On a bright autumn day, Flynn Marlowe lost his best friend, a beagle named Barley, while out on a hike in Seattle’s Discovery Park. On a cold winter day, Mac Bowersox found his best friend, a lost, scared, and emaciated beagle, on the streets of Seattle. Two men. One dog. When Flynn and Mac meet by chance in a park the next summer, there’s a problem -- who does Barley really belong to? Flynn wants him back, but he can see that Mac rescued him and loves him just as much as he does. Mac wants to keep the dog, and he can imagine how heartbreaking losing him would be -- but that's just what Flynn experienced. A “shared custody” compromise might be just the way to work things out. But will the arrangement be successful? Mac and Flynn are willing to try it ... and along the way, they just might fall in love.

Lost and Found

Flynn stared down at his plate, no longer hungry. He looked up at Clara, knowing if she could read anything on his face, it would be either despair or pleading, because both emotions were there in spades.


Clara eyed his gorgeous, perfectly poached eggs and half-eaten crumpet with something like lust. Flynn, despite himself, grinned. He shoved his plate toward her and watched as she dug in, as though she hadn’t just downed three pancakes and four slices of crispy bacon.


“Are you just gonna eat my breakfast, or do you have a better idea?”


Chapter 13