Hockey romance novels, sorted by trope
Love is acontactsport.
The curated home of hockey romance, sorted by trope, heat, and how fast you’ll fall. Grumpy captains, figure skaters and puck bunnies all welcome.
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Every great hockey romance is a familiar play run beautifully. Choose yours and we’ll fill the roster.Swipe the playbook. Tap one and we’ll fill the roster.
- 01 Enemies to lovers Hates him on the ice. Hates him slightly less in the hotel bar. →
- 02 Fake dating It’s just for the cameras. It is never just for the cameras. →
- 03 Grumpy / sunshine Six-foot-four of scowl, undone by one woman with golden-retriever energy.Six-foot-four of scowl, undone by golden-retriever energy. →
- 04 Forced proximity One road trip. One hotel room. One bed. You know the drill.One road trip. One hotel room. One bed. →
- 05 Second chance They had it once. Then the draft happened. →
- 06 Friends to lovers Best friends since juniors. Nothing weird about it. Sure. →
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On theroster
4,092 books on the iceRinksideglossary
For readers who came for the romance and are now, somehow, watching actual games.
Sin bin
The penalty box. Two minutes alone to think about what you did.
Where he glares at her through the glass.
Hat trick
Three goals by one player in a single game. Fans throw hats on the ice.
Usually followed by a jersey reveal in the stands.
Puck bunny
A fan more interested in the players than the play.
Our heroine is emphatically not one. Until chapter 22.
Biscuit
Slang for the puck. Also: “put the biscuit in the basket.”
Yes, they will make it a euphemism.
Enforcer
The player whose main job is protecting teammates, fists included.
Scary on ice, secretly bakes for his nieces.
Celly
A goal celebration. The more theatrical, the better.
Pointed directly at section 112, row F.