Edgework (1)

Skating taught him how to fall; nothing prepared him for being caught.

Elite figure skater Vladimer "Lado" Kapanadze knows what to do with pain: skate through it. With Nationals approaching in what could be his final season, slowing down isn't an option. Neither is admitting when he's exhausted, hurting, or afraid.
Lado knows how to survive. He has no idea how to let someone take care of him.

Rink owner Travis Guthrie knows exactly what he wants from a relationship. He wants someone he can protect, provide for, and care for without being asked to hold back. But after years of being told that kind of love is too much, he's stopped believing he'll find someone who won't flinch at how deeply he means it.

Then there's Lado.

He doesn't need a savior. Travis doesn't want a project. They're two stubborn, capable men with absolutely no intention of needing each other.

But at Travis's scrappy Georgia rink, care has a way of becoming ordinary. A meal when Lado forgets to eat. A hard truth or a firm hand when he's pushing too far. A place to land when holding everything together gets too heavy. Around them, teammates, coaches, friends, and family turn a patchwork rink into something more than a place to skate: home.
And somewhere between early mornings on the ice, honest conversations, and unexpected heat, the impossible starts to look possible.

Lado begins to wonder if accepting care has to mean giving up control. Travis begins to wonder if he's finally found someone who doesn't need him to be less.

They both know how to stand on their own.

Neither is prepared to discover they don't want to.


Edgework is a character-driven M/M sports romance set in the world of elite figure skating with emotional hurt/comfort, found family, a consensual domestic discipline dynamic, open communication, and plenty of heat without sacrificing the story. HEA guaranteed.