Name: The Heart of Christmas
ISBN: 9780778316398

Brenda Novak

Single Eve Harmon feels down during the Christmas season when all of her friends are married, but her attitude suddenly changes when a handsome stranger comes to town.

The Heart of Christmas

Natasha Zwijacz

Angela Guilherme

*I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

After finishing "Take Me Home for Christmas" I couldn't resist reading Eve’s story next. A year has past since the events of "Take Me Home for Christmas" and another Christmas is approaching. Another Christmas and Eve’s life is still the same, still single, still with no perspectives to marry and constitute a family, while almost all of her friends seem to be moving forward with their lives. So much so that on the night of her 35th birthday no one is available to celebrate with her. And that is how, having decided to go to the town bar and celebrate on her own, Eve finds herself waking up in the next morning, in her bed, with a complete stranger next to her...

Rex McCready didn't plan to get involved with anyone when he went to Whiskey Creek. But a lifetime of loneliness and escape is starting to weight in on him and spending the night with Eve was a semblance of normalcy, an escape from reality, a real necessity. The problem is that it wasn't enough, but Eve is not the kind of woman to get involved in one night stands. What she wants and is looking for, he can never give her, so will he be able to convince her to enjoy the time they have without expecting more?

Eve has every reason not to trust the mysterious man she spent the night of her birthday with, but the attraction is too strong and, strangely, Eve trusts him, even if her friends try to dissuade her and restore the sense she seems to have lost... She knows she can’t expect anything from him, that he’ll only be in town till Christmas, but will she really be able to enjoy the time they have together without getting involved?

This was my favorite book in series so far. I was really pleased with Eve’s happy ending and Rex is a male protagonist worthy of her. Even with his mysterious and dangerous past, and with all his secrets and mysteries, he never lies to Eve about the things that really matter and he’s willing to renounce to his own happiness to protect those he cares the most. And Eve, after what happened with Ted, it was really nice to witness her getting her chance of being happy. Oh, and it was so cute to see how protective Ted was of her, in part due to their friendship, and in part due to his guilty conscience...

I’m liking this series and its characters more and more and I’m starting to reconsider my inicial decision to nor read the previous books...