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A review by bee_thebibliophile
Silent Knight by Beth Bolden
4.0
Holiday romance + the Charleston Condors combine?! I’m so in! Jem and Murphy’s story was so sweet and fun to read - I didn’t want it to end!
Jeremiah (Jem) Knight was injured during the Charleston Condors football season, giving him all the time in the world to return to his hometown of Christmas Falls to be the grand marshal of this year’s big Christmas festival. But, he hasn’t been home for an extended time in a while and he’s feeling uneasy about what comes next for him, putting him in a weird headspace and making him kind of sulky about his return. While he’s forced to participate in many of the festival activities while he’s home as the town’s hometown celebrity, he finds himself having more fun than he thought after reconnecting with his childhood best friend, Murphy Clark.
Murphy Clark loves Christmas Falls and Christmas Falls loves Murphy Clark. He’s a celebrity in his own right around town, known for the gnomes he carves for the holidays and every day in between. While he may look like a sexy lumberjack, Murphy is sweet, shy and prefers to keep to himself in his workshop whenever possible, something that he can’t do as much when he agrees to help out as Jem’s festival liaison. Predictable small town life is the perfect fit for Murphy, so when Jem comes back into his life, he feels all kinds of out of sorts.
These two used to be best friends before high school when Murphy started putting distance between them and Jem went all in on sports as a way to get him out of the town. But once they’re back together in Christmas Falls as adults, they reconnect on a different level than ever before. Their childhood friendship turns into adult attraction but it’s not without its own growing pains as they figure out how to do things together and trust each other that they won't get hurt. There’s some ups and downs that I didn’t love along the way, but it all came together in a way that made me really root for these two and love their sweet connection.
The holiday vibes in this story were strong and it made me want to dive back into another Christmas Falls story soon! Can’t wait for more!
Jeremiah (Jem) Knight was injured during the Charleston Condors football season, giving him all the time in the world to return to his hometown of Christmas Falls to be the grand marshal of this year’s big Christmas festival. But, he hasn’t been home for an extended time in a while and he’s feeling uneasy about what comes next for him, putting him in a weird headspace and making him kind of sulky about his return. While he’s forced to participate in many of the festival activities while he’s home as the town’s hometown celebrity, he finds himself having more fun than he thought after reconnecting with his childhood best friend, Murphy Clark.
Murphy Clark loves Christmas Falls and Christmas Falls loves Murphy Clark. He’s a celebrity in his own right around town, known for the gnomes he carves for the holidays and every day in between. While he may look like a sexy lumberjack, Murphy is sweet, shy and prefers to keep to himself in his workshop whenever possible, something that he can’t do as much when he agrees to help out as Jem’s festival liaison. Predictable small town life is the perfect fit for Murphy, so when Jem comes back into his life, he feels all kinds of out of sorts.
These two used to be best friends before high school when Murphy started putting distance between them and Jem went all in on sports as a way to get him out of the town. But once they’re back together in Christmas Falls as adults, they reconnect on a different level than ever before. Their childhood friendship turns into adult attraction but it’s not without its own growing pains as they figure out how to do things together and trust each other that they won't get hurt. There’s some ups and downs that I didn’t love along the way, but it all came together in a way that made me really root for these two and love their sweet connection.
The holiday vibes in this story were strong and it made me want to dive back into another Christmas Falls story soon! Can’t wait for more!