Judith Arnold is the award-winning, bestselling author of more than a hundred published novels. A New York native, she currently lives in New England, where she indulges in her passions for jogging, dark chocolate, good music, good wine and good books. She is married and the mother of two sons.
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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.
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Antiques dealer Diana Simms is engaged to her longtime boyfriend when she finds herself inside the Faulk Street Tavern. The song “Changes” emerges from the jukebox and casts its spell on her. It also captivates Nick Fiore, a local boy who’s arrived at adulthood the hard way, after a tour through the juvenile justice system. Now he’s dedicated his life to helping other troubled kids. He has no business even looking at a beautiful, well-bred woman wearing a diamond engagement ring. But once they’re bewitched by the jukebox, he and Diana must change their lives, their goals, their dreams and their hearts.
When she finds herself homeless, artist Emma Glendon accepts the invitation of her best friend to share a rental house in Brogan’s Point. But their absentee landlord, Nick Tarloff, has come to town from his home in San Francisco to sell the house, which will mean evicting his tenants. Nick is a high-tech brainiac and a self-made millionnaire. Emma is a painter and a free spirit. They have nothing in common—except the jukebox, which plays “True Colors” and forces them to recognize their own true colors, colors that can match and blend magnificently, if the magic of the jukebox has its way.
Monica Reinhart is a good girl. A hometown girl. After college, she returned to Brogan’s Point to help run the family business, an oceanfront inn. She’s never done a wild thing in her life. When Ty Cronin sails into town, his wildness intrigues her. When the jukebox plays “Wild Thing,” that wildness infects her, and soon she finds herself doing things she never would have imagined. But Ty could be big trouble. She hardly knows him. She mustn’t trust him. Yet once she’s taken a walk on the wild side with him, how can she go back to being a good hometown girl?
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.
Cory Malone and Talia Roszik married as teenagers after Talia became pregnant. Their marriage didn’t last, but their love for their daughter did. Fifteen years after their divorce, Wendy Malone is graduating from high school, and Cory has traveled to Brogan’s Point for the occasion. But Cory’s and Talia’s plans—and their emotions—are thrown into turmoil when they hear the Magic Jukebox play “Moondance.” Can a single song make them forget all the hurt and rediscover the love that once brought them together?
Maeve Nolan left Brogan’s Point ten years ago in anger and pain, planning never to return. She hadn’t known that Harry, her sweet, silver-haired friend, was a billionaire, but her unexpected inheritance from him lures her back to town. If she’s going to remain, she will have to mend her tattered relationship with her father, Police Detective Ed Nolan, and his girlfriend, Gus Naukonen—the owner of the Faulk Street Tavern. She’ll also have to deal with Quinn Connor, Brogan’s Point’s one-time golden boy, who’s changed his life but can’t escape the expectations the folks in town have of him. When the tavern's Magic Jukebox plays “Take the Long Way Home,” it casts its spell on Maeve and Quinn. Can they find home in each other’s arms?
The last time Dylan Scott was in Brogan’s Point, he was a nobody. Now he’s rich and famous. But he still has memories of the charming seaside New England town where he’d spent one unforgettable night with Gwen Parker. Six years later, she’s still in town—and she’s got a five-year-old daughter who looks an awful lot like Dylan. One thing hasn’t changed in Brogan’s Point: the antique jukebox in the Faulk Street Tavern. When the jukebox plays “Angel of the Morning,” a plaintive ballad about love without commitment, Dylan and Gwen realize that walking away from what they’d once had might have been the biggest mistake of their lives. Is it too late to make things right?
Brogan’s Point police detective Sam Harper needs to find out who's sending Cali Bowen threatening emails. Cali grew up on a commune and now she teaches yoga, hoping to bring balance and inner peace to her students. Sam is a New York City transplant, cynical and tough. She’s stir-fried tofu; he’s red meat and French fries. But her idealism touches him, and he’s determined to nail the creep who’s harassing her. Sam wants to save Cali, but Cali believes Sam is the one who needs saving. She senses a dark wound inside him, a deep sorrow. She knows she could bring balance and serenity into his life, if only he’d open his mind and his heart. Sam and Cali both need rescuing. When the Magic Jukebox plays Rescue Me for them, the song’s magical power gathers them within its spell.
(This book is currently included in Cupid to the Rescue, an anthology of Valentine’s Day romance novels. In March 2021, it will be released as an individual novel.)
The only way Hank Patterson can get his widowed mother to go on a mature-singles cruise is by promising to dog-sit for Priscilla, her raumbunctious, spoiled Yorkie-Spitz mix. Hank and Priscilla don’t get along at all. Abbie Harding gets along with all dogs. She’s a professional dog walker eager to open a canine obedience school in Brogan’s Point, if only she can raise the funding. Hank is thrilled to hand responsibility for Priscilla over to Abbie while his mother is away. However, when the magic jukebox in the town’s Faulk Street Tavern plays “Taking Care of Business” and casts a spell on Abbie and Hank, they discover that mixing business and pleasure can bring not just great rewards but also emotional peril.