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

“Well, when it comes to ice cream, I’m not a big fan of vanilla, unless it’s on top of a slice of warm apple pie. Otherwise, I kind of find vanilla a little bland, even the really good ones. Me, I’m a chocolate kind of guy.”


“You like the dark stuff?” Flynn asked, teasing.


“I do. The darker the better.” He winked.


And then neither of them said anything for a couple of minutes, as the line in front of them diminished and the one behind them grew. Flynn wondered if they were both a little shy and embarrassed at what they were saying. It was all in fun, but he knew that buried within the joking and the entendre, there was more. And he liked the morebecause it meant they were flirting…taking baby steps toward talking about sex. Flynn could see what he hoped he correctly interpreted as hunger in Mac’s green eyes. There was that way he held his gaze for just slightly longer than normal…


Chapter 50