Marisa & Eric in Bedminster, NJ

Eric Bloom was definitely burning up for Marisa Hunkele's love. Before his college sweetheart got home one fateful day, Eric transformed their apartment into a candlelit, rose-filled garden -- the perfect setting for a proposal. THE BRIDE Marisa Hunkele, 28, video editor THE GROOM Eric Bloom, 30, technical specialist THE DATE May 22 It was a hot day and we only had a window AC unit, but Eric couldn't put it on because then I would've known he was home, says Marisa. So he lit all the candles and waited 45 minutes for me to get home...it was so hot in the apartment! Even so, Eric's surprise was well worth the sweat -- on one knee, with his grandmother's engagement ring in hand, he asked Marisa to marry him.