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The Magic Jukebox #4
Heat Wave
The Magic Jukebox sits in the Faulk Street Tavern in the quiet seaside town of Brogan’s Point, Massachusetts. No one knows what classic rock songs will come out of the jukebox when a coin is inserted, but every now and then, the jukebox will play a song that casts a spell on two bar patrons—a song that will change their lives and open their hearts to love. Caleb Solomon’s office air conditioner is on the fritz. Although not his choice, he winds up meeting with a difficult but profitable client in the pleasant chill of the air-conditioned Faulk Street Tavern. It’s there that high school teacher Meredith Benoit finds him. Due to a silly prank, her job and her reputation are in jeopardy. She needs a lawyer, fast. But the Magic Jukebox starts playing “Heat Wave,” and a hot wave of passion crashes over Caleb and Meredith, catching them in its undertow and carrying them off.
160 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 5, 2015
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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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Displaying 1 - 16 of 16 reviews
February 17, 2019
Fun premise
The story was fine, but the denouement was awful and ruined the book for me. Does she keep her job? is the least of the problems. How does she reconcile falling for a skunky lawyer?? She capitulates years of distaste in a week? I don't think so.
Contains 2 sex scenes and multiple swear words.
The story was fine, but the denouement was awful and ruined the book for me. Does she keep her job? is the least of the problems. How does she reconcile falling for a skunky lawyer?? She capitulates years of distaste in a week? I don't think so.
Contains 2 sex scenes and multiple swear words.
September 22, 2019
Teacher & Lawyer
When Meredith has an unfortunate situation at a public beach she decides she needs a lawyer. Forget the fact she doesn't trust them, she wants to protect her reputation. She goes looking for Caleb Solomon. Caleb thinks Meredith is over reacting but tells her he will do what he can to take care of her citation. He sees Meredith as prim & proper. She sees Caleb as unlike any lawyer she knows when he is conducting his business in a tavern in the middle of the day. Watch out for that Jukebox, you never know what songs will play or who they will affect. For Meredith & Caleb the song is Heat Wave.
Caleb is involved in handling a bigger case than Meredith's. Caleb's offices are impossible to work in when the air conditioner quits working all the time. Caleb & Meredith keep meeting at the Tavern, again their song is played. Meredith will need to come to terms with falling for a lawyer. Caleb needs to decide if he can be her lawyer & her lover. I thoroughly enjoyed these two. For Meredith trying to maintain herself as a lady & yet be drawn to Caleb, not the lawyer but the man himself.
Downside is several errors in pronouns, words in wrong places in sentences, words were the wrong tense( past tense when it shouldn't be). Spoiler: a lot of focus on other case about embezzlement, then left hanging at end of book.
When Meredith has an unfortunate situation at a public beach she decides she needs a lawyer. Forget the fact she doesn't trust them, she wants to protect her reputation. She goes looking for Caleb Solomon. Caleb thinks Meredith is over reacting but tells her he will do what he can to take care of her citation. He sees Meredith as prim & proper. She sees Caleb as unlike any lawyer she knows when he is conducting his business in a tavern in the middle of the day. Watch out for that Jukebox, you never know what songs will play or who they will affect. For Meredith & Caleb the song is Heat Wave.
Caleb is involved in handling a bigger case than Meredith's. Caleb's offices are impossible to work in when the air conditioner quits working all the time. Caleb & Meredith keep meeting at the Tavern, again their song is played. Meredith will need to come to terms with falling for a lawyer. Caleb needs to decide if he can be her lawyer & her lover. I thoroughly enjoyed these two. For Meredith trying to maintain herself as a lady & yet be drawn to Caleb, not the lawyer but the man himself.
Downside is several errors in pronouns, words in wrong places in sentences, words were the wrong tense( past tense when it shouldn't be). Spoiler: a lot of focus on other case about embezzlement, then left hanging at end of book.
