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Puck Bunny by Jillian Maclean
Cover Reveal: TBC
Release Day: February 25th 2026
Tropes: Sports Romance (Hockey), Fake Dating, Forced Proximity, Reformed Playboy, Grumpy x Sunshine, Found Family, Teammate’s Sister, Slow Burn, Opposites Attract.
Series: Puck Bunny is the second book in the Chicago Challengers series but can also be read as a standalone.
POV: Dual POV, 3rd Person.
Content Warnings: Descriptive sexual content (consensual), profanity, parental abandonment/absentee parent (past), death of a loved one (off page), alcohol consumption (on page), mild to moderate body image issues (FMC, on page), drug use (not the main characters, discussed in passing). For readers aged 18+.
Expected Page Count: 400.
BLURB:
He’s one scandal away from losing everything.
It took grit and determination, but John Richards has managed to claw out a spot for himself in the NHL and hold onto it for over a decade.
Unfortunately, thanks to a combination of poor choices and a shadow from his past, he’s one misstep away from losing it all.
What he needs now is a miracle.
She’s one bad date away from giving up on love.
Annie Taylor is cursed. It’s the only possible explanation for the recent string of bizarre dates she’s had with men ranging from Spandex fanatics to macaroni artists.
What she really needs is a dating hiatus, a break from her never-ending quest to find The One.
Annie is shocked when her brother-in-law’s teammate proposes a fake-dating scheme. Her wholesome kindergarten teacher vibe is just what he needs to rehab his image.
It sounds crazy, but the more she thinks about it, the more perfect she realizes his plan might be. How better to protect her heart–and preserve her sanity–than to “commit” to the least available man possible?
Puck Bunny is the second book in Jillian Maclean’s heart-warming Chicago Challengers hockey series.