Ice and the Forge

When Olympic silver medalist Irina Volkov arrives from Moscow to train for the regional championships, strength coach Elias Maddox expects discipline. What he gets is frost—until the glacial Russian high jumper's armor begins to crack under the heat of his hands-on methods. In the silence of the empty training hall, arrogance melts into surrender, and Irina discovers that the only thing more exhil...