The Next Competitor

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>If I risk my heart can I keep my head in the game?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm going to win gold in figure skating. I imagine it again and again: Olympic champion Alex Grady. I train harder than my competitors. I'm in the rink morning noon and night. The lack of filter between my mouth and brain affects my ability to make friends but I don't have time for a social life anyway.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As for a boyfriend? Forget it.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>So what if I'm still completely inexperienced at twenty? The Olympics are only every four years-everything else can wait.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But for some inexplicable reason I can't stop checking out my boring new training mate Matt Savelli. Calm collected Captain Cardboard is a nice guy but even if I had time to date Matt's so not my type. I don't even know what my type is!</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until I do.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Beneath Matt's wholesome surface there's a sexy tender man who awakens a desire in me I've never experienced. This is the worst possible time to be tempted. The worst possible time to let someone get close to me.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is the worst possible time to fall in love.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Next Competitor </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>by Keira Andrews is a gay sports romance featuring grumpy/sunshine opposites attracting sizzling first times and of course a happy ending.</span></p>