{"id":25842,"date":"2026-02-14T17:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=25842"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:29:42","slug":"where-foxes-say-goodnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25842","title":{"rendered":"Where Foxes Say Goodnight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where Foxes Say Goodnight<\/em> (2023) Sam Burns<\/a> (Sleeping Foxes #1)<\/p>\n

\"WhereMax has won awards and accolades for the semi-biographical story he wrote about his life with his grandmother, so it’s a bit of an unpleasant surprise to awakened the very next day by a lawyer on his doorstep with an NDA from the guy he thought was his boyfriend.<\/p>\n

Wait, what? <\/p>\n

\u201cFormer relationship?\u201d <\/p>\n

He blinked for a moment, seeming confused, then sighed, letting his head fall forward and rubbing at his temples. \u201cOh, this is lovely. He didn\u2019t even break it off. He sent me to do that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Luckily, the very nice lawyer spends the day walking him through the paperwork he has to sign.<\/p>\n

By the end of the day, he was billing an extra ten grand to Harry over all the time he\u2019d spent tracking me down, then explaining the NDA and payment paperwork to me, and I thought it was Harry\u2019s money well spent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The ugliness of that, combined with the pressure on Max to write his next award-winning screenplay, leads him to move across the country for a change of scenery.<\/p>\n

It looked like a movie location, picturesque and perfect, with a house like a mansion and everything around lush and green. And the ocean. <\/p>\n

This had cost not just less than my condo, but a fraction of the price? That seemed criminal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although things in North Carolina are very different.<\/p>\n

Turning to Jenny, I took a deep breath. \u201cI\u2019m going to need you to recommend a place for me to buy furniture. Maybe a lot of it.\u201d <\/p>\n

She cocked her head in confusion, but didn\u2019t seem put off or anything. \u201cAre you not moving your stuff out here?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOh I am.\u201d I looked back at the house, taking a deep breath and then letting it out slowly. \u201cIt should be here sometime late this week. It\u2019s just that . . . Every piece of furniture I currently own would fit on the front side of the porch. I lived in a two-bedroom condo back in California.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hadn’t looked at the description for this story since I picked it up, so I was surprised to find a ghost in this mystery romance, but for the most part it worked. <\/p>\n

SPOILER
\nIt honestly didn’t make sense why Nadia hid her presence from Gentry, Jon, and Joe. Especially if Gentry and Jon were aware of magic.
\nEND SPOILER<\/p>\n

The mystery was my favorite part, although as far as the romance went, I liked that everyone talked<\/em> about things instead of making wrong assumptions.<\/p>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Max Blazek, William Janssen, Harrison \u201cHarry\u201d Grant, Tony, Amelia Barber, Jay, Jenny, Joe, Dinah, Jimmy, Gentry Fox, Hiram “Jon” Fox, Deputy Alicia Marks, Deputy Jeffrey Brian, Deputy Harvey, Deputy Raley, Sheriff Mulcahy, Booker, Calvin Mayer, Nadia Lavigne, Klara Blazek, Martin Lavigne, Daphne Durand <\/p>\n

Cover by Natasha Snow<\/p>\n

Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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