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

“Isn’t that great?” Josey asks. She looks up as Becca approaches, an overflowing plate in hand, and then she grins at Dante. “Want to get something to eat?”


Turning to Ryan, Dante asks him, “You want to come?”


Ryan glares at Josey and shakes his head. “You go,” he says softly. “Get me a plate, okay? Something good.”


“I’ve got something good right here,” Dante replies with a wink. Beneath the table, he cups Ryan’s dick through his jeans and his boyfriend swats his hand away playfully. He laughs as he stands up from the booth, Josey following suit. “You like eggs?” he asks. “Pancakes? Waffles? What do you want?”


“Whatever you have,” Ryan tells him. “Be quick. I’m hungry.”


The look he gives Dante suggests he wants him to hurry back for other reasons—Josey standing so close to him, for instance. Dante doesn’t like that much, either. “Be right back,” he promises, heading for the buffet line. Josey hurries to keep up.


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