Trope · 870 books
Enemies to lovers hockey romance
Enemies to lovers hockey romance puts two people who cannot stand each other on the same ice, then makes them work it out. Rival captains, a player and the PR rep cleaning up his mess, the figure skater who has to share his practice slot: the fight is the foreplay.
Top enemies to lovers hockey romance books
870 ranked · showing 48 
Puck Drills & Quick Thrills
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Enemies to lovers · Fake dating · Single parent · Opposites attract 
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 
Between the Pipes
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Grumpy / sunshine · Forced proximity · Opposites attract · Enemies to lovers 
Why enemies to lovers works on the ice
Hockey suits this trope because the conflict is built in. Teams have rivals, games have scoreboards, and there is always a reason for two leads to be in each other's space when they would rather not be.
The best ones give both sides a real grievance. The banter lands harder when you half agree with each of them, and the turn feels earned instead of convenient.
Expect slow-burn tension in the first half and a lot of heat once the walls come down. M/M readers get some of the genre's most loved books here, with secret rivals-to-lovers arcs that run across whole seasons.
Readers who love these books often reach for forced proximity hockey romance, opposites attract hockey romance and forbidden 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 enemies to lovers hockey romance books
Puck Drills & Quick Thrills
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Enemies to lovers · Fake dating · Single parent · Opposites attract Best college enemies to lovers hockey romance books
Slow burn enemies to lovers hockey romance: lower-heat picks
A Favor for a Favor
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Brother's best friend · Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity · Forbidden Questions about enemies to lovers hockey romance
What is the best enemies to lovers hockey romance book?
Readers' favorite is Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, followed by Consider Me by Becka Mack and The Deal by Elle Kennedy. 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 enemies to lovers hockey romance books?
Yes. 239 of the 870 books here are M/M, led by Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid and The Long Game by Rachel Reid.
How spicy are enemies to lovers hockey romance books?
67% are rated spicy or scorching on our five-point heat scale. 287 are slow burn or sweeter, such as Collide by Bal Khabra.
Are enemies to lovers hockey romance books set in college or the pros?
521 are set in pro hockey and 249 on college teams; the rest follow minor league, junior or retired players.