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About The Book:
Pub. Date: December 13, 2022
Publisher: Marilyn Jeulin
Formats: eBook
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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?
Excerpt:
“Ezra… Pereira?” She asked, turning her full attention to him.
Seok-Woo stared at her for a few seconds before he looked at Daniel, who
seemed as shocked as Seok-Woo felt.
“How do you know my last name?” He asked while she leaned back in her chair
and grinned at him.
“We used to be close.” She told him while memories started to trickle down
his brain. The air caught in his throat as the realization dawned on him.
“I’ve seen you so many times on tv, at award shows… I never thought it was
you. I mean, for a strange second, you looked so familiar, but then I would
tell myself it wasn’t you.”
“Wait, do you know him?” Daniel’s eyes widen in surprise, looking between
them.
Seok-Woo couldn’t reply. His throat had gone dry while his brain fluttered
from one memory to the next. This was Julian. Julian, the girl he’d known
since birth. The girl he’d vowed to marry when she was six and he was eight
because he didn’t want to say goodbye.
“We used to be friends, but my parents died, and I became a ward of my
aunt, who sold my parents’ house and moved me to Yonkers,” She explained
while he watched her.
“Julian.” He finally said, unable to look away from her. Seok-Woo shifted
in his seat, looking right into her crystal blue eyes, and then nodded.
“It’s been a while, friend.” He said after another pause, his head tilting
to the side as a small smile pulled at his lips.
“Julian?” Daniel asked, still confused, glancing between them.
“That’s my name.”
“No, you’re Jules. You’ve always been Jules.”
He insisted, which made Seok-Woo chuckle. She’d always been known as Jules,
and he’d been known as Seok-Woo since arriving in South Korea. Even that was
something they had in common.
“I’ve always gone by Jules.” She said with a smile fixing her eyes on
Daniel before she returned them to Seok-Woo. “Jules Verne.”
And that was the nickname he’d given her after finding out that was the
name of a writer when they were children. It meant the world to him to hear
her saying it out loud. For once, he thought, this wasn’t going to backfire.
He had his childhood friend back, and he didn’t have to skip Hanukkah this
year. Things couldn’t get any better.
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Giveaway Details:
3 winners will receive a $5 Amazon GC, International.
Ends November 15th, midnight EST.
Sounds like a fun holiday read! Thank you for sharing
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