The Christmas Star

Name: The Christmas Star
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Kerk Murray

Aug 2026 · Sugarberry Ridge Holiday Romance Book 2 · Magnolia Press

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She’s about to lose everything she’s holding onto. He’s about to find everything he never had.

Blair Foster has until New Year’s Day to save the tree farm that’s been in her late husband’s family for generations. If she can’t come up with fifty thousand dollars, the land meant to be her son’s inheritance will be gone, along with the last living piece of the man she loved.

Reid Brighton, a famous self-taught astronomer, has bet his savings, his reputation, and his future on a comet appearing over Sugarberry Ridge on Christmas night. If he’s wrong, he’ll lose it all.

When Reid parks his RV at the edge of Blair’s property, she wants the stranger gone. But her eight-year-old son and Reid’s blue-eyed husky have other plans.

As Christmas night approaches, the town’s hope turns into something much bigger than either of them ever imagined.

What happens next, nobody will forget.

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Each book in the Sugarberry Ridge Holiday Romance series can be read as a stand-alone novel that ends with a happily-ever-after and no cliffhangers. If you enjoy sweet, clean and wholesome, feel-good romance stories, you'll want to binge them all.

🎄Book 1: The Christmas Angel

🎄Book 2: The Christmas Star

🎄Book 3: The Christmas Wish

🎄Book 4: The Christmas Miracle

🎄Book 5: The Christmas Train

🎄Book 6: The Christmas Cottage

She’s about to lose everything she’s holding onto. He’s about to find everything he never had. Blair Foster has until New Year’s Day to save the tree farm that’s been in her late husband’s family for generations. If she can’t come up with fifty thousand dollars, the land meant to be her son’s in...

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2 reviews

Lia Lorimer

August 18, 2026

Kerk Murray’s newest release is an innovative novella in that Josh is given his own chapters to share his version of events 😊. Although it lacks the whimsical atmosphere of Book 1 in this series, it is nevertheless a delightful holiday story filled with positive family vibes, the mischief of a dog (of course--this is a Kerk Murray story, after all 😊) & anticipation as to whether Reid’s prediction about the ‘star’ (as the mayor insists on calling it) is correct & if it will actually appear.

Margaret Turner

October 20, 2026

good book.

About the author

Kerk Murray is an Amazon Top 50 and Barnes & Noble bestselling author of clean contemporary romance. His series include Dog Lovers, Hadley Cove Sweet Romance, and Sugarberry Ridge Holiday Romance.

Fans of Rachel Hanna and Debbie Macomber will love his Southern small-town stories about second chances filled with real people, real problems, and rescue animals who help them along the way.

Beyond writing, Kerk is the founder of The Lexi’s Legacy Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that partners with animal rescues to save more lives. A portion of his book proceeds supports this mission because every animal deserves a forever home.

Connect with Kerk and sign up for his newsletter at kerkmurray.com for new releases and exclusive sneak peeks of upcoming books.

For film, TV, and subsidiary rights inquiries: info@kerkmurray.com

Kerk Murray is an Amazon Top 50 and Barnes & Noble bestselling author of clean contemporary romance. His series include Dog Lovers, Hadley Cove Sweet Romance, and Sugarberry Ridge Holiday Romance. Fans of Rachel Hanna and Debbie Macomber will love his Southern small-town stories about second chan...

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