Leaf Peeping, Leaps of Faith & Love: A Romantic Comedy

Dalton's peak leaf-peeping weekend is supposed to be charming. Predictable. Profitable. Gideon Ward has been brought in to make sure it doesn't turn into what it was last year: a traffic-and-parking disaster so legendary people still whisper about "the incident" like it's folklore. Calm, competent, and allergic to spontaneity, Gideon arrives with permits, route maps, and a plan tight enough to survive tourist season. Then he meets Soren Barton. Soren is Dalton's unofficial foliage whisperer-scenic-loop guide, photographer, and professional magic-maker disguised as a warm grin and a thermos of cider. He knows every back road, every overlook, and exactly how tourists will ignore a sign the second they spot a particularly red maple. Forced to co-lead Fall Foliage Weekend, Gideon and Soren become a perfect duet: Gideon makes it work, Soren makes it memorable. But when a public hiccup makes Gideon question whether he belongs in a town this intimate-and Soren worries Gideon will leave the moment the contract ends-both men retreat into "professional" at the worst possible time. Dalton doesn't do distant. Dalton remembers everything. And Dalton notices when two men are pretending this is only about work. The biggest leap of faith isn't the hiking trail. It's choosing love where everyone can see it.

Pagina's: 337, Paperback, Independently published