
Pucked Love (Pucked, Bk. 7)
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Overview
The sizzling conclusion to NYT bestselling author Helena Hunting's beloved Pucked series is finally here — and Darren and Charlene's story is worth every moment of the wait.
Darren is a pro hockey player who has learned one hard truth about relationships: they don't last. His solution? An NDA before the first date. It's kept things simple — and kept people at arm's length — until Charlene walked into his life and changed everything.
Charlene isn't like anyone he's met before. She's elusive, bright, and impossible to hold onto — like a firefly whose glow fades the moment you try to trap it. Darren sees that clearly. He catches her, yes. But he refuses to put the lid on her jar.
So he lets her set the rules. Their relationship runs on her terms, her pace, her comfort. It's unconventional, but for Darren, keeping Charlene in his life matters more than keeping control of it.
But nothing stays hidden forever. Long-buried secrets begin to surface, and what they reveal cracks open a side of Charlene that Darren never fully anticipated. She's more fragile than she lets on — and he's more invested than he ever planned to be.
Darren has never pretended to be uncomplicated. He's broken in ways he doesn't always show. But standing in the wreckage of their exposed secrets, he understands something with bone-deep certainty: he needs her. The question is whether need alone is enough to hold two fractured people together.
"Pucked Love delivers one amazing story that proves just how perfect Charlene and Darren are for one another and how their separate broken pieces fit so well when they are molded together." — Fairest Of All Book Reviews
Series Information
Series Name: Pucked
Series Reading Order
This series is best read in publication order.
Book 1 - Pucked
Book 2 - Pucked Up
Book 3 - Pucked Over
Book 4 - Forever Pucked
Book 5 - Pucked Under
Book 6 - Pucked Off
Book 7 - Pucked Love
Companion - Pucks & Penalties
Reviews and Author Praise
"Pucked Love delivers one amazing story that proves just how perfect Charlene and Darren are for one another and how their separate broken pieces fit so well when they are molded together."
— Fairest Of All Book Reviews
"To finally get inside of Darren and Charlene's head in Pucked Love was thrilling, unexpected and a wild ride."
— HEA Novel Thoughts
"Pucked Love was really a wonderful end to the Pucked Series."
— Ana's Attic Book Blog
"With her benchmark verve and humor, Helena Hunting writes a romance that is equal parts fictitious and yet believable. And Darren stole my heart with his sweetness."
— Spellbound Stories Book Blog
"This series is fun, sweet, sexy – everything you want in a rom-com series and Pucked Love is the perfect conclusion!"
— BFF Book Blog
Topics and Key Themes
Narrative Tropes
Slow Burn
Opposites Attract
He Falls First
Broken Leads Finding Each Other
She Sets the Rules
Key Themes
Control surrendered for connection — Darren lets Charlene lead, choosing her presence over his own defenses.
Hidden fractures beneath bright surfaces — Charlene's buried secrets reveal a fragility she's long kept masked.
NDA walls and emotional armor — self-protection strategies collide when genuine intimacy refuses to be contracted away.
Two kinds of broken fitting together — separate wounds don't cancel out, but they find an unlikely shape.
Series-long payoff, finally earned — the Pucked world's most elusive couple delivers the emotional closure fans waited for.
Who is this book for?
Primary Genre: Sports Romance (Hockey)
Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5: Very Spicy
Turning up the heat! Multiple steamy scenes with clear, descriptive detail and strong chemistry. Romance and spice share the spotlight here.
Fans of Penny Reid's emotionally layered romances will enjoy the witty banter, steamy hockey world heat, and deeply vulnerable characters navigating secrets and hard-won trust in Pucked Love.
About the Author
NYT and USA Today bestselling author Helena Hunting lives on the outskirts of Toronto with her amazing family and her adorable kitty, who think the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Helena writes everything from emotional contemporary romances to romantic comedies that will have you laughing until you cry to angsty new adult romances that will put your heart through the wringer. helenahunting.com
Similar Authors
Penny Reid, Pippa Grant, Lex Martin
Reader FAQs
It carries more emotional weight than the earlier entries. Both leads have buried wounds that surface as the story progresses, giving it a vulnerability that runs deeper than the series' lighter, more comedic earlier installments, while still retaining its humor.
It blends both. The book retains Helena Hunting's signature wit and warmth, but Darren and Charlene's story deals seriously with emotional self-protection, hidden trauma, and the difficulty of genuine intimacy. It is funnier in tone than it is light in substance.
Both authors build emotionally layered characters who use humor as armor. Pucked Love is set firmly in the hockey world with a higher spice level than most Reid titles, but shares Reid's focus on banter, slow-developing trust, and psychologically complex leads.
The book is intended for adult readers. It carries a high spice level, includes mature sexual content, and deals with themes of emotional trauma and adult relationships. It is not recommended for readers under 18.
The book contains explicit sexual content, references to emotional trauma, and secrets with a significant psychological dimension. Readers sensitive to themes of emotional vulnerability, self-protective behavior, and buried personal histories should factor that in before starting.
Info
ISBN: 9781649379009
Published Date: June 24, 2025
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Language: English
Page Count: 335
Size: 8.14" l x 5.39" w x 0.88" h
Category
Fiction