Meet the OG Matzo Ballers: Eight friends who became found family, living and loving their best lives on a yearly Hanukkah harbor cruise around Manhattan…

Worst Hanukkah Ever.

Indie rock star Avi Wolfson is freezing his strings off in a snowy Ohio rest stop, watching his tour bus vanish in the distance. He needs a miracle to get to his last gig on the tour before heading to Manhattan for the Matzo Baller Hanukkah harbor cruise, where his found family awaits. Instead, he gets Leah: the girl whose bat mitzvah he unintentionally ruined fourteen years ago. And she’s not about to let him forget it.

Matzo Baller or Bust.

Leah Gellman has her Hanukkah all mapped out: drive from Ohio to New York, deliver her hand-painted Mahjong sets to eight crucial influencers, and make it to the Matzo Baller cruise by sunset. Her road trip is packed with favors along the way - including delivering rugelach to a friend’s single doctor grandson. What's not on her itinerary? Bailing out an arrogant rock star with a wicked sweet tooth he’s desperately trying to hide.

Three Days. Two hearts. One blinking oil light.

With just three days to reach the boat, Avi and Leah find themselves tangled in a wild journey full of unexpected detours, old grudges, and sparks neither of them anticipated. But with Avi’s old flame waiting at the dock and Leah’s prospective doctor on her Hanukkah to-do list, will their budding connection crash and burn before they reach Manhattan?

Each book in the Matzo Baller Hanukkah Romance series can be read as a standalone. However, they are best enjoyed in pairs! Each duet (Book One/Book Two, Book Three/Book Four) is spoiler-free, takes place simultaneously, and can be read in either order.