If you’ve seen the popular Amazon Prime show, Off Campus, you may know that it was inspired by a hockey romance book: The Deal by Elle Kennedy.
As a friend of mine recently discovered, the book contains sexually explicit content. She sent me this text after finishing the book:
While I have not personally read The Deal (I don’t read explicit romance books), or seen the Prime series, I DO have a roundup of Hockey Romance books that have no explicit spice content. I’ve read all 10 of these books and have included My Quick Takes on each one to give you an overview of the content you can find in each title!
10 No-Spice Hockey Romance books I’d recommend to a friend (instead of The Deal):
Stick to Me by Marion De Re
My Quick Takes:
- 4.25/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
- Genre 📚 hockey romance
- Language 🤐 one use of mild
- Spice ❤️🔥 kisses only
- Content ☠️ childhood parental abandonment, past death of parent
Hearts on the Fly by Toni Shiloh
My Quick Takes: - 4.25/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ - Genre 📚 hockey romance - Language 🤐 none - Spice ❤️🔥 kisses only - Content 🤔 toxic family relationships, visual impairment
Just Don’t Fall by Emma St. Clair
My Quick Takes: - 4/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Genre 📚 hockey romcom - Language 🤐 none - Spice ❤️🔥 none/kisses only - Content 🤔 childhood parental neglect
Cross Check Crush by Dulcie Dameron
My Quick Takes: - 4/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Genre 📚 Hockey Romance - Language 🤐 none - Spice ❤️🔥 kisses only - Content 🤔 past death of parents, anxiety
Rookie Season by Katie Bailey & Leah Brunner
My Quick Takes:
- 5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Language 🤐 frequent mild/moderate
- Spice ❤️🔥 heating kissing/closed-door
- Content 🤔 past attempted sexual assault, past death of parents, innuendo
Completed Series:
Passion or Penalty by Leah Brunner
D.C Eagles Hockey, Novella
My Quick Takes:
- 4/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Language 🤐 mild
- Spice ❤️🔥 kisses only
- Content 🤔 anxiety rep
Desire or Defense by Leah Brunner
D.C. Eagles Hockey, Book 1
My Quick Takes:
- 4.5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
- Language 🤐 mild
- Spice ❤️🔥 fade to black
- Content 🤔 recent parental deaths, childhood abandonment
Flirtation or Faceoff
D.C. Eagles Hockey, Book 2
My Quick Takes:
- 4.5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
- Language 🤐 mild
- Spice ❤️🔥 fade to black
- Content 🤔 past relationship infidelity
Betrothal or Breakaway by Leah Brunner
D.C. Eagles Hockey, Book 3
My Quick Takes:
- 4.5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
- Language 🤐 mild
- Spice ❤️🔥 fade to black
- Content 🤔 abandonment, heart surgery
Secret or Shutout by Leah Brunner
D.C. Eagles Hockey, Book 4
My Quick Takes: - 4.5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ - Language 🤐 moderate - Spice ❤️🔥 heated kisses, fade to black - Content 🤔 divorce, infertility, pcos rep, innuendo
Have any no-spice hockey romance books you’ve loved? Leave them in the comments, I’d love to add them to my TBR!
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