REVIEW: The Christmas Knife by Jackie North

- January 04, 2025

THE CHRISTMAS KNIFE

by Jackie North

Release Date: December 21, 2018

Review

This was a really neat Christmas story, one I could envision watching on TV.

A knife, a family heirloom, gets stolen, something that was supposed to bridge a gap of regret and a family break for Clayton.

In the process, it brings him to Kyle, a sweet IT guy who was excited to be hosting his friends for Christmas.

Instead, a storm snows them in together for Christmas. The perfect host and the perfect guest. ;)

They are pretty cute together, and their romance is full of Christmas magic.

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Synopsis

A stolen Christmas present brings together two strangers who long for hearth and home at the holidays.

It’s mere days before Christmas when the gift Clayton intends to give to his nephew, an antique Bowie knife and hand-beaded sheath, is stolen. Clayton must track them down before Christmas morning.

A lost & found ad is posted for the Christmas knife’s safe return, bringing scammers crawling out of the woodwork who only want the reward. That is, until Clayton gets a call from a man named Kyle, who says he just wants to return the knife and sheath to Clayton, and he doesn’t want the reward.

Is it just another scam or can Clayton trust him? Clayton takes a risk and heads to Kyle’s house to pick up the Christmas knife. Over the phone, Kyle’s voice becomes Clayton’s only beacon as he makes his way through a whiteout blizzard.

After a long drive across the prairies during a raging, pre-Christmas winter storm, will Clayton find more than what he is looking for?

Contemporary m/m romance, holiday blizzard, fireplace kisses, lost presents, long drives, family, contemporary, sweet, HEA.

About Jackie North

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Jackie North has been writing stories since grade school and her dream was to someday leave her corporate day job behind and travel the world. She also wanted to put her English degree to good use and write romance novels, because for years she’s had a never-ending movie of made-up love stories in her head that simply wouldn’t leave her alone.

Luckily, she discovered m/m romance and decided that men falling in love with other men was exactly what she wanted to write about. In this dazzling new world, she turned her grocery-store romance ideas around and is now putting them to paper as fast as her fingers can type. She creates characters who are a bit flawed and broken, who find themselves on the edge of society, and maybe a few who are a little bit lost, but who all deserve a happily ever after. (And she makes sure they get it!)

She likes long walks on the beach, the smell of lavender and rainstorms, and enjoys sleeping in on snowy mornings. She is especially fond of pizza and beer and, when time allows, long road trips with soda fountain drinks and rock and roll music. In her heart, there is peace to be found everywhere, but since in the real world this isn’t always true, Jackie writes for love.

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