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Looking at all the different sports romance books I’ve read (and there are many that I’m highlighting on this list of the best sports romance books), hockey romance books make up the majority.
Romance writers should also be big fans of the sport because there are plenty of hockey romance novels to choose from if you’re looking for men to work it on and off the ice.
Authors who have written the best and my favorite hockey romance books include sarina bowen, elle kennedy, helena hunting, and sawyer bennett, who have written an entire series of books about hockey players and the teams they play for .
I personally love hockey, especially watching it live.
I’m not really into the fights, but I love hearing the puck hit and the body crashing against the boards.
we just started going to minor league games, watching the providence bruins play in providence, rhode island.
At their matches you can easily get reasonably priced tickets right in front of the glass, giving you a perfect view of these incredible athletes.
There are so many hockey romance books that I could recommend reading, but here is a list of the 14 best hockey romance books that I would read again in a heartbeat.
featuring the best hockey romance novels from some of my favorite authors that every fan of sports novels should read.
Since many of these best hockey romance books are part of a series, I’ve also included the name of the series so you can see even more books to add to your must-read pile.
but don’t worry, they can all be read independently.
the best hockey romance books:
a favor for a favor(all in series) by helena hunting
When I joined the Seattle NHL expansion team, I thought it was the start of something great. but nothing ever turns out the way you expect.
Take my introduction to my new neighbor.
came rolling in on the hot mess express in the middle of the night, making a ruckus while trying to get into my team captain’s apartment. Did I mention that he is married to a woman who definitely wasn’t her?
Imagine my surprise when I end up with an injury that keeps me out of the game for weeks, and she’s the one offering to help me.
I should probably add that she’s not the captain’s secondary piece. she is his attractive younger sister with pastel hair.
so we strike a deal: she rehabs me so I can get back on the ice sooner and she can add a professional athlete who isn’t her brother to her client list. it seems quite simple.
As long as I can keep my hands and hormones in check.
to say that stevie is having a bad day when he first meets bishop is an understatement.
but what follows that disastrous introduction of mistaken identities and wrong assumptions leads to a really sweet and funny story of enemies to lovers.
The frustration and sexual tension between Stevie and Bishop as she helps him recover from an injury so he can get back on the ice is perfect and made this a book I couldn’t put down!
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brooklynaire(brooklyn series)by sarina bowen
You’d think a billion dollars, a professional hockey team, and a six-bedroom mansion on the waterfront would satisfy a guy. you would be wrong.
for seven years, rebecca has brightened up my office with her wit and smile.
manages both my hockey team and my sanity. I don’t know when I started waking up at night, longing for her.
All I know is that one whiff of her perfume ruins my concentration. and her laughter makes me hard.
when rebecca gets hurt, i step in to help. It’s what friends do. But what friends don’t do is rip each other’s clothes off for one wild night together.
Now he’s avoiding me. she says that we are too different, and that it can never happen again. So why can’t we keep our hands off each other?
This book is a hockey romance from a different angle.
It’s not about a player, but about an owner and his assistant who help him manage the team.
It’s a bit of hockey romance mixed with a bit of office romance and a friends-to-lovers story where the boss and assistant finally give in to their attraction one night.
Brooklynaire is not only a favorite hockey romance, but it’s also one of the best romance novels of all time!
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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boyfriend negotiation(hawthorne university series) by ilsa madden-mills
Broken and desperate, Sugar Ryan doesn’t need arrogant, mean athletes. . . until she is forced to negotiate with the most arrogant of them all.
If only I knew she was alive.
your mission? Get on this hockey player’s radar any way you can.
Zack Morgan is the king of ice and the bedroom, but nothing prepares him for the mystery girl who shows up everywhere: frat parties, his favorite bar, and finally his front door with an offer he can’t refuse. . .
the only rule in her boyfriend contract: do not fall in love.
but after one (um, two) passionate relationships, he’s not faking it anymore and promises to make his fake relationship come true. Too bad she can’t trust a player with a reputation for breaking hearts.
Will this hockey star get his girlfriend forever or will her boyfriend’s deal end in heartbreak?
ilsa madden-mills writes new adult romance novels and i’m a big fan of her sports novel books!
