Judith Arnold Books in Order

Former model Kate Ryder finds new purpose teaching deaf children. When widower Russell Van Doom hires her to work with his daughter Amy, their growing connection challenges the emotional barriers surrounding his family.

Sara Morrow retreats into the past through her work at a restored Long Island village. Computer expert Randy Zale brings modern life back into focus, challenging her hopes that simpler times hold the answer to lasting love.

Designer Lissa Cavender is intrigued when Jared Stone appears at her class and asks her to redesign his family home. Immediate attraction complicates the commission, especially once she learns the influential identity of her determined new client.

Anthropology teacher Audrey takes a waitressing job at a nightclub to research male behavior for her publisher. Handsome customer Brandon Fox challenges her assumptions, turning what should be detached fieldwork into a much more personal encounter.

Conservative Brooke Waters meets unconventional video-maker Sky Blue at a gathering for people with unusual names. His unpredictable courtship unsettles her orderly outlook, forcing her to question whether their growing attraction can bridge their different approaches to life.

Restaurant critic Heidi Barnett hides behind a pseudonym after publishing a scathing review of Wes Evans’s restaurant. His angry visit becomes an unexpected attraction, leaving her struggling to reconcile her concealed identity with his insistence on honesty.

Widowed Cecily Adams leaves Long Island to begin again as a high school teacher in Glenville, Ohio. Self-made Nick Faro unsettles her new independence, bringing an approach to life shaped by experience rather than the classroom.

Mickie Oliver runs a service handling the chores traditionally expected of a wife. Client Colin Grey increasingly wants her company at dinners, during illness and simply to talk, blurring the boundary between paid assistance and romantic attachment.

Marketing consultant Valerie Sherman resents Brian Hollander’s patronizing attitude. Helping him care for a baby exposes an unexpectedly tender side to her colleague, forcing her to reconsider both her judgment of him and her own attraction.

An Appalachian Trail hike brings Gretchen Sprague an unexpected fling with Cliff Powell, whose outdoor knowledge is matched by warmth and humor. Unable to forget him afterward, she searches for her wilderness romance amid Manhattan’s very different surroundings.

A stranger helped Roberta Frankel when she unexpectedly gave birth on a beach. Five years of letters have made Kyle Stratton an intimate presence in her life, but meeting again will test whether their bond can become love.

Single mother Robin Greer treasures Christmas as a celebration of the stable home she wants for her son. Legal-aid attorney Jesse Lawson distrusts the holiday, yet their attraction challenges both to reconsider what family and generosity mean.

Cynical Andrew Collins and optimistic Kimberly Belmont remain antagonists at their college newspaper’s anniversary reunion. An unexpected romance forces them to confront pride and old prejudices while their friends offer examples of what a lasting commitment might require.

Phoebe’s plans unravel when former tennis star Carson Durant refuses to cooperate on his autobiography. Determined to break through his guarded manner, she finds their professional dispute becoming a personal challenge with a different kind of partnership at stake.

Lucia Bowen distrusts money after growing up with her father’s destructive financial schemes. Winning a million-dollar casino jackpot brings an elegant stranger into her life, leaving her unsure whether his attention reflects genuine attraction or interest in her fortune.

The fifteenth anniversary of Dream magazine reunites six college founders amid memories and unfinished business. Former friends Seth Stone and Laura Brodie find their old connection turning toward romance, prompting doubts about whether becoming lovers is wise.

Years after an embarrassing night together, realtor Daphne Stoltz is asked to help Brad Torrance find a home. Renewed friendship challenges their assumptions about appearance, attraction and whether an uncomfortable past can become a different future.

Graduate student Heather Lewis takes a babysitting job and falls for busy marketing director Douglas Baldwin. His unruly young son complicates the attraction, forcing her to consider whether loving the father means embracing the whole family.

Reporter Jill Bergland spots the mayor at a disreputable motel and senses a major story. Rival journalist Griffin Parker follows the same scandal, forcing two increasingly attracted competitors to decide how much ambition and mistrust their relationship can withstand.

Department store executive Catherine Bruce fears the owner’s son has returned to take her job. Gabe Shandler instead wants reconciliation with his father, but his attraction to Catherine complicates his efforts to win her trust.

