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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“One more month before Skate America. One more minute before your long program,” Irina Mischen reminded him.


They were in first place after the short program had gone exceptionally well. Tom Alan was all smiles, and as he’d put his hands on the most intimate places on Erika’s body to send her twirling into the air or lift her over his head, he had been not the least bit tentative or awkward. She looked to the stands where she knew Billy and Etsuko were sitting. She offered a smile, though she couldn’t actually see them.


“We doing the quad?” Tom Alan asked. His expression said he was all in. His cheek muscles would be the sorest ones on his body when all was said and done.


“We’re doing the quad.” She gave his hand an extra squeeze.


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