The Deal
A fun, steamy Adult sports romance built around fake relationship, hockey, tutoring. 366 pages with moderate to high-heat romance and a satisfying conclusion.
Best for readers who want…
Fun. Steamy. Sweet.
Mood Match
Skip this book if…
- You prefer completely clean, fade-to-black romance
- You prefer standalone novels with no series commitment
Content notes
Mood, trope, and intensity breakdown
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How spicy is The Deal?
Moderate (3/5) — explicit content present but not dominant.
Do I need to read The Deal in order?
The Deal is book 1 in the Off-Campus series. Start here.
Who would enjoy The Deal?
Readers who love fun and steamy stories with fake relationship and hockey. Best suited for Adult readers and up.
What kind of read is The Deal?
A fun, steamy Adult sports romance built around fake relationship, hockey, tutoring. 366 pages with moderate to high-heat romance and a satisfying conclusion.
What are the content warnings for The Deal?
Content notes include: sexual content, sexual assault reference. Sort By Cravings always flags these so you can make informed choices.
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.