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Don't Puck Around #2
Don’t Puck Your Best Friend’s Girl
I hate my boyfriend's best friend.
So why the hell am I underneath him at this party?
One reckless moment just turned my world upside down.
Cade Connolly is a condescending, entitled, cheating a-hole with an infuriating smirk that makes me want to scream.
But then I catch a glimpse of something real beneath that arrogance.
Suddenly we're sneaking around behind my ex's back, and I'm burning alive every time Cade touches me.
My body betrays me, craving him like a drug I can't quit.
Every touch leaves me trembling, begging for more.
His fingertips rewrite our history on my skin.
His whispers against my neck make me forget why I ever hated him.
What started as a mistake has become something else entirely.
This twisted thing between us was built on betrayal, and our secret can't stay buried forever.
We're playing with fire behind closed doors.
When Cade has to choose between me and his best friend,
I'm scared to know his answer.
Their friendship has survived years—
While I'm just the girl who was never supposed to matter.
And I'm terrified I never will.
Don’t Puck Your Best Friend’s Girl is an ex’s best friend hockey romance novel in the Don’t Puck Around series. This book can be read as a standalone, but if you want to read his brother’s book first, it’s called Don’t Puck the Wrong Brother.
So why the hell am I underneath him at this party?
One reckless moment just turned my world upside down.
Cade Connolly is a condescending, entitled, cheating a-hole with an infuriating smirk that makes me want to scream.
But then I catch a glimpse of something real beneath that arrogance.
Suddenly we're sneaking around behind my ex's back, and I'm burning alive every time Cade touches me.
My body betrays me, craving him like a drug I can't quit.
Every touch leaves me trembling, begging for more.
His fingertips rewrite our history on my skin.
His whispers against my neck make me forget why I ever hated him.
What started as a mistake has become something else entirely.
This twisted thing between us was built on betrayal, and our secret can't stay buried forever.
We're playing with fire behind closed doors.
When Cade has to choose between me and his best friend,
I'm scared to know his answer.
Their friendship has survived years—
While I'm just the girl who was never supposed to matter.
And I'm terrified I never will.
Don’t Puck Your Best Friend’s Girl is an ex’s best friend hockey romance novel in the Don’t Puck Around series. This book can be read as a standalone, but if you want to read his brother’s book first, it’s called Don’t Puck the Wrong Brother.
262 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 3, 2025
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June 27, 2025
I don’t like liars.
The writing kept me reading but the Characters were annoying. He was devious at first but got better. But she was still lying all the way through? Then she would never take her roomies advice. It was annoying.
The writing kept me reading but the Characters were annoying. He was devious at first but got better. But she was still lying all the way through? Then she would never take her roomies advice. It was annoying.
May 20, 2025
kind of disappointed
Saylor was hard to like and by the end I still never cared for her. She was kind of a crummy person and so desperate for attention she didn’t care where it came from. Her pick me attitude was annoying. I didn’t care for how she was so judgmental. Cade was a cheat with no good reason and he technically didn’t redeem himself in my opinion. He just threw away his friendship with Byron who was loyal to him, for a fickle girl. The relationship of him not being supported by his mom was not resolved. And he and his brother’s relationship was cringy and it didn’t convey a sincere bond. I had too high hopes and was let down
Saylor was hard to like and by the end I still never cared for her. She was kind of a crummy person and so desperate for attention she didn’t care where it came from. Her pick me attitude was annoying. I didn’t care for how she was so judgmental. Cade was a cheat with no good reason and he technically didn’t redeem himself in my opinion. He just threw away his friendship with Byron who was loyal to him, for a fickle girl. The relationship of him not being supported by his mom was not resolved. And he and his brother’s relationship was cringy and it didn’t convey a sincere bond. I had too high hopes and was let down
October 29, 2025
The forbidden aspect of this book is what made me pick this one up and read it.
Parts were good, other parts not so much, I felt like the FMC was very back and forth and I get it to an extent but I thought it was mentioned way to much about her hot and cold attitude. If I were Cade I’d have said “this was fun” and hightailed it out of there.
