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Overlaps Beware Falling Ice a little. This is Lynn's story, who we meet in Beware Falling Ice. Paul had to say good-bye to her two years earlier when his wife (who had given them permission to be poly and play together) had a mental breakdown. (NOT cheating, they'd had permission to be poly, and that's in the past and had happened before this book opens.) Now, he's back, divorced since his wife refused to get help and uphold her promises to him, and wants to make amends and regain Lynn's trust. Meanwhile, Lynn had literally hit Powerball, and travels to South Dakota with her friend, Terrie, to help Rachel's brother Justin (from Beware Falling Ice) move. She finally calls Paul and flies him up to have alone time with him and talk it out. But

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