Meryl Sawyer

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  • Bibliography:
    22 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1989
  • Latest Book:
    April 2011
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About the Author

Meryl Sawyer grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico where her mother instilled a love of reading and writing. She attended the Writers Program at UCLA, where at a cocktail party she met Colleen McCullough, author of Thornbirds. Sawyer followed the advice McCullough gave her and completed her novel. Blind Chance, her first, was published in July 1990.

She has since written sixteen romantic suspense novels, an anthology and a historical novel, the majority of which have been on the New York Times/USA Today Bestseller lists. Sawyer has won the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Contemporary Romantic Suspense as well as for Best New Contemporary Author. She has been a finalist in the Romance Writers of America contest with Last Night and A Kiss in the Dark. Sawyer also received the Readers Choice Award for The Hideaway. She lives in Newport Beach, California with her three dogs.

Full Series List in Order

Key West

1 - Half Moon Bay (Mar-1999)
2 - Thunder Island (Jan-2000)

Book List in Order: 22 titles

  • Blind Chance

    Every woman wants to be a star. Living every woman's fantasy, Alexa MacKenzie was catapulted into the glamorous international entertainment world. Featured in the film of her own best-selling novel, she never suspected that the one nude scene she...

  • Midnight in Marrakesh

    TO MAKE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE -- ONE HID THE TRUTH Lauren had run away from the privileged world of her mother, Caroline Armstrong, for reasons she would never tell. Now the Ravissant Gallery could be her ticket to freedom and success...or it ...

  • Never Kiss a Stranger

    LOVE'S VALIANT LEGACY Stunned by two recent betrayals, blue blood Janna Atherton-Pembroke seeks a new life on the enchanting island of Malta with her beloved aunt Pithany. Reluctantly attracted to Nick Jensen, a rugged Texan propelled to the Medi...

  • Promise Me Anything

    SHE HAD EVERYTHING TO GAIN... Brett Lamonf ignored the tall, dark, laser-eyed stranger who sat behind her at a family wedding until she walked into her office and met Alex Savich, heir to Belage Diamonds, her new boss. He said her jewelry designs we...

  • A Kiss in the Dark

    EVEN IN THE DARKNESS OF THE MOONLIT NIGHT HE SAW THE PASSION BLAZING IN HER GREEN EYES.... His kiss was hot and powerful, a primal act of male domination. She hated him, hated herself for responding to Mitch Durant, the man who stole her heart wit...

  • Last Night

    THE ICE QUEEN. THE LADY KILLER. A TROPICAL ISLAND PARADISE... Her cool disdain and measured judgements led men to call her icy. Judge Dana Hamilton could not afford to trust any man. Until the least trustworthy man of all stormed into her life. Rob ...

  • Unforgettable

    "I CAN MAKE YOU LOVE ME." They met at the edge of a Maui rain forest, at the far side of Paradise. In the midst of a raging tropical storm, Greg Braxton found her unconscious, at the bottom of a cliff. She clung to him fiercely, passionately, and ...

  • Chocolate Fantasy

    in Valentine Delights

    Matchmaking shop owner Papa Valentine dispenses sinful desserts, mouth-watering chocolates...and advice for the lovelorn... It's February 14th - Black Friday, as far as single-and-looking-in-vain Alexis Evans is concerned. Her only consolation? She'l...

  • The Hideaway

    THE HIDEAWAY: DEADLY SECRETS Claire Holt grew up privileged and protected until a family scandal drove her far away from home. Now she's returned, determined to make a new life for herself as the owner of a prestigious art gallery that once belong...



  • Tempting Fate

    Arizona journalist Kelly Taylor saw her illusions and her heart shattered when her husband died in a plane crash. Only then she learned he had a child, abandoned in a Venezuelan orphanage. After the pain and grief, she was left with an overwhelming y...

  • Half Moon Bay

    Key West - 1

    A NEW FACE... They called her Beauty and the Beast because half of her face was exquisitely lovely, and half disfigured. But when Amy Conroy fled her old life to start anew in Key West, a terrible car crash changed everything. Mistaken for Shelly Ra...

  • Thunder Island

    Key West - 2

    A WOMAN ACCUSED... K-9 Search and Rescue expert, Jennifer Whitmore has done everything she can to forget Kyle Parker. But when she goes to Key West for a training seminar on anti-terrorism, the last person she expects to see as her instructor is Kyl...

  • Trust No One

    WHEN A MAN WHO LIVES ON THE EDGE... A Navy SEAL, Brody Hawke is alone in the world, never feeling the need to put down roots - or shrink from danger. Then he receives a letter from a man who insists he is Brody's father. Instantly, the news change...

  • Closer Than She Thinks

    A WOMAN SCORNED Alyssa Rossi never wanted to return home to New Orleans - too many memories - most of them bad ones. But when her successful costume jewelry company is acquired by TriTech, her only choice is to leave Italy - and return to the scen...

  • Every Waking Moment

    HE IS WATCHING... A series of personal misfortunes have left Taylor Maxwell reeling. Even a sexy new neighbor in her South Beach apartment complex has no effect on her--except to make her uneasy. Taylor is suspicious of Shane Donovan's interest in h...

  • Lady Killer

    SOME MEN... He preys on a certain type of woman--smart, successful, professional, the kind who doesn't realize how vulnerable she is until it's too late. The last terrifying sight she sees is the face of a ruthless serial killer... WILL CHARM YOU...

  • Better Off Dead

    SHE'D BETTER RUN... Devon's used to a life on the run - when she entered the Witness Protection program, she had to give up her friends, her family...even her name. But now someone's cracked her FBI file and sent a hired killer after her, and Devo...

  • Half Past Dead

    KAT DOESN'T WANT ANY TROUBLE...BUT THE BODY COUNT'S RISING FASTER THAN THE MISSISSIPPI No one in Twin Oaks knows about the risky deal Kaitlin Wells cut with the Feds for her release. But everyone remembers her scandalous arrest for stealing money ...

  • Kiss Of Death

    In the secluded guesthouse of a lavish California estate, Whitney Marshall has finally found a refuge...a place to heal after the painful end of her marriage. Until her newfound peace is shattered by the arrival of the property's distracting handsome...



  • Death's Door

    SOME SECRETS ARE BETTER LEFT BURIED... Madison Connelly is tired of lies--and betrayal. First her husband and business partner leaves her for another woman. Then Detective Paul Tanner arrives to tell her that the man she thought was her father isn't...

  • Play Dead

    HOW DO YOU STOP A KILLER WHEN EVERYONE THINKS YOU'RE DEAD? When Newport Beach heiress Hayley Fordham heads to Costa Rica on an art commission, she has no idea she's narrowly escaped an assassin's car bomb. But before the paint's even dry on her mura...

  • Worth the Risk

    in More Than Words: Stories of the Heart

    Meryl Sawyer explores the importance of creating balance in our lives, stopping to smell the roses and making time to chase our dreams in Worth the Risk....

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Meryl Sawyer has published 22 books.

Meryl Sawyer does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Worth the Risk, was published in April 2011.

The first book by Meryl Sawyer, Blind Chance, was published in August 1989.

Yes. Meryl Sawyer has 1 series.
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