Title:  His Christmas Gift
Series:  Montana Born Christmas
Author:  Sarah Mayberry
Genre:  Contemporary Romance, Christmas Romance
Published:  November 2, 2015
Publisher:  Tule Publishing
My Rating:  5 stars
Source:  NetGalley
Cover Description:

Since tragedy estranged defense attorney Jenna Macintosh from her family, she’s done her best to pretend Christmas doesn’t exist. Not so easy this year when she needs to work with client Lacey Gallagher, who is living on her brother Sawyer’s Christmas tree farm. All those fragrant pines dripping with twinkling lights are bad enough, but when disaster strikes, Jenna is stuck alone in a wooded cabin with Sawyer, the hottest man she’s ever met.

Experience has taught Sawyer Gallagher that smart city women like Jenna don’t want men like him, but when Jenna falls ill, he must abandon his plan to keep his distance and soon he’s trying to work out ways to make her his—and not just for Christmas.

Read on for my thoughts on His Christmas Gift.  No true spoilers, promise.

His Christmas Gift is a connected story with Three Nights Before Christmas and since Lacey and Austin are secondary characters in this story we get to go a little further in their romance beyond the ending in Three Nights Before Christmas – totally satisfying on all counts.  🙂

Sawyer hated what had happened to his sister Lacey.  The fact that she had gone to prison because of that lying scumbag of a former boyfriend simply wasn’t fair, certainly not justice – and it ate at something inside of him that he couldn’t fix this in the way that big brothers were supposed to.  But Lacey was home now, she was safe once again with him and he’d do anything to protect his sister.

Lacey’s lawyer, Jenna, was a beautiful lady and one with a bit of mystery as well.  Sawyer was attracted to her, but what could such a classy lady see in a Christmas tree farmer.  When fate turns the wheel of chance and Jenna comes down with Chickenpox… well, Sawyer has his chance to see if this attraction goes both ways.  Although him with a broken leg and her with a miserable, itching virus made a great pair at the moment, who knows what might happen.

As the attraction between Jenna and Sawyer heats up Jenna shares a painful reality with him – never expecting her confession to go any further.  When Sawyer takes it upon himself to try to fix Jenna’s problem, the results are certainly not what he expected.

Where Laney and Austin’s romance was an emotional roller coaster – Sawyer and Jenna’s romance is a bit sweeter, a slow burn as a shy man and a wounded woman feel their way through an attraction neither one expected.

I enjoyed His Christmas Gift very much.  In spite of their outside differences, Jenna and Sawyer are a perfect fit for each other.

I would strongly suggest that you read Three Nights Before Christmas first as that novel is complete in itself, but it also sets up His Christmas Gift as the stories of these two couples continues and combines.  You don’t have to – but it would be a richer reading experience if you can do that.

I would definitely recommend His Christmas Gift for any reader looking for a good, strong romance with likeable characters and a satisfying outcome for two very special couples.

*I received an e-ARC of His Christmas Gift from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. That does not change what I think of this novel.*

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