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…
The “American Jesabel”—was she? By Lynne Tagawa In writing about the American Puritans—prominent ministers who served during the 17th century —I faced several thorny issues. First, the exile of Roger Williams, which I fictionalize in The Root of the Matter. Next came Anne Hutchinson. Who was she? What did she believe and do? And why…
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,…
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…
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…
Shetland Sunset: An Excerpt By Linda Shenton Matchett Askel strolled from the docks toward Bergen’s shopping district. He’d needed a part for one of the boat engines he’d been repairing, and Gustav offered to keep him company. His cousin talked the entire trip into town but now whistled quietly and seemed lost in thought. No…