Norah Gold doesn’t do rela­tion­ships. She avoids emo­tion­al con­nec­tions, stays safe­ly away from any roman­tic entan­gle­ments, and runs at the first sign of con­nec­tion. After her father sud­den­ly passed away, she made sure that she wouldn’t expe­ri­ence the pain of los­ing some­one she loved again. After she returns home for the hol­i­days to vis­it her mom, she’s sur­prised (stunned, per­haps) to learn that her moth­er is now dat­ing none oth­er than the moth­er of the boy who was her best friend before he broke her heart in high school: the one and only Hen­ry Cole. After a win­ter storm leaves Norah and Hen­ry strand­ed togeth­er dur­ing Hanukkah, they not only real­ize how seri­ous their moth­ers’ rela­tion­ship is, but also dis­cov­er that their con­nec­tion still smol­ders after years apart. Can Norah allow her­self to be vul­ner­a­ble after metic­u­lous­ly putting up walls around her heart? Can Hen­ry let his guard down and let life be a lit­tle messy when it comes to love? Will they get their hap­py end­ing, or will their con­nec­tion not even sur­vive the eight nights of Hanukkah? Rachel Pologe has you root­ing for Norah and Hen­ry despite all odds. With mean­ing­ful Hanukkah tra­di­tions and themes, Now That We Don’t Talk is a delight­ful­ly spicy romance with relat­able char­ac­ters, sweet moments, and a sec­ond chance at love that will keep you warm this hol­i­day season.