![]() Hendin taps American Jews’ lust for Israelis in uniform when Tamar Jacobs falls for “handsome soldier” Avi Levinson. Jennifer Gracen conjures up a Chanukah miracle to bring Shari Cohen and Evan Sonntag, lawyers in love but broken up, back together in “A Dose of Gelt.”Īnd “All I Got” by K. In Agdern’s “A Home for Chanukah,” an interior designer and a music producer get to know each other when they plan a holiday party. ![]() Woodward found an author, Stacey Agdern, to spearhead the project Agdern found the three other authors and Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins, published the book online on Dec. ![]() Books on Jewish subjects sell well in other categories, and a Chanukah romance would help flesh out the list, along with male-male romances, interracial couples and characters with disabilities. During an editorial meeting, Woodward, who is Jewish, suggested a Chanukah companion to titles like “All I Want for Christmas Is a Cowboy.” She was sort of joking, she said, but the team took the idea seriously. “Lighting the Flames” helped inspire “Burning Bright,” said Tessa Woodward and Amanda Bergeron, the Avon editors who directed the project. Wendell and the anthology’s four authors are all Jewish. Last year, Wendell found herself so frustrated by the dearth of Jewish romance that last year she self-published her own, “Lighting the Flames,” about two summer camp friends whose relationship matures when they reconnect as young adults at a Chanukah-season reunion. ![]()
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