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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“You one of those gays that thinks there’s no such thing?”


“Of course; he was bitchy before he even started drinking, so…”


Tom Alan shot daggers at Milo with his eyes. “It doesn’t come on all of sudden, Bill.”


“Why are you acting like this, Tom Alan?”


“I could care less who he sleeps with, Erika, except when it comes to you.”


“I’m not sleeping with anyone else,” Billy said. “We’re together, like we were supposed to be. We never should have split. Not that that’s any of your business, Tom.”


“Tom Alan.” He stood, scraping his chair against the floor. “My name is Tom Alan, and if you and Erika were really soulmates, you’d know why the distinction is so important.”


Billy stood, too. “I do know. And I’m sorry I screw it up more than I don’t. But…wow. If you think the intimacy Erika and I share has to be wrapped up in something about you, you got one hell of an ego.”


“I don’t want her hurt when you decide she’s not enough in a few months.”


Chapter 43