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

On the first clear morning, they fed the dogs and had their own breakfast. Then Dylan got a wild idea. Although Grey had run with the sled and gotten them to the checkpoint during the storm, he had not really driven the team. What if Dylan taught him the rudiments of mushing?


The dogs would be overjoyed to get out and run. Dylan was pretty sure he could exert enough control by voice alone in the fenced area surrounding the homestead. They would not likely challenge the five-foot barbed wire fence, and there was adequate room for them to stretch their legs and burn some energy.


“Come on,” he said as Grey cleared away the dishes. “Got an idea. You wanna take a try at driving a team around the yard?”


Grey looked like a kid who’d glimpsed the Christmas loot. “You mean, you think—really?”


“The dogs need exercise. I’m not up to riding the runners yet, but you can take them for a spin.”


Chapter 19