Date Published: February 10, 2026
After clashing with the principal of the middle-grade school where she
teaches, Hazel Belmont is happy to accept the offer of a job at the
town’s new sports center, owned by Ross Roberts and Mike Dawson, a
tennis pro who’s semi-retired and teaches tennis at the center. When
Hazel notices a young boy named Jed hanging around the tennis courts, she
befriends him, and she and Mike learn that he has real talent. They speak with
his foster mother and obtain her approval for Jed to continue with free
lessons. Hazel is forced to lie to her mother about having a boyfriend, Mike,
to keep from meeting a young man at home. Mike agrees to go along with the
idea. She and Mike arrange to foster Jed when his family has to move out of
state and discover what real love is all about.
small-town romance. Another of Judith Keim’s books with strong women
facing challenges and finding love and happiness along the way.
About the Author
 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 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 adorable
dachshunds, Wally and Kacy, and other members of her family.
While growing up, she loved the idea of writing stories from a young age.
Books were always present, being read, ready to go back to the library, or
about to be discovered. All in her family shared information from the books in
general conversation, giving them a wealth of knowledge and vivid
imaginations.
Ms. Keim loves to hear from her readers and appreciates their enthusiasm for
her stories, including the eight children’s book she has written under J.S.
Keim
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