While still grieving over dear old Mary’s death, Jim and Liz receive a letter and a diary from her lawyer. There are two wishes concealed within the diary’s yellowed pages, and they discover that her first wish involves travel to a tropical island! Suddenly another old friend becomes very ill and passes away and the village is plunged into mourning. Winter is frigid, but the miracle of a wonderful Christmas brings joy. Love abounds when a newcomer to Chartley falls in love with and marries Major Pettigrew. A house fire leaves two neighbors badly burned, just before Jim and Liz take off for Antigua. Major Monty and his new wife decide to build an Inn and Chartley begins to see lots of changes. The reader will want to know who is involved and how it affects the ever-popular little village.