Todd's the best in the league and model-perfect. Damn shame he's not gay.or is he? Dating Todd "Pretty" Carty is a trailblazing, headline-grabbing ride that has shocked and divided a team, a sport and a nation. While controversy rules, our feelings explode and we can't deny the desire that sizzles between us. Nothing, however, is easy outside the bedroom. Not when my world-class, fearless athlete wants to shout from Everest that he's in love with a man. Laying my heart on the line and having my picture dominating the papers is worth it, though. Everything about Todd turns me on.

His bold hockey skills, his courageous attitude and the way he melts in my arms when I kiss him. I melt, too, because he knows how to press my buttons and remind me of the man I used to be, and he takes me to those places where ecstasy rules. The world might have trouble accepting us, but we're committed to each other, mind, body and soul, and nothing can change that.