Parts were good, other parts not so much, I felt like the FMC was very back and forth and I get it to an extent but I thought it was mentioned way to much about her hot and cold attitude. If I were Cade I’d have said “this was fun” and hightailed it out of there.
May 28, 2025
it was good
I liked the story. Cade yes was a prick at times but saylor annoyed the ever loving crap out of me. She was so judgmental and cast blame while being a child about situations. Glad she hopefully finally grew up.
I liked the story. Cade yes was a prick at times but saylor annoyed the ever loving crap out of me. She was so judgmental and cast blame while being a child about situations. Glad she hopefully finally grew up.
August 25, 2025
2.5 stars. Cade made up for his behavior and had more layers than you would know from book 1. However Saylor wasn't my match as a character. I found her annoying, didn't see much development as a character.
January 4, 2026
The FMC was extremely annoying. This book had potential but saylor, ruined it for me.
July 8, 2025
52% in and COCKLE DOODLE DO was the kiss of death for me. (spoilers ahead)
If you read the first book, then you know this one is about Cade (the cheating brother) and his new h, Saylor, who happens to be dating Cade’s BFF, Bryon. (JFC the names in this book)
When the book starts, h is dating H’s BFF, Bryon. She’s unhappy in the relationship because Bryon spends all his time playing video games and ignoring her. She doesn’t like Cade at all because she knows he cheated on Hannah (h from the first book) the night that Hannah accidentally had smex with Cade’s brother.
h texts Bryon and breaks up with him. Naturally, Bryon is confused because h has never told him how she feels.
Bryon calls H and wants him to talk to h. He assumes she broke up with him because she's angry that H is a cheater.
H is still very angry at his brother, Sanderson (H from the first book), and H decides to join the hockey team. I suppose he aspires to be better than his brother. The tension between the brothers is high.
H and h run into each other at a party. It sounds like h is very drunk. They go into a room together “to talk,” and H ends up alluding to the fact that he was FORCED into smex the night he cheated on Hannah. His exact words, “taken advantage of”
(I remember from the first book- H calling Hannah nasty names and telling her the girl he cheated with was better in bed anyway. He never said anything to Hannah about being taken advantage of.)
Saylor (h) is all like “omg, H is so wonderful and he’s actually a decent guy,” then they have VERY cringey smex.
These two didn’t even wear a condom. It’s okay, though; she’s on birth control.
h KNOWS that H is a cheater and has been with many women. She's totally okay with him not wearing a condom. Wut? He even said that he thinks he has a condom in his pocket, and she's like naw, that's okay. I'm on birth control. *face palm for stupidly*
MCs go back out to the party, and h continues to get even more hammered. As she is leaving with her friends, she says some hurtful things to H.
The next morning, h wakes up with an excessive amount of calls/texts from her ex. I guess during the night, she called and told him she slept with somebody else, and she wouldn’t tell him who. He said, “You replaced me so F’ing fast, Saylor. And then you call me to make sure I know about it. Did you want to hurt me? Is that it?”
I mean….she was literally so drunk she was sleeping in her own vomit. Eek
At the same time, H is also waking up hungover and feeling bad. He starts thinking about all the great things his BFF has done for him over the years. Ugh, BFF sounds like a really great BFF. (Technically, there was no cheating, but I just don’t like H or h. Something about all this is just gross. The fact that she called to rub it in his face just upsets me.)
H and h decide to tell BFF. BFF is devastated, and he says some hurtful things. He also tells H all the bad stuff h has said about him over the year. He told them both they deserve each other. YESSS
It seems like the next day, H and BFF semi-made up during class. As they walked out, they both saw h and avoided her. She was hurt. lol......like girrrrrrrl
In H's own POV he says "bros before h*es." Soooo gross.
Slowly, Cade and his brother seem to be establishing their relationship. (I think there are way too many chapters devoted to the characters doing boring things. Like h playing pickleball or H playing hockey)
THEN this happens.
