The Ice and the Forge. Sports Coach, #3

When Olympic silver medalist Irina Volkov arrives from Moscow to train for the regional championships, strength coach Elias Maddox expects discipline. What he gets is frost-until the glacial Russian high jumper's armor begins to crack under the heat of his hands-on methods. In the silence of the empty training hall, arrogance melts into surrender, and Irina discovers that the only thing more exhilarating than clearing the bar is being brought to her knees by the one man patient enough to burn through her...