Bonfires, Breakthroughs & Bad Ideas: A Romantic Comedy

By Dalton Douglas

Mason Lockhart has a problem: put him near a bonfire and he starts confessing like the flames are a therapist. After a breakup and a career wobble, he lands in Dalton, Maine, hoping for a reset-quiet days, clean pages, and absolutely no emotional ambushes.

Dalton has other plans.

Enter Hawk Stone: climbing instructor, safety evangelist, and the kind of man who notices when you're standing too close to the edge-of the fire pit, the trail, or your own self-destruction. Hawk doesn't chase Mason's chaos. He doesn't reward it, either. He holds steady, sets boundaries, and offers something Mason doesn't know how to accept: calm.

But when Mason's impulse collides with Hawk's rules, sparks fly fast-and not always in a good way. Because it's one thing to fall for a man who can catch you.

It's another to trust him enough to stop leaping.

Bonfires, breakthroughs, and a few very bad ideas later, Mason learns the truth: intensity isn't intimacy. Steadiness is.

A warm, funny small-town romantic comedy packed with found family, cozy bonfire nights, quiet devotion, and a happily-ever-after that arrives the safe way-on purpose.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H4CWWZ2K
• ISBN13: 9798180444271
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"