Judith Keim Books in Order
Browse Judith Keim books connected to Tammy L Grace collaborations, with reading order, quick summaries, and background for new readers.
Last updated: June 8, 2026
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Publication Order
76 books
Mossy Creek
by Judith Keim
2001
This collective novel opens the door to quirky Mossy Creek, Georgia, where gossip, family tangles, and small-town kindness fill every porch and café. Each linked story adds another voice to the town's warm, funny world.
Reunion at Mossy Creek
by Judith Keim
2002
A long-awaited reunion pulls Mossy Creek's residents back into old memories, old feuds, and the question of what really happened when the high school burned. It is another chatty, affectionate visit to a town that remembers everything.
Summer in Mossy Creek
by Judith Keim
2003
Summer brings fresh celebrations, neighborly chaos, and a new round of linked stories from Mossy Creek. The result is a breezy small-town anthology full of humor, heart, and Southern atmosphere.
Blessings of Mossy Creek
by Judith Keim
2004
As autumn settles over Mossy Creek, weddings, babies, church politics, and gratitude give the town plenty to talk about. This installment mixes laughter, scandal, and warmth in the series' familiar collective style.
A Day in Mossy Creek
by Judith Keim
2006
Over the course of a single day, Mossy Creek's residents tangle with errands, secrets, meals, and each other. The linked stories capture how much comedy and tenderness can fit into one busy small-town day.
At Home in Mossy Creek
by Judith Keim
2007
This return to Mossy Creek leans into home, family, and the ties that keep people rooted, even when life turns messy. Expect multiple voices, local color, and the easy charm of a town where everybody knows your story.
Gone But Not Forgotten
by Judith Keim
2008
After a fatal accident, Sunny lingers in Mossy Creek as a ghost, watching over her twins and worrying about the family meant to raise them. It is a tender, unusual novella about grief, motherhood, and learning to let go.
Critters of Mossy Creek
by Judith Keim
2009
Pets take center stage in this Mossy Creek collection, where dogs, cats, birds, fish, and the people who adore them stir up trouble. The stories are playful, affectionate, and full of small-town animal chaos.
Homecoming in Mossy Creek
by Judith Keim
2011
Homecoming season brings old classmates, old grudges, and fresh stories to Mossy Creek. The town's shared history gives this anthology extra nostalgia, without losing the humor and neighborly fuss that define the series.
Closer Than They Appear
by Judith Keim
2014
This Mossy Creek side story offers another close look at the town's people, problems, and unexpectedly touching moments. Even brief visits here come packed with gossip, humor, and the comfort of familiar faces.
Breakfast at the Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2015
After her husband leaves her with nothing, Ann joins forces with blunt, lottery-winning Rhonda to turn a Florida seaside estate into a small hotel. The project gives both women a fresh start, and Ann may find love along the way.
Fat Fridays
by Judith Keim
2015
After a humiliating divorce, Sukie Skidmore joins four other women for weekly lunches where nobody counts calories. What begins as comfort food and talk turns into a fierce support system, and then into something more dangerous.
Straight Talk
by Judith Keim
2015
Samantha Hartwell has to sort through mixed signals, hard choices, and more than one possible future before she can trust her own heart. It is a romance about growing up emotionally, not just falling in love.
Sweet Talk
by Judith Keim
2015
Fresh from divorce, Allison Hartwell heads to California to help run an art gallery and prove she can build a life on her own. A struggling business, an eight-year-old girl, and a wine-and-chocolate bar complicate that plan in the best way.
The Talking Tree
by Judith Keim
2015
After her estranged mother dies, Marissa Cole travels to New Hope, Maine, to scatter the ashes and uncovers relatives she never knew existed. The discovery offers the family she missed, but it also brings money worries and a risky new love.
Winning Big
by Judith Keim
2015
A lucky break forces ordinary people to ask what really matters once life stops following the old script. This standalone keeps the stakes emotional, focusing on love, hope, and starting over.
Dinner at The Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2016
The hotel is thriving, but success does not make life simpler for Ann and Rhonda. Family loss, new responsibilities, and the daily demands of running the inn bring fresh pressure to this heartfelt third book.
