Bids, Blueprints & Bad Decisions: A Romantic Comedy

Edward Dane believes in process, structure, and doing things the right way. That includes renovation projects, public buildings, and definitely not getting emotionally compromised by a local contractor with sawdust on his boots and opinions about rooflines. Neil Kincaid knows how to make things stand. He trusts weather, workmanship, and common sense-not architects from Portland who show up with perfect plans for buildings that still have to survive a Maine winter. When Dalton Town Hall needs repairs, Edward arrives with a vision and a clipboard. Neil wins the build with practical experience and zero patience for design choices that look good on paper but won't hold up in real life. Forced to co-lead the renovation, they clash over every detail-from handrails to history to whether "one more late night" at the site is a good idea. It is not. Unfortunately, it keeps happening. As tensions rise, so does the attraction neither man wants to admit. But when Edward gets offered a prestigious job back in Portland, Neil assumes the truth was there all along: Edward was never planning to stay. Now Edward has to decide what matters more-the life that looks right on paper, or the one that feels like home. Set in the chaotic, opinionated, coffee-fueled town of Dalton, Maine, Bids, Blueprints & Bad Decisions is a warm, funny small-town M/M romantic comedy about public projects, private feelings, and the kind of bad decisions that might just build something lasting. Perfect for readers who love: small-town queer romance, opposites attract, competence as foreplay, forced proximity, grumpy/sunshine-adjacent banter, found family, and a town that treats public comment like a contact sport.

Pagina's: 307, Paperback, Independently published