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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“Give it.” Jesse did. To Erika and Tom Alan, Mrs. Bingham said, “I’m sorry you were dragged into all of this. Had I known it was about another boy…”


Jesse crossed his arms over his American Eagle logo and pouted. “You don’t understand. B-boy is great.”


“You know this for sure? After ‘a few days’? Well, if in fact he is, then you can see him outside of school.”


“Like, never,” Jesse huffed as he stomped off.


Mrs. Bingham sighed once alone with Tom Alan and Erika. “Thank you for playing along.”


“No problem,” Erika said, though she hadn’t realized she’d been part of a ruse.


“My son, bless his heart, has wanted me to move in with him for a while. Jesse has him wrapped around his finger. I can’t speak to how easy it was convincing the two of you.”


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