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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“We know some people,” Tom Alan said. “Potential players for 2018. Maybe we can introduce you, even get a game going.”


“Jesse? There’s a women’s team. Some of the 2014 players are friends?” Erika tried for eye contact, while Jesse seemed to prefer staring at the ice.


“When?” Kensuke asked. He directed everything he said toward Tom Alan, though rarely any part of him above the waist.


“Umm…next weekend, maybe?” Tom Alan said.


“Sweet! You know a lot of famous people, I bet, huh, Mr. Baranowski?” Mr. Baranowski. The kid was laying it on pretty thick. “Like Ben Thornton. I’ve seen you guys together on the skating and gymnastics thing on TV every year.”


“Ben and I are pretty good friends.” They were best friends. “And call me Tom Alan…please.”


“Cool. Tom Alan.” Kensuke bounced excitedly. “I can’t wait to see him in Rio next month. You going?”


Chapter 10