Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
Sometimes God’s greatest gifts don’t change our plans. They change our understanding of home. After a career setback at a Michelin-starred Nashville restaurant, aspiring chef Brielle Kearney agrees to house-sit in the charming mountain town of Dogwood Creek, Tennessee. For two months in the summer, she’ll sharpen her culinary skills in the fast-paced, high-volume local…
Behind the Scenes of Clean Sweep — A Story Close to My Heart I’m so excited to share more about Clean Sweep, my first novella in the Dogwood Creek Matchmakers series—a delightful multi-author collaboration featuring Leah Atwood, Robin Bayne, JoAnn Durgin, Dawn Kinzer, Lisa Prysock, and Lori Soard. With new releases every other month through…
Sometimes it takes more than hard work and determination to fix matters of the heart. When Hannah Bloom moves to Dogwood Creek, Tennessee, she’s determined to bring a fresh perspective to Candlescents, her Aunt Vicki’s struggling candle shop. Her happy childhood summers there fostered her deep love of creating pleasant, healing scents that evoke warm…
Love in Bloom is the third release in the Dogwood Creek Matchmakers series. This can be a standalone, but I highly recommend you also read Chasing Snowflakes by Lori Soard and An Early Spring by Joann Durgin. Other authors include Leah Atwell, Robin Bayne, Dawn Kinzer, and me. Clean Sweep will be my first release…
Behind the Scenes with Finally Forever by Karin Beery Aunt Linda moved in with my husband and me in 2012. In her mid-sixties, she had lived in a care home for most of her adult life. As a special-needs woman, she moved into the home after her dad died and her mom’s Alzheimer’s made it…
WALKING THROUGH THE RAIN is my just-released novel. Here’s a bit about the story: Rachel and Brandon are in love. Rachel is poor. Brandon is rich. But that doesn’t matter to them. The only thing that matters is each other. They have big plans for their future. Brandon’s mother has big plans for her son’s…