Amelia Potts wants to rescue her sister from trouble after an arrest over an allegedly obscene sculpture. Her attraction to the sister’s outspoken civil-rights lawyer complicates matters when their priorities collide with an increasingly difficult desire.

Independent columnist Jodie Posniak writes under the name Penny Simpson. When Tom Barrett mistakes her for a woman who once broke his heart, her sympathetic reply leads to a meeting between people with very different expectations of love.

Seven years after Jenny helped save Luke, he returns to her life wounded and profoundly changed. Their reunion reverses their old roles, forcing both to confront painful experiences as he tries to help her face her own troubles.

Vietnam veteran Paul Tremaine wants to build a memorial to fallen comrades, but schoolteacher Bonnie Hudson opposes anything that glorifies war. Their attraction exposes shared wounds and challenges them to imagine a future beyond the losses shaping their lives.

Computer expert Lucy Beckwith falls for romantic messages from a mysterious admirer calling himself Loverboy. Meanwhile, her arrogant colleague Jim Kazan wants her affection, but his technical brilliance offers little help against the rival winning her online.

Architect Jeremy Kent joins a private detective searching for an associate’s abducted daughter. She initially resists his involvement, but their shared pursuit draws them closer, making the emotional stakes increasingly difficult to separate from the investigation.

Pilot Alana Halpern expects to finish a business flight before Hanukkah, but engine trouble strands her with a toy-store executive on a snowy mountain. A mysterious cabin offers shelter as survival and unexpected attraction challenge their beliefs.

Investigating misconduct at a college, former policeman Alec Fontana becomes fascinated by his downstairs neighbor. The pianist’s brilliant playing repeatedly breaks down, drawing him toward a mystery that threatens their growing relationship.

Caterer Claudia Mulcahey needs a major Valentine’s Day party to succeed if her business is to survive. Mishaps threaten her preparations, while the hostess’s attractive brother provides a distraction she can scarcely afford.

Veteran Matt Calloway confronts his former comrade Gary Villard after a betrayal. Gary’s younger sister Linda, who once admired Matt from afar, finds her renewed feelings pulling her between loyalty to her brother and the man she loves.

In Verona, Italy, Gillian Chapell touches Juliet’s statue without believing its promise of luck in love. An unexpected encounter with a stranger turns that skeptical gesture into the beginning of a romance she had never anticipated.

Jack Slater’s trip to obtain one of Mandy Harlon’s supposedly powerful handmade dolls brings robbery, jail, and trouble in the Appalachian mountains. Meeting the feisty dollmaker intensifies his determination to stay, despite the dangers surrounding her.

Advertising colleagues Stephanie Webb and Ben Strother consider themselves an unsuitable romantic match, so they try pairing their widowed parents instead. Their parents have the opposite plan, setting two generations on a collision course of matchmaking schemes.

Photographer Hollis Griffin reluctantly agrees to meet the wealthy father who abandoned her. The investigator hired to bring her to New Orleans discovers that the reunion conceals a dangerous trap, complicating his growing attraction to her.

Hiding from a hitman in Key West, architect Pamela Hayes meets a bar owner who needs a respectable wife to retain custody of his orphaned niece. Their practical marriage offers protection, but unexpected feelings complicate the arrangement.

After breast-cancer treatment, lawyer Beth Pendleton leaves New York to rebuild her life in a quiet New Hampshire town. Attraction to a local construction-company owner tests her willingness to reveal her scars and his readiness to face uncertainty.

Jury duty introduces Sophie Wallace to Gary Brett, and their attraction grows as they consider a jilted bride’s lawsuit. When they take opposing sides in the case, Sophie questions whether the man courting her understands commitment at all.

A single father’s childcare arrangements collapse just before Christmas, sending him to the Daddy School for help. Detective John Russo proves willing to learn parenting skills from Molly Saunders, but opening himself to love is a more difficult lesson.

A columnist known for celebrating masculine independence discovers a baby girl on his doorstep and learns she is his daughter. Seeking advice from a nurse who runs parenting classes, Jamie finds his assumptions about fatherhood and romance unexpectedly challenged.

