{"product_id":"permits-pies-poor-life-dalton-douglas-9798255027385","title":"Permits, Pies \u0026 Poor Life Choices: A Romantic Comedy","description":"A zoning dispute should have been simple. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Benjamin Black, land-use attorney and professional appreciator of rules, Dalton's annual pie festival is supposed to be a quick correction, a few stern words about permit boundaries, and a return to a life where systems behave themselves on paper. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstead, he arrives in town to find the festival footprint has been \"adjusted in spirit,\" the goat parade corridor is somehow a real planning concern, and Porter Perry-the warm, capable manager of Dalton Grocers-is standing at the center of the chaos looking entirely too pleased to see him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePorter knows the festival is a mess. He also knows it matters. The pie auction funds Dalton's winter assistance program, half the town is emotionally invested, and canceling it is not an option. Even if that means working side by side with the one man in Highlands County least likely to approve a handwritten map revision in blue marker. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenjamin and Porter clash immediately: rules versus practicality, structure versus flexibility, permits versus people. But as they race to save the festival, their arguments start sounding suspiciously like flirting-and their reluctant collaboration turns into something neither of them planned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Benjamin is facing a problem no legal brief ever prepared him for: Porter Perry may be the best complication he's ever had. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePermits, Pies \u0026amp; Poor Life Choices\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a warm, witty M\/M small-town romantic comedy featuring a meticulous attorney, a beloved grocer, a town with no respect for boundaries, public meddling, pie-festival chaos, and a hard-won happily-ever-after.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalton Douglas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798255027385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d","brand":"Dalton Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173757231359,"sku":"9798255027385","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/permits-pies-poor-life-dalton-douglas-9798255027385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}