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 doesn’t hear the other driver’s reply, but with a curt nod Mrs. Talonovich reaches for her purse. Extracting a cell phone, she calls out, “Do you know what the fine is for parking in a handicapped spot without a tag, sir? I can have a police officer here in five minutes to explain it to you.”


Apparently the driver knows the fine and doesn’t wish to pay it, because he rolls up his window and peels out of the spot, leaving it for them. With a satisfied smirk on her face, Mrs. Talonovich backs the van up, angles into the spot, and ends up parking more or less in both spaces. “Alright then,” she says as she climbs out from behind the wheel. Sliding the side door open, she grins at Ryan and Dante and wants to know, “You boys ready?”


Ryan rolls his eyes. “Didn’t you ask us that already?” he asks.


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