Trope · 772 books
Friends to lovers hockey romance
Friends to lovers hockey romance is about two people who already love each other and just have not said it. Best friends since peewee, longtime roommates, the teammate who knows your coffee order and your worst habits.
Top friends to lovers hockey romance books
772 ranked · showing 48 
Change on the Fly
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Friends to lovers · Forced proximity · Single parent · Brother's best friend 
The Charlie Method
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Why choose · Secret relationship · Found family · Friends to lovers Shots on Net
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Friends to lovers · Forced proximity · Grumpy / sunshine · Opposites attract 
The Boyfriend Goal
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Forbidden · Friends to lovers 
Save of the Game
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Forced proximity · Opposites attract · Friends to lovers · Secret relationship 
Play with Me
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Secret relationship · Friends to lovers 
Why friends to lovers works on the ice
The stakes are the friendship. Every step toward romance risks the thing both of them care about most, which gives quiet scenes a lot of tension.
Hockey adds a built-in support system and a built-in audience. Teammates notice everything, chirp constantly and occasionally push the two of them together on purpose.
This trope runs warmer and softer than most, with plenty of slow burn. M/M readers will find some of the most loved books here, where coming out and falling for a best friend happen in the same story.
Readers who love these books often reach for forced proximity hockey romance, second chance 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 friends to lovers hockey romance books
Best college friends to lovers hockey romance books
The Charlie Method
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Why choose · Secret relationship · Found family · Friends to lovers Shots on Net
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Friends to lovers · Forced proximity · Grumpy / sunshine · Opposites attract Slow burn friends to lovers hockey romance: lower-heat picks
Shots on Net
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Friends to lovers · Forced proximity · Grumpy / sunshine · Opposites attract Questions about friends to lovers hockey romance
What is the best friends to lovers hockey romance book?
Readers' favorite is The Score by Elle Kennedy, followed by Him by Sarina Bowen and The Play 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 friends to lovers hockey romance books?
Yes. 214 of the 772 books here are M/M, led by Him by Sarina Bowen and The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid.
How spicy are friends to lovers hockey romance books?
56% are rated spicy or scorching on our five-point heat scale. 343 are slow burn or sweeter, such as Home Game by Odette Stone.
Are friends to lovers hockey romance books set in college or the pros?
546 are set in pro hockey and 157 on college teams; the rest follow minor league, junior or retired players.