Kayaks, Kisses & Questionable Navigation: A Romantic Comedy

By Dalton Douglas

Dennis Wong likes stable systems, labeled outcomes, and weekends that do not involve public embarrassment or recreational watercraft.

Unfortunately for Dennis, Dalton has other plans.

When the town's IT systems guy gets lured into helping with a community river paddle, he assumes he'll be troubleshooting waiver tablets and emergency contact spreadsheets from a safe distance on shore. Instead, thanks to Maggie McGlynn's deeply suspicious interpretation of "volunteering," Dennis finds himself in a kayak under the watchful eye of Indiana Baker-Dalton's calm, capable outdoor guide and a man who seems far too comfortable with both moving water and Dennis's increasingly obvious lack of chill.

Indy knows how to read a river, manage a group, and keep beginners from tipping themselves into disaster. What he does not expect is to become fascinated by the tightly wound systems guy who treats paddling like a risk assessment exercise and somehow makes cautious competence incredibly appealing.

As the community paddle turns into an unexpectedly meaningful day of quiet trust, near-chaos, town interference, and very inconvenient attraction, Dennis starts to realize the biggest risk may not be the river at all. It may be what happens when someone patient, steady, and entirely too perceptive sees right through all his carefully maintained structure.

In Dalton, nobody gets to stay on the shoreline for long.

Kayaks, Kisses & Questionable Navigation is a warm, funny small-town MM romance featuring opposites attract, community meddling, reluctant adventure, emotional competence, and a systems guy who would very much prefer not to call any of this a feelings problem.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWXTZWSY
• ISBN13: 9798257052644
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"