Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
The Booked for Love anthology started with a post in a Facebook readers group. Right there in the middle of it all, a woman typed out a question no one expected. Does anyone know a sweet, book-loving girl who might want to meet my brother-in-law? The group members loved it. So many people commented, and…
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,…
Book Synopsis: A cursed widower forsakes his faith to ensure his hope. On a verdant island beset by poverty and death, Mick Muldoon dares to escape his misfortunes. Is working a farm and raising a family such an impossible thing to ask? Wasn’t God supposed to answer prayers—not turn a deaf ear? After surviving the…
By Lynne Basham Tagawa There are a lot of chocolate mentions in this new release. It’s historical, it’s time travel, and it’s even dystopian. And it’s got chocolate in it. What’s not to love? The Root of the Matter: The American Puritans Book One got its birth when I read a snippet of John Winthrop’s…
Brave Authors is a collaborative blog where Christian fiction authors tell brave stories. They aren’t afraid to include tough issues in their work, everything from addiction to trauma. My author friend, Sarah Hanks, is part of that blog, and I learned they allow guest bloggers. Today my post on trauma is live. I share the…
Guess How Much God Loves You Helping kids discover God’s never-changing, never-failing, never-ending love I recently welcomed my second grandchild (first granddaughter) into the world in September. What an absolute joy! While I’m fairly new to grandparenting, with my first not quite three years old, I’ve quickly discovered that the relationship between a grandparent and…