The Flirting Game
- Published
- 12 December 2025
- Pages
- 283
- ISBN-13
- 9781964048413
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Flirting Game (18 December 2025 per Goodreads and Audible UK, 404 pages) is Love and Hockey #6: hockey player Ford becomes interior designer Skylar's neighbor and then her client, and after a kiss in their shared backyard the two stage a revenge fake-dating arrangement following her breakup. It follows The Overtime Kiss; a bonus novella, The Rival Upgrade, followed rather than a numbered close to the series.
Key facts about The Flirting Game
Lauren Blakely wrote The Flirting Game, a novel on our list. It has been out since 12 December 2025. The book has 283 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781964048413 to find the main one.
The Flirting Game is book 6 of 7 in the Love and Hockey series. The series has 7 published books. However, the series starts with The Boyfriend Goal (2024). The Rival Upgrade is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 13 February 2026.
Additionally, Lauren Blakely writes No Regrets, Seductive Nights and The Fighting Fire, plus 10 more series. Those series sit on our contemporary romance, sports romance and m/m romance shelves. Meanwhile, I've Got a Crush on You is the latest published Lauren Blakely book on file, from 28 July 2026.
About Lauren Blakely
Lauren Blakely is an American author of contemporary romance and romantic comedy, and a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller with a large, prolific catalogue of standalone novels and interconnected series. See every Lauren Blakely book in order.
Its place in Love and Hockey
The Flirting Game is book 6 in the Love and Hockey series. It follows The Overtime Kiss. It is followed by The Rival Upgrade. See the full Love and Hockey reading order.
Love and Hockey is Lauren Blakely's contemporary MF sports rom-com series, publisher-tagged "An All New MF Hockey Rom Com Series with Heat, Heart, and Humor!" Each entry pairs a new couple -- mostly players on, or people connected to, the same pro hockey team -- inside tropes like friends-to-lovers, forbidden workplace romance, marriage of convenience, age-gap romance, single-dad-and-nanny, and neighbors-to-lovers fake dating. The series opened with The Boyfriend Goal in August 2024 and ran through six novels by…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781405989787
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781964048413
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781964048420