Trails, Testimony & Temporary Exile: A Romantic Comedy

By Dalton Douglas

Marcus Cypress came back to Dalton for one reason: clean up the estate, handle the paperwork, testify about the land, and leave again before the town could decide it had opinions about him.

Unfortunately, Dalton already has opinions.

Hunter Larkin remembers exactly how Marcus left, has no interest in polished explanations, and would strongly prefer that returning men with complicated histories not turn conservation access into one more local mess to be managed. But when a land dispute forces them onto the same trail, the same testimony packet, and the same side of a fight neither of them can ignore, irritation starts looking dangerously close to understanding.

Marcus knows the truth about the land. Hunter knows the town. Neither of them is prepared for what happens when old gossip, buried history, and reluctant cooperation turn into something far more personal.

Now Marcus has to decide whether coming back was only ever supposed to be temporary-or whether some places are worth staying long enough to tell the truth properly.

Trails, Testimony & Temporary Exile is a warm, funny small-town romantic comedy full of emotional tension, local interference, hard-won trust, and a love story built on being known for who you really are.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GYLCLR8W
• ISBN13: 9798258917379
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"