Almost thirty, amateur boxer Daron Tulsa has a little mess on his hands. He just so happens to be falling for his best friend, Colm Frost, a sports-themed freelance writer for e-magazines. Life for Daron feels cataclysmically frostbitten because Colm is straight and has a stunning Hollywood actress girlfriend. For Daron, these major blocks leave Colm untouchable, both emotionally and physically.<br><br>As the Pittsburgh winter becomes a tempest of snow, ice, and cold, so does Daron’s heart. He realizes Colm will never be a part of his world and pulls away from the man. But when Colm’s girlfriend travels for her career, leaving him behind, two personal secrets unexpectedly unfold, which may eventually melt Daron’s heart.

Frostbitten

“I’m serious, Colm. Get out. I don’t want to see you. Not today. Not anytime soon. Never. You did this to us. You caused this. So just leave.”


Colm did as I instructed him to do. He gathered up his clothes and walked out of my apartment and life. Some guys used to never listen to me, but Colm Frost did. We shared cherry-colored vodka martinis together on my sofa one second, and the next, he vanished from my life. Poof! Gone. Like a ghost, he disappeared. So simply. Vanished.


How crazy life changes on a dime, right?


Then I started to cry. 9: Chad’s Chest and Other Body Parts


Philippe, my apartment building’s handyman, repaired the furnace on February 2, which I couldn’t have been more grateful for. Brett hadn’t contacted me to pound my bottom, but it didn’t bother me. I hadn’t heard from Colm, either, which prompted me to go full-throttle without the man in my world.


Chapter 28