Lunch at The Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2016
Ann and Rhonda work to keep their Florida hotel thriving while a demanding movie star arrives in secret to lose weight for her next role. As Rhonda faces a mysterious illness, the business and their friendship are pushed hard.
Sassy Saturdays
by Judith Keim
2016
Tiffany Wright is trying to build a new life as a singer and single mother, with the Fat Fridays women cheering her on. When tragedy and a legal fight hit, friendship becomes the thing that keeps her from being overwhelmed.
Christmas at The Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2017
Christmas turns the Beach House Hotel festive and hectic as Ann and Rhonda balance guests, family pressures, and holiday emotion. It is a cozy series entry with seaside cheer and hard-won hope.
Christmas in Mossy Creek
by Judith Keim
2017
Christmas lights up Mossy Creek with gift disasters, family reunions, good deeds, and comic mishaps. It is a festive ensemble visit, warm at heart and lively with the town's usual chatter.
Finding Me
by Judith Keim
2017
Sheena and her sisters inherit a rundown Florida hotel from their uncle, but there is a catch, they must live together for a year and turn it into a success. For Sheena, the project becomes a chance to step out of her old life and rediscover herself.
Finding My Way
by Judith Keim
2017
Darcy hopes restoring the Salty Key Inn will buy her time to write and eventually travel, but a newspaper column changes her plans. As she learns to see her town and herself more clearly, love comes from an unexpected direction.
A Christmas Star
by Judith Keim
2018
A Christmas visit to the Gulf Coast brings heartache, hope, and the chance to begin again by the water. It is a gentle holiday story with Judith Keim's usual mix of family warmth and romance.
Baby Talk
by Judith Keim
2018
When an abandoned baby is left on Marissa and Brad's porch, Marissa is pushed into fears and memories she thought were behind her. The story turns into a moving look at foster care, family, and opening your heart wider than planned.
Finding Family
by Judith Keim
2018
With the deadline for Uncle Gavin's challenge closing in, the sisters race to make the Salty Key Inn profitable and secure their future. The final book is about choosing family, holding on to love, and deciding what home should be.
Finding Love
by Judith Keim
2018
Regan has always longed for the perfect man, but working to save the Salty Key Inn keeps her focused on survival. After a motorcycle accident with Brian Harwood, she is forced to rethink both her self-image and what love really looks like.
Secret Sundays
by Judith Keim
2018
Carol Ann leans on the Fat Fridays women as she faces an unexpected pregnancy, a shaky future, and secret Sundays spent decorating her boss's condo. Then illness and office trouble threaten the life she is just beginning to build.
Change of Heart
by Judith Keim
2019
Life at Seashell Cottage gives one woman room to rethink old decisions and consider a different future. This is a beachy women's fiction story about emotional detours, family ties, and second chances.
Coming Home
by Judith Keim
2019
The Chandler Hill story continues as family loyalties, old grief, and new relationships reshape life at the inn and vineyard. It keeps the series' blend of romance and multigenerational family drama.
Going Home
by Judith Keim
2019
In 1970, eighteen-year-old Violet Hawkins escapes Ohio foster care and heads west, where a kind stranger offers her work at an inn and vineyard. At Chandler Hill, Lettie begins building the life and love she has always wanted.
A Summer of Surprises
by Judith Keim
2020
A summer stay on the Florida coast brings unexpected news, shifting relationships, and more than one surprise. The story leans into sunshine, family, and the idea that change can arrive all at once.
Christmas Dreams
by Ev Bishop
2020
A holiday trip back to Cedar Mountain Lodge turns into a fresh look at love, family, and the life one soul sister thought she wanted. It is a gentle, emotional Christmas story with familiar faces and hopeful turns.
Christmas Hope
by Violet Howe
2020
One of the foster sisters returns to Cedar Mountain Lodge needing more than a holiday getaway. Snow, family ties, and a hopeful new romance make this a warm continuation of the Soul Sisters story.
Christmas Kisses
by Judith Keim
2020
Hailey Kirby heads to Cedar Mountain Lodge for a family wedding, only to find the celebration falling apart before it begins. A secret creative life, a returning musician, and the holiday season push her toward a chance worth taking.
