Inside Edge
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The Inside Edge: Chapter Four
The next morning, easing gently into her office chair, Brianne barely bit back a groan as she stared across the cramped office. Marketing advertisements from bygone years graced the badly chipped walls—the posters portraying a broad and enticing array of foods and drinks: families huddled around a table buffeted with pizzas, a baseball team grinning up at the camera with hamburgers and milkshakes held beside a large first-place trophy, women drinking from champagne glasses, their lipsticked mouths creased with laughter…. Hardly offering them more than an absent glance, Brianne woke up her tablet computer. Stifling back a yawn, she pulled up the liquor inventory list. “Hard at it,…
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The Inside Edge: Chapter Three
By the time that the rink cleared enough for Brianne to begin her second round of stops, she was sorely tempted to call it a day. Her thighs ached with the strain of keeping her body upright and effortless as she glided around, taking the corners, attempting to keep pace with the boys beside her—which was mortifying, since she knew how slowly they were moving. “Doing great!” “Don’t lock your knees.” “Don’t tense so much!” “That’s it. Ease into the turn!” Pleased with herself, she rather felt she’d more-or-less managed to keep from looking downright inept. So, yes, okay she fell twice but as…
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The Inside Edge: Chapter Two
Pulling into her parking spot twenty minutes later, Brianne let out a soft, tired sigh. Turning to grab the skates from where they rested on the passenger seat, she suddenly stilled, her eyes sparkling a little as a laugh bubbled up her throat. She’d almost learned how to stop. “Screw it,” she decided, moving her hand away. The ice-skates remained unmoved on the seat as she slowly pulled her aching, protesting legs out from inside the car. Groaning, she rubbed her back. “I must be crazy to even consider it,” she mumbled, lumbering toward the small cottage-looking apartment complex. “My back is killing me and I’m terrified that…
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The Inside Edge: Chapter One
Her legs wobbled, her knees knocking as she felt the blades of her ice-skates cut roughly across the skating rink. Arms akimbo, Brianne tried to pull herself up to her full height to no avail. Her shoulders hunched, her stomach curling nervously inward as she cautiously picked up her feet, the thin blades running roughshod, scratching uncertainly on the ground beneath her. “Watch out!” Jerking at the sound of a young voice floating across the air, Brianne felt her legs snap together at the sound, her legs slipping on the polished ice as a body rushed far too closely past her. Pitching forward, she desperately tried to keep upright. Spinning…
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The Inside Edge: Blurb
When she moved to a new town, Brianne was ready to start on her own, to try something different. Which was how she found herself at the local ice-rink with a pair of skates strapped to her feet. When the youth hockey team saw her bumbling, fumbling attempts they intervened, generously offering to teach her how to skate. What happened next is a breathtaking view of humanity, community, love, and support—and the monumental effect of one small act of kindness and its overwhelming return.
