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Hockey Ever After · Book 2

Just Playing for Keeps

by Lauren Blakely

Published
3 June 2026
ISBN-13
9781964048512
Type
novel

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Cover of Just Playing for Keeps

About this book

Just Playing for Keeps (June 3, 2026) is book 2 of Lauren Blakely's Hockey Ever After series, following Just Breaking the Rules. A fake-dating, grumpy/sunshine hockey romance, it continues the series' banter-driven, dual first-person contemporary romance style.

Its place in Hockey Ever After

Just Playing for Keeps is book 2 in the Hockey Ever After series. It follows Just Breaking the Rules. See the full Hockey Ever After reading order.

Hockey Ever After is a new sports romance series from Lauren Blakely, opening with Just Breaking the Rules (January 2026). It follows a single-dad hockey superstar -- best friend of the narrator's brother -- who helps finance the narrator's dream bakery, continuing Blakely's banter-driven, dual first-person contemporary romance style in a hockey-world setting.

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