Captiva Island

High-school sweethearts Daniel and Maggie Wheeler live an idyllic and picture-perfect life in the suburbs of Boston. Daniel works at a prestigious investment firm in the city, and Maggie has been his devoted and supportive wife for over thirty years. They have five children, two boys, and three girls, and are the envy of all their friends. Everything about the Wheeler home seems full of joy and love just as long as no one looks too closely. When Daniel makes an announcement that Maggie never anticipated, her world is turned upside down.

Sarah Wheeler knows what she wants. Marriage and children are not part of her plans. She’s seen too many marriages fall apart. The last thing she wants is to be a statistic. As for children, Sarah doesn’t see herself as the nurturing type. She’s content helping her mother run the Key Lime Garden Inn on Captiva Island and working as Director of Community Relations at Southwest Florida’s Outreach Center. Work leaves her with little time for romance—until infuriating, charming, and intriguing Trevor Hutchins distracts Sarah and throws her off balance.

Christopher Wheeler would rather spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair than let Becca Powell reach inside his heart. The terror of losing another person in his life prevents him from a love that could change his world forever.

Lauren and Jeff Wheeler’s marriage is tested when a chance encounter and a persistent admirer widens an already troublesome crack between them. With the family scattered and no plans to be together for Christmas, Maggie Wheeler resorts to extreme measures. An abusive husband forces Sarah and Ciara to get involved—a decision that could cost Sarah and her unborn baby dearly. A best friend leaves Captiva Island, and a heartbreaking diagnosis leaves everyone shocked.

Ciara Moretti has never been in love but that hasn’t stopped her from dreaming of Mr. Right. When months of correspondence via emails and texts with Maurizio Bianchi begins a long distance romance, not even 5,000 miles and an ocean between them can keep them apart. Maurizio wants a future with Ciara but until he comes to America, his true motive will stay hidden from everyone, including Ciara, her brother Paolo, and the entire Wheeler Family.

Maggie Wheeler Moretti has had her share of tragedies, but nothing prepares her when her son Michael, a police officer, is shot while on duty. Maggie travels to Boston to be with him and the rest of her family, and for the first time considers selling the Key Lime Garden Inn and moving back to Massachusetts. Chelsea Marsden runs the inn in Maggie’s absence and does her best to avoid seeing her ex and meeting his new wife. Isabella Barlowe is not one to be ignored, however, and Chelsea finds that her past relationship with Sebastian leads to a new outlook and a kindred spirit.

Two weddings? Two opportunities for conflict, drama and lasting memories. Beth Wheeler has waited her whole life for a Christmas wedding, but she never envisioned it taking place on Captiva Island. Even if it makes her mother happy, without snow, jingle bells and sleigh rides, Beth’s dreams of saying “I do” under a canopy of sugar plums and mistletoe are disappearing faster than a flying reindeer.