Options: Turning the bitterness of the past… Into a sweet future! When big-city advocate Sarah Abrams returns home for the High Holy Days, she’s got a lot on her mind—especially whether to marry her perfect-on-paper boyfriend. The last person she wants to encounter is Aaron Isaacson, her first love and the one who broke her heart. But after Aaron and Sarah join forces to fight an act of hate, it’s clear that their deep connection never abated. If only they could forgive one another for the past…in time for a sweet new start! From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness. Holidays, Heart and Chutzpah Book 1: Home for the Challah Days
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3 primary booksHolidays, Heart and Chutzpah is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2023 with contributions by Jennifer Wilck.
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DNF at 30%. I am always happy to see Jewish MCs in romance novels, but I could tell from the get-go that Home for the Challah Days was another one of those dreaded Small Town romances. You know, big city girl with high profile job and ambitious boyfriend returns to her New Jersey hometown and learns to value the truly important things in life, including the salt-of-the-earth ex who runs his family's Jewish deli.
In case the message is too subtle for you, one of the characters references “Crossing Delancey,” the 1988 movie in which Amy Irving pines after a snooty, intellectual author but ends up in love with the working-class mensch who owns a pickle shop. I did appreciate the fact that Wilck sets her novel around the Jewish New Year holidays (we have enough Hanukkah romances already), and she provides enough context so non-Jews won't get lost. Maybe her next novel will use a different trope that doesn't vilify urban settings and ambitious women.
