Trope · 630 books

Found family hockey romance

Found family hockey romance surrounds the couple with a team that becomes a family: teammates who adopt the heroine on sight, a coach who acts like a dad and a group chat that never shuts up.

Top found family hockey romance books

630 ranked · showing 48
Pro · Why choose Emily Rath
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Why choose · Forbidden · Secret relationship · Found family
Pro · MF Becka Mack
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Enemies to lovers · Opposites attract · Found family
Pro · MF Helena Hunting
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Opposites attract · Found family
Pro · MM Tal Bauer
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Friends to lovers · Secret relationship · Found family · Forbidden
Other · MM E.M. Lindsey
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Marriage of convenience · Found family · Grumpy / sunshine
Pro · Why choose Rosemary A. Johns
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Why choose · Forbidden · Forced proximity · Found family
Pro · MF Elle Kennedy
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Found family · Surprise pregnancy
Pro · MF Becka Mack
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Forced proximity · Enemies to lovers · Forbidden · Found family
Pro · MF Toni Aleo
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Opposites attract · Found family
College · MM Eden Finley
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Forbidden · Secret relationship · Found family
Pro · MF Shelly Laurenston
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Forced proximity · Opposites attract · Small town · Found family
Pro · Why choose Emily Rath
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Why choose · Found family · Surprise pregnancy
Pro · MM Eden Finley
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Opposites attract · Found family
Pro · MF Chelsea Curto
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Enemies to lovers · Opposites attract · Secret relationship · Found family
College · MM Ngozi Ukazu
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Grumpy / sunshine · Figure skater · Found family · Secret relationship
College · Why choose Elle Kennedy
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Why choose · Secret relationship · Found family · Friends to lovers
Pro · MF Helena Hunting
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Found family · Opposites attract
College · MM A.L. Graziadei
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Enemies to lovers · Found family
College · MM Ngozi Ukazu
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Secret relationship · Found family · Opposites attract
Pro · MF C.R. Jane
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Dark romance · Forbidden · Opposites attract · Found family
Pro · Why choose Emma Foxx
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Why choose · Grumpy / sunshine · Found family
Pro · Why choose Emily Rath
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Why choose · Surprise pregnancy · Forbidden · Found family
Pro · MF Becka Mack
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Single parent · Found family · Secret relationship
College · MF Sheridan Anne
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Opposites attract · Forced proximity · Found family
Pro · MF Toni Aleo
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Single parent · Found family · Opposites attract
Pro · Why choose Emma Foxx
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Why choose · Found family · Grumpy / sunshine · Surprise pregnancy
College · MF Hannah Grace
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Friends to lovers · Opposites attract · Found family
Pro · MF Leah Brunner
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Grumpy / sunshine · Enemies to lovers · Single parent · Found family
Pro · MF Toni Aleo
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Holiday · Found family
Minor · MM Avon Gale
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Enemies to lovers · Found family · Forced proximity
Pro · MF Helena Hunting
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Secret relationship · Found family
Pro · MF Chelsea Curto
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Friends to lovers · Forced proximity · Forbidden · Found family
Pro · MF Helena Hunting
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Found family · Forced proximity
Pro · Why choose C.R. Jane
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Why choose · Dark romance · Second chance · Found family
Pro · MF Becka Mack
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Found family
Minor · MM Avon Gale
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Forbidden · Secret relationship · Age gap · Found family
Pro · MM Jodi Oliver
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Opposites attract · Found family
Pro · MM R.J. Scott
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Opposites attract · Found family
College · MF Sarina Bowen
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Secret relationship · Found family · Forced proximity
Pro · MF Lyssa Kay Adams
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Marriage of convenience · Friends to lovers · Found family
Pro · MM Ashlyn Kane
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Holiday · Found family
Pro · MF Beth Ehemann
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Single parent · Small town · Found family
College · MF Peyton Corinne
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Second chance · Secret relationship · Opposites attract · Found family
Pro · MF Natasha Madison
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Single parent · Opposites attract · Found family
Pro · MF Katie Bailey
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Forced proximity · Grumpy / sunshine · Found family
Pro · MM Ashlyn Kane
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Grumpy / sunshine · Opposites attract · Found family
Pro · MF Catherine Cowles
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Single parent · Forced proximity · Small town · Found family
Pro · MF Paris Wynters
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Single parent · Secret relationship · Found family

Why found family works on the ice

A hockey roster is a ready-made family, which is why so many series in our directory are built around one team, with each book giving another teammate his turn.

The romance is the center, but the ensemble is what keeps readers coming back for the next book in the series.

If you finish a book and immediately want the next teammate's story, this is the trope to filter by. It also pairs well with single parent and why choose stories.

Readers who love these books often reach for opposites attract hockey romance, forced proximity hockey romance and friends 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 found family hockey romance books

Pro · MM Tal Bauer
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Friends to lovers · Secret relationship · Found family · Forbidden
Other · MM E.M. Lindsey
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Marriage of convenience · Found family · Grumpy / sunshine
College · MM Eden Finley
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Forbidden · Secret relationship · Found family
Pro · MM Eden Finley
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Opposites attract · Found family
College · MM Ngozi Ukazu
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Grumpy / sunshine · Figure skater · Found family · Secret relationship
College · MM A.L. Graziadei
●●●●●Warm
Enemies to lovers · Found family

Best college found family hockey romance books

College · MM Eden Finley
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Forbidden · Secret relationship · Found family
College · MM Ngozi Ukazu
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Grumpy / sunshine · Figure skater · Found family · Secret relationship
College · Why choose Elle Kennedy
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Why choose · Secret relationship · Found family · Friends to lovers
College · MM A.L. Graziadei
●●●●●Warm
Enemies to lovers · Found family
College · MM Ngozi Ukazu
●●●●●Sweet
Secret relationship · Found family · Opposites attract
College · MF Sheridan Anne
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Opposites attract · Forced proximity · Found family

Slow burn found family hockey romance: lower-heat picks

Pro · MF Toni Aleo
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Opposites attract · Found family
College · MM Ngozi Ukazu
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Grumpy / sunshine · Figure skater · Found family · Secret relationship
College · MM A.L. Graziadei
●●●●●Warm
Enemies to lovers · Found family
College · MM Ngozi Ukazu
●●●●●Sweet
Secret relationship · Found family · Opposites attract
Pro · MF Leah Brunner
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Grumpy / sunshine · Enemies to lovers · Single parent · Found family
Pro · MF Toni Aleo
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Holiday · Found family

Questions about found family hockey romance

What is the best found family hockey romance book?

Readers' favorite is Pucking Around by Emily Rath, followed by Consider Me by Becka Mack and Pucked Over 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 found family hockey romance books?

Yes. 226 of the 630 books here are M/M, led by The Rest of the Story by Tal Bauer and Zero Pucks by E.M. Lindsey.

How spicy are found family hockey romance books?

51% are rated spicy or scorching on our five-point heat scale. 308 are slow burn or sweeter, such as Empty Net by Toni Aleo.

Are found family hockey romance books set in college or the pros?

471 are set in pro hockey and 83 on college teams; the rest follow minor league, junior or retired players.

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