May 22, 2021
I am having so much fun reading this series, I just love the whole idea of a magic jukebox playing the songs that someone or maybe two someone's in the bar need to hear. Try your luck put a quarter in and hear three songs that it decides to play. I would be putting my money in it everyday. Merideth and Caleb are the ones who get hit with the song in this story and the song is so apropos because the town is having hot weather and Caleb's office A/C keeps breaking down.. Merideth's case just keeps getting more involved and she keeps having to call Caleb. This story is funny at times and then you get disgusted with people. I really enjoyed reading this. I recommend you read the series in order as characters repeat and you will miss out on their background stories if you read one as a standalone.
February 24, 2019
A delightful story
Judith Arnold continues her whimsical Magic Jukebox series with Heat Wave. The idea that a vintage jukebox chooses a song that enchants a couple and draws them together is very clever. Hot shot attorney Caleb Solomon and prim transplanted southern schoolteacher Meredith Benoit are one such couple. When Meredith enlists Caleb to dispute charges that could sidetrack her career, their relationship quickly turns from the professional to the personal. But having grown up with a family of lawyers, Meredith has vowed not to fall in love with an attorney. Caleb hopes that the legend of the Magic Jukebox is true so he can win Meredith's heart.
Judith Arnold continues her whimsical Magic Jukebox series with Heat Wave. The idea that a vintage jukebox chooses a song that enchants a couple and draws them together is very clever. Hot shot attorney Caleb Solomon and prim transplanted southern schoolteacher Meredith Benoit are one such couple. When Meredith enlists Caleb to dispute charges that could sidetrack her career, their relationship quickly turns from the professional to the personal. But having grown up with a family of lawyers, Meredith has vowed not to fall in love with an attorney. Caleb hopes that the legend of the Magic Jukebox is true so he can win Meredith's heart.
February 14, 2019
Jerry was the town manager and calling Caleb to meet him. He was going to be indicted He needed a lawyer, the charge embellishing from the pension funds. He found that it was the town treasurer, and now she has filed that it was him. He thought when he let her go discretely so there would be no scandal, and now this. Before leaving Meredith come with a problem of a teen age prank while sunbathing, can’t pay the fine, for she is up for tenure as a teacher. Meanwhile there is a heat wave and Jerry is here to get some AC, and also some client. Interesting of how it plays out.
May 28, 2019
Wave After Wave
Judith Arnold continues to satisfy, mystify, etc. The juke box, an important item in this series, brings back memories, touchs hearts, etc. The characters add their own touch of mystery and romance. I will be reading rest of this series.
Judith Arnold continues to satisfy, mystify, etc. The juke box, an important item in this series, brings back memories, touchs hearts, etc. The characters add their own touch of mystery and romance. I will be reading rest of this series.
January 27, 2020
A fun read, but it just didn't come together for me. The story was ok, but she had years of disliking lawyers and all of a sudden it's fine she's in love and everything is great. I felt like there should have been a better ending or left out the "I hate lawyers" bit altogether.
January 2, 2019
Loved this story!
February 18, 2019
Heat Wave review
Heat Wave is the fourth whimsical romance book in The Magic Jukebox series written by author Judith Arnold. Great story.
Heat Wave is the fourth whimsical romance book in The Magic Jukebox series written by author Judith Arnold. Great story.
February 21, 2019
Good Book
This was an Good Book. The ending was OK. Will read more of her books. Too bad she didn't put what happens in a year or two? Any Kids?
This was an Good Book. The ending was OK. Will read more of her books. Too bad she didn't put what happens in a year or two? Any Kids?
February 23, 2019
It was cute until the ending dropped off.
February 25, 2019
5 Stars
I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys stories that are laugh out loud funny, steamy, and oh so romantic, with strong characters both male, and female.
I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys stories that are laugh out loud funny, steamy, and oh so romantic, with strong characters both male, and female.
March 7, 2019
Good story, like this series. light romances no real heat. Story line was good -- liked finding out who threw the ice :) Great relationship between the hero and heroine. Recommend
December 9, 2019
Ahhhh! Good one!
And another couple falls in love because of The magic jukebox! I loved the characters and the thing in of other townspeople and the ending!👍👍💖
And another couple falls in love because of The magic jukebox! I loved the characters and the thing in of other townspeople and the ending!👍👍💖
April 24, 2021
Very good!
November 6, 2022
Another fine entry in this series.
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