Jill isn’t the most girly of girls but just because she can kick butt while in uniform doesn’t mean that she doesn’t want the same happy ending that everyone else does. Unfortunately her dream guy is also her brother’s best friend and someone who doesn’t see her as girlfriend material. Growing up together definitely makes it hard for him to see her as anything else and you can’t help but feel bad for everything that she goes through. She’s never felt quite good enough and to have someone she’s loved forever not want her back is definitely a heart breaker. There’s a lot of back and forth between these two, but once she sets her mind to turning his head things definitely get crazy fast and Mason makes sure that it is a heck of a ride.

I love the fact that while Sawyer gets a lot of things right – kind, caring and helpful – when he screws up he does it big time:) I can definitely get why somehow these two never quite make it onto the same page – they get close but somehow just keep missing it. It makes for heart-squeezing moments, but also fun times, as the two of them try to figure out where they stand with one another.

(When I read Kiss Me in Christmas, the book before this one in this series, I felt like you needed to have at least read the story before that one to truly be able to keep up and enjoy. But here, I don’t think it is a problem. Previous couples do make an appearance and you’d be more likely to pick up on all the nuances if you’d read their story too, but not to the degree as before. I think this time, Happy Ever After in Christmas can easily stand on its own. Although if you read, Christmas in July – which I did and loved, although I don’t know how I keep missing other books in the series – then you’d get a smidge better understanding of the interplay with Sawyer, Jill, Jack and Grace although I think that Mason does a great job of giving you the important parts. It’s been a long time since I read it and I kept up just fine:) )

Complimentary copy provided in exchange for an honest review.