The Temporary Boyfriend: A Spicy Fake Dating Enemies to Lovers Hockey Romance

Cedar Falls Rookies is a brand new steamy small-town hockey rom-com series by Emma Bloom. This is the first love story in the Cedar Falls Rookies series.

Cedar Falls Rookies
They’ve played on big stages.
They’ve chased contracts, comebacks, and second chances on the ice.

Now they’re starting over in Cedar Falls.

Cedar Falls Rookies is a steamy small-town hockey rom-com series following the players, coaches, and behind-the-scenes staff of a brand-new AHL team finding its footing in a town that sees everything—and forgets nothing.

Some are rebuilding reputations.
Some are under pressure to prove they still belong.
Some thought love was already behind them.

And some are about to learn that starting over doesn’t just mean hockey.

Because Cedar Falls often has other plans.

In a town where everyone knows your business and no one believes in personal spaces, these men discover that chemistry doesn’t wait for perfect timing. Fake dates turn complicated. Scandals test loyalty. Found families form in locker rooms, kitchens, and community bleachers. And love shows up while life is still loud, uncertain, and in motion.

Each book follows a new couple and a new emotional challenge—while the team, the town, and the bonds between players grow stronger with every season.

Same town. New team.
New faces, new stakes, and romances that hit hard both on and off the ice.