The Last Goodbye

Sarah Mayberry

May 2017 · Harlequin

About this ebook

Re-read Sarah Mayberry’s fan-favorite Superromance, The Last Goodbye

She knows the settling kind when she sees one.

And Tyler Adamson is definitely one. Ordinarily this never-in-one-place-long girl would stay far, far away. Maybe it’s the way he looks in jeans, or the way he looks at her, but suddenly Ally Bishop is breaking her own rules with dizzying speed. All that Australian temptation right next door…well, there’s only so much resistance one girl can have.

As she dives into a fling with Tyler, Ally assures herself she can maintain perspective. After all, he’s only here long enough to care for his ailing father. That gives them a time limit, right? With each passing day, however, she falls for Tyler more. And soon she has the strongest urge to unpack her suitcase and stay a while.

Originally published in 2011

Ratings and reviews

4.5 stars — I vaguely remember this one, but not so much that I wasn’t excited to read it again. Yet again, Ms. Mayberry surprises me with the depth and realness to her characters and their situations. Tyler’s relationship with his father took me COMPLETELY by surprise. It’s like nobody ever tackles how you deal with the death of an abusive parent. Normally I want clean and wrapped up in a bow, but Ms. Mayberry always convinces me to try reality instead, and because I get the awesomeness of the romance, I don’t mind a bit of hard truth in the side story. In general I loved Tyler, but there were a few moments where he made me give him grumpy face…so basically he wasn’t perfect. But I appreciated the immense struggle he was dealing with, and I was impressed with how he dealt with all the things happening in his life. He could have driven me crazy, but Ally was able to open him up and get to his heart. I really appreciated how he didn’t give up on Ally either, how he saw to the heart of her as well. Ally was her own kind of messed up, and while it was frustrating at times, I really appreciated her personal climax and resolution. Sometimes it’s hard to understand how traumatizing some childhoods can be, and how influential…especially when you didn’t have a traumatic childhood yourself. And the thing is, outside of her clinging to the gypsy thing, I really loved who she was. Basically who she really was underneath if she’d just let herself see it. She was compassionate, caring, cheeky…and when she made a mistake or overstepped, she apologized and reevaluated her own perspective. That’s not easy, and not a common trait…I sure as shoot don’t have that trait. And wow, they were hot together. Just an immense physical chemistry backed up by a palpable emotional connection as well. I liked seeing them get to each other outside of the steamy stuff…they took the time to learn about one another, and I believed the progression of their relationship. Super excited to finally read Jon’s story. We barely get a glimpse of him, but I still want to know about him.

About the author

Sarah Mayberry was born in Melbourne, Australia. Ever since she learned to read and write she has wanted to be an author. She studied professional writing and literature before embarking on various writing-related jobs, working as a magazine editor and in various story-related roles on Australia's longest running serial drama, Neighbours. She inherited a love of romances from both her grandmothers and fulfilled her fondest wish when she was accepted for publication.