num_pages: 416
description: Oy! to the worldRachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade shes hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from her family. Her talent has made her a bestseller even as her chronic illness has always kept the kind of love she writes about out of reach.But when her diversity-conscious publisher insists she write a Hanukkah romance her well of inspiration suddenly runs dry. Hanukkahs not magical. Its not merry. Its not Christmas. Desperate not to lose her contract Rachels determined to find her muse at the Matzah Ball a Jewish music celebration on the last night of Hanukkah even if it means working with her summer camp archenemyJacob Greenberg.Though Rachel and Jacob havent seen each other since they were kids their grudge still glows brighter than a menorah. But as they spend more time together Rachel finds herself drawn to Hanukkahand Jacobin a way she never expected. Maybe this holiday of lights will be the spark she needed to set her heart ablaze.
language: English
title: The Matzah Ball
publisher: MIRA