The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah

A heartwarming Hanukkah rom-com inspired by A Christmas Carol and perfect for fans of second-chance romance

Jean Meltzer author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bedford Square Publishers

Publishing:4th Dec '25

£9.99

This title is due to be published on 4th December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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A charming and festive second chance romance with a Jewish spin on A Christmas Carol!

Evelyn Schwartz has the perfect Hanukkah planned: eight jam-packed days producing the live-action televised musical of A Christmas Carol. Who needs family when you’ve got long hours, impossible deadlines, and your dream job? That is, until an accident on set lands her in the medical bay with one of her chronic migraines, and she’s shocked to find her ex-husband, David Adler, filling in for the usual studio doctor.

It’s been two years since David walked away from Evelyn and their life in Manhattan, and his ex-wife is still the same workaholic who puts her career before everything else, her health included. But when Evelyn begins hallucinating “ghosts” tied to her past heartbreaks, and every single one leads to David, he finds himself spending much more time with her than he anticipated.

As Evelyn revisits her ghosts of Hanukkah past, she and David both begin to wonder if they can have a Hanukkah future. But with a high-stakes production ramping up the pressure, and troublesome spirits forcing them both to confront their most difficult shared memories, it might just take a Hanukkah miracle for these two exes to light the flame on their second-chance at love.

'A tender second-chance romance bursting with Jewish joy' Amanda Elliot, USA TODAY bestselling author of Love You a Latke


'In her most beautiful story yet, Jean Meltzer delivers all the fun and sexiness of a second-chance romance while weaving in an emotional depth that lingers long after the final page' Arden Joy, author of the Much Ado About Love series


'If you love a taste of Christmas with a golden Hanukkah miracle, Meltzer delivers a heartwarming novel that proves that while life is full of heartbreak, there's light and magic to be found' Rochelle Weinstein, bestselling author of This Is Not How it Ends


'Touching, timely, and poignant' Sara Goodman Confino, bestselling author of Don’t Forget to Write


'Jean Meltzer gives us the most perfectly Jewish twist on A Christmas Carol and shows us that second chances can come in the most unexpected ways' Ali Rosen, bestselling author of Recipe for Second Chances

ISBN: 9781835014783

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

352 pages