Romance
The Deal
A college hockey star agrees to tutor a clever, guarded classmate who needs to make another guy jealous. In return, he gets help passing a class he can't afford to fail, and the arrangement stops being purely practical.
Facts last checked 2026-10-16
- First published
- 2015
- Pace
- Fast
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 342
- Format
- Book 1 of 5 in Off-Campus
Read this if you want a campus hockey romance with heat, banter and a heroine working through something painful.
Skip this if you want a purely light read, since it deals directly with an assault in the heroine's past.
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Quick answers about The Deal
- What is The Deal about?
- A college hockey star agrees to tutor a clever, guarded classmate who needs to make another guy jealous. In return, he gets help passing a class he can't afford to fail, and the arrangement stops being purely practical.
- Who should read The Deal?
- Read it if you want a campus hockey romance with heat, banter and a heroine working through something painful. Skip it if you want a purely light read, since it deals directly with an assault in the heroine's past.
- How long and how fast is The Deal?
- It is a fast-paced, medium read of about 342 pages, first published in 2015.
- Does The Deal have content warnings?
- Content we flag: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Abuse.
- Can I borrow The Deal for free?
- Often, yes. Check Libby (OverDrive) to see whether your library lends The Deal; the borrow button above searches it for you.
- What should I read after The Deal?
- Readers who liked it often move on to The Spanish Love Deception, It Ends with Us.
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