Zack is a hockey star, but the Puck Bunnies are after him and Sugar is desperate to get into the law school of her dreams.
She hatches a plan that a fake relationship with the hockey stud can get her what she wants, but she doesn’t anticipate the chemistry between them being off the charts.
a great read starring a hot hockey player.
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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puck me secret (vancouver wolves hockey series) by odette stone
I’ve never been in love. I’ve never had the big o, but I’ve faked a lot. I want to experience love. real and passionate love. I don’t want my life to end.
It’s funny what comes out of your mouth when the plane you’re on is going down, and I didn’t hold back with my seatmate when my plane decided to crash.
My hysterical confessions didn’t faze the burly muscled man sitting next to me. in fact, he promised that if we survived, he would give me my first o.
we survived. I came. and then she left without telling me who she was.
On my first day on the job, I stood in front of the Vancouver Wolves hockey team and yelled out a number. #33. imagine my surprise when he skidded forward.
max is an amazing hockey player, whose wild and out-of-control antics have almost derailed his career. so many secrets shroud his past and continue to threaten his future.
now he is my secret. and that secret could ruin everything.
Rory and Max did not have their typical first meeting in this book. oh no, they met in a plane crash!
Rory had no idea that the man who calmed her anxiety and took care of her after the accident was actually a player on the hockey team she now worked for, like her boss.
This book offers you a hockey romance but much more.
I loved her strong connection, but also how rory had to overcome stereotypes as a woman working in a predominantly male profession. this is one of the best!
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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he(he series)by sarina bowen and elle kennedy
they don’t play for the same team. or them?
jamie canning has never been able to figure out how he lost his closest friend.
Four years ago, his tattooed, prankster, offending roommate interrupted him without explanation.
So what if things got a little weird the last night of hockey camp the summer they turned eighteen? It was just a little drunken nonsense.
Ryan Wesley’s biggest regret is persuading his very straight friend to make a bet that pushed the boundaries of their relationship.
Now, with his varsity teams set to square off for the national championship, he’ll finally have a chance to apologize. But all it takes is one look at her longtime crush, and the pain is stronger than ever.
Jamie has waited a long time for answers, but leaves with only more questions: can one night together ruin a friendship?
If not, how about six more weeks?
When Wesley shows up to coach Jamie at yet another hot summer at camp, Jamie has a few things to discover about his old friend…and a big one to learn about himself.
This is one of those books that I want everyone to read because it’s so good.
Seriously, it’s one of the best romance novels of all time because it’s so well written, with amazing characters and a story that tugs at your heartstrings.
This is a college hockey romance that brings together two friends from hockey camp who lost touch after a night of scouting.
trust me, you will be a fan of jamie and ryan for life after reading this book! is one of my favorite hockey romance books and one of the best mm romances of all time.
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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we(his series) by sarina bowen and elle kennedy
Five months later, NHL forward Ryan Wesley is having an unprecedented rookie season.
He’s living his dream of playing professional hockey and coming home every night to the man he loves: Jamie Canning, his lifelong best friend turned boyfriend.
There’s just one problem: The most important relationship of your life is one you need to keep hidden, or else you’ll face a media storm that will overshadow your success on the ice.
jamie loves wes. he really, he really does. but hiding sucks.
It’s not the life Jamie envisioned for himself, and the strain of keeping his secret is taking its toll.
It doesn’t help that his new job isn’t going as well as he hoped, but he knows he can get by as long as he has weas. at least apartment 10b is their refuge, where they can always be themselves.
or can they? When Wes’s most nosy teammate moves upstairs, the threads of his carefully woven lie begin to unravel.
with the outside world determined to do the best it can with them, can wes and jamie develop world-class relationship skills on the fly?
if you read it, then nothing will stop you from reading us, where jamie and ryan face real strains in their relationship now that ryan plays professional hockey in the nhl.
Coming out remains a touchy subject in professional sports today and this book delves into how this can affect players.
another fantastic book by bowen and kennedy.
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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garrett(cold fury hockey series) by sawyer bennett
garrett samuelson, the star of carolina cold fury, never wants to miss a single minute of fun.
Whether you’re playing hockey, hanging out with friends, or walking the red carpet with a new date on your arm, live every day to the fullest.
when he meets olivia case, he sees someone who is exactly his type: confident, attractive, intelligent. . . his next adventure.
But the more he pursues her, the more Garrett shares a side of himself other women don’t normally get to see.
olivia has been keeping a secret. While Garrett lives for the next thrill, Olivia isn’t sure she’ll live to see the next day.
He’s undergoing treatment for some serious medical issues and doesn’t have time for an unsafe relationship, especially one with a womanizer who won’t take no for an answer.
But as she gets to know the real Garrett, Olivia can’t help but fall in love with him. . . hard. Revealing the truth would mean risking everything, but you can’t score without taking the tough shots.
garrett is my favorite hockey player in sawyer bennett’s cold fury series.
he’s a funny guy, but a bit relentless in his pursuit of olivia.
I love romances where neither party is looking for a relationship until they meet.
read garrett then check out all of bennett’s hockey romances!
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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pucked over(pucked series) by helena hunting
lily leblanc isn’t versed in the art of casual, but after seven years in an on-and-off relationship, she’s definitely up for a try.
And who better to try than the best friend of your best friend’s boyfriend? What could go wrong? nothing at all.
nhl player randy ballistic lives up to his last name on the ice and in the bedroom.
His best friend and teammate recently gave up puck bunnies for a real girlfriend. and it just so happens that she has a very feisty and extra hot best friend on the rebound.
randy is more than happy to be lily’s springboard back into the dating world.
Casual is just casual until those pesky things called emotions get involved. once that happens, someone is likely to get upset.
I love all the hockey romances in Helena Hunting’s Pucked series, but I have a soft spot for Randy and Lily, who are probably my favorite pairing.
Is it because they keep finding themselves doing it in bathrooms because they just can’t help it?
yes, probably! 🙂 I loved this hockey romance book and you will too.
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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the deal(off campus series)by elle kennedy
hannah wells has finally found someone who turns her on.
But while you may be confident in every other area of your life, you’re carrying a lot of baggage when it comes to seduction.
If you want to get your crush’s attention, you’re going to have to step out of your comfort zone and make him notice… even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the team. hockey in exchange for a simulated date.
…and it’s going to be so good.
All Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA threatens everything he’s worked so hard for.
If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help secure his position on the team, he’s up for it.
But when an unexpected kiss leads to the wildest night of their lives, it doesn’t take long for Garrett to realize that pretending isn’t enough.
now he just has to convince hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.
There’s a reason this book has over 125,000 good read ratings: it’s that good.
This is another college hockey romance that begins with a fake relationship where Garrett goes on “fake dates” with Hannah to improve his social status in exchange for a little mentorship.
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A must read!
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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good boy(wags series) by sarina bowen and elle kennedy
Planning her brother’s wedding for an MVP guest list is Jess Canning’s challenge of a lifetime.
It’s already the family’s mistake, you can’t afford to fail. and no one – absolutely no one! -You can learn about the colossal mistake he made with the godfather during a moment of weakness last spring.
was wrong and will not be repeated. absolutely not. even if he’s the hottest thing on two legs.
Blake Riley sees the wedding as fate’s gift to him. Jess is the maid of honor and he is the best man? let the games begin.
So what if you face a little (well, a lot) of resistance? he just needs to convince the headstrong blonde that he really is a good guy with a bad reputation.
Luckily, every professional hockey player knows that you have to work hard if you want to score.
but jess has more pressing issues to deal with than her attraction to a giant boy child.
such as: Will the ceremony start on time, even though someone got Grandma drunk? Does glitter ever belong at a wedding? And is it wrong to kill the godfather?
I was hooked on his/us books, so of course I had to read Good Guy, which features Jamie’s sister Jess and Ryan’s teammate Blake.
Just pick up this book to meet Blake. this hockey stud is hilarious.
I loved everything that came out of his mouth. so fucking funny!
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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taking a picture(play by play series) by jaci burton
the last thing jenna riley needs is more sports in her life. While her brothers go on to be athletic superstars, she stays in charge of the family sports bar, whether she likes it or not.
then on walks pro hockey stud tyler anderson. As much as Jenna would like to hit the boards with him, she’s vowed never to fall for an athlete, even one as hot as Ty.
ty, intrigued by the bar’s beautiful owner, becomes a regular.
he feels that jenna wants to do something more with her life. And as she gains her trust, the passion between them grows, as does Ty’s insistence that Jenna should start living for herself.
With your encouragement, Jenna begins to believe it too…
But first, Jenna has to figure out what she wants, what she needs, who she loves, and if she has the passion and pride to try to have it all, including you…
I loved this romantic book featuring the sister of a professional football and baseball player who wants nothing to do with athletes.
ty is the hockey player who relentlessly pursues her and gets to know her deepest dreams and desires.
oh, and they’re super hot together! one of jaci burton’s best in the play by play series.
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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Are you a sports fanatic? check out my list of best sports romance books!
pipe dreams(brooklyn thugs series) by sarina bowen
mike beacon is a champion defending the net, but off the ice he’s not so lucky.
Widower and single father, he has never forgotten Lauren Williams, the ex who gave him the best year of his life.
When Lauren reappears in the goons’ office during the playoffs, Beacon sees her chance to make things right.
Lauren hates being forced to travel with the team she used to work for and the man who broke her heart.
There’s still undeniable sexual tension between her and mike, but she’s not going down that road again. she is focused on her plans for the future: she doesn’t need a man to make her dreams of motherhood come true.
Lauren plays her best defensive game, but she’s no match for the dark-eyed goalie. When the playing field moves to Florida, things heat up at the beach.
One of Mike’s biggest fans doesn’t approve: his teenage daughter. but a true competitor knows that he should not waste the perfect opportunity to fall in love.
This is one of the best hockey romances featuring a second chance love story.
mike and lauren were a perfect fit until they broke up, but that chemistry has gone nowhere now that lauren is forced to work for the same hockey team mike plays on.
I also thought the single parent angle was a great addition to this story.
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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a baby daddy(quotes by numbers series)by meghan quinn
“what are you doing now that your team is out of the stanley cup race?” forget. I need to forget. I need an escape.
only one person isn’t in love with my reputation as the golden boy of the nhl; she caught my attention the moment she called me out for snooping around my best friend’s house.
She didn’t want to hear my reason, she just wanted to playfully give me a hard time.
adalyn is bold, daring and the perfect getaway.
she is everywhere. in the city and in my dreams, and suddenly I need to spend every waking moment with her.
and I do, making this summer the best off-season I’ve ever had.
but in the midst of losing myself in adalyn, what i don’t expect is getting her pregnant.
And what I definitely don’t expect is to have to fight for his affection.
hayden may be one of the most likeable hockey players. he is so nice but also a fun guy.
He had a hot summer with Adalyn that ended in a pregnancy.
meghan quinn writes the best sports romance and she’s done it again with this hockey romance.
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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harmless(pier 70 series)by nicole edwards
has a secret… roan gregory, one of the four owners of the pier 70 marina, has managed to present himself as a loner in recent months.
there is a reason for that. and he has every intention of keeping that reason a secret. that is, until you no longer have the option.
He’s got a secret too… Colton Seguine, defenseman for the Austin Arrows, has gotten good at keeping the world from finding out he’s gay.
He knows exactly what he can and cannot do. and with whom. that is, until he sees roan for the first time and all bets are off.
Some secrets are too big to keep. Temperatures soar when this brooding bad boy gets his first taste of this fiery hockey player.
Can Roan and Seg get past each other’s defenses? Or, thanks to the way the cards have been dealt, will their time together turn out to be just a harmless one-night stand?
Harmless is another MM hockey romance but it features Colton, a hockey player who is definitely not out.
His first encounter with roam was exciting and I loved how his story developed to be about them and not just his fear of his orientation coming out. I highly recommend it!
See Also: Sid Halley – Book Series In Order
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