This is one of the cringiest lines I’ve ever read in a book.
H’s POV about his brother “he’s better looking than me, Was blessed with the bigger cockle doodle do, and he’s a good athlete” COCKLE DOODLE DO????????? Wtf?
So yeah…..I may DNF this one.
If you read the first book, then you know this one is about Cade (the cheating brother) and his new h, Saylor, who happens to be dating Cade’s BFF, Bryon. (JFC the names in this book)
When the book starts, h is dating H’s BFF, Bryon. She’s unhappy in the relationship because Bryon spends all his time playing video games and ignoring her. She doesn’t like Cade at all because she knows he cheated on Hannah (h from the first book) the night that Hannah accidentally had smex with Cade’s brother.
h texts Bryon and breaks up with him. Naturally, Bryon is confused because h has never told him how she feels.
Bryon calls H and wants him to talk to h. He assumes she broke up with him because she's angry that H is a cheater.
H is still very angry at his brother, Sanderson (H from the first book), and H decides to join the hockey team. I suppose he aspires to be better than his brother. The tension between the brothers is high.
H and h run into each other at a party. It sounds like h is very drunk. They go into a room together “to talk,” and H ends up alluding to the fact that he was FORCED into smex the night he cheated on Hannah. His exact words, “taken advantage of”
(I remember from the first book- H calling Hannah nasty names and telling her the girl he cheated with was better in bed anyway. He never said anything to Hannah about being taken advantage of.)
Saylor (h) is all like “omg, H is so wonderful and he’s actually a decent guy,” then they have VERY cringey smex.
These two didn’t even wear a condom. It’s okay, though; she’s on birth control.
h KNOWS that H is a cheater and has been with many women. She's totally okay with him not wearing a condom. Wut? He even said that he thinks he has a condom in his pocket, and she's like naw, that's okay. I'm on birth control. *face palm for stupidly*
MCs go back out to the party, and h continues to get even more hammered. As she is leaving with her friends, she says some hurtful things to H.
The next morning, h wakes up with an excessive amount of calls/texts from her ex. I guess during the night, she called and told him she slept with somebody else, and she wouldn’t tell him who. He said, “You replaced me so F’ing fast, Saylor. And then you call me to make sure I know about it. Did you want to hurt me? Is that it?”
I mean….she was literally so drunk she was sleeping in her own vomit. Eek
At the same time, H is also waking up hungover and feeling bad. He starts thinking about all the great things his BFF has done for him over the years. Ugh, BFF sounds like a really great BFF. (Technically, there was no cheating, but I just don’t like H or h. Something about all this is just gross. The fact that she called to rub it in his face just upsets me.)
H and h decide to tell BFF. BFF is devastated, and he says some hurtful things. He also tells H all the bad stuff h has said about him over the year. He told them both they deserve each other. YESSS
It seems like the next day, H and BFF semi-made up during class. As they walked out, they both saw h and avoided her. She was hurt. lol......like girrrrrrrl
In H's own POV he says "bros before h*es." Soooo gross.
Slowly, Cade and his brother seem to be establishing their relationship. (I think there are way too many chapters devoted to the characters doing boring things. Like h playing pickleball or H playing hockey)
THEN this happens.
This is one of the cringiest lines I’ve ever read in a book.
H’s POV about his brother “he’s better looking than me, Was blessed with the bigger cockle doodle do, and he’s a good athlete” COCKLE DOODLE DO????????? Wtf?
So yeah…..I may DNF this one.
June 7, 2026
If you're on the fence about reading this, give it a go. But only if you want to have your heart twist with conflicting emotions and to ultimately feel hopeful and triumphant regarding the ability of humans to grow. If you're the judgey sort who can't see conflict as spawning growth, maybe don't.
I didn't want to like Cade's story. I put off reading it after Sandy's because I was so invested in bitterness towards him. More fool me because it's my favorite one so far. Here lives raw, human experience and emotion, and so much character development that I'm shocked it can live in one story.
I didn't want to like Cade or Saylor, but their vulnerability and their pain forced a bond. It is worth the read.
