“Crowley has a light, compassionate touch with both the central couple and Orchard Hill’s broader community, both Jewish and not. Readers will find plenty to enjoy here.”
Publishers Weekly
“Crowley has a light, compassionate touch with both the central couple and Orchard Hill’s broader community, both Jewish and not. Readers will find plenty to enjoy here.”
Publishers Weekly
Shine a Light
(Orchard Hill Book 1)
When Ellie Bloom’s life literally goes up in flames after an apartment fire, she slinks back to her sister’s house in the St. Louis suburb she’s avoided since her mom died. Ellie quickly caves to her nephews’ pleas to direct the temple Hanukkah play—her mom’s pride and joy—and by the time she’s lighting the first candle in her menorah, she doubts she’ll ever escape her hometown. And then she spots the cute fireman who rescued her lighting his own menorah in the window next door.
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Firefighter Jonah Spellman may have dropped out of seminary, but he still has deep roots in his Jewish faith. Hoping to mend fences with his Rabbi father who can’t forgive his career change, Jonah agrees to direct the Hanukkah play, never expecting to clash with his beautiful, fire-starting new next-door neighbor.
By day they spar—Ellie’s desperate to live up to her mom’s legacy while Jonah’s driven to impress his dad. But by night they return to their secret candle-lighting ritual. Will their love burn as brightly as the Hanukkah flames?
More books in the Orchard Hill Series
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THE ATLANTA SKYLINE SERIES
Jewish Romance | Small Town | Holidays | Sweet with Some Sizzle | Homecoming
THE ORCHARD HILL SERIES
Contemporary Women’s Fiction | Women’s Romance Fiction | Contemporary Women Fiction
THE LONDON PHOENIX SERIES
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Romance | Romantic Suspense
THE ELITE OPERATORS SERIES
Military Romance
THE HOMEFRONT TRILOGY
Sports Fiction | Sports Romance
SPORTS ROMANCE
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Holiday Romance | Military Romance | Two-Hour Romance Short Reads
HOLIDAY ROMANCE
Six months ago, being snowed in at Christmas with the amazing woman he met on R & R at Fort Riley would have been a dream come true, yet now, as a blizzard swirls outside Beth Tate’s house, Captain Chris Walker knows he shouldn’t be there. Blinded in combat and emotionally scarred, he never wanted Beth to know the man he’s become—but stranded by the storm, he had no one else to call…