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

These woods represented everything good about growing up. In spite of him losing his parents and his less-than-stellar academic life and his disappointing love life, these woods were always here for him. They offered a nonjudgmental, comforting embrace he could rely on.


Mac stood, brushed the dirt from the seat of his pants, and started back toward the path. He’d made a decision.


Aunt Virginia was to pick him up a little after nine for the wake. Mac spent the time getting ready, showering, shaving, and simply making himself presentable for the many friends and relatives who would come to call. He felt a little bad that he didn’t have a suit to wear—he didn’t own one—but knew Gram wouldn’t have been upset with him in his khakis, button-down blue Oxford shirt, and blue-and-navy bow tie.


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