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Russian-American pairs figure skater Elayne Smith has no hope of her Olympic dreams coming true. With no partner and no future, all she has left is her passion for figure skating and her determination to be the best.

Bad boy Alexandr "Sasha" Klukov came to America seeking gold, Olympic gold in mens figure skating. But when he goes to a 4 A.M. practice, looking for something dirty... He gets far more than he bargained for.

Latvian pairs figure skating legend Alexi Stanachev is 27—and desperate. His violent temper cost him 12 partners. To have a prayer of Olympic glory, number 13 must be the one.

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On the Edge: A Figure Skating Melodrama debuted in April of 1998. More than a thousand people followed On the Edge: A Figure Skating Melodrama making it the most popular piece of modern, mainstream, figure skating fiction on the Internet. On the Edge: A Figure Skating Melodrama went on hiatus in 2000, leaving readers desperate to know what happened to Elayne, Alexi, and Sasha. The ending was never revealed.

Dejah, the author of On the Edge: A Figure Skating Melodrama and owner of Private Ice, pulled the figure skating serial for a complete rewrite. The next draft was 173K words, too long for traditional publishers. The original manuscript was spilt into two—then into three—shorter novels. The three books are: On the Edge, Desperate Times, and Unlucky in Love. Four more books are planned for the series. Book 4: Unison and Counterpoint is finished while Book 5: Fall from Grace is nearing completion.

In 2001, On the Edge: A Figure Skating Melodrama aced its first test run in the non-figure-skating-fan population, appearing briefly on Themestream where it acquired a small but enthusiastic following.

In December of 2004, after four long years of searching and over 125 agent letters, on the last possible agent left to contact, the On the Edge Sequence and its author were signed to a representation agreement by Peter Miller, lead agent at PMA Literary and Film, a top New York City literary agency. The series will be marketed to major publishers and movie producers.

Request upon request has come in over the years to republish
On the Edge: A Figure Skating Melodrama.
So, here it is, one chapter per week for the next four years... enjoy!

On the Edge: A Figure Skating Melodrama

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Past Seasons

Book 1  Chapters 1 to 54Book 5 Chapters 148 - 190
Book 2 Chapters 55 to 76Book 6 Chapters 191 - 216
Book 3 Chapters 77 to 102The Lost Chapters Chapters 217...
Book 4 Chapters 103 to 147   
 

Book 4

Chapter 103:"Sometimes I Think the Devil Has Got Me by the Sleeve" Chapter 126:Love So Sincere
Chapter 104:Ordinals, the 80s and Trolls, Oh MY! Chapter 127:A Father's Wisdom
Chapter 105:The Other Side of the Serpent's Tooth Chapter 128:He Sounds Like...
Chapter 106:Half of Half is Still a Shitload Chapter 129:The Little Hare
Chapter 107:It's a Moment Every Lover Knows Chapter 130:Isn't This Rich, Are We a Pair? Revisited.
Chapter 108:Modesty Chapter 131:No, Actually I'm Not.
Chapter 109:Four Days Before Chapter 132:Injury
Chapter 110:Alyosha Chapter 133:A Strangely Healing Touch
Chapter 111:Live Dangerously, Trev Chapter 134:Adding Insult
Chapter 112:The Boy Next Door Chapter 135:More Than My Pride
Chapter 113:To Greet the Day Chapter 136:A Premonition
Chapter 114:Passia Knows Chapter 137:Violation
Chapter 115:"Why Don\'t You Ask Him?" Chapter 138:A Shirt to be Signed at the Stage Door
Chapter 116:A House of Ghosts Chapter 139:Feeling a Little Fragile
Chapter 117:For My One True Love Chapter 140:Let's just Be Us
Chapter 118:"I\'m Tired of Falling. It's Only a Spin." Chapter 141:A Long Tale
Chapter 119:P's and Q's Chapter 142:What's On Sasha's Mind
Chapter 120:"We Can\'t Go?" Chapter 143:A Half and Hour Isn't Very Long
Chapter 121:Shopping Chapter 144:Check Mate
Chapter 122:The Russian Soul Chapter 145:You Are Not a Man Until you Kill a Buffalo
Chapter 123:Father Figures and Coaching Changes Chapter 146:If Anyone's Going to... It's Going to Be Me
Chapter 124:Conversing with the Men in My Life Chapter 147:CDST38 or Parties Sometimes Get Out of Hand Revisited
Chapter 125:The River and the Highway