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Pucking Around

by Emily Rath · Jacksonville Rays #1 · 608 pages · Published February 2023
Spoiler-light guide Series order included Similar books included
4.04 / 5 across 35K ratings
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (5/5)

A steamy, fun Adult sports romance built around hockey, reverse harem, found family. 608 pages with moderate to high-heat romance and a satisfying conclusion.

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Steamy. Fun. Emotional.

Steamy Fun Emotional

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Steamy Fun Emotional
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Content notes

Explicit Sexual Content
Hockey
Reverse Harem
Found Family
Book profile

Mood, trope, and intensity breakdown

How this book actually feels — based on mood analysis, not publisher blurbs.

Mood profile
Romance
70%
Fantasy
0%
Pacing
3/5
Darkness
1/5
Spice
5/5
Core elements
Genre
Sports Romance
Reverse Harem
Moods
Steamy
Fun
Emotional
Key Tropes
Hockey
Reverse Harem
Found Family
Ending
Satisfying
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How spicy is Pucking Around?

Very explicit (5/5) — extensive explicit content throughout.

Do I need to read Pucking Around in order?

Pucking Around is book 1 in the Jacksonville Rays series. Start here.

Who would enjoy Pucking Around?

Readers who love steamy and fun stories with hockey and reverse harem. Best suited for Adult readers and up.

What kind of read is Pucking Around?

A steamy, fun Adult sports romance built around hockey, reverse harem, found family. 608 pages with moderate to high-heat romance and a satisfying conclusion.

What are the content warnings for Pucking Around?

Content notes include: explicit sexual content. Sort By Cravings always flags these so you can make informed choices.

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Every Sort By Cravings guide is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs or Amazon summaries. We map tropes directly from the text, cross-reference BookTok and Goodreads reader reactions across 500+ community posts, and calibrate heat ratings against reader consensus before publishing. Mood tags, spice numbers, and “skip if” notes reflect actual reading experience. Read our editorial standards.

📚 Last reviewed: March 2026 Guide verified against current edition
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