Christmas Rings
by Tess Thompson
2020
Wedding plans, family emotion, and Christmas magic bring another soul sister's story to the forefront. The result is a tender holiday romance wrapped in the series' found-family charm.
Christmas Sisters
by Tess Thompson
2020
After losing her husband and only child, Maddie Kirby chooses to survive Christmas by helping four motherless girls. This moving prologue sets up the foster family bond at the heart of the entire Soul Sisters series.
Christmas Wishes
by Tammy L. Grace
2020
Jo returns home for a family wedding and is unexpectedly reconnected with Luke, an old childhood friend, thanks to a golden retriever. At Cedar Mountain Lodge, Christmas becomes the season that reopens doors she thought were closed.
Home at Last
by Judith Keim
2020
The Chandler family reaches another turning point as love, loss, and the future of the inn all come into play. This final book brings the saga home with warmth, heart, and a strong sense of belonging.
A Road Trip to Remember
by Judith Keim
2021
What starts as a trip becomes a chance to face unfinished business, reconnect, and look at love differently. The coastal setting keeps the story light even when emotions run high.
Christmas Castles
by Judith Keim
2021
Christmas brings one of the Cedar Mountain women to a turning point where family expectations and romance collide. This series entry keeps the focus on sisterhood, healing, and the comfort of a snowy Idaho holiday.
Christmas Peace
by Violet Howe
2021
A holiday homecoming sends one of the soul sisters searching for calm after heartbreak and change. At Cedar Mountain Lodge, love, family, and the Christmas season make peace feel possible again.
Christmas Star
by Tess Thompson
2021
Under the glow of Christmas lights, another soul sister faces old hurts, new love, and the pull of family. Like the rest of the series, it mixes holiday warmth with second chances and found family.
Christmas Surprises
by Tammy L. Grace
2021
Two years after her earlier Cedar Mountain story, Jo is hit by a tragedy that forces a life-changing decision. This tender holiday installment balances family upheaval, grief, and the possibility of a new future.
Christmas Yearnings
by Ev Bishop
2021
Back in the Soul Sisters world, a woman who thought she knew what she wanted finds Christmas stirring old longings and new possibilities. The snowy lodge setting keeps the story warm, hopeful, and full of family feeling.
Holiday Hopes
by Judith Keim
2021
This holiday standalone brings together Christmas emotion, family complications, and the belief that hope can return when life feels stalled. It is a warm seasonal read with Judith Keim's usual second-chance heart.
Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2021
Another round of guests brings fresh secrets and fresh headaches to Ann and Rhonda's Florida hotel. The story keeps the series' winning mix of friendship, family, and beachside second chances.
The Desert Flowers - Lily
by Judith Keim
2021
Lily's story continues the series' focus on women helping one another through change at the Desert Sage Inn. Expect family complications, a hopeful romance, and a setting that feels both open and healing.
The Desert Flowers - Rose
by Judith Keim
2021
The first Desert Flowers book introduces a woman rebuilding her life in the dry beauty around the Desert Sage Inn. It is a warm story of work, friendship, and the possibility of love after disappointment.
Christmas Joy
by Judith Keim
2022
At Cedar Mountain Lodge, one of the soul sisters faces a season full of family pressure, hard choices, and the chance for a new beginning. It's another warm, snowy visit to a found family shaped by love and second chances.
Christmas Secret
by Violet Howe
2022
Another soul sister returns to Cedar Mountain Lodge carrying a truth she has kept buried. Between Christmas chaos, family ties, and the hope of romance, the season pushes her toward a long-delayed reckoning.
Christmas Shelter
by Tammy L. Grace
2022
Jo's holiday plans are upended when Gina, and a whole lot of shelter dogs, suddenly need a place to land during a snowstorm. Cedar Mountain Lodge becomes a refuge again as family, love, and Christmas kindness are tested.
Dessert at The Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2022
Ann and Rhonda juggle hotel guests, family needs, and new complications as the Beach House Hotel keeps growing. Like the earlier books, it mixes Florida sunshine, friendship, and romantic surprises.
