Reviewed by Nas Dean
Christmas Harbor Secrets delivers the perfect blend of mystery, suspense, and heartfelt emotion. Ciara Knight pulls you straight into a coastal town filled with danger, hidden truths, and the kind of characters you can’t help rooting for.
Isobel’s journey from heartbreak to courage is gripping, and Rone’s protective, guilt-ridden strength adds depth and tension to every scene they share. The unfolding mystery kept me turning pages late into the night, and the emotional warmth balanced beautifully with the chilling suspense.
If you love Christmas stories with real stakes, relatable characters, and a twist of danger, this book is an absolute must-read. Highly recommended
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Helen's review
Isobel Lane has not seen her father since she was a young child he walked out on her and her mother but she always loved him, now she is an adult, her mother has passed away and her ex-boyfriend left her and took everything, then out of the blue she receives a letter from a lawyer stating the her father has died and left her a trawler in Florida, Isobel makes her way there planning on selling the trawler and maybe finding some answers. What she discovers will set her on a path of danger finding evidence of his murder not a drowning as stated.
Rone Archer feels guilty about his partner’s death in a botched plan while he was a detective, these days he lives on a boat in Florida, his friend Shade is dead and there seems to be suspicion about it and what he was involved in and when a young woman arrives to take over Shade’s trawler, Rone does all he can to make her leave, but she is strong and stubborn.
Before long they find themselves deep in trouble doing their best to help bring a criminal organisation down and stay alive, this story is fast paced and edge of your seat suspense as they fight to do what they set out to do, with the help of Shade’s doge Echo, but will they make it out alive?
I did very much enjoy this one set at Christmas time with wonderful characters and a fabulous setting it is filled with not only danger but emotion as Isobel and Rone journey to a HEA and I would recommend this one to anyone who loves a fast paced thriller.
My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.
4 stars
November 17, 2025 by Defy the Dark Publishing
