A Turkey of a Day by Heather Graham

Angela Hawkins Crow is delighted! It’s Thanksgiving Day and it seems that her world is going well—she and Jackson are home and about to enjoy a real holiday together with their children, Corby and Victoria.
All is going so well, until . . .
A strange sound from the basement brings them both racing downstairs. Victoria is playing in her room, and Corby is supposed to be playing with his cornhole game.
And he is, except . . .
They hear the sound again. Jackson investigates. And caught on a tree, tied by a leash is a turkey. There is no sign of Jimmy.
Corby doesn’t want to give away a friend’s situation. But his good buddy Jimmy Rodgers has run to his house for help. Jimmy is still getting over the death of a beloved cousin. The turkey had been purchased for his parents to do a natural meal with the bird raised and prepared by themselves. But Jimmy had fallen in love with the turkey and people came to his house and he was sure they’d come to kill the bird, even though he’d been told that if he needed the pet so badly, he could keep it. Weird pet, but . . .
But as Jackson and Angela prepare to head to the house to see what they can do, they’re stopped by a guardian Jimmy never knew he had, the spirit of his long-lost grandfather.