Romance, Holiday Romance

Ezra Pereira, better known as Seok-Woo, a world-famous K-Pop singer, finds himself in a bind.

His latest girlfriend dumped him.
His younger sibling has gotten engaged.
His older sibling is planning a wedding.
And in his parents’ eyes, he’s doing nothing except composing sad love songs and constantly touring instead of settling down.
After declining several blind dates, Seok-Woo seriously considers missing Hanukkah’s eight-day-long celebration. Of course, if he did that, he would probably be disowned.

Julian Asher Pineda, Jules to her friends, is an out-of-work actress juggling volunteering over the holidays with a strange request from a friend. He wants her to pretend to be his artist’s girlfriend during Hanukkah to get his parents off his back.
But when the past comes crashing through the door, will eight nights together change the course of their lives?

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