The Windy City Series by Liz Tomforde
Liz Tomforde’s Windy City series is the Chicago-set, swoony-but-sharp sports romance saga that has BookTok in a chokehold and is currently being adapted by Amazon Studios for screen. While the broader series spans hockey, basketball and baseball across the