Ryan Talonovich is the star of his college hockey team, until an accident during practice leaves him confined to a wheelchair. The doctors say he'll walk again but a new season is already underway and he's been replaced on the team, which leaves him feeling alone and betrayed. What's the use of fighting to get back on the ice now?<br><br>Then he meets Dante Espinosa, a short track skater on the city's speed skating club. Though he has to work overtime to afford his sport, Dante is hell on ice, and dreams of making the cut on the U.S. Olympic Speedskating Team.<br><br>Their love of the ice brings them together, but too many obstacles stand in their way: Ryan's struggle with therapy. The memory of Dante's first boyfriend. Lack of funding to the event, Dante's harassing boss, a skating friend in love with him, and Wil Dietrich, who will do anything to win.

Power Play

Ryan’s mother leads the way down the hall and past the kitchen, down another hallway to a closed door. “Ryan’s old room is upstairs,” she explains, lowering her voice as they approach the door. “He was living on campus but after the…” She motions with her hand and gives Dante a pointed look so he knows exactly what she’s talking about. The accident,that’s what she wants to say and can’t, Dante sees the words in her eyes. “We set him up in the den until he gets better.”


She raps on the door quickly, then calls out before she gets an answer. “Ryan? Your friend’s here.”


Chapter 29