Rating:  5🌈

There are some authors and stories I just savor.  I read them slowly, joyfully anticipating the next chapters and narrative twists that the writers have planned for the characters and storylines. I’m so engaged in this world and the lives unfolding here that I’m often lost , scene by scene, moment by moment. Doesn’t matter whether it’s a heartrending scene or as in the fabulous novel, No Business Like Snow Business (Christmas Falls, Season 2) by J.A. Rock & Lisa Henry, a romantic holiday journey of self discovery and family.  All in that amazing small town of Christmas Falls.

Yes, I’m an absolute fan of J.A. Rock & Lisa Henry, they are auto reads of mine. And this contemporary romance just is one more example why. 

We’ve met Harvey Novak, head of the Christmas Falls Historical Museum, before in previous novels. But here, Harvey shines and becomes one of the most beloved characters in the town.  A lover of the town, of Christmas and history, and of mysteries, Harvey is the perfect person to turn to when Sterling van Ruyven comes to town, old photograph in hand, with a family mystery to solve. And maybe to find himself as well.

Sterling, wealthy, out of his element, determined, is a character who undergoes such tremendous growth. It’s a journey the reader takes with him, as Christmas Falls and Harvey, take him in hand, show him the kindness and warmth and love he’s been missing.  Just thinking about it makes me want to go read the story all over again. 

It’s the various residents we’ve already met, the places so familiar, the streets decked out for the Festival, and the spirit with which the people there look after Sterling, and Harvey. 

There will always be favorites in the Christmas Falls series, both of them. But this is in my very top. 

Highly recommended. A must holiday read.

Christmas Falls, Season 2:

The Snuggle is Real by DJ Jamison Flake It til You Make It by Beth Bolden ❤️

12 Dates of Christmas by Brigham Vaughn 

Here Comes Santa Paws by Lee Blair 

Under the Mistle-Foe by Rye Cox Christmas Beau by Amy Aislin 

❤️No Business Like Snow Business by J.A. Rock & Lisa Henry 

Frost Impressions by Kelly Fox

Promise Yule Be Mine by Rhys Everly Mingle All The Way by Hayden Hall

Christmas Falls, Season 1:

Grinch Kisses by DJ Jamison Snowbody Loves You by Jacki James Get Frosted by Amy Aislin 

Silent Knight by Beth Bolden 

Under the Mistle-Tome by Sammi Cee 

Clausing a Scene by Casey Cox 

No Elf-ing Way by Hayden Hall 

Ready, Set, Glow! by Rye Cox 

Scrooge You! By Brigham Vaughn

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        No Business Like Snow Business

    

Blurb

Harvey Novak loves living in Christmas Falls. He loves his job running the Festival Museum too, except when it means he has to deal with his ex, who’s putting together the town’s newest tourist brochures. There are a lot of things Harvey is willing to do for Christmas Falls, but playing nice with the guy who cheated on him isn’t one of them. 

When a real-life Christmas mystery falls into Harvey’s lap, it offers the perfect distraction. And the guy with the mystery is pretty distracting too.

Sterling van Ruyven has come to Christmas Falls to look for his long-lost uncle, and enlists Harvey’s help to track him down. It’s all business—if there’s an extra van Ruyven heir out there somewhere, Sterling needs to know about it. He isn’t expecting to actually enjoy spending time in this ridiculous Christmas-themed town with the cute guy from the museum.

Their fun flirtation turns into a holiday fling, but that’s all it can ever be. Harvey’s heart belongs in Christmas Falls, and Sterling hasn’t found his yet. But maybe Christmas is the time for miracles after all.

Christmas Falls is a multi-author M/M romance series set in a small town that thrives on enough holiday charm to rival any Hallmark movie.

• Publication date: December 3, 2024
• Language: English
• Print length: 202 pages