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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“The male body was not designed for pants,” he’d once claimed. “With evolution, men’s hips are getting even smaller, while willies are getting bigger. If men literally can’t keep their pants up it insures procreation will continue.”


“Is any of that real?” Erika never knew with him.


“Perhaps the research hasn’t made it across the pond yet, but European scientists have been recording evidence for decades. Look it up.”


Erika reached for Etsuko. “Uncle Milo’s silly,” she said at barely a whisper. She didn’t want to wake the guys, but the moment she lifted the baby, they both were alert—at least somewhat.


Billy rolled over and stretched. “She’s been awake half the night.”


“I’m sorry I didn’t hear her right away.”


“We’re a team, babe,” he said sleepily.


Billy looked to his right. “Oh…yeah.”


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