Maggie Tyrell opens an agency devoted to reuniting lost lovers. When Noah Davis hires her to find his missing fiancée after a year apart, Maggie discovers that solving his romantic problem may mean sacrificing her own chance at happiness.

After her family forgets her fortieth birthday, Lila Chapin leaves for a month alone. Her absence forces her husband to reconsider years of taking her sacrifices for granted, while Lila weighs what she wants from their marriage.

Accountant Martha Cooper secretly longs for her boss, Blake Robey, until an erotic dream seems to change their relationship. As fantasy becomes an affair, workplace boundaries and her doubts about their compatibility complicate the possibility of lasting love.

A widowed doctor worries that he cannot guide his daughter through adolescence while still grieving his wife. When a former television star moves next door, her kindness offers help, but accepting love again requires changes of his own.

After her husband dies, Sally discovers passionate letters from a woman she never knew existed. Joining forces with his equally bewildered best friend, she searches for the mysterious Laura despite the mutual dislike that makes their partnership difficult.

After her father’s death, lawyer Julia Bloom unexpectedly takes charge of the family delicatessen. Missing merchandise, resentful relatives and a reporter investigating the business complicate her efforts to protect its future while navigating an increasingly personal connection.

Brett Stockton wants a committed relationship but has firmly ruled out children. Falling in love with a single mother forces him to reconsider that conviction, as he weighs his feelings against the needs of Sharon and her young son.

Talk-show producer Loretta D’Angelo needs a pretend boyfriend, and attorney Josh Kaplan seems an ideal choice. Neither seeks a romance, but their arrangement complicates family pressure, professional demands, and the commitments they already have.

An aspiring homesteader discovers an antique box while planting vegetables, turning her quiet New Hampshire town into a media attraction. As rival claims and reporters multiply, Erica becomes drawn to a reluctant visitor who wants nothing to do with small-town life.

Reserved Ethan Parnell and outgoing shoe designer Gina Morante accidentally share a vacation condominium on St. Thomas. Their mismatched backgrounds seem to promise an uncomfortable week, but returning home does little to end their unexpected attraction.

With Julia running the family delicatessen, her sister Susie longs for a more creative life. A documentary project offers an escape from advertising and romantic uncertainty, but her departure threatens relationships and the delicate balance of the family business.

A Manhattan school admissions director is overwhelmed by demanding parents, housing worries and her teenage daughter. A widowed carpenter offers an appealing distraction, but Libby must determine whether he wants her love or an advantage for his son.

Bobby and Joelle have built a secure family life together after difficult beginnings. When someone from Joelle’s past reveals a buried secret, the trust supporting their marriage collapses, forcing them to reconsider everything they thought they understood about each other.

A couple preparing to divorce after a family tragedy receives an unexpected gift: their children arrange a romantic night away. Alone together at a country inn, Curt and Ellie must confront their grief and the love they once shared.

Former high-school sweethearts meet again in Manhattan fifteen years after Erika left Ted heartbroken. Their attraction returns immediately, but his serious relationship and lingering distrust force them to decide whether their shared past can become a future.

When Ruth leaves her long marriage to build an independent life, her family expects daughter Jill to restore order. Already juggling her own household and career, Jill must decide how much responsibility she can bear for everyone else’s happiness.

Meredith Fischer watches her widowed mother find romance and her daughter enjoy an active social life while her own marriage falters. Suspicions about her husband force her to confront the relationship she thought she could rely on.

A widower wants to give his daughter a happy Christmas, but she believes Santa can bring back her mother. With help from a school psychologist and the Daddy School, Conor searches for a way through grief toward hope.

After April Walden is killed by a car, her three closest friends and the driver struggle with grief. Their searches for comfort lead toward obsession, reckless living, religious retreat and self-destruction as they try to continue without her.

Engaged antiques dealer Diana Simms and youth worker Nick Fiore hear a mysterious jukebox song. Its spell challenges their assumptions about love and the lives they have planned for themselves.

Artist Emma Glendon faces eviction when her landlord Max Tarloff decides to sell. A magical jukebox draws the unlikely pair together as their plans for the house come into conflict.

Innkeeper Monica Reinhart has always followed the rules until Ty Cronin sails into town. A jukebox song encourages new risks, but trusting the intriguing stranger could change her settled life.

