David Connor

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.

Transitions

“Not like that. I prefer datingone person at a time. Out of sight out of mind Booger rotated partners like The Viewchanges cohosts.”


“Memories. Fantasies. We could have easily messed around. And just as easily, I could have fallen in love with the British jackass.”


“I knew it was better just to play it off and then yank it while listening to him and someone else through our paper-thin walls—him and Tom Alan, eventually.” Billy picked up the coffee carafe and stared into it. “It hurt sometimes, but I had to protect my heart.” He came back to the present. “Jesus, I sound like a w—” Cutting himself off showed intelligence—or fear.


“You sound like a human being with feelings.”


“I guess. Back in the day, monogamy wasn’t really Milo’s goal. I’m over him now. The moment I saw him with Tom—”


“I knew that was going to be something. Then I met you.”


Erika handed him his mug from the other room.


Chapter 8