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

His hips rise off the bed, the jeans move up his legs a little further, he falls back. Even though he swore to himself he wouldn’t, Dante can’t help but ask, “You need some help, hon?”


“I’ve got it,” Ryan tells him, gritting his teeth as he tugs the jeans up again. His voice sounds angry and Dante’s not sure if it’s at him or not. He shouldn’t have asked.


Just like he shouldn’t rise and stand above his boyfriend but he does anyway, looking down at Ryan’s reddened face, the sweaty hair that sticks to his temples. The jeans are still a good five, seven inches from his waist. Holding out his hands, Dante tells him, “Get up.”


With his left foot, Ryan nudges Dante’s leg. “I’ve got it,” he says again, but when Dante motions for him to come on, Ryan sighs lustily and takes his hands. “I told you—”


“You’ve got it, I know.” Dante pulls him into a sitting position, and then says, “Stand up.”


Chapter 140