The Beach Babes
by Judith Keim
2022
A group of women find friendship, laughter, and fresh purpose against a sunny Gulf Coast backdrop. It is a breezy, upbeat story about connection and the kind of support that changes lives.
The Desert Flowers - Mistletoe & Holly
by Judith Keim
2022
The Desert Flowers series closes with a holiday-tinged story about family, love, and finding joy in hard seasons. It keeps the desert setting, the close female bonds, and the hopeful feel of the earlier books.
The Desert Flowers - Willow
by Judith Keim
2022
In this third Desert Flowers novel, another woman finds her plans shifting as life at the Desert Sage Inn brings new responsibilities and new connections. The tone is gentle, resilient, and centered on second chances.
Waves of Hope
by Judith Keim
2022
At Sanderling Cove, family hopes and seaside plans collide as loved ones try to guide the next generation toward happier futures. It is a warm coastal story about second chances and the stubborn love of family.
A Christmas Cruise Caper
by Judith Keim
2023
Starr signs on as an elf and Noah as Santa for a Christmas cruise, each hoping to avoid family pressure back home. When Noah's family shows up unexpectedly, fake dating becomes the only way to keep the trip from unraveling.
Coffee at The Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2023
Ann and Rhonda take in a troubled football star whose fame has spun out of control, along with old friend Tina Marks and her nanny, Sydney. When one of the children is kidnapped, the hotel's usual drama turns suddenly dangerous.
Love by Design
by Judith Keim
2023
A fresh start at Lilac Lake opens the door to romance, new work, and the kind of community that makes it hard to stay on the sidelines. It begins this series on a warm, hopeful note.
Salty Kisses
by Judith Keim
2023
The final Sanderling Cove book blends romance with multigenerational family drama as one more woman discovers that the coast can change a life. It is sweet, sunny, and full of affectionate meddling.
Sandy Wishes
by Judith Keim
2023
Brooke Weatherby's story brings more family nudging, beach-town complications, and the possibility that a long-held wish might finally come true. The tone stays breezy, romantic, and rooted in family ties.
The Winning Tickets
by Judith Keim
2023
A contest offering two free tickets on the Tropical Magic sends a hopeful traveler onto a ten-day Caribbean cruise. Between the excitement of winning and the people aboard, the trip becomes a chance for romance and a new direction.
Welcome Aboard
by Judith Keim
2023
Set against the easy glamour of a cruise, this series opener follows a woman stepping away from familiar routines and toward unexpected connection. It is a travel-tinged romance about second chances and what happens when life suddenly opens up.
High Tea at The Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2024
A fresh wave of guests, family pressures, and upscale hotel chaos keeps Ann and Rhonda on their toes in this eighth installment. It is another easygoing Florida story where good food, loyalty, and quick thinking matter.
Love Between the Lines
by Judith Keim
2024
Words matter in this lakeside romance, where private feelings and everyday misunderstandings shape what comes next. It is a gentle small-town story about being honest with yourself and someone else.
Love Under The Stars
by Judith Keim
2024
Summer nights and close community ties set the mood for a romance that asks its characters to slow down and take a real chance. The lake setting gives this one an easy, open-air charm.
Love's Cure
by Judith Keim
2024
A new relationship offers comfort, but healing takes honesty as well as affection. This Lilac Lake story stays focused on everyday people learning that care can change more than one life.
Nightcaps at The Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2024
Asked to hide troubled talk-show host Darryl Douglas in one of the guesthouses, Ann and Rhonda know trouble is coming. It gets worse when his ex-wife appears and starts threatening the hotel's hard-won reputation.
Bubbles at The Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2025
Celebration season at the Beach House Hotel brings sparkling moments, but Ann and Rhonda still have to steer through difficult guests and family complications. This installment stays light, warm, and full of beachside bustle.
Canapes at The Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2025
When the vice-president arranges a visit by an Italian ambassador's family, Ann and Rhonda already have plenty on their plates. Add a talented young chef, a rival restaurateur, and creeping danger, and the hotel is thrown into another high-stakes season.
