A story about seeing someone’s true nature and standing up for yourself!

I loved it a lot and even more!

Synopsis

A heart-warming Christmas story to put you in the mood for the festive season.

All I want for Christmas is you … or you?
Eve Halligan is back in her hometown for Christmas after a whirlwind few years touring with her band, the Molotovs. A lot has changed since she left, but two things have stayed the same. One: Eve is head-over-heels in love with Lucien Malikov, the Molotovs’ bad boy lead singer. Two: Lucien is completely indifferent to her.
Still, Eve dreams that this could be the Christmas where she convinces Lucien that they’re made for each other. But when childhood friend and local caterer Theo Wright comes back into her life bringing with him festive cupcake and sausage roll conundrums, Eve begins to question whether her Christmas dreams have been wasted on the wrong man …

My review

Eve finds herself back in her hometown for Christmas after touring with her band.
Lead singer of the band is Lucien, a man Eve has been in love with since forever. Unfortunately, Lucien is a real playboy and doesn’t seems to see Eve as just a ‘handyman’ during the tours. And his while at the beginning of the band, she was promised so much more!

Being back home, Eve is determined to take charge of her life, and chase her dreams instead of chasing Lucien.
She discovers her love for baking again, thanks the help of her old friend Theo.
But will she also realize that her love for Lucien is wasted? And is there someone who will appreciate her love?

Everybody had an unrequired love in their lives, so Eve her despair is so understandable.
But what if the other person is such an utterly dickhead??? Because let’s face the truth… Lucien is just a selfish, self-centered, spoiled BRAT!
He just doesn’t deserve Eve’s love! She is kind, generous, and is just longing for his love!

I like how Eve slowly realizes that she has been taking advantage of. She opens her eyes and sees that things have to change if she ever wants to be happy and loved herself.
And when she meets Theo again, she sees that for being in a loving relationship, you need two to tango. Love is not only about taking, but mostly about giving.

Again Jackie wrote a story that just was impossible to put away. An amazing woman trying to be loved, a serious a**hole of which you hope he’ll get what he deserves, a true friend ready to help, all wrapped into the magic of Christmas.