Island Fever

Welcome back to Christmas Key—where the lights are always twinkling, the ghosts might be friendly, and a hand-drawn map could change everything.

Holly Baxter didn’t expect to find a mystery hidden beneath the floorboards of Holiday House, but when a decades-old photograph, a love letter, and a hand-drawn map surface during renovations, Christmas Key is suddenly buzzing with holiday intrigue. Even more surprising? The woman in the photo looks exactly like Bonnie—the island’s flirtiest, most fabulous resident—and Bonnie is convinced it’s her from a past life.

As strange sightings, eerie music, and whispered voices sweep the island, the locals do what they do best: turn a haunting into a celebration. With a full-on Halloween festival in the works, the residents of Christmas Key set out to solve the mystery of the woman in the photo and the tragic love she left behind.

Meanwhile, Holly is juggling a lot more than séances and mysteries. Between raising her spirited six-year-old, dodging questions about having another baby, and keeping the island’s profile front-and-center, she’s starting to wonder if her own dreams still fit into the life she’s built.

Full of laughter, love, beach bonfires, and heartwarming holiday surprises, this eleventh installment in the Christmas Key series is a magical reminder that sometimes the best gifts are the ones we never saw coming.