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Friends That Puck: Friends-to-Lovers College Hockey Romance
I thought I could have her without falling.
I was wrong.
Cecily is the one person in my life who feels easy.
The one I like being around.
The one I let get too close without realizing how dangerous that is.
Because hockey isn’t just my life, it’s my future.
Every shift matters.
Every distraction costs something.
And wanting her?
That could cost me everything.
So when the tension between us snaps, I do what I always do when things get complicated.
I set boundaries.
We’re just friends that puck.
No feelings.
No expectations.
No letting it touch my game.
It’s supposed to be a way to keep control.
A way to have her without risking my focus.
A way to pretend this doesn’t matter.
Except for the moment I touch her, I know I’m lying to myself.
Because friends aren’t supposed to want each other like this.
They’re not supposed to become the thing you crave.
They’re not supposed to change everything.
And if I lose my edge, I lose my spot.
If I lose my spot, I lose my future.
But walking away from her feels worse.
So I make the deal anyway,
Knowing damn well that one mistake, one slip…
…and I won’t just lose hockey.
I’ll lose her.
Friends that Puck is a spicy friends-to-lovers college hockey romance. It can be read as a standalone and ends with a happy ever after.
I was wrong.
Cecily is the one person in my life who feels easy.
The one I like being around.
The one I let get too close without realizing how dangerous that is.
Because hockey isn’t just my life, it’s my future.
Every shift matters.
Every distraction costs something.
And wanting her?
That could cost me everything.
So when the tension between us snaps, I do what I always do when things get complicated.
I set boundaries.
We’re just friends that puck.
No feelings.
No expectations.
No letting it touch my game.
It’s supposed to be a way to keep control.
A way to have her without risking my focus.
A way to pretend this doesn’t matter.
Except for the moment I touch her, I know I’m lying to myself.
Because friends aren’t supposed to want each other like this.
They’re not supposed to become the thing you crave.
They’re not supposed to change everything.
And if I lose my edge, I lose my spot.
If I lose my spot, I lose my future.
But walking away from her feels worse.
So I make the deal anyway,
Knowing damn well that one mistake, one slip…
…and I won’t just lose hockey.
I’ll lose her.
Friends that Puck is a spicy friends-to-lovers college hockey romance. It can be read as a standalone and ends with a happy ever after.
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316 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 31, 2025
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Kate Olivia
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January 25, 2026
The FMC’s name is “Cecily,” but apparently pronounced like “Sicily,” and if that wasn’t already a GIANT pick-me indicator, she’s described as being so beautiful it makes having friends hard (e.g., everyone wants to fuck her, blah blah). The MMC isn’t even a charming himbo, just stupid and misogynistic—theorizing with his roommate that ten years from now, the girl he just hooked up with’s “stomach will be bigger than her tits.”
Nail in the coffin was the unironic Tony Robbins recommendation from Cecily to MMC.
Nail in the coffin was the unironic Tony Robbins recommendation from Cecily to MMC.
January 29, 2026
Forget how its poorly written and needs an editor (there's literally a page that was copied and pasted). the plot holes and inconsistency are ridiculous. MMC says he lived with his dad because his mom met another man and wanted to focus on that family. then later says he doesn't know his dad and his mom is a drug addict? it wasnt a moment of hiding his true identity, it was the author's inability to keep a character's background straight. i was really hopeful but it all around a bad read. save your time.
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