Prepare to fall in love or lust with Sarah Mayberry's latest book. She hits the mark with SUDDENLY YOU the sequel to All They Need but it's so substantial that it stands on its own merit. Mayberry's style is honest and compassionate and she handles tricky situations with optimism. Her characters are never larger than life instead they are real and flawed and in this story rife with insecurities that have the ability to impact their future.

Certainly appearances count but it's often questionable if that should be the deciding factor in judging a person's worth. Tough guys with muscles, tattoos, clothing choices have to either live up/down to their image or succumb to society pressures and change. Changing one's appearance isn't all that difficult but disguising a character flaw well that's a tall order.

Pippa knew about appearances and the fact that she was drawn to the bad guy didn't seem to bode well for her decision making skills. Take into account that with one such ill advised affair she conceived her daughter Alice only to find out that Steve wasn't willing to step up and acknowledge much less help support their daughter. It was a devastating development that candidly left her in a financial quagmire. Her flight of fancy life hadn't prepared her with a viable career but now she has to face the hard facts and grow up.

The responsibility of safeguarding and caring for a child quickly changes a person's outlook on life. Seeking support from Alice's father is going to be a drawn out legal battle but she is determined to stay the course. Holding down multiple jobs while going for her teaching certificate doesn't leave much time or money for a social life -- and basically pays for the barest of necessities. Enter one mouth watering hunk Harry who unfortunately is one of Steve's best mates. Pippa knows Harry from the time she was with Steve. When Alice is born Harry is the only one from that group that comes to the hospital. But after that all contact with Steve and his friends is severed.

Harry is becoming uncomfortable with his friends lack of compassion and interest in the well being of his own child. It is one thing to dismiss the woman but Harry hasn't been raised to ever turn his back on family. As events unfurl Pippa is finding herself in Harry's company pretty regularly -- unplanned but for one reason or another he is popping up lending her a hand. Getting to know Pippa is weighing on Harry's ability to condone Steve's behavior. Harry is beginning to worry that this might cause quite a rift between them.

But watching Pippa manage and juggle a tough schedule without any complaints is having an unwanted effect on Harry. He fights the enormous attraction he is beginning to feel for her. He even goes so far as to warn her that he isn't a long term kind of guy. Problem is he forgets to heed his own warning.

Sexy, hot and adorable are the best adjectives for this lovely story about two adults who can't see what's right in front of them. Neither can afford a leap of faith when it comes to affairs of the heart. In SUDDENLY YOU Mayberry has given them the tools -- the rest is up to them. Enjoy.