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Off-Campus
The Off-Campus series by Elle Kennedy has 5 books and is best read in publication order, starting with The Deal (2015).
- Books
- 5 books
- First published
- 2015
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: The Deal (2015) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Deal
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Deal - Book 2:
The Mistake
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Mistake - Book 3:
The Score
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Score - Book 4:
The Goal
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Goal - Book 5:
The Legacy
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Legacy
About the Off-Campus series
The series that helped launch the modern college-hockey-romance boom: at fictional Briar University, star player Garrett Graham needs to convince his ex he's changed, so he recruits prickly, guarded Hannah Wells to fake-date him in The Deal — and of course the fake part doesn't last. Each subsequent book hands the mic to another player on the team (or their circle) and pairs them with a woman just as sharp-tongued and fully realized as the heroes: a grumpy team enforcer and the girl next door in The Mistake, a rocker-girl/jock pairing in The Score, a slow-burn best-friend's-sister plot in The Goal, and four interlocking novellas catching up every couple in The Legacy. Elle Kennedy wrote dual first-person POV and razor-sharp banter that became a template for the whole New Adult sports-romance genre — funny, filthy, and grounded in real chemistry rather than shock value.
The appeal is uncomplicated: likeable, morally solid heroes who are surprisingly emotionally available once you get past the swagger, heroines with their own goals and backbone, and a tight-knit hockey-team found family that makes every book feel like catching up with friends. It's the series most often credited with kicking off the current wave of hockey and college-sports romance on BookTok, years after its original release.
How to read this series
Publication order is the reading order: The Deal, The Mistake, The Score, The Goal, then The Legacy. Each of the first four books is a standalone romance centered on a different Briar hockey player, with the earlier couples appearing in supporting roles as the series goes on. The Legacy, published years after the first four, is a single volume of four linked novellas that check back in on all the established couples — Garrett & Hannah, Logan & Grace, Dean & Allie, and Tucker & Sabrina — and works best read last, after you already know these pairs. If you want more of the same world afterward, Kennedy's separate Briar U series picks up with a new generation of players several years later.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in the Off-Campus series?
Five: The Deal, The Mistake, The Score, The Goal, and The Legacy (a collection of four linked novellas).
What order should I read the Off-Campus books in?
Publication order: The Deal, The Mistake, The Score, The Goal, then The Legacy. Each of the first four stands alone; The Legacy is best read last since it revisits all four couples.
Is The Legacy a full novel or a novella collection?
It's a single volume containing four shorter linked stories, one for each established Off-Campus couple, rather than one continuous novel.
Do I need to read Off-Campus before Briar U?
No, but they share a setting. Briar U is Elle Kennedy's spin-off series at the same fictional university a few years later, and can be read independently of Off-Campus.
Is Off-Campus finished?
Yes. The five-book series concluded with The Legacy in 2021, and Kennedy has continued the world instead through the separate Briar U series.
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