Pucked Off (Pucked, Bk. 6)
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Overview
Helena Hunting delivers a raw, charged romance about the most reckless man in the NHL and the one woman who makes him want to be something more.
Lance Romero has built a reputation on chaos. Known across the league as Lance "Romance," he leads in penalty minutes, fights, and hits — and his life off the ice is just as wild. He's the first to admit he's toxic. He knows it. He owns it.
Then he meets her.
It starts with a kiss at a party she never should have attended. She's everything bright and untouched by the darkness he carries around like a second skin. She's good in all the ways he isn't, and he knows walking away is the right call.
But Lance has never been great at doing the right thing.
The pull he feels toward her isn't something he can logic his way out of. She makes him want things he doesn't have a playbook for. The harder he tries to keep his distance, the more impossible it becomes.
Because once Lance Romero starts falling, he doesn't know how to stop.
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
Topics and Key Themes
Narrative Tropes
Grumpy/Sunshine
Slow Burn
Opposites Attract
He Falls First
Bad Boy Redeemed
Key Themes
Chaos meeting calm — a reckless enforcer discovers stillness in the one person he can't outskate
Self-aware toxicity — Lance knows he's dangerous and stays anyway, making every step forward earned
Darkness drawn to light — his worst impulses are exposed and quietly dismantled by her presence
Identity beyond the jersey — the NHL's most penalized player confronts who he is without the fight
Falling without a playbook — for the first time, Lance's instincts offer no protection against real feeling
Who is this book for?
Primary Genre: Sports Romance
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 Sarina Bowen's hockey romances will enjoy the bad-boy-redeemed emotional arc, steamy on-ice chemistry, and heartfelt slow-burn connection between a rough-edged NHL player and the woman who softens him.
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
Penelope Ward, Sarina Bowen, Meghan Quinn
Reader FAQs
It carries more emotional weight than most hockey romances. Lance's self-awareness about his own destructive patterns gives the story a darker internal tension, and the romance is built on genuine character growth rather than surface-level charm.
Lance is openly flawed and self-described as toxic, which makes him a complicated lead. The story earns his likeability gradually through accountability rather than asking readers to overlook his behaviour from the start.
Both feature emotionally grounded hockey heroes and slow-burn development, but Pucked Off leans harder into a darker, more volatile male lead. Bowen's tone tends toward steadier emotional territory, while this book centres on a man actively wrestling with self-destructive instincts.
The book features a high spice level, a hero with explicitly self-acknowledged toxic behaviour, and themes of inner darkness and emotional volatility. Readers sensitive to morally complex male leads or intensity in romantic dynamics should note this going in.
The romance is slow-burn. The connection between Lance and the heroine builds gradually, shaped by his resistance and self-imposed distance. Readers who prefer tension and emotional accumulation over a quick romantic resolution will find the pacing rewarding.
Info
ISBN: 9781649378996
Published Date: May 27, 2025
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Language: English
Page Count: 356
Size: 8.13" l x 5.38" w x 1.00" h
Category
Fiction