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Judith Keim

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Judith Keim, A USA Today Best Selling Author, is a hybrid author who both has a publisher and self-publishes. Ms. Keim writes heart-warming novels about women who face unexpected challenges, meet them with strength, and find love and happiness along the way, stories with heart. Her best-selling books are based, in part, on many of the places she's lived or visited and on the interesting people that she's met, creating believable characters and realistic settings her many loyal readers love.

She enjoyed her childhood and young-adult years in Elmira, New York, and now makes her home in Boise, Idaho, with her husband and their two dachshunds, Kacy and Wally, and other members of her family.

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	Breakfast at the Beach House Hotel (Beach House Hotel, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 10,067 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Summer of Surprises 4.40 avg rating — 3,855 ratings — published 2020 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lunch at The Beach House Hotel (Beach House Hotel, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 3,626 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Me (Salty Key Inn #1) 4.31 avg rating — 3,594 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coffee at The Beach House Hotel 4.45 avg rating — 3,242 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dinner at The Beach House Hotel (Beach House Hotel, #3) 4.42 avg rating — 3,159 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going Home (Chandler Hill Inn, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 3,042 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fat Fridays (Fat Fridays Group #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,828 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas at The Beach House Hotel (Beach House Hotel, #4) 4.43 avg rating — 2,562 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margaritas at the Beach House Hotel (Beach House Hotel, #5) 4.45 avg rating — 2,388 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Christmas Cruise Caper

Hi, Everyone! I'm so excited to tell you about my little Christmas story releasing on Friday, July 14th! It was a fun story to write and I think you'll love it. Christmas, Cruise, and a little bit of holiday fun~ Availabe on all sites for only $3.99 Here are the links:

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“And please check out my other books and series: Hartwell Women Series The Beach House Hotel Series Fat Fridays Group Salty Key Inn Series Chandler Hill Inn Series Seashell Cottage Books The Desert Sage Inn Series Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge Series The Sanderling Cove Inn Series The Lilac Lake Inn Series”
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“bathing suit and a pair of pants in the cruise-wear section of one of the department stores downtown. But most of her wardrobe seemed unsuitable for tropical Florida. Maybe, like her sisters, she wouldn’t worry about it, but would simply buy all new clothes in Florida. Ordinarily, she’d be excited by such an idea, but her stomach was still in knots from her confrontation with Tony. She heard a commotion downstairs, and thinking it was Tony, hurried to greet him. At the bottom of the stairs, her mother-in-law smiled up at her. “Hi. I heard a lot of noise coming from your side and wondered if everything was”
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Donna wrote: "Thank you Judith for accepting my friendship request on Good Reads. I am following on Twitter also.

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Donna, I'm so pleased to have you for a friend! Thanks so much for thinking of me...Hugs!

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Thank you Judith for accepting my friendship request on Good Reads. I am following on Twitter also.

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