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Second chance hockey romance
Second chance hockey romance brings back the one that got away. They were together once, then the draft, a trade, a bad decision or plain bad timing pulled them apart. Now they are in the same town again.
Top second chance hockey romance books
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Before We Came
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Brother's best friend · Forced proximity · Second chance · Friends to lovers 
Why second chance works on the ice
Hockey careers create natural breakups. Players get drafted across the continent at 18, traded mid-season and shipped to the minors with a day's notice, so a past relationship ending for reasons outside anyone's control rings true.
The emotional weight comes from history. These books lean on flashbacks, old inside jokes and the slow work of trusting someone who already hurt you once.
Expect more angst than average, and a strong showing of small-town and retired-player stories where a hero comes home after his career and runs into the person he left.
Readers who love these books often reach for friends to lovers hockey romance, forced proximity 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.
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Slow burn second chance hockey romance: lower-heat picks
Questions about second chance hockey romance
What is the best second chance hockey romance book?
Readers' favorite is The Mistake by Elle Kennedy, followed by Him by Sarina Bowen and The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid. 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 second chance hockey romance books?
Yes. 150 of the 757 books here are M/M, led by Him by Sarina Bowen and The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid.
How spicy are second chance hockey romance books?
52% are rated spicy or scorching on our five-point heat scale. 363 are slow burn or sweeter, such as Simply Irresistible by Rachel Gibson.
Are second chance hockey romance books set in college or the pros?
581 are set in pro hockey and 100 on college teams; the rest follow minor league, junior or retired players.