Loner Dylan, seeking to heal from wartime trauma, pursues a new-found dream of building and training a winning sled dog team to compete in the Iditarod. He makes a difficult choice to rescue a stranger lost in a blizzard instead of seeking to win a preliminary race. This choice and its results throw unexpected but major changes into his solitary life. Can he accept and adapt to these changes?<br><br>Grey must prove himself, pursuing his dream of seeing Alaska first hand and writing about the world of sled dog racing in a powerful way to jump start his chosen sports and feature writing career. Young and na?ve, he almost pays with his life for a bad decision. Can he learn and grow fast enough to survive in the unforgiving environment and overcome a rocky start with his new hero, musher Dylan?

Love Is Snowblind

The volunteer said information had been sketchy as to what was wrong and the caller’s phone had apparently died before he’d finished the call. All they had to go on was a frightened voice calling in a broken SOS and a general location. Everyone knew without it being said that GPS was notoriously unreliable at times.


Dylan took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “I’ll go. Anybody got a map I can use to plot a route, a good topographic map that shows the terrain?”


Someone produced one. He securely hitched his sled and went inside the cabin to spread it out and figure which way he’d go. It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, maybe a big needle in a small stack, but still no easy task. He checked his own compass and GPS unit, snacked the dogs, then headed out. Thor and Freya looked askance at him, as if sensing they were leaving the trail and the route the other teams were taking.


Chapter 8