{"product_id":"the-big-burn-paperback","title":"The Big Burn - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike McCormick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes\" meets \"The Rosie Project\"\u003c\/strong\u003e in this sly, big-hearted romantic comedy about bonfires, Christians, death, grief, and the awkward miracles of falling in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Big Burn Funeral Services, program manager Ray Wells spends his days balancing the practical and the profound. He handles ashes and paperwork, comforts families in shock, and somehow keeps a rural funeral campground running on time. After years of hard living and harder regrets, Ray is learning to stay steady: to tend the flames, not throw himself into them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Bonnie Betts walks into his life: a Vegas-born \"Jesus girl\" with more conviction than caution, an infectious laugh, and eyes that dare him to believe in grace again. She's come east chasing peace and a little forgiveness. Ray's rulebook: no romance, no risk, no repeat mistakes, doesn't stand a chance. Between midnight swims and quiet prayers, Bonnie becomes both muse and mirror, showing him what he's been afraid to face: that faith and desire aren't opposites but different ways of reaching for light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround them, the Big Burn community swirls with humanity at its rawest: families fractured by loss, a grieving veteran who refuses pity, a sister caught between devotion and rebellion, and church folk who bring covered dishes and judgment in equal measure. The result is dark humor\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ewith a beating heart, where tears and laughter mingle and no one leaves untouched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the summer burns on, Ray and Bonnie must decide what survives when everything else is reduced to ash: habit or hope, guilt or forgiveness, safety or love. In the glow of a fire where endings become beginnings, they discover that redemption isn't a miracle granted once, but a practice lived every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Big Burn\u003c\/strong\u003e is a sharp, funny, and deeply human story that treats faith with respect and curiosity, not sermons; that explores sin and longing without shame; and that finds beauty in the rituals of death and grief. It's for readers who like their small-town stories smoky and sincere, their romances tangled with real-life stakes, and their endings warm enough to carry them past the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou'll love this book if you enjoy: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Small-town workplace romances with moral tension and messy grace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Conservative Christian culture seen from the inside: honest, wry, and tender\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A quirky setting in which death\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003egrief\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003esex, and humor\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ecoexist without undercutting one another\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A redeemed bad-boy hero and a heroine whose faith is both compass and spark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sexy, funny, and heart-filled modern romance, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Big Burn \u003c\/strong\u003eproves that even in the ashes of loss, love can blaze brighter than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47404304269490,"sku":"9781733714686","price":19.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/mqbaXgpiGF9781733714686.webp?v=1782954219","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-big-burn-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}