don t know if I d call it that exactly Will is a musician whose career has recently taken off and has even won a couple of Grammy s Leah is a surgeon who s been understandably living mostly for the job and thus has no idea of pop culture I liked that she had no idea who Will was and that it was that fact that Will initially found so refreshing In spite of him being a famous musician their attraction and romance never felt anything but real which is hard to pull off I found their relationship believable which is not something I m used to in contemporary romances let alone one that features a semi celebrity Plus I thought Leah s family dynamics were really well done too Seeing her coming to terms with how her parents had been treating her sister all these years and her setting out to forge a bond with Audrey resonated with me So glad I finally read this Her Favorite Temptation Mathews Sisters 1 Lovely super sized novella As always I wish this was a full sized novel even though it s almost as long as regular category romance Leah and Will deserved time and story I liked them both a great deal Even though in the beginning there were quite a few similarities to The Other Side of Us they quickly delineated themselves as different characters I loved the foundation of friendship they were building before it became Their conversations and dialogue were fun to read And their chemistry was plain to see Will got to be a little frustrating with his choices and thoughts regarding his problem It was somewhat understandable but frustrating nonetheless I would also have liked to have had some time with Leah and Audrey since that is the primary connection this novella has as a prequel to Her Favorite Rival. Even though there is way too many uses of that euphemism this is another great contemporary romance from Sarah Mayberry It s free this month August 2013 which makes it a total steal Her Favorite Temptation Mathews Sisters 1 What do I love about Sarah Mayberry books She writes real people with real problems and real relationships. It s why she s my go to author especially nowadays when every second book is cookie cutter NA There are no petty dramas big dark secrets from the past threatening to tear them apart jealous ex girlfriends or great misunderstandings to fuel the plot. Her Favorite Temptation is a touching love story between Leah a cardiothoracic surgeon at a crossroads in life and Will a down to earth and perfectly swoony rockstar fighting the fight of his life. Leah is very socially awkward but her wonderful personality shines through every single page Will is not your typical rockstar There are no women booze and drugs and he s a really nice guy and we all know how much I love nice guy heroes Now what bothered me a bit about their relationship was Will s dishonesty but I actually understood why he did and I can t say I wouldn t have done the same Aside from that in the midst of all the emotional drama the characters are both a little too perfect they really have no flaws Which is okay I guess The focus is on Leah s horrible parents her relationship with her sister Will s medical condition and his loving family no really I LOVED his family so that was enough imperfection in the story. HQN and the author say it s a novella but I can vouch that it s closer to a full book than it is a novella I suppose by superromance standards long long looooooong books it is a novella but it s not a lot shorter than your average self published book these days Definitely worth the 2. Now I m onto reading Her Favorite Rival D yay Her Favorite Temptation Mathews Sisters 1 What a well written book An extremely sweet and moving love story I definitely need to read Sarah Mayberry books Her Favorite Temptation Mathews Sisters 1 Probably bumping this up a little but this was really great Sarah Mayberry is so great at capturing life s hardships beyond the obvious traumas Parents are hard Sibling relationships are hard I ve been thinking a lot lately about New Adult books and how so many of them are centered around the Big Tragedy that Changed the Protagonist s Life Forever And the thing is that can be really alienating I haven t that big thing happen to me but I m a little screwed up anyway And when you parade all these characters in front of me who are screwed up because of this huge bad thing then it starts to feel like those are the only good reasons to be screwed up To not be great at making friends and have a non existent love life To be sad even. And intellectually I know that s not true But fiction is important and I think it s important to show the other aspects of life that can take a toll on you And Sarah Mayberry gets that Gets too that these things aren t always fixable The other big reason I liked this was it felt like such an achievable romance Romances don t always And that s okay but there s something wonderful about looking at a fictional relationship and thinking Yeah Maybe I could have a relationship like that one day. PS This novella is free for Kindle and Nook right now Her Favorite Temptation Mathews Sisters 1

Her Favorite Temptation (Mathews Sisters, #1) By Sarah Mayberry

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Two people facing crossroads in their lives discover friendship and love in this touching novella by fan favorite Harlequin Superromance author Sarah Mayberry Leah Mathews has always been the good sister the favored one who could do no wrong But as her thirtieth birthday looms she s ready to step out of her parents shadow and make changes in her life Shes even inspired by the sexy musician who moves in next door and his seize the day attitude And tempted to take comfort in his arms Will Jones is facing the prospect of losing the career he loves and possibly his life to a sudden illness When he meets Leah he feels a powerful connection to her and flirting with a smart beautiful woman seems like the perfect way to spend the weeks before his risky operation But as their relationship heats up Leah still doesn t know the truth about Will s situation Will their bond be strong enough to face the challenges yet to come Read about Leah s sister in Sarah Mayberry s next contemporary romance from Harlequin Superromance Her Favorite Rival Her Favorite Temptation Mathews Sisters 1.

. There is a complication from surgery that might mean the rocker can never play guitar again so our good doctor goes to work to find something to help, 99 Everything happens over the span of a couple of weeks which means the relationship moves a long a bit too quickly but I thought it was believable under the circumstances. Her writing suits me very well so of course I thought it was great. There are a couple of graphic y sex scenes for those who like to know that sort of thing