Sweethearts on the high school ski team, Riley and Jean-Claude always expected to marry and stay together forever. But as they become world-class skiers, they drift apart, and Jean abandons Riley.<br><br>Years later, Jean appears unannounced to train at the resort where Riley works. He's  still charmingly irresistible and physically powerful, and is the US's hope for a second Olympic downhill gold. Once Riley herself expected to win gold, but a skiing accident dashed those hopes. Jean never sent any condolences, and he shattered her heart when he married -- and quickly divorced -- a skier she dislikes.<br><br>Anger and pain flare between them, and Riley ignores Jean's attempts at friendship to insulate herself from further hurt. Yet the old longings and the love they once shared resurface. What will it take for her to come to terms with the past? Or can she?

Snowfall

“It’s supposed to be tight. You’re the first.” She groaned and hugged him closer. “You feel so good inside me. I love you. You belong in me. Only you. Always and forever.”


In only a few powerful pumps against the firm, slick muscle guarding her womb, Jean exploded, crying her name.


All the bells and whistles Riley had expected hadn’t happened. What did happen was the sweetness that was the guy she loved rolling over and through her. That he had felt more was important to her.


Riley realized that their youth and inexperience made it difficult for Riley to gain satisfaction, but later that night, she insisted on her own explosions, telling him what felt good and how to use his strong athlete’s fingers on her clit and how to penetrate her to bring her release.


The first time he fingered her, he groaned. “I don’t think I can hold back. Have to—”


She was so close to exploding, she almost couldn’t speak. “Like hell you do. Think about math class until I go over the edge.”


Chapter 8