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Christmas Key #11
Island Fever: A Tropical Holiday Romantic Comedy
Every island has a ghost story. Christmas Key has several.
Holly Baxter is renovating the long-empty Holiday House when she finds something hidden beneath the old love letters, a map, a perfumed handkerchief, and a faded photograph of a woman who looks so much like Bonnie it gives everyone chills.
Naturally, Holly cannot leave it alone.
She has a Halloween event to plan, a fashion influencer partnership to manage, a daughter to raise, a marriage to nurture, and a family that never stops being complicated.
But a box of secrets buried in an old house?
That is irresistible.
As Holly follows the trail from Christmas Key to Savannah and back again, the island’s past begins to feel less like history and more like unfinished business. Meanwhile, Holly and Miguel are quietly asking themselves an even bigger is their family complete, or is there room in their hearts for a child who needs a home?
Between ghost stories, old love, family secrets, and one devastating fire, Holly discovers that paradise is not just built from sunshine.
It is built from the stories people leave behind.
A heartfelt, cozy island mystery full of tropical Halloween charm, found family, motherhood, romance, and the kind of secrets that make a place feel alive.
For fans of Laurie Gilmore, Hope Holloway, and Mary Kay Andrews, this cozy island mystery is full of old love letters, ghost stories, family secrets, and tropical Halloween charm.
Holly Baxter is renovating the long-empty Holiday House when she finds something hidden beneath the old love letters, a map, a perfumed handkerchief, and a faded photograph of a woman who looks so much like Bonnie it gives everyone chills.
Naturally, Holly cannot leave it alone.
She has a Halloween event to plan, a fashion influencer partnership to manage, a daughter to raise, a marriage to nurture, and a family that never stops being complicated.
But a box of secrets buried in an old house?
That is irresistible.
As Holly follows the trail from Christmas Key to Savannah and back again, the island’s past begins to feel less like history and more like unfinished business. Meanwhile, Holly and Miguel are quietly asking themselves an even bigger is their family complete, or is there room in their hearts for a child who needs a home?
Between ghost stories, old love, family secrets, and one devastating fire, Holly discovers that paradise is not just built from sunshine.
It is built from the stories people leave behind.
A heartfelt, cozy island mystery full of tropical Halloween charm, found family, motherhood, romance, and the kind of secrets that make a place feel alive.
For fans of Laurie Gilmore, Hope Holloway, and Mary Kay Andrews, this cozy island mystery is full of old love letters, ghost stories, family secrets, and tropical Halloween charm.
202 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 7, 2025
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November 15, 2025
Christmas Key never disappoints
Loved the continuance of these Christmas Key books and residents. Can't wait for the next book. This is such a fun, relaxing read. You feel like you are on the beach!!!
Loved the continuance of these Christmas Key books and residents. Can't wait for the next book. This is such a fun, relaxing read. You feel like you are on the beach!!!
April 18, 2026
Christmas Key Book Eleven
Can’t wait for the next book. Book eleven had some ups and downs and was very interesting as always. Excited to see how foster care changes the story for Holley and her family.
Can’t wait for the next book. Book eleven had some ups and downs and was very interesting as always. Excited to see how foster care changes the story for Holley and her family.
November 20, 2025
It's over too soon
I really do love this series all about Holly and her extended family, I love hanging out with them in these books. Please write some more 😊 thank you
I really do love this series all about Holly and her extended family, I love hanging out with them in these books. Please write some more 😊 thank you
February 14, 2026
There has to be more!
March 25, 2026
Love this series I read all of them
March 30, 2026
It was a good little book. Not really my normal read.
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