Trope · 1238 books
Forbidden hockey romance
Forbidden hockey romance is any story where getting together breaks a rule. The coach's daughter, the team's publicist, the GM's niece, a player and the team doctor: someone could lose a job, a spot on the roster or a family over it.
Top forbidden hockey romance books
1238 ranked · showing 48 
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 
Kiss and Don't Tell
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Forced proximity · Forbidden · Secret relationship · Opposites attract 
Nothing But Trouble
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Grumpy / sunshine · Forced proximity · Opposites attract · Forbidden 
Why forbidden works on the ice
Pro sports organizations have plenty of rules about who can date whom, which gives authors real-world obstacles instead of invented ones.
The tension comes from risk. Every stolen moment could be the one that gets them caught, so these books tend to be spicy and fast-paced, with a big reveal somewhere past the halfway mark.
It is one of the largest groups in our directory, and it overlaps with almost everything, especially secret relationship, brother's best friend and age gap stories.
Readers who love these books often reach for forced proximity hockey romance, secret relationship hockey romance and opposites attract 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 forbidden hockey romance books
Best college forbidden hockey romance books
The Puck Secret
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Enemies to lovers · Brother's best friend · Forbidden · Secret relationship Slow burn forbidden 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 forbidden hockey romance
What is the best forbidden hockey romance book?
Readers' favorite is Pucking Around by Emily Rath, followed by The Risk by Elle Kennedy and Puck Me Secretly by Odette Stone. 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 forbidden hockey romance books?
Yes. 248 of the 1238 books here are M/M, led by Power Plays & Straight A's by Eden Finley and The Rest of the Story by Tal Bauer.
How spicy are forbidden hockey romance books?
66% are rated spicy or scorching on our five-point heat scale. 415 are slow burn or sweeter, such as A Secret for a Secret by Helena Hunting.
Are forbidden hockey romance books set in college or the pros?
912 are set in pro hockey and 195 on college teams; the rest follow minor league, junior or retired players.