THE MATZAH BALL

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK SELECTED BY * POPSUGAR * BUSTLE * BUZZFEED * BOOKPAGE * GOODREADS MEMBERSThe Matzah Ball had me laughing out loud...an all-around terrific read.&;Debbie Macomber #1 New York Times bestselling authorOy! to the worldRachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade she&;s 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. Hanukkah&;s not magical. It&;s not merry. It&;s not Christmas. Desperate not to lose her contract Rachel&;s 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 archenemy&;Jacob Greenberg.Though Rachel and Jacob haven&;t 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 Hanukkah&;and Jacob&;in a way she never expected. Maybe this holiday of lights will be the spark she needed to set her heart ablaze. A luminous celebration of all types of love threaded with the message that everyone is worthy of it.&;&;Rachel Lynn Solomon author of The Ex Talk