Quarto libro e quarta protagonista.
Parker è l’organizzatrice del gruppo, la persona di riferimento capace di trovare una soluzione a tutti i problemi, efficiente come poche, è anche quella che ha dato il via all’attività di Promesse. Per quanto riguarda le relazioni sentimentali è, invece, un totale disastro.
Mal è il proprietario di una ben avviata officina/garage, da tempo amico di suo fratello Del, un ragazzo che si è fatto da solo e che ha sofferto molto in passato.
Due persone che apparentemente non hanno proprio nulla in comune ma che frequentandosi scopriranno l’amore.
Sicuramente il più bello dei quattro libri della serie, proprio perché la diversità e il carattere dei personaggi riesce a rendere più emozionante la storia.
Nel complesso una serie piacevole che si perde un po’ troppo nelle descrizioni sull’allestimento dei matrimoni organizzati e che di certo, nel complesso, avrebbe guadagnato notevolmente da qualche bella sforbiciata ben assetata.
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Parker Brown knows exactly what she wants and has a plan for how to get it. Which is a fantastic skill as the head wedding planner at Vows, the wedding and event company she runs with her three best friends. However, she has no clue what fascination Malcolm Kavanaugh, a local mechanic, holds for her but she can't seem to stop herself from melting when he snags a kiss. Can Malcolm fit into Parker's meticulously ordered life and will Malcolm let Parker in enough to satisfy her desires for a true partner in life?

The final book in a quartet and while I largely enjoyed it, I was a little disappointed. I found Parker's character most interesting (possibly because I am also a meticulous planner) and felt like the conflicts between her and Malcolm in the novel weren't much of anything. Also, the book shows it's age a bit as there's a lot of grabbing and kissing that doesn't feel particularly consensual all the time. Those issues aside, the friendship of the four women who run Vows continues to be the highlight of the series and it is a delight to see all of them get their happy endings. ( )

Wish they had finished it with the actual wedding like they did the other girls in the series. ( )

Parker Brown has been the glue that holds the wedding company, Vows, together since the beginning, but now as the rest of her friends are in love and engaged, Parker begins to look at her life and wonder if running this company with her friends is enough. Malcolm Kavanaugh isn't what Parker has been looking for, but he continues to annoy and insinuate his presence into her life and she can't help but be intrigued. As Mac's wedding day approaches, Parker finds herself spending more and more time with Mal, but she wants a partner and his insecurities about the difference in their station may drive the two of them apart.

Happy Ever After is the final book in the Bride Quartet and provides a satisfying end to the series. Although the differences between Parker and Mal could have been emphasized more, the conflict between the characters over those differences made for a pleasing story to end the series. Overall, Happy Ever After brings this entertaining series to a pleasurable close. 3 1/2 stars ( )

Devoted readers of Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet will want to plunge into Happy Ever After with Parker Brown and her best friends Laurel, Emma, and Mac. In the final book of the series, Parker will find love with handsome mechanic, Malcolm Kavanaugh.

After a Hollywood stunt gone wrong resulted in serious injury several years before, Malcolm has returned home to run the local garage. He also has turned it into a very profitable enterprise by not only repairing and detailing cars, but also restoring older ones. Beautiful and classy Parker Brown has been on his radar for a while now, especially as he is friends with her brother, Del.

There are, of course, misunderstandings, separations and coming back together, but the happy ending is never in doubt. We’ve been through the ups and the downs with each of the four women in this quartet and the ride was great fun while it lasted. These are fast, fun, feel good reads and probably my favorite Nora series. I'm going to miss these characters. ( )