But lately I never seem to get around to sitting down and hashing it out. Happily, that is in no way an indication of how my reading has fared, because I have been reading up a storm. As you can probably tell, I haven't been so much with the review writing of late. And while I actually haven't read many books that focus on the sport, there was simply no way I was going to not read a book billed as ' The Cutting Edge with a Russian twist.' I adored that movie as a kid. She clued me in to its existence, pointed out that it featured Olympic figure skaters, and well. I have my pal Li to thank for steering me in the direction of Elizabeth Harmon's debut novel Pairing Off. With only a few months to train for the competition of a lifetime, can they master technique and their emotions, or will they lose their footing and fall victim to the heartaches of their pasts? When what starts as a publicity stunt grows into something real between them, Carrie and Anton’s partnership will test their loyalties to family, country, and each other. While he’s never forgotten the young American skater he seduced one long-ago night in Amsterdam, he never expected to see her again…never mind skate with her. And he’s come close-with a silver medal already under his belt, the next stop is the gold. He gave up a normal life and any hope of a meaningful relationship to pursue his dream. Russian champion Anton Belikov knows sacrifice.

Blacklisted from competing in America, her career is over…until she receives a mysterious invitation and is reunited with the most infuriating, talented-and handsome-skater she’s ever met. A scandal-plagued American figure skater's last chance at gold means pairing up with Russia's sexiest male skater.who happens to be the first man she ever loved.Īmerican pairs figure skater Carrie Parker’s Winter Games dreams were dashed when her philandering partner caused one of the greatest scandals in skating history.

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