The Flirting Game (Love and Hockey #6)
Lauren Blakely
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
3.40
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 10 ratings · 368 pages · Published: 26 Dec 2025
My new neighbor is a hot, grumpy hockey player who works out shirtless on his porch every morning. But it’s not technically spying if I just happen to be on my patio at the same time … right?
Imagine my surprise when the sexy grouch turns out to be the client who just hired me to redecorate the house he’s giving his mom.
What’s a ray of sunshine like me to do? Pretend I’ve never noticed his abs while we pick out furniture—since I’d never date a client. And Ford’s made it clear this is his final season, and he wants zero distractions.
Which means I need to exercise some serious resistance …
To his cool blue eyes that track my every move.
To that deep voice that makes me shiver.
And to the mouth that shuts me up one night in our shared backyard with a scorching kiss.
We agree it’s a one-time slip-up—until my cheating ex invites me to a party, and Ford insists on being my revenge date. Our fake night out turns into a very real sleepover.
Now the press and fans think we’re a couple, so we keep it up. One fake date at a charity gala turns into another at a hockey game, and somewhere between fabric swatches and porch picnics, I stop pretending.
But how do I convince Ford that with me, he can have both love and hockey?
Tropes: Neighbors to lovers, hockey romance, workplace romance, revenge fake dating, romantic comedy. This is Ford and Skylar's romance!
NOTE: This ebook includes the short story The Rival Upgrade, which also takes place in the Love and Hockey world!
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Tagged as:
- contemporary 6
- hockey 6
- sports 5
- m-f romance 5
- rich hero 5
- athlete hero 5
- forced proximity 4
- competent heroine 4
- independent heroine 4
- sassy heroine 4
- take-charge heroine 4
- sweet/gentle hero 3
- funny 2
- white collar heroine 2
- childfree 2
- fake relationship 2
- cheerful/happy heroine 2
- friends to lovers 2
- working class heroine 1
- insta-love 1
- alpha male 1
- slow burn 1
- sweet/gentle heroine 1
- sunny/happy hero 1
- possessive hero 1
- angst 1
- boss & employee 1
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- caretaking 1
- enemies to lovers 1
- good grovel 1
- hurt/comfort 1
- other man/woman 1
- cheating 1
- spanking 1
- workplace/office 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- mental trauma 1
- geography
- california 4
- usa 3
- north america 2
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 5
- first person pov 2
- male pov 2
- third person pov 1
romance tags
The 'Love and Hockey' series
4.06 · 315 ratings- The Boyfriend Goal by Lauren Blakely Book #1
- The Romance Line by Lauren Blakely Book #2
- The Proposal Play by Lauren Blakely Book #3
- The Girlfriend Zone by Lauren Blakely Book #4
- The Overtime Kiss by Lauren Blakely Book #5
- The Flirting Game by Lauren Blakely Book #6
- The Flirting Game by Lauren Blakely Book #6
dual-pov · athletes · forced proximity · humor · hockey · sports · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · first-person-pov · explicit-open-door · california · usa · sassy heroine · competent heroine · office · cheerful heroine · sweet heroine · north-america · strong heroine
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