Tide Walkers, Truths & Trying Too Hard: A Romantic Comedy

By: Douglas, Dalton

Oliver Ward has built a career making small-town campaigns look like million-dollar launches-tight timelines, perfect messaging, and just enough polish to make everything feel effortless.

The problem? Oliver isn't effortless. He's terrified of not being needed... and he's about to prove it by overprogramming Dalton's newest tourism partnership like it's a product launch.

Dalton's "Tide Walk Weekend" is supposed to be simple: guided low-tide walks, a coastal cookout fundraiser, and a feel-good "Sea-to-Town" partnership pitch.

Then Oliver steps into tidal mud in expensive boots.

And meets Finn Barton-Dalton's calm, dry-humored tide guide who can read people better than a tide chart and has absolutely no patience for glossy stories that turn the coast into a theme park.

When a well-intentioned promo goes sideways and sparks an eco-controversy, Oliver and Finn are forced into damage control: rewrite the story honestly, protect the preserve, and figure out what's real between them-without Oliver trying to perform his way into being loved.

Because in Dalton, the tide doesn't just reveal sea glass.

It reveals the truth.

A warm, funny small-town rom-com featuring: mudflat meet-cutes, brutal-but-gentle honesty, found family meddling, cozy coastal vibes, and a love that feels safe enough to breathe in.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GL1XSZ2L
• ISBN13: 9798246519776
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"