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

“So, she’s coming home soon? She’s all right?”


“Well, they said they wanted to keep her for a few days to check things out, make sure everything’s good.”


“I see.” Claire sighed. “She’s gone through this before and always pulls through, stronger than ever, it seems like.” Claire went silent for a moment, as though she was thinking. What she said next stunned Mac. “Well, keep me posted!”


Claire seemed so dismissive, and Mac couldn’t get his head around her callousness. If someone had called from home and told him that Grandma Grace had had a heart attack, he’d be on the next plane back, just to be sure she was okay, simply to be there with her, letting her know he cared. “Oh, okay. Um, I thought you might want to come up and see her? You know, this is her third heart attack. And I know how much good it would do her to see you.”


Chapter 46