An overheated office sends lawyer Caleb Solomon to an air-conditioned tavern, where a teacher urgently seeks his help after a damaging prank. A song from the tavern’s magical jukebox complicates their practical meeting with an unexpected surge of attraction.

Divorced parents Cory and Talia reunite for their daughter’s graduation after years apart. When a magical jukebox plays, old feelings return, challenging the hurt that once ended their teenage marriage.

Dylan Scott returns to Brogan’s Point rich and famous, then discovers Gwen Parker has a daughter who resembles him. A magical jukebox revives feelings neither has resolved since their brief encounter.

A guest dies at Lainie Lovett’s father-in-law’s birthday party, turning a family celebration into a murder investigation. With relatives and her daughter’s new romantic interest under suspicion, Lainie must identify the killer while protecting those closest to her.

Money disappears from the school’s parent-teacher organization, and the secretary suspected of taking it suddenly dies. Lainie Lovett investigates competing explanations and troublesome colleagues, hoping to recover the funds before another school event becomes a disaster.

Two strangers fall for each other in Verona, unaware that Romeo and Juliet’s ghosts hope to guide them toward a happier ending. Family loyalties, old conflicts and meddling friends complicate their romance when they return to New Jersey.

Teacher and recreational soccer player Lainie Lovett sees a teammate’s husband with another woman shortly before he is murdered. Becoming a suspect herself, she investigates his tangled relationships and business dealings to clear her name.

A happily single television producer and a lawyer with a longtime girlfriend pretend to be dating for practical reasons. Their arrangement should protect Loretta’s job and quiet her family, but neither anticipates how complicated an invented relationship can become.

Lainie Lovett’s summer break is interrupted by thefts at an assisted-living residence. When a dead resident’s hidden fortune disappears, she investigates staff, relatives and neighbors while trying to determine whether his death was natural.

Bobby and Joelle have built a family and a secure life after difficult beginnings. When someone from Joelle’s past arrives, secrets threaten the marriage they depend on and the future they created together.

Detective Sam Harper investigates threatening emails sent to yoga teacher Cali Bowen. Their opposing outlooks conceal a mutual need for healing, while a magical jukebox draws them toward a connection neither expected.

Architect Brianna Crawford wants to preserve Brogan’s Point’s old town hall, while Will Naukonen favors its replacement. A jukebox song complicates their disagreement and his plans to leave for Seattle.

A friend asks Lainie Lovett to investigate her husband’s suspected affair, but the supposed other woman is soon found dead. Lainie must clear him while unraveling a puzzling fast-food meal and managing the beginning of the school year.

Hank Patterson hires dog walker Abbie Harding to manage his mother’s unruly pet. As Abbie pursues plans for an obedience school, a magical jukebox complicates their business arrangement with an unexpected attraction.

Newly retired Ruth Singer imagines the lives she might have led if she had made different choices. As everyday family turmoil continues around her, those imagined alternatives reveal how her decisions shaped the woman she has become.

Annie has always felt inferior to her accomplished older sister. When a crisis forces Sarah to depend on her, Annie becomes deeply involved in the seemingly perfect life she once envied and begins questioning what she actually wants.

While her husband cycles across the country promoting climate awareness, Ellie manages their household’s mounting problems. As her daughters confront rebellion and exclusion, the three women learn to make their own voices heard in their family and community.

When Jeremy disappears, his two former wives and current wife discover a secret home on Martha’s Vineyard. Their uneasy search brings them together with another woman in his life, revealing unexpected truths about him and their own possibilities.

Appointed to represent a child in a custody dispute, Hayley must weigh a widowed father’s modest circumstances against his wealthy in-laws’ resources. Her growing attraction to Kevin complicates the objectivity required to protect his daughter’s interests.

A lawyer struggles to care for his unruly twins after their nanny leaves, just as he faces a determined public defender in court. Their professional conflict becomes entangled with parenting lessons and a growing attraction neither expected.

An unexpected inheritance brings Maeve back to the seaside town she left in anger a decade earlier. Rebuilding strained family ties and facing a changed hometown favourite become more complicated when the local jukebox begins working its romantic magic.