On his way to realizing his Olympic dream, Tom Alan Baranowski finds himself in the midst of a dilemma. His traditional Japanese coach is insisting upon an arranged marriage between his biological daughter Erika and adopted son Tom Alan, who are partners on the ice. Tom Alan loves Erika, and his coach literally saved his life, rescuing him from an abusive home. How can he say no?<br><br>Somewhat resigned to his “not so bad” fate, everything changes when Tom Alan meets British ice dancer Milo Fisher. The spark between them is almost hot enough to melt the ice beneath their blades, and the two fall into an affair.<br><br>What about Erika? What about loyalty? What about gold? For Tom Alan, the impossible throw quadruple jump is suddenly the least difficult thing in his life.

Quadruple Flip

“Okay. Tom! Lunch is almost ready,” Kat hollered toward the archway. “Poor guy’s probably traumatized.”


“It’s not like he saw you naked.”


“Ha-ha!” She whapped Ben upside the head with her rubber omelet flipper. “I bet he saw you though. Internet, internet. If he’s interested.” She stepped closer, got quieter. “What did Booger say about him when you back-and-forthed this morning? Is he gay? Did they do it?”


Tom Alan, who could still hear them, flattened himself against the wall beside the opening to the kitchen, waiting for Ben’s answer.


“He used the word ‘hot’ when I asked,” Ben said, all low voiced. “I wondered, so I asked. But he didn’t brag about banging him.”


“Thatyou didn’t ask?” Kat was shocked. “I would have.”


“I don’t doubt you would. What isyour fascination with gay-guy sex?” Thornton shook his head.


“I’m a romantic. Guy on guy, girl on girl, my stuffed animals…”


Chapter 26