Trope · 409 books

Fake dating hockey romance

Fake dating hockey romance starts with an arrangement: a pretend relationship to fix a player's image, make an ex jealous or keep a family off someone's back. Everyone knows how it ends. The fun is watching them find out.

Top fake dating hockey romance books

409 ranked · showing 48
College · MF Elle Kennedy
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Fake dating · Enemies to lovers · Opposites attract
College · MF Elle Kennedy
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Enemies to lovers · Fake dating · Forbidden · Secret relationship
Pro · MF Meghan Quinn
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Fake dating · Age gap · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Stephanie Archer
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Fake dating · Forced proximity · Grumpy / sunshine · Opposites attract
College · MF Elle Kennedy
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Fake dating · Opposites attract
Retired · MM Eden Finley
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Enemies to lovers · Fake dating · Single parent · Opposites attract
Pro · Why choose Lauren Blakely
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Why choose · Fake dating · Forced proximity · Grumpy / sunshine
College · MF Elle Kennedy
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Fake dating · Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity
Pro · MF Odette Stone
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Marriage of convenience · Fake dating · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Meghan Quinn
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Forced proximity · Fake dating · Friends to lovers · Grumpy / sunshine
Pro · MF Melissa Ivers
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Fake dating · Brother's best friend · Single parent
College · MF Angel Lawson
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Fake dating · Forbidden · Opposites attract
Pro · Why choose Lauren Blakely
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Why choose · Fake dating · Marriage of convenience · Secret relationship
Pro · MF Lana Ferguson
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Fake dating · Brother's best friend
Pro · MM Eden Finley
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Fake dating · Secret relationship · Opposites attract · Forbidden
Pro · MF Chelsea Curto
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Marriage of convenience · Grumpy / sunshine · Fake dating · Friends to lovers
Pro · MF Chloe Liese
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Brother's best friend · Fake dating · Friends to lovers · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Avery Flynn
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Fake dating · Opposites attract
Pro · MM Emily Rath
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Marriage of convenience · Fake dating · Forced proximity · Single parent
Pro · MF Courtney Walsh
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Fake dating · Holiday · Opposites attract · Small town
Pro · MF Anastasija White
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Fake dating · Forced proximity
Pro · MF Nikki Callan
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Friends to lovers · Fake dating · Forced proximity
Pro · MF Natasha Madison
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Fake dating · Forbidden
Minor · MF Emma St. Clair
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Fake dating · Brother's best friend · Second chance · Small town
Pro · MF Hannah Cowan
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Fake dating · Second chance · Friends to lovers
Juniors · MF Alexandra Moody
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Fake dating · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Bal Khabra
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Fake dating · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Teagan Hunter
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Marriage of convenience · Grumpy / sunshine · Fake dating · Opposites attract
Pro · MF L. Steele
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Fake dating · Forced proximity · Grumpy / sunshine · Forbidden
College · MF S.J. Sylvis
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Fake dating · Forced proximity · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Sarina Bowen
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Friends to lovers · Marriage of convenience · Fake dating · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Celeste Briars
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Fake dating · Opposites attract
Juniors · MF Lynn Painter
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Fake dating · Friends to lovers · Second chance · Small town
Pro · MF Kristen Granata
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Fake dating · Enemies to lovers · Grumpy / sunshine · Forced proximity
Pro · MF Deirdre Martin
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Fake dating · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Katie Bailey
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Marriage of convenience · Fake dating · Holiday · Forced proximity
Pro · MM Jodi Oliver
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Fake dating · Friends to lovers · Grumpy / sunshine · Age gap
Pro · MF Meredith Trapp
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Fake dating · Age gap · Forbidden · Opposites attract
College · MF Sarina Bowen
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Fake dating · Holiday · Friends to lovers
Pro · MF Kenna King
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Marriage of convenience · Fake dating · Forced proximity
Other · FF Kate Cochrane
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Second chance · Enemies to lovers · Fake dating · Forced proximity
College · MF Michelle Hercules
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Fake dating · Friends to lovers
Pro · MF Tessa Bailey
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Enemies to lovers · Fake dating · Forced proximity · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Rebecca Jenshak
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Marriage of convenience · Opposites attract · Fake dating · Forced proximity
College · MF Ilsa Madden-Mills
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Fake dating · Opposites attract
College · MF Veronica Eden
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Fake dating · Brother's best friend · Opposites attract
College · MF London Snow
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Brother's best friend · Fake dating · Dark romance · Friends to lovers
Pro · MF Pippa Grant
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Fake dating · Opposites attract · Friends to lovers

Why fake dating works on the ice

Pro hockey gives the setup a reason to exist. Teams care about image, cameras are everywhere, and one good photo of a player with a steady partner can quiet a scandal overnight.

College versions lean on tutoring deals and party dares instead, with lower stakes and more chaos.

The rules are half the appeal. No kissing unless people are watching, no sleepovers, no feelings. Watching each rule fall, usually in that order, is why this trope sits near the top of every hockey romance list.

Readers who love these books often reach for opposites attract hockey romance, forced proximity hockey romance and enemies to lovers 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 fake dating hockey romance books

Retired · MM Eden Finley
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Enemies to lovers · Fake dating · Single parent · Opposites attract
Pro · MM Eden Finley
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Fake dating · Secret relationship · Opposites attract · Forbidden
Pro · MM Emily Rath
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Marriage of convenience · Fake dating · Forced proximity · Single parent
Pro · MM Jodi Oliver
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Fake dating · Friends to lovers · Grumpy / sunshine · Age gap
College · MM J.R. Gray
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Friends to lovers · Fake dating · Secret relationship
College · MM Hayden Hall
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Grumpy / sunshine · Opposites attract · Fake dating

Best college fake dating hockey romance books

College · MF Elle Kennedy
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Fake dating · Enemies to lovers · Opposites attract
College · MF Elle Kennedy
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Enemies to lovers · Fake dating · Forbidden · Secret relationship
College · MF Elle Kennedy
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Fake dating · Opposites attract
College · MF Elle Kennedy
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Fake dating · Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity
College · MF Angel Lawson
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Fake dating · Forbidden · Opposites attract
College · MF S.J. Sylvis
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Fake dating · Forced proximity · Opposites attract

Slow burn fake dating hockey romance: lower-heat picks

Pro · MF Odette Stone
●●●●●Slow burn
Marriage of convenience · Fake dating · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Courtney Walsh
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Fake dating · Holiday · Opposites attract · Small town
Pro · MF Nikki Callan
●●●●●Slow burn
Friends to lovers · Fake dating · Forced proximity
Minor · MF Emma St. Clair
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Fake dating · Brother's best friend · Second chance · Small town
Juniors · MF Alexandra Moody
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Fake dating · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Bal Khabra
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Fake dating · Opposites attract

Questions about fake dating hockey romance

What is the best fake dating hockey romance book?

Readers' favorite is The Deal by Elle Kennedy, followed by The Risk by Elle Kennedy and Right Man, Right Time by Meghan Quinn. 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 fake dating hockey romance books?

Yes. 46 of the 409 books here are M/M, led by Puck Drills & Quick Thrills by Eden Finley and Deke by Eden Finley.

How spicy are fake dating hockey romance books?

61% are rated spicy or scorching on our five-point heat scale. 159 are slow burn or sweeter, such as The Penalty Box by Odette Stone.

Are fake dating hockey romance books set in college or the pros?

294 are set in pro hockey and 87 on college teams; the rest follow minor league, junior or retired players.

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