Love's Harvest
by Judith Keim
2025
As the season turns, work, family, and romance all come due at once in another Lilac Lake tale. It is a cozy, hopeful story about gathering the life you really want.
Love's Home Run
by Judith Keim
2025
Sports and romance cross paths when a fresh attraction begins to matter off the field as much as on it. Like the rest of the series, it mixes warmth, community, and an easygoing happy ending.
A New Year In The Presidential Suite
by Judith Keim
2026
A New Year's stay in the presidential suite brings romance, family tension, and the chance to start over in style. It is a short Beach House Hotel story built around celebration, privacy, and fresh beginnings.
Love's Match
by Judith Keim
2026
After clashing with her school principal, Hazel Belmont takes a job at the town's sports center and grows close to semi-retired tennis pro Mike Dawson. A talented boy on the courts gives them something shared to care about, and maybe a reason to try for more.
Sea Breezes at The Beach House Hotel
by Judith Keim
2026
Ann and Rhonda are gearing up for Thanksgiving and Christmas when Vaughn's daughter Nell arrives without her husband. After Clint shows up with an attractive business partner, the women realize this holiday visit hides a much bigger problem.
Where should I start?
If you want an easy beach read with a long runway: Breakfast at The Beach House Hotel → Lunch at The Beach House Hotel → Dinner at The Beach House Hotel
If you like sisters rebuilding their lives together: Finding Me → Finding My Way → Finding Love → Finding Family
If you want friendship-driven women's fiction: Fat Fridays → Sassy Saturdays → Secret Sundays
If you want a holiday entry point: Christmas Sisters → Christmas Kisses → Christmas Castles → Christmas Joy
Author bio
Judith Keim grew up in Elmira, New York, and she has said that books were always part of family life. People around her were reading, returning books to the library, or talking about something they had just discovered. That kind of childhood tends to leave a mark, and in her case it clearly did.
She came to writing from the reader's side first.
Keim has built a long career by writing the kind of stories she seems to genuinely enjoy spending time in, warm contemporary fiction about women whose lives get knocked sideways and then slowly, stubbornly, put themselves back together. She works as a hybrid author, publishing in more than one way, and that practical, hands-on approach helps explain how wide her backlist has become. She is also a USA Today bestselling author.
A lot of her fiction starts with a life interruption. A husband leaves. A family secret surfaces. A run-down inn appears in a will. A holiday visit turns into a crossroads. Then she lets her characters do the hard part, figuring out what comes next.
Readers often meet her through Breakfast at The Beach House Hotel, where Ann Rutherford and Rhonda DelMonte turn a Florida seaside estate into a small hotel after both have been badly let down. That series shows what Keim does well: strong contrast between characters, a setting you want to linger in, and enough family and romantic complication to keep things moving without losing the comfort of the story.
The same approach shows up in Finding Me, where three sisters inherit a battered hotel on Florida's Gulf Coast and have to rebuild it together, and in Fat Fridays, which turns a weekly lunch group into a support system for women dealing with divorce, secrets, grief, and new love. In Christmas Sisters, she opens a collaborative holiday series with a story about grief, fostering, and the making of a chosen family. Across those books, readers usually come for the warmth and stay for the friendships.
Her settings matter, too. Inns, cottages, lakeside towns, vineyards, and beach properties turn up again and again, not just as pretty backdrops but as places where people can begin again. Keim has said that many of her stories grow out of places she has been and interesting people she has met, which helps explain why her books feel so grounded in everyday routines even when the setup is a little wish-fulfilling.
Dogs show up a lot as well.
That small detail fits her work. These are books that like ordinary life, meals, family talk, house projects, holidays, jobs, neighbors, and the small comic messes that come with all of it. Even when the stories lean romantic, the bigger appeal is usually the sense that home can be rebuilt, and that family can be found as much as inherited.
Keim now lives in Idaho with her husband, Peter, who helps with the business side of her work. She has written about loving life near her two sons, their families, and a wider circle of relatives. She is also known among readers for her affection for dachshunds and other dogs, which makes perfect sense once you have spent time in her fictional worlds.
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