About this ebook
So when her son, the president, meets an untimely demise, the iron-willed matriarch appoints granddaughter Julia to the top seat. Nobody is more surprised than Julia. But no one says no to Ida. And once Julia's inside the inner sanctum of Bloom's, family rivalries, outrageous discoveries and piles of delicious food begin to have their way with her.
Will Julia's mother find out why her husband cared more about the business than about her? Is Uncle Jay, who married "The Bimbette," stealing brunch for a hundred every week? Will sister Susie, the poet and undiscovered artist, find love with the gorgeous bagel maker?
Is the strudel weakening Julia's resistance to sexy journalist Ron Joffe--a man she suspects is after some of Bloom's deeper secrets? And will Julia discover happiness reconnecting with a forgotten passion, the blessings of family...and good food?
About the author
Judith Arnold started telling stories before she could write. She was four when her sister stuffed a crayon into her hand and taught her the alphabet, and she’s been writing ever since.
Since her first romance novel’s publication in 1983, Judith has sold more than 70 novels, with eight million copies in print worldwide. She signed a contract with MIRA Books, and her first MIRA novel appeared in 2001.
She has received several awards from Romantic Times Magazine, including awards for the Best Harlequin American Romance of the Year, Best Harlequin Superromance of the Year, Best Series Romantic Novel of the Year and a Lifetime Achievement Certificate of Merit for Innovative Series Romance.
She has also been a finalist for the Golden Medallion Award and the RITA Award for Romance Writer of America. Her novel Barefoot in the Grass has appeared on the recommended reading lists distributed by cancer support services at several hospitals.
Judith is a graduate of Smith College, where she learned to aim for the stars, and she received a master’s degree in creative writing from Brown University, where she took aim at a good-looking graduate student in the chemistry department and wound up marrying him.
She has received writing fellowships from the Shubert Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and has taught at colleges and universities around the country. She has also written several plays that have been professionally staged at regional theaters in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Connecticut and off-off-Broadway.
Judith lives in Massachusetts with her husband, two teenage sons, and a guinea pig named Wilbur.