Trust Tests, True Love & Extra Time: A Romantic Comedy

By Dalton Douglas

Owen Pritchard trusts plans, systems, and clear lines. They make sense. They keep things running. They keep people from becoming variables he cannot account for.

Tyler Reed is a variable.

A six-hour road trip, a hotel booking mistake, and one very inconvenient bed turn simmering team tension into something a lot harder to ignore. Tyler is all instinct, ease, and maddening charm-the kind of person who moves through the world like rules are optional and connection is inevitable. Owen is not built for that. He is built for structure, discipline, and keeping everything exactly where it belongs.

Unfortunately, Tyler keeps slipping past all of that.

As pressure builds on and off the field, Owen and Tyler find themselves forced into closer quarters, sharper honesty, and a kind of trust neither of them can fake. What starts as banter and reluctant proximity becomes something deeper: a bond built in small choices, quiet vulnerability, and the risk of letting someone matter before you can fully explain why.

But trust is never simple when one person wants certainty and the other believes some of the best things in life cannot be planned.

In Dalton, love is never easy-but it might be worth the extra time.

Trust Tests, True Love & Extra Time is a warm, banter-filled MM sports romance featuring teammates-to-lovers tension, a road trip, one-bed forced proximity, emotional vulnerability, and a deeply earned happily ever after.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7P36D57
• ISBN13: 9798185643792
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"