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

Dante runs a hand over the top of Ryan’s head, mussing his hair. “I know, baby. Just think, this time tomorrow—”


“My mom will be racing around the house,” Ryan tells him with a wry grin, “making sure I’ve got everything packed. She’ll check my bags three times at least and ask me over and over again to call when I get in. So I don’t really want to think about this time tomorrow if I can help it, okay?”


Wheeling Ryan out of the elevator, Dante laughs and says, “I like your mom.”


Ryan grins as they head for the locker rooms. “She likes you, too. Where are you taking me now?” Before they go much farther, Dante stops. He leans back against the wrestling mats that line the wall and crosses his arms, frowns at Ryan until he asks, “What?”


“She likes me?” Dante wants to know. When Ryan nods, Dante chews on his lower lip and pouts at the floor, admitting, “I thought maybe she was getting tired of me.”


Chapter 104