New Year in Kentbury (Kentbury Tales 7) by Claudia Burgoa-review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 8, 2025
I can’t believe I’m calling Kentbury home. When I first arrived, I wasn’t planning on staying, but I’ve found my place here with Damian Harris. Our arrangement started off as some no-strings-attached fun, but somewhere between midnight kisses and secret touches, my heart got involved.
Now it’s almost New Year’s Eve, and I’m done being invisible. I’ve discovered how to love in Kentbury, learned who I really am—and I refuse to keep hiding behind locked doors. Damian may be tied to his powerful family name, but if he wants me by his side, he has to face the truth of who we are together.
If he won’t stand with me in the open, then I’ll have to ring in the new year on my own—because I can’t keep being his secret anymore.
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REVIEW:The final installment in the Kentbury series; New Year in Kentbury is a small town holiday romance that wraps up the series so well. This is a novella, so a shorter story, but nonetheless moving. It is also a MM romance, if that’s not your thing, kindly move on.
What do you get with a stressed out, dying under the pressure family heir? Damian Harris that’s what. As heir to the founding family legacy, Damian is expected to be the perfect person, take on the responsibility of the business and lead the family into the future. Frankly, he’s in over his head and doesn’t know what to do sometimes. When Paul McFolley moved to the small town from the “big city,” they became business partners and worked closely together, a spark begins to ignite, surprising both men. You see Damian has a secret, one that he isn’t ready to share with anyone, especially his family…..Yet.
Damian is such a complicated soul, and I felt for him in the small glance into his story that we received. He has spent so much of his life angry and tired, torn between what he wants and what his family expects of him. When Paul comes to town, their connection is passionate and emotional, you can tell how much they each mean to each other. However, Damian still has his demons and refuses to come out to his family, breaking poor Paul’s heart. When the anger, pain and heartbreak (and his fathers pestering) finally boil over, Damian confesses, opens his private life, his emotions, his worries, his anger. All of it. Now he is out in the open and scared out of his mind, but also hopeful. Maybe he can finally start living the life that he wants with the person he loves.
What a journey it has been in the tiny town of Kentbury. Through it all Ms.Claudia has given us everything we could have wanted and more. I’m sad to see the series end, but I will definitely be visiting again!
Previous reviews
Love in Kentbury
Summer in Kentbury
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Reviewed by Sarah
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Claudia is an award-winning, USA Today bestselling author.
She writes alluring, thrilling stories about complicated women and the men who take their breaths away. Her books are the perfect blend of steamy and heartfelt, filled with emotional characters and explosive chemistry. Her writing takes readers to new heights, providing a variety of tears, laughs, and shocking moments that leave fans on the edge of their seats.
She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, her youngest two children, and three fluffy dogs.
When Claudia is not writing, you can find her reading, knitting, or just hanging out with her family. At nights, she likes to binge watch shows or movies with her equally geeky husband.
