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Wanting the Winger (Love on the Line, #2) by Brenda Rothert

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is book 2 in the Love on the Line series but can be read as a standalone. This time NHL winger Bash finds love with Lainey, the little sister of his childhood best friend. She’s moving to Cleveland to work on a 4 month research project and he offers her his home to live in while she’s there. Lainey had a huge crush on Bash when she was younger (he’s 4 years older than her). When she was 17 and he was 21 and already in the NHL she asked him to take her to her prom. He naturally said no and her heart broke. Now Lainey is engaged to marry Shane, a worthless POS not worthy of her. Bash has no trouble reminding Lainey every chance he gets that he’s not worthy of her. He thinks he’s being a good friend. Until he can’t deny he’s actually got feelings for her. Now, just to make her believe his feelings are real.

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Make the Play (Nashville Rampage, #1) by Kaylee Ryan

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is a sweet sports romance between Corie and her brother Landry’s best friend Knox. Landry and Knox are professional football players and have several fellow players in their small friendship group. When Corie returns home from college, she and her best friend Sloane are welcomed into the group.

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The Bad Boy Rule (Hellcats Hockey #1) by Maren Moore

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Saint is the hockey bad boy of Orleans campus. He hits ’em and quits ’em, never kissing, cuddling, spending the night, or sleeping with the same girl twice. His life is hard and complicated and his sole focus is protecting his mother and making it to the NHL to give them both a better life. So the last thing he needs is a privileged do-gooder ice skater barging into his life and making him constantly think about what’s underneath that cute skirt.

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Mr. Charming (The Nest, #4) by Piper Rayne

Rating: 3 out of 5.

This is the fourth book in a spicy hockey rom com series, but can be read as a stand alone. I haven’t read the other books and didn’t feel too lost. This book focuses on the romance between Tweety and Tedi, a couple that had been together but broke up a few years ago. Tedi is the head of a team that manages social media accounts for the hockey league and is sent to Chicago to manage the accounts of the Falcons, where her ex Tweety plays. They agree that their relationship will stay strictly business, but of course, that never works. Tedi even goes so far as to get a fake boyfriend (an MLB player that is her brother’s best friend), but those never work in the end.

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The Girlfriend Zone (Love and Hockey, #4) by Lauren Blakely

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is a fun and flirty hockey rom com that will have you feeling all the feels. It’s book 4 in the Love and Hockey series, but can be read as a stand alone. This book centers on Leighton, the coach’s daughter, and Miles, the older hockey player that was given a second-chance by the coach after a bad injury. Leighton is just starting out her photography career and hires Miles as a last-minute model stand-in when her model bails, at the suggestion of Mile’s grandmother. Sparks fly when the couple are alone and they spend one fantastic, perfect day together. Reality hits the next day when they discover that Leighton’s father is Miles’ coach, who Miles greatly respects. They decide that despite their attraction, they have to leave it at the one perfect day. To their credit, they last one year with this “one day only” plan, until they eventually can’t fight their attraction.

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No Ordinary Love by Myah Ariel

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I’m excited to feature this heartwarming contemporary romance between a MLB baseball player and a pop star. It’s out today, April 1, 2025, and I’ve got not only the official book “blurb”, but an excerpt of the book from the author Berkley Publishing Group.

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Slash & Burn (Holden Cove #2) by Maddy Lowe

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Grady is a pro NHL player that sustained a torn rotator cuff while saving a man from drowning. He missed the last 6 games of the season and had surgery, but the recurring nightmares and fear of water are messing with him more than his physical injuries. He returns to his small town of Holden Cove to recover and is matched with one of his childhood friend’s sister, Jill, for a community reading program between his hockey team and her library. She’s off limits, but tell that to the instant chemistry that sparks between the couple.

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Faking the Shot (The Crawford Family Playbook #1) by Kendall Hale

Rating: 4 out of 5.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4

This is a cute and spicy hockey sports romance between a Valentina, a PR fixer, and Kaden, a bad boy hockey star. Valentia had a messy divorce and has sworn off men. She’s working for her brother-n-law’s PR firm and gets pulled into a meeting with one of the firms clients Kaden, a grumpy bad-boy hockey star that creates chaos wherever he goes and is in immediate need of some good PR. Valentina is assigned to help his image, but because this is a sports rom com, events converge and she’s forced to fake date Kaden to help improve his image. She’s mortified – him, not so much.

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Hot Mic, Cold Ice by Tela V.

Rating: 4 out of 5.

This is a fun, flirty, steamy contemporary hockey romance. The book started off a bit slow, but once the characters started to interact more it picked up. Ziggy starts a new job as an on-air hockey reporter, but she’s never done it before. It starts off rocky, especially when hot-shot goalie Elliot humiliates her during her first sportscast. What starts off as animosity quickly turns to lust as the two secretly hook up. Both of their careers improve as they continue their clandestine affair, but things get complicated when real feelings start to creep in.

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