Christmas Wish in a Bottle

Book excerpt: Centuries old legends and fantastical stories surround the Inn of the Three Butterflies; the most recent involving guests’ claims that wishes they tossed into the sea in bottles came true. A widow was reunited with her military son, a couple found the son they gave up for adoption, a mother reconnected with her daughter estranged by divorce, and an underage mother allowed a gay couple to adopt her newborn baby. Maggie, a single mother, brings her five-year-old daughter Harper along on her magazine’s assignment to write about Christmas at the Inn. Kane, the innkeepers’ nephew and Grammy winning composer, has built a beach house nearby. Maggie and Kane are instantly attracted to one another and Kane rapidly bonds with kindred talent, Harper, a child piano prodigy. A revelation from Kane’s past threatens Maggie and tears Kane and Maggie apart. Can they mend the rips in their relationship in time to make Harper’s Christmas wish come true?