The Hockey Player's Book Club

By: Sloane Everly

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Hockey captain Dylan O’Connor doesn’t read for fun.
Not ever.
Not romance novels.
And definitely not in public.

So when a small-town librarian hands him a lavender paperback in front of his entire team—and he drops it—Dylan becomes the punchline of Hampton Grove overnight.

Worse? His coach turns it into damage control. Now Dylan is stuck in an eight-week book club. With his teammates. In a library. Reading romance novels.

Kristy Smith didn’t mean to start a hockey player book club. She meant to survive one charity night and go home. But when the town’s grumpiest, most guarded captain becomes her reluctant reader, she sees an opportunity she can’t ignore.

Because beneath Dylan’s silence is something no one else has noticed. And once Kristy sees it… she can’t unsee it. What starts as a publicity stunt turns into something real. The team gets invested. The town starts watching. And Dylan, quiet, careful Dylan, keeps reading.

Not for the books. For her.

But when a private struggle becomes public, Dylan does what he’s always done when something matters too much... He shuts down. And this time, walking away might cost him more than just the story. It might cost him the one person who finally sees him clearly.

A swoony grumpy/sunshine hockey romance featuring:

• A hockey team book club that takes romance very seriously
• A cinnamon-roll captain who refuses to admit it
• A librarian who believes in people before they believe in themselves
• Found family, betting pools, and locker room literary debates
• Slow burn tension... that moment... emotional payoff