I didn't want to like Cade's story. I put off reading it after Sandy's because I was so invested in bitterness towards him. More fool me because it's my favorite one so far. Here lives raw, human experience and emotion, and so much character development that I'm shocked it can live in one story.
I didn't want to like Cade or Saylor, but their vulnerability and their pain forced a bond. It is worth the read.
April 30, 2026
wow they…deserved each other?
I’m sorry. But this FMC made me want to absolutely throw this book into the ocean. I’ve never disliked 2 main characters more than I have disliked them. I kept waiting for redemption from Saylor but holy crap….nope. Cade at least tried. And her friends?! Complete enablers.
The writing is good. But wow I have never disliked a main character more.
I’m sorry. But this FMC made me want to absolutely throw this book into the ocean. I’ve never disliked 2 main characters more than I have disliked them. I kept waiting for redemption from Saylor but holy crap….nope. Cade at least tried. And her friends?! Complete enablers.
The writing is good. But wow I have never disliked a main character more.
May 3, 2026
oh this was...everything I never knew I needed
Book 2 and I was worried I'd deal with a grumpy, vindictive a. Hole.
But what I got was Cade. Cade finding and acknowledging his faults.
Finding someone who not only sees him, understands his issues and still stays... man this was just a beautiful way to showcase a character I thought I'd dislike from book 1.
Book 2 and I was worried I'd deal with a grumpy, vindictive a. Hole.
But what I got was Cade. Cade finding and acknowledging his faults.
Finding someone who not only sees him, understands his issues and still stays... man this was just a beautiful way to showcase a character I thought I'd dislike from book 1.
July 14, 2025
Good book
I really liked this book. It was great to see how Cade and Saylor both developed and how Cade matured throughout the story. I like how Cade began to understand how his brother felt
I really liked this book. It was great to see how Cade and Saylor both developed and how Cade matured throughout the story. I like how Cade began to understand how his brother felt
November 16, 2025
Good story. enjoyed the read
Ok this was spicier than the last one so yes yo that. I think this was a good realistic college romance. The random bs is way better than the meet cute. Appreciate that they didn’t need mouthwash in the act…lol great improvement.
Ok this was spicier than the last one so yes yo that. I think this was a good realistic college romance. The random bs is way better than the meet cute. Appreciate that they didn’t need mouthwash in the act…lol great improvement.
June 20, 2025
More of a 3.5 star book. Not as good as the first, but still good. The virtual voice was done really well in duet format. I wouldn’t have been able to tell it was virtual if I didn’t know.
July 23, 2025
Was good
I liked both books but would have liked a look into both brothers' futures. Like a five year fast forward.
I liked both books but would have liked a look into both brothers' futures. Like a five year fast forward.
August 21, 2025
no
Once a cheater … leopards & spots. Narcissists don’t really change Only a HFN…. Just a big NO on this MMC. as in never ever
Once a cheater … leopards & spots. Narcissists don’t really change Only a HFN…. Just a big NO on this MMC. as in never ever
September 18, 2025
Read in 5 hours.
Great fun to read. The banter was fantastic and I really enjoyed the story too. I look forward to reading more Kate Olivia books!
Great fun to read. The banter was fantastic and I really enjoyed the story too. I look forward to reading more Kate Olivia books!
November 9, 2025
Absolutely loved this series. It was real & enjoyed how they worked through things.
March 13, 2026
Cute story!
This book was good. I love the banter, but some of it felt a little rushed. I love this series as a whole though!
This book was good. I love the banter, but some of it felt a little rushed. I love this series as a whole though!
August 27, 2026
must read!!
Second time reading it- I love a good angsty romance! This book is definitely worth the read! I would highly recommend
Second time reading it- I love a good angsty romance! This book is definitely worth the read! I would highly recommend
September 12, 2026
I couldn't stand Saylor all through. She was just not likable. And Cade, huh. Loved the way he loved her. It was a good read, but I kept going just to get glimpses of Sandy, lol.
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