Frosting, Fire Codes & Feelings: A Romantic Comedy

By Dalton Douglas

Theo Mercer has one rule: arrive early, deliver the cake, disappear. But Dalton, Maine has other plans-starting with "spirit-led parking," a fundraiser that's one extension cord away from chaos, and a matchmaker mom who treats boundaries like a fun suggestion.

Miles Carver enforces fire code the way some men enforce gravity: calmly, relentlessly, and with the kind of steady competence that makes Theo's carefully controlled life feel...dangerously seen. One minute Theo is rerouting hazards on instinct; the next, he's being "adopted," Venmo'd, and assigned a role in a community that refuses to let him stay invisible.

As the fundraiser ramps up-and a winter storm rolls in with a very inconvenient power outage-Theo and Miles find themselves working side by side in the firehouse's warm light, navigating small-town chaos, forced proximity, and the slow realization that safety isn't the enemy of romance.

Frosting, Fire Codes & Feelings is a cozy M/M romantic comedy full of boundaries, warm desserts, found family meddling, and a slow-burn that still knows how to laugh. (Can be read as a standalone-returning faces are a bonus, not a requirement.)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GJRLQ237
• ISBN13: 9798245539843
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"