Being part of an Olympic skating pair should be excitement enough for one life, but for Erika that's only the beginning. Her skating partner, Tom Alan, is her ex-husband, who fell in love with former British ice dancer Milo, and all three of them live together and raise her daughter, whose father is Erika's ex-boyfriend, Bill, a rabid hockey fan who is old friends with Milo. Whew! As if that's not enough, Erika still loves Bill, loves Tom Alan, and might just love Milo, too. Add a couple of troubled teenagers to the pile, and suddenly training for the Olympics is the easy part. But Erika's never been a fan of the conventional, and one way or another the four of them will find a way to make their strange tangle of love, sex, and family work.

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“Which I did, but damned if she didn’t fight for me, and by the end of the season, maybe I didn’t suck as much…because of her. Not long after that, we found the rink up here and I started playing youth hockey, but I’ll never forget the shot she gave me. She’s principal now—sadly in another district. We keep in touch. She’s all up in this upcoming election and I’m with her…and with her…because now I’m the father of a little girl and these things are even more important to me.” Billy looked at Etsuko, his daughter. “Nobody’s going to make my baby girl feel like less. Nobody’s going to disrespect her or take away any right she has. She won’t need me to fight for her, if she’s anything like her mother, but bet your ass I will anyway.” Billy slid back down the mattress and pulled up the covers. No way was she getting back at his body parts either. “You didn’t know some of that, did you?”


Erika had to admit she didn’t. “No.”


Chapter 3