Author: Avery Keelan Genre: Contemporary / New Adult Sports Romance – College Hockey, Rivals-to-Lovers, Friends-with-Benefits Book Rating: ⭐8/10 Spicy Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️4/5 Description:After being dumped on her 21st birthday, college student Bailey James is talked into a rebound hookup—with none other than her ex’s biggest rival, Chase Carter, the antagonistic, womanizing left winger for a rival college hockey team. Chase is already on thin ice with his coach and teammates after scandals and bad grades, so getting involved with his rival’s ex is the worst idea…except he can’t stay away. Their “no feelings, just fun” arrangement turns into a slow-build, extra-long college hockey romance full of jealousy, insecurity, and chemistry, where Bailey has to decide if she can trust the heartbreaker everyone warned her about. Trope/Mood:College sports romance; hockey player MMC; ex’s rival / rivals-to-lovers; rebound → friends-with-benefits → feelings; a lot of jealousy/insecurity drama; bad-boy athlete × sweet heroine; long, angsty, very spicy new-adult vibe.