Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
Braving Red Waters My newest release, Braving Red Waters, is a time-travel novel featuring the USS Red Rover, the first Navy hospital ship in the Civil War. I’d been wanting to write about this fascinating steamboat for years and finally got my chance. While the Red Rover was originally used as a Confederate barracks ship,…
August 2026 New ReleasesMore in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: Not My Hero by Michelle Bolanger — She lost everything… except the chance to begin again. He has everything… except the freedom to follow his heart. “Not My Hero” is a modern retelling of the…
Who’s ready for all the “back to school” fun? It’s that time of year once again – notebooks, backpacks, pencil boxes, crayons, glue sticks and much, much more! Hope you’ll also take this exciting time to talk to your younger students about all the fun things they’ll be doing over the next several months… including…
Canthany Rising – New Entry into the Growing LitRPG Genre The Literary Role-Playing Game genre, known as LitRPG, is a growing genre due to the many tabletop and online RPG systems existing today. My new book, Canthany Rising – A Christian LitRPG Adventure, is such a novelette which takes a new approach to the genre…
July 2026 New ReleasesMore in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: New Beginnings in Shady Springs by Sarah Anne Crouch — When the storm passes, can two guarded hearts believe in love again? Perfect for fans of heartwarming Christian romance, this tender small-town story weaves together…
How many of us “mature” folks remember what it was like to be seventeen? The highs and lows, dreaming of what our futures held, a hot mess of boldness and fear? I remember! I’ve taught kids in public schools from K-12, with all kinds of backgrounds and world views. One day I discovered a discarded…