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 
The Chase
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Opposites attract · Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Grumpy / sunshine 
Change on the Fly
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Friends to lovers · Forced proximity · Single parent · Brother's best friend The Puck Secret
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Enemies to lovers · Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Secret relationship 
A Favor for a Favor
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Brother's best friend · Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity · Forbidden 
Sticks and Stones
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Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Dark romance 
Same Time Next Year
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Marriage of convenience · Brother's best friend · Holiday · Forbidden 
The Boyfriend Goal
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Forbidden · Friends to lovers 
Dark Delights
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Dark romance · Enemies to lovers · Brother's best friend · Forced proximity Watch Your Mouth
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Forbidden · Grumpy / sunshine 
Play with Me
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Secret relationship · Friends to lovers 
Shutout
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Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Grumpy / sunshine Crazy Pucking Love
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Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Friends to lovers · Secret relationship Before We Came
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Second chance · Friends to lovers Holdout
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Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Grumpy / sunshine · Secret relationship Forbidden Puckboy
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Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Forced proximity · Secret relationship 
Untouchable Player
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Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Opposites attract · Forbidden 
The Worst Kind of Promise
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Secret relationship · Forbidden Cross Checked Hearts
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Brother's best friend · Second chance · Forced proximity · Secret relationship 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
Forbidden Puckboy
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Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Forced proximity · Secret relationship Untouchable Player
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Brother's best friend · Secret relationship · Opposites attract · Forbidden Best college brother's best friend hockey romance books
The Chase
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Opposites attract · Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Grumpy / sunshine The Puck Secret
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Enemies to lovers · Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Secret relationship Sticks and Stones
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Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity · Brother's best friend · Dark romance Slow burn brother's best friend hockey romance: lower-heat picks
A Favor for a Favor
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Brother's best friend · Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity · Forbidden Crazy Pucking Love
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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.