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 grinned. He shook his head to clear it of the pornographic imagery that had snuck in unbidden. But I can’t help it! It’s Mac’s fault. He just trips a switch!It was true. Mac was his idea of the perfect man. And he was kind, to boot! And he loved dogs! What more could Flynn ask for?


He stared at Mac, imagining he could see the green of his eyes, even though he was really too far away to discern color.


When their eyes met, there was a little glimmer of recognition, an electric spark that caused Flynn’s heart to flutter.


And when Mac saw the dogs, his mouth dropped open. He stopped in his tracks, dropping the handle of the duffle bag he’d been dragging along behind him.


He was still a good one hundred feet away. And even though Flynn couldn’t hear the words, he could read Mac’s lips as he said them.


Mac then burst into a smile that was pure joy and sunshine.


And Flynn knew he had done the right thing.


Chapter 69