First published 2015
Kelley Quinn sits down to write his annual holiday letter from Winter Street Inn on Nantucket. The year has brought difficulties, but he finds reasons for gratitude. His divorce is final, yet his relationship with first wife Margaret has improved. She uses her celebrity status to bring guests to the inn in unprecedented numbers. Son Kevin welcomed baby Genevieve with French housekeeper Isabelle, whom the family plans to celebrate through baptism. Daughter Ava has found happiness with colleague Scott. The Quinns anticipate a peaceful Christmas Stroll celebration until Kelley's second wife Mitzi arrives unexpectedly. Her romance with the inn's former Santa has ended badly. Other surprise visitors from past relationships soon appear, creating romantic complications under the mistletoe. Jealousy erupts between old flames and new partners while holiday spirits flow freely. The Quinn family faces their most turbulent Christmas yet as personal dramas threaten to overwhelm the inn's holiday operations.
Genres: romance, contemporary, holiday, family-drama
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Nantucket, Winter Street Inn
Period: Christmas
256 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown and Company