Icy Sidewalks

**Short description**

Love, marriage and rock 'n' roll. A former rock star, Eric, who married a groupie, Sarah; a rich father-in-law who's going bankrupt; a suicidal business partner; an Italian greaser who thinks he's engaged to Sarah; a beautiful, exotic jazz pianist; a former best friend who's hiding a dark secret, and two friendly felines. A fact of life: perception isn't always an accurate picture of reality.

**Extended description**

Sometimes life is like walking down an icy sidewalk—if you don’t watch your step, you could end up flat on your face.

Former rock star, Eric Taylor, considers himself an expert at plunging down the icy sidewalks of life. His hard rock band Pepper & Ice broke up amid conflicts and resentments just as they achieved major success with their debut album Mass Media. Rather than pursuit his music career any further, Eric left his music aspirations behind and married rock 'n' roll groupie Sarah Livingston.

But for Eric and Sarah, marriage was difficult—men are from Mars and women are from Venus—and all that stuff and Eric finally walked out on their ten years of sharing the same bed with Sarah, traversing the same lies, as they beat each other into emotional pulp—it was definitely not a marriage made in heaven.

And now, after two years of separation, Sarah suddenly reappears in his life, stirring up a hornet's nest of emotions and feelings he thought he'd gotten over. At the same time, an unexpected reunion with his former band mate, drummer Carl Pepper, leads to misunderstanding and confusion as Eric's past as a musician suddenly reclaims his present and changes his future.

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