Grumpy As Hell

Ace Hellman is a former star quarterback turned grumpy-as-hell firefighter with a long, ridiculous history of animosity toward the town's yoga instructor and herbalist — a feud that started when he ruined her kindergarten Nutcracker performance. Now they're forced to co-teach a first aid class, and the fiery, snarky chemistry neither of them wants to admit to becomes impossible to ignore. She refuses to hide who she is; he stands for everything she's against — and somehow that's exactly what makes this so hard to resist.

Marika Ray opens the Hellman Brothers series with a steamy small-town rom-com full of meddling parents, comedic siblings, and a grumpy-sunshine pairing built to spar.