Meet Matthew, Freddie, and Jake, three gay best friends looking for love but somehow always coming up empty. Can a steamy summer excursion to Europe's great capitals bring each of them the love of their lives? Or will love once again prove elusive? In this prequel to Adam Carpenter's European Flings Quartet, find out the reasons each man has decided to leave behind their New York apartments in search of love on foreign soil. Was it a lost love? A regretful one-nighter? Or maybe a date gone bad? Whatever happened before, these three friends are about to embark on the journeys of their lives in this funny, sexy, hopeful short story that shows what happens when you open your heart to the possibilities that exist beyond your comfortable borders.