Trope · 416 books

Brother's best friend hockey romance

Brother's best friend hockey romance is the off-limits classic: she falls for her brother's linemate, best friend or roommate, and he knows exactly how badly that could go. Teammate's sister stories belong here too.

Top brother's best friend hockey romance books

416 ranked · showing 48
Pro · MF Helena Hunting
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Brother's best friend · Opposites attract
College · MF Elle Kennedy
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Opposites attract · Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Grumpy / sunshine
Pro · MF Helena Hunting
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Brother's best friend · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Jaci Burton
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Opposites attract · Brother's best friend
Pro · MF Sarina Bowen
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Brother's best friend · Opposites attract · Forced proximity
College · MM Eden Finley
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Brother's best friend · Opposites attract · Forbidden
Pro · MF Maren Moore
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Friends to lovers · Forced proximity · Single parent · Brother's best friend
College · MF G.N. Wright
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Enemies to lovers · Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Secret relationship
Pro · MF Helena Hunting
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Brother's best friend · Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity · Forbidden
Pro · MF Melissa Ivers
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Fake dating · Brother's best friend · Single parent
Pro · MF Kendall Ryan
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Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Second chance
Pro · MF Lana Ferguson
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Fake dating · Brother's best friend
College · MF S. Massery
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Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Dark romance
Pro · MF Jaci Burton
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Brother's best friend · Second chance
Pro · MF Meghan Quinn
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Brother's best friend · Surprise pregnancy · Forced proximity
Pro · MF Helena Hunting
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Enemies to lovers · Brother's best friend · Forced proximity
Pro · MF Chloe Liese
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Brother's best friend · Fake dating · Friends to lovers · Opposites attract
Minor · MF Tessa Bailey
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Marriage of convenience · Brother's best friend · Holiday · Forbidden
College · MF Rebecca Jenshak
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Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Friends to lovers
College · MF L.A. Cotton
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Opposites attract
Minor · MF Emma St. Clair
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Fake dating · Brother's best friend · Second chance · Small town
Pro · MF Lauren Blakely
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Forbidden · Friends to lovers
Pro · MF Pippa Grant
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Friends to lovers · Brother's best friend · Second chance
Pro · MM Eden Finley
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Second chance · Age gap · Forced proximity · Brother's best friend
College · MF Mila Kane
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Dark romance · Enemies to lovers · Brother's best friend · Forced proximity
Pro · MF Kandi Steiner
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Forbidden · Grumpy / sunshine
Pro · MM R.J. Scott
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Forbidden · Age gap · Brother's best friend · Secret relationship
Pro · MF Piper Rayne
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Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Forbidden
Pro · MF Becka Mack
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Secret relationship · Friends to lovers
Pro · MF Sawyer Bennett
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Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Grumpy / sunshine
College · MF Avery Keelan
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Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Grumpy / sunshine
College · MF Jennifer Sucevic
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Enemies to lovers · Brother's best friend · Opposites attract
College · MF Cindi Madsen
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Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Friends to lovers · Secret relationship
Pro · MF Sloane St. James
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Second chance · Friends to lovers
College · MF Jaqueline Snowe
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Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Grumpy / sunshine · Secret relationship
Pro · MF Samantha Whiskey
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Forced proximity · Friends to lovers · Brother's best friend · Forbidden
Pro · MM Eden Finley
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Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Forced proximity · Secret relationship
Pro · MF Annah Conwell
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Enemies to lovers · Brother's best friend · Forbidden
Pro · MF Catherine Gayle
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Brother's best friend · Friends to lovers
Pro · MF Mira Lyn Kelly
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Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Forbidden · Second chance
Pro · MF Piper Rayne
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Second chance · Brother's best friend · Secret relationship
Pro · Why choose Lauren Blakely
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Why choose · Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Forbidden
Pro · MF Leah Brunner
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Brother's best friend · Friends to lovers · Second chance
College · MM Emmery Fox
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Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Opposites attract · Forbidden
College · MF Grace Reilly
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Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Grumpy / sunshine · Forbidden
College · MF Celeste Briars
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Secret relationship · Forbidden
College · MF Cali Melle
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Brother's best friend · Second chance · Forced proximity · Secret relationship
Retired · MF Paisley Hope
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Brother's best friend · Small town · Friends to lovers · Forbidden

Why brother's best friend works on the ice

Locker rooms have a code, and dating a teammate's sister breaks it. That gives these books a clear external obstacle on top of the usual romance, plus a brother who can be counted on to find out at the worst possible moment.

Most of these stories sneak around before they come clean, so they overlap heavily with secret relationship and forbidden books.

The best ones give the brother a real arc too. The confrontation scene is a staple, and the payoff is usually the two guys sorting it out on the ice before anyone says sorry off it.

Readers who love these books often reach for forbidden hockey romance, forced proximity hockey romance and secret relationship hockey romance next. You can also browse every hockey romance trope or go back to the full hockey romance directory.

New to the genre? Wikipedia covers the history of the romance novel and how a game of ice hockey works.

Best M/M brother's best friend hockey romance books

College · MM Eden Finley
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Brother's best friend · Opposites attract · Forbidden
Pro · MM Eden Finley
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Second chance · Age gap · Forced proximity · Brother's best friend
Pro · MM R.J. Scott
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Forbidden · Age gap · Brother's best friend · Secret relationship
Pro · MM Eden Finley
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Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Forced proximity · Secret relationship
College · MM Emmery Fox
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Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Opposites attract · Forbidden
Retired · MM Lane Hayes
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Second chance · Enemies to lovers · Small town · Brother's best friend

Best college brother's best friend hockey romance books

College · MF Elle Kennedy
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Opposites attract · Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Grumpy / sunshine
College · MM Eden Finley
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Brother's best friend · Opposites attract · Forbidden
College · MF G.N. Wright
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Enemies to lovers · Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Secret relationship
College · MF S. Massery
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Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Dark romance
College · MF Rebecca Jenshak
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Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Friends to lovers
College · MF L.A. Cotton
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Opposites attract

Slow burn brother's best friend hockey romance: lower-heat picks

Pro · MF Helena Hunting
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Brother's best friend · Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity · Forbidden
College · MF Rebecca Jenshak
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Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Friends to lovers
Minor · MF Emma St. Clair
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Fake dating · Brother's best friend · Second chance · Small town
Pro · MF Pippa Grant
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Friends to lovers · Brother's best friend · Second chance
Pro · MM R.J. Scott
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Forbidden · Age gap · Brother's best friend · Secret relationship
College · MF Cindi Madsen
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Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Friends to lovers · Secret relationship

Questions about brother's best friend hockey romance

What is the best brother's best friend hockey romance book?

Readers' favorite is Pucked by Helena Hunting, followed by The Chase by Elle Kennedy and Pucked Up by Helena Hunting. Our ranking blends how many Goodreads readers rated each book with how often it appears on readers' own hockey romance lists.

Are there M/M brother's best friend hockey romance books?

Yes. 32 of the 416 books here are M/M, led by Power Plays & Straight A's by Eden Finley and Hat Trick by Eden Finley.

How spicy are brother's best friend hockey romance books?

65% are rated spicy or scorching on our five-point heat scale. 145 are slow burn or sweeter, such as A Favor for a Favor by Helena Hunting.

Are brother's best friend hockey romance books set in college or the pros?

303 are set in pro hockey and 81 on college teams; the rest follow minor league, junior or retired players.

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