Burning Bright: Four Chanukah Love Stories by Megan Hart, KK Hendin, Stacey Agdern and Jennifer Gracen #anthology @avonbooks @megan_hart @kkhendin @nystacey @jennifergracen #review #giveaway

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Burning Bright

Four Chanukah Love Stories

Megan Hart, KK Hendin, 

Stacey Agdern and Jennifer Gracen

Releasing December 1st, 2015 

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This December, take a break from dreidel spinning, gelt winning, and latke eating to experience the joy of Chanukah. When you fall in love during the Festival of Lights, the world burns a whole lot brighter.

It’s definitely not love at first sight for Amanda and her cute but mysterious new neighbor, Ben. Can a Chanukah miracle show them that getting off on the wrong foot doesn’t mean they can’t walk the same road?

Lawyers in love, Shari Cohen and Evan Sonntag are happy together. But in a moment of doubt, he pushes her away-then soon realizes he made a huge mistake. To win her back, it might take something like a Chanukah miracle.

When impulsive interior designer Molly Baker-Stein barges into Jon Adelman’s apartment and his life intent on planning the best Chanukah party their building has ever seen, neither expects that together, they just might discover a Home for Hannukah.

All Tamar Jacobs expected from her Israel vacation was time to hang out with one of her besties and to act like a tourist, cheesy t-shirt and all, in her two favorite cities. She definitely was not expecting to fall for Avi Levinson, a handsome soldier who’s more than she ever dreamed. 

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Being raised Catholic and attending Catholic school from Kindergarten through Senior Year of High School, the only Jewish friend I had is still a great friend, but she is half Jewish. So, I didn't know anything about the Jewish Holidays like Passover, Chanukah, etc. That is until I started working at a very busy salon in a heavily populated Jewish neighborhood, where I was "schooled" in the traditions, holidays and everything in between of the Jewish culture. I haven't worked there in years, but BURNING BRIGHT took me back to some of my favorite people from the days working at the salon and I absolutely loved it!

The one HUGE thing you need to remember is that even if you have no idea about the Jewish Culture, you will learn quite a lot from this group of authors, who really put so much of the Chanukah Holiday Traditions within their pages, even differentiating the traditions with the different levels of practice. Aside from the main love stories that take place, what you get out of the stories is an education on a holiday which might be different from your own.

Megan Hart shared a story of breaking free in MIRACLE, Jennifer Gracen stands out with a heartbreaking romance full of hope in A DOSE OF GELT. Stacey Agdern's use of an industry that I never knew existed was so interesting in HOME FOR CHANUKAH, and KK Hendin takes our hearts on a journey across the world for a little holiday magic in ALL I GOT.

If you are in the mood for a fun, sexy and interesting holiday read...BURNING BRIGHT should be a One-Click for you!

Holiday Fun with Jennifer Gracen

Favorite Chanukah Memory, or tradition
My favorite Chanukah memories are recent. Being a mom to little kids at the holidays is a whole new kind of special.

We’d have a huge family gathering at my mom and stepdad’s house for Chanukah every year, usually on the first or second night. With about a dozen of us there, we’d make potato latkes from scratch, have tons of food, and there’d be a big pile of presents in the corner for the kids. After dinner, we’d light the menorah and get to the presents. The excitement on their faces as they opened their gifts was always palpable, their joy contagious. It was a wonderful night for family, just relaxed and fun.

My kids are a little older now, and my family has scattered, but those handful of Chanukahs will always stay with me and make me smile.

Favorite Chanukah Dish/Dessert 
Well, latkes of course!!!

Link to a good recipe here:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/potato-latkes-104406


Do you have any real life experience with finding love during Chanukah?

No. But I DID go to one of those famous Matzo Balls once. My friend talked me into going with her. That was... interesting...

Funny enough, I met the man I ended up marrying two days *after* that.

If you’ve never heard about the Matzo Ball, it’s a nationwide Jewish singles event. Check it out here: http://matzoball.org/


What was your favorite scene to write for A DOSE OF GELT?

The last scene. Don’t want to give anything away, but when he holds her tight and murmurs into her hair, that’s my favorite moment of the whole story.

One line that describes your holiday romance?
Sometimes you have to almost lose something to realize just how much it means to you.

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Megan Hart is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than thirty novels, novellas and short stories. Her work has been published in almost every genre, including contemporary women’s fiction, historical romance, paranormal and erotica. Learn more at www.meganhart.com

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Jennifer Gracen hails from Long Island, New York, where she lives with her two young sons. After spending her youth writing in private and singing in public, she now only sings in her car and has fully embraced her lifelong passion for writing. She loves to write contemporary romance and romantic women’s fiction for readers who yearn for better days, authentic characters, and satisfying endings. When she isn’t taking care of her kids, doing freelance copy editing/proofreading, reading, or talking to friends on Twitter and Facebook, Jennifer writes. She’s shocked her family hasn’t yet staged an intervention for her addiction to social media. But the concerts she gives in her car and the dance parties she has in her kitchen are rumored to be fabulous.

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Stacey Agdern is an award winning former bookseller who has reviewed romance novels in multiple formats and given talks about various aspects of the romance genre. She also a romance writer. You can find her on twitter at @nystacey. She’s a proud member of both LIRW and RWA NYC. She lives in New York, not far from her favorite hockey team’s practice facility.

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KK Hendin writes books where people flirt awkwardly, make out, dish out a whole lot of sass and ridiculousness, and live happily ever after. She’s the author of many books, including the TWELVE BEATS IN A BAR series and the upcoming UNDERCOVER series. She also writes books as K. Hendin, where people aren’t as nice and Happily Ever After isn’t a guarantee. KK is currently writing way too many books, and is still waiting for the subway to run on a regular schedule. When she’s not playing book Tetris in an attempt to fit everything onto the bookshelves in her tiny NYC apartment, she’s probably wandering her neighborhood with her camera or drinking yet another cup of coffee.

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