![]() I really felt for Ed as he struggled to come to terms with his injury and the difficulties he faced trying to figure himself out as someone else than a football player. This was such a beautiful story of learning who you are and what you can do, and not letting your past dictate your future. This novel has been previously published and has been revised from its original release. ![]() Because with every turn across the floor, Ed and Laurie realize the only escape from their personal demons is to keep dancing-together. Dancing leads to friendship, being friends leads to becoming lovers, but most important of all, their partnership shows them how to heal the pain of their pasts. When Laurie has a ballroom dancing emergency and Ed stands in as his partner, their perceptions of each other turn upside down. It would be a perfect escape, except for the oaf of a football player cutting him glares from across the room. ![]() Laurie was once one of the most celebrated ballet dancers in the world, but now he volunteers at Halcyon Center to avoid his society mother's machinations. The only fly in his ointment is the dance instructor, Laurie Parker, who can't seem to stay out of his way. He hates his soul-killing office job, but he loves volunteering at a local community center. ![]() Ed Maurer has bounced back, more or less, from the neck injury that permanently benched his semipro football career. ![]()
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