Betsy Aldredge

Two teens with two very different ideas of how to spend Hanukkah learn to work together to save the last Jewish remnant in small town Texas in this cozy holiday romance! New Yorker Hannah Levin is allergic to exactly two things, horses and tinsel. Unfortunately, she's surrounded by both this Hanukkah when, thanks to a freak snow storm, she's stranded in the small town of Rosenblum, Texas, visiting her grandmother, who she hasn't seen in years due to family drama. Super lonely, missing latkes and reliable wi-fi, she follows the scent of fried potatoes and wanders into an old deli where she meets the only other Jewish teen in town, Noah, who happens to be equal parts adorable and full of annoying, over the top Hanukkah spirit that he's determined to share with Hannah, one ugly, itchy Hanukkah sweater at a time. She makes him a deal, she'll help him save his family's deli, which is practically the only Jewish remnant in a town that once had a thriving community of European immigrants, if he'll leave her to sulk in peace. However, after a spectacularly memorable kiss Hannah wonders if there's more to Hanukkah, this community, and even her grandmother than she thought.

Pride and Prejudice meets Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot in this humorous and heartfelt debut about a loving, quirky family on the hunt for the mythical Sasquatch. Hunting for monsters was never so awkward. It's bad enough that Samantha's parents, charter members of the Northern Ohio Bigfoot Society, have dragged their daughter around forever, hunting for yetis. But now they're doing it on national TV, and worse, in front of an aristocratic prep-school crew including a boy who disdains Samantha's family. But when he scorns her humble Ohio roots, she becomes determined to take him down. As they go to war, their friction and attraction almost distract them from the hint that Sasquatch may actually be out there somewhere...