Keenan Hunter, a na?ve farm boy, quickly falls for his college roommate, Tucker Reynolds, a more sophisticated city slicker. For a time, Keenan's feelings for Tucker appear to be reciprocated, although neither man openly expresses any feelings they may have for the other. For reasons Keenan can't understand, Tucker starts to date Jane Williams, a fellow student. Keenan deals with the pain of rejection by finding another man to love. But time and again, this proves unsuccessful. Tucker has captured Keenan's heart and no one else can match the forever love Keenan thought he had with Tucker. When Tucker marries Jane, he asks Keenan to be his best man. Keenan reluctantly agrees and performs his duties, all the while hiding the pain of his broken heart. The experience leaves Keenan with a life-long aversion to weddings. Years pass and the two men drift apart. Keenan becomes the head veterinarian at an animal rescue center. And because of a three-legged Yorkshire terrier, Tucker comes back into Keenan's life. Circumstances have changed for Tucker. Will these changes finally allow Keenan to regain his forever love? Maybe weddings aren't so bad after all.

Keenan's Forever Love

“Shoot! I guess Penny forgot I asked her to get someone else to lead the tour,” he said to a little pug puppy in the kennel in front of him. Sighing and affixing what he hoped was a welcoming smile to his face, he scooped up Tripod and made his way toward the noisy kids who were already oohing and aahing over the little dogs in their kennels.


Keenan usually didn’t mind giving tours of the rescue facility. He enjoyed letting people know of the importance of adopting homeless animals and having their pets spayed or neutered to avoid overpopulation. However, today he was especially busy. He had a full slate of patients coming into the clinic.


Chapter 18