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Looking for Laura
When spirited Sally Driver, owner of a New Age coffee bar, discovers a pile of perfume-scented love letters addressed to her late husband, Paul, from a woman named Laura, she joins forces with Todd, who was Paul's best friend, and together they search for this mystery woman and unexpectedly find love, forcing them to choose between the past and the present.
384 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2001
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About the author
Judith Arnold
183 books173 followersBarbara Keiler
aka Ariel Berk, Thea Frederick, Judith Arnold
Barbara Keiler was born on April 7th. She started telling stories before shecould write. She was four when her sister, Carolyn, stuffed a crayon intoher hand and taught her the alphabet, and she's been writing ever since.
Barbara is a graduate of Smith College, where she learned to aim for thestars, and she received a master's degree in creative writing from BrownUniversity, where she took aim at a good-looking graduate student in thechemistry department and wound up marrying him. She says: "Before myhusband and I were married, I had a job in California and he was working onhis Ph.D. in Rhode Island. I became ill, and he hopped on a plane and flewacross the country to be with me. Neither of us had any money, but he saidhe simply couldn't concentrate on his research, knowing I was three thousandmiles away and facing a serious health problem all by myself. He stayed fortwo weeks, until I was pretty well recovered. That he would just drop whathe was doing, put his life on hold and race to my side told me how much heloved me. After that, I knew this was the man I wanted to marry."
Barbara has received writing fellowships from the Shubert Foundation and theNational Endowment for the Arts, and has taught at colleges and universitiesaround the country. She has also written several plays that have beenprofessionally staged at regional theaters in San Francisco, Washington, D.C.,Connecticut and off-off-Broadway.
Since her first romance novel's publication in 1983 as Ariel Berk. Shewrote one novel as Thea Frederick, and since 1985 she writes asJudith Arnold. Barbara has sold more than 70 novels, with eight millioncopies in print worldwide. She has recently signed a contract with MIRABooks. Her first MIRA novel will appear in 2001. She has received severalawards from Romantic Times Magazine, including awards for the Best HarlequinAmerican Romance of the Year, Best Harlequin Superromance of the Year, BestSeries Romantic Novel of the Year and a Lifetime Achievement Certificate ofMerit for Innovative Series Romance. She has also been a finalist for theGolden Medallion Award and the RITA Award for Romance Writer of America. Hernovel Barefoot in the Grass has appeared on the recommended reading listsdistributed by cancer support services at several hospitals.
Barbara lives in a small town not far from Boston, Massachusetts, New England with her husband, two teenage sons, and a guinea pig named Wilbur. Her sister Carolyn died of breast cancer in 1998.
aka Ariel Berk, Thea Frederick, Judith Arnold
Barbara Keiler was born on April 7th. She started telling stories before shecould write. She was four when her sister, Carolyn, stuffed a crayon intoher hand and taught her the alphabet, and she's been writing ever since.
Barbara is a graduate of Smith College, where she learned to aim for thestars, and she received a master's degree in creative writing from BrownUniversity, where she took aim at a good-looking graduate student in thechemistry department and wound up marrying him. She says: "Before myhusband and I were married, I had a job in California and he was working onhis Ph.D. in Rhode Island. I became ill, and he hopped on a plane and flewacross the country to be with me. Neither of us had any money, but he saidhe simply couldn't concentrate on his research, knowing I was three thousandmiles away and facing a serious health problem all by myself. He stayed fortwo weeks, until I was pretty well recovered. That he would just drop whathe was doing, put his life on hold and race to my side told me how much heloved me. After that, I knew this was the man I wanted to marry."
Barbara has received writing fellowships from the Shubert Foundation and theNational Endowment for the Arts, and has taught at colleges and universitiesaround the country. She has also written several plays that have beenprofessionally staged at regional theaters in San Francisco, Washington, D.C.,Connecticut and off-off-Broadway.
Since her first romance novel's publication in 1983 as Ariel Berk. Shewrote one novel as Thea Frederick, and since 1985 she writes asJudith Arnold. Barbara has sold more than 70 novels, with eight millioncopies in print worldwide. She has recently signed a contract with MIRABooks. Her first MIRA novel will appear in 2001. She has received severalawards from Romantic Times Magazine, including awards for the Best HarlequinAmerican Romance of the Year, Best Harlequin Superromance of the Year, BestSeries Romantic Novel of the Year and a Lifetime Achievement Certificate ofMerit for Innovative Series Romance. She has also been a finalist for theGolden Medallion Award and the RITA Award for Romance Writer of America. Hernovel Barefoot in the Grass has appeared on the recommended reading listsdistributed by cancer support services at several hospitals.
Barbara lives in a small town not far from Boston, Massachusetts, New England with her husband, two teenage sons, and a guinea pig named Wilbur. Her sister Carolyn died of breast cancer in 1998.
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October 6, 2012
A bit predictable but overall decent.
March 11, 2012
I really wanted to like this book. good premise, decent sounding characters, but it fell short despite a good start!! too predictable, repetitive & bleh! sorry!!
October 29, 2015
It was entretaining but its not a wonderful book. I like the story. It was different.
May 3, 2019
Absolutely Brilliant !
I loved this story ... I love how Judith Arnold lets it unfold...once started...I wanted to return again and again. The characters appear as real as you and me and jump off the page to tell their part in this marvellous story of love lost and found..Enjoy.
I loved this story ... I love how Judith Arnold lets it unfold...once started...I wanted to return again and again. The characters appear as real as you and me and jump off the page to tell their part in this marvellous story of love lost and found..Enjoy.
January 31, 2021
Enjoyed this tale. Even though it was pretty easy to know the outcome, it was a very nice ride along the way. After falling in love with Safe Harbour, which is still in my top 15 I had high hopes for this book. It did deliver, but didn't manage to knock Safe Harbur off its spot
July 13, 2017
Just awful. I wanted to punch every character in the face. The only good thing in the book is the kid wasn't forgotten. In a lot of books a kid or pet is mentioned once and never again.
March 7, 2021
I could not put it down!
Five stars because even though the destination is never in doubt, the journey is mesmerizing! I will be buying more books by Judith Arnold.
Five stars because even though the destination is never in doubt, the journey is mesmerizing! I will be buying more books by Judith Arnold.
July 4, 2023
Usually I am a fan of this author, which is why i got this book, if this had been the first one of her books i had ever read it would have been the last. Had the makings of a good story, but too busy and too long drawn out in the descriptions. Struggled to finish
June 7, 2013
I liked it, but it was too predictable and that made it feel long. Good summer reading.
May 3, 2013
The book that made Judith Arnold one of my Auto-buy authors. Loved it!
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