Trope · 409 books
Fake dating hockey romance
Fake dating hockey romance starts with an arrangement: a pretend relationship to fix a player's image, make an ex jealous or keep a family off someone's back. Everyone knows how it ends. The fun is watching them find out.
Top fake dating hockey romance books
409 ranked · showing 48 
Puck Drills & Quick Thrills
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Enemies to lovers · Fake dating · Single parent · Opposites attract 
Shenanigans
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Friends to lovers · Marriage of convenience · Fake dating · Opposites attract 
Wake Up, Nat & Darcy
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Second chance · Enemies to lovers · Fake dating · Forced proximity 
Wild Ever After
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Marriage of convenience · Opposites attract · Fake dating · Forced proximity 
Pucking Possessive
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Brother's best friend · Fake dating · Dark romance · Friends to lovers Why fake dating works on the ice
Pro hockey gives the setup a reason to exist. Teams care about image, cameras are everywhere, and one good photo of a player with a steady partner can quiet a scandal overnight.
College versions lean on tutoring deals and party dares instead, with lower stakes and more chaos.
The rules are half the appeal. No kissing unless people are watching, no sleepovers, no feelings. Watching each rule fall, usually in that order, is why this trope sits near the top of every hockey romance list.
Readers who love these books often reach for opposites attract hockey romance, forced proximity hockey romance and enemies 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 fake dating hockey romance books
Puck Drills & Quick Thrills
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Enemies to lovers · Fake dating · Single parent · Opposites attract Best college fake dating hockey romance books
Slow burn fake dating hockey romance: lower-heat picks
Questions about fake dating hockey romance
What is the best fake dating hockey romance book?
Readers' favorite is The Deal by Elle Kennedy, followed by The Risk by Elle Kennedy and Right Man, Right Time by Meghan Quinn. 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 fake dating hockey romance books?
Yes. 46 of the 409 books here are M/M, led by Puck Drills & Quick Thrills by Eden Finley and Deke by Eden Finley.
How spicy are fake dating hockey romance books?
61% are rated spicy or scorching on our five-point heat scale. 159 are slow burn or sweeter, such as The Penalty Box by Odette Stone.
Are fake dating hockey romance books set in college or the pros?
294 are set in pro hockey and 87 on college teams; the rest follow minor league, junior or retired players.