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

A phone rings, startling them. Ryan’s cordless sits on the bedside table, within easy reach. When Dante shifts beneath him, Ryan tightens his arms around him and tells him, “Stay here. My mom’ll get it.”


But two seconds later Mrs. Talonovich calls out Ryan’s name, her voice muffled through the closed door, and Ryan groans as he reaches over Dante to snag the receiver. “This better be good,” he mutters and Dante laughs, kisses his shoulder because it’s the nearest part of his body that he can reach. He can hear the irritation in his boyfriend’s voice when he answers, “Hello?” Probably the coach, trying to talk him into coming to the game again, but they have plans—


“Hey!” Ryan’s voice brightens, and he shifts into a more comfortable position alongside Dante. “I was going to call you today actually.”


Smiling down at him, Ryan says into the phone, “Sure, that’s great. Yeah.”


Chapter 99