New Release for Set My Heart Bonfire by Marika Ray

 

Title: Set My Heart Bonfire

Series: Blueball Band of Brothers #4

Author: Marika Ray

Genre: Small Town Romance

Tropes: Grumpy/Sunshine Reversed; Enemies-to-Lovers; Millionaire Hero; Opposites Attract; Dark Humor

Release Date: March 7, 2024

He's a dashing millionaire who thinks everything in life is one big joke, probably because he bathes in piles of money each morning. He’s also my new neighbor, and after a humiliating experience in the cemetery that is my backyard, he becomes my shadow, showing up everywhere just to annoy me.

I’m not a fan of happy people. They bother me with their constant grins and rainbows coming out of their ears, and Vander Booth is the king of smiles. Despite my efforts to scare him away with both my profession as an undertaker and my general need for frowning through most of my workday, he sticks around like a bad case of poison ivy.

He is gorgeous though. I’ll give him that. And when I see the way he coordinates outfits with his grandma just to make her happy, I'll admit my biological clock starts ticking. Add in his fear of real human connections and suddenly I find myself cheering for the guy instead of plotting his death.

Though opposites can attract—and boy is my black lipstick attracted to his glow-in-the-dark smile—they don’t stay together long-term. And they certainly can’t co-exist when they’re fighting constantly in a knock-down, drag-out competition for the same piece of land for their business venture. Or can they? Cue ominous organ music…

Marika Ray is a USA Today bestselling author of steamy and sweet RomComs, spending her time behind a computer crafting stories, walking any beach she can find, and making healthy food for her kids and husband whether they like it or not. Prior to writing novels, Marika held various jobs in the finance industry, with private start-up companies, and then in health & fitness. Cats may have nine lives, but Marika believes everyone should have nine careers to keep things spicy. All her books come with a money-back guarantee that you’ll smile at least once with every book.

More information can be found at www.marikaray.com

HOSTED BY:

What an adorable story. Quirky Marlo, sunshine Vander. So opposite, they complement one another. Barbs are just foreplay and the perfect catnip for Vander. Marlo has always been deemed odd but Vander sees the woman underneath. GMil is a hoot as well as the rest of the glamperparadise crew. Marlo and Vander fit right in. Funny, quirky, swoony, this story has it all. ~Cindy


Set my Heart Bonfire is the fourth book in the Blueball Band of Brothers series by Marika Ray and the first one of this series that I have read. I loved reading and following Vander and Margo's grumpy/sunshine romance. The difference is he is the sunshine and she is the grumpy, which I though made a nice change and I enjoyed the book immensely. I look forward to reading more from this author as well as the previous books in the series. ~Dawn