Books like Somebody's dad by Judith Arnold

Widowed pediatrician Toby Cole struggles to connect with his rebellious ten‑year‑old daughter Lindsey while a former Hollywood star moves in next door. Their growing affection tests their roles as father, friend, and love interest.

Lissa Cavender, a design professor, is drawn to Jared Stone when he unexpectedly asks her to redesign his family home, sparking a surprising romantic and professional connection.

A successful attorney faces his past when a single mother he once loved threatens his life and heart with a custody battle for her son. Sparks fly as old feelings resurface and new loyalties are tested.

Engineer Quinn Forrester returns home for a family emergency, and a hope that his daughter’s prayers will bring him together with the compassionate Sunday‑school teacher Ellie Wayne.

Finding was easier than keeping... He'd met her buying peaches in an open-air market in sleepy, sun-drenched San Pablo. They'd connected instantaneously, and that connection deepened into a magical, fierce love. Then Michael Molina disappeared without a word. Emmie Kenyon had put Michael in the past. But unfinished business compelled him to hire Finders, Keepers, a detective agency that specialized in locating lost loves, to track Emmie down. She was living a small-town American life -- with his son, a wonderful little named Jeffrey. Michael thought they could be a family. Convinced Emmie of it, too. Until a man from their past reappeared, and Michael and Emmie found they had to trust their love for each other -- and for their son -- or lose it altogether. FINDERS, KEEPERS -- is a detective agency that specializes in finding lost loves, friends, family, etc.

A pregnant bride. A convenient marriage. The two brothers were as unalike as brothers could be. Now the one Meg Linley loved is dead, and the other wants custody of her unborn child. And what Nick Ballenger wants, Nick Ballenger usually gets. But this time he may be giving up more than he bargained for his heart.

Janot’s columnist Jamie McCoy learns he has a baby daughter when a child appears on his doorstep, spurring him to seek help from nurse Allison Winslow and confront his sudden role as a father.

Dream magazine’s fifteenth‑anniversary reunion brings six college founders—Julianne, Laura, Kimberly, Seth, Andrew, and Troy—together for a night of memories, secrets, and unexpected romance.

SOME PARENTS ARE HARDER TO MANAGE THAN OTHERS Stephanie Webb and her arrogant, too-gorgeous boss, Ben Strother, reluctantly joined forces to bring their parents together. Not permanently, of course. Just to show both of them that they'd been dating all the wrong people. With such different backgrounds, Edward Strother and Teresa Webb could never last as a couple. But Edward and Teresa weren't playing by the rules. And they had plans of their own. Ben and Stephanie were too busy fighting to see that they were the ones who were perfect for each other. Maybe the situation called for a little parental management....

Dena Graham fights legal battles to keep custody of her son while scrambling for a job; she lands as office manager at a construction firm owned by Julian Hamilton, and a workplace romance sparks when two wary hearts collide.