Spiralling

Can she keep her head in the game, or will she fall for him?

Maya is trying not to spin out. Since she gave up on her childhood dreams of figure skating, she is now the successful PR behind this year’s skating champions and she really needs to dazzle everyone for their performance at the Winter Gala.

The job heats up when Maya finds herself stuck sharing a fancy suite with Gabriel, the way-too-organised and way-too-handsome Sports Commentator she has a huge crush on. But she knows he is looking for love – and Maya only does one-night-stands.

Gabriel is on thin ice. He’s trying to stay in control: of his words when he’s on camera, and his feelings for Maya, the emotionally unavailable woman he's still secretly yearning for. Now he can’t avoid spending time with her in an incredibly romantic Alpine hotel, and he's dangerously close to falling for her.

When Maya finds herself pulled back on to the ice — and closer to Gabriel — will they give in to their desires? Or will their chance at happiness slip out of their reach?

*[Three Chillis!]* It's getting hot in here!

* Forced proximity!

* He falls first and harder!

* Only One Bed!

* Steamy couple’s massage!

Cici Williams is a pseudonym for Amy Gaffney, who hails from Kildare and is a graduate of UCD’s Creative Writing MA. In 2021 she was shortlisted for the Penguin Michael Joseph Christmas Love Story Competition. Her poetry is published in Poetry Ireland Review Issue 125, and the Irish Times Hennessy New Irish Writing. Amy’s short story Mother May I was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards in 2019, in the Short Story of the Year category. She has mentored at University of Limerick’s Winter Writing School and has been a panel member at various discussions there, and also hosted the Reading Corner at the Murder One Crime Writing Festival in Dublin in 2019.