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Lovesick by Celeste Briars
Release Day: September 4th 2025
Tropes: Hockey Romance, College Romance, Dancer x Hockey Captain, Coach’s Daughter, Forced Proximity, Dislike to Lovers, Friends with Benefits, Found Family, Reformed Playboy, Spicy.
Series: This is book one in a four-part series!
POV: Dual POV.
Content Warnings: Chronic Health Condition, Alcohol Use, Substance Use, Emetophobia , Heart Failure (on-page), Near Miss (on-page), Emotional Abuse, Parental Absence, Sexual Harassment, Negative Self-Talk, Explicit Sexual Content, Suicidal Thoughts, 18+.
Expected Page Count: 413
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Dancer and self-proclaimed perfectionist, Merit Lawson, has spent her whole life appeasing others, including walking away from a promising dance career. After she collapses following a heart-related incident at her old college, her helicopter parents relocate her back home to snowy Minnesota—where hockey is a religion, and the players are gods. Merit wants one last night of freedom before she’s thrown into a maelstrom of inflated egos and bad decisions, even if that means becoming a hookup culture statistic.
NHL-bound hockey player, Crew Calloway, yearns to be seen for who he is, rather than his flashy accomplishments or playboy reputation. With a deadbeat dad and a roster of manipulative exes, it’s going to take a lot to crumble his defenses. However, unexpected sparks fly when he meets one fiery, pint-sized brunette at the bar who seems to be the only girl who doesn’t know his name. Before long, they’re back at his place executing the perfect hat trick—sans clothes. But just as Crew thinks he’s found his match, she disappears the next morning.
When Crew gets a dinner invite from his coach, he doesn’t expect his blast from a not-so-distant past to answer the door. Merit has a personal vendetta against the hockey player species, and Crew knows that dating the coach’s daughter would end his career, but neither of them can deny the unbidden hunger they share. Now, growing closer than ever after being assigned to the same fundraiser committee, their hormones will be the least of their worries if Merit’s father finds out about their not-so-platonic relationship.
Will Crew and Merit fold under the pressures of the outside world, or will love finally be in the cards for two romantically challenged souls?
Lovesick is a heart-warming college hockey romance featuring a bad boy hockey captain with a thirst for trouble, a good girl dancer who’s determined to stay away from him, a fundraiser of epic proportions, spice hot enough to make you question your religious values, and a chance at love between two star-crossed lovers. It’s the first book in a series but can be read as a standalone.
Lovesick is a college hockey romance, coach’s daughter, dislike to lovers, friends with benefits, hockey captain x dancer, bad boy x good girl, forced proximity romance with no cheating and a satisfying happily ever after.