Holiday Romance, Short Stories

Love Actually meets Chanukah in this queer Jewish found family.

Office rivals become something else, a barista saves their crush the last jelly donuts, neighborly kindness turns into neighborly romance, and a trans boy gets his first kippah just in time for lighting the menorah.

The miracles of the season meet the miracles of romance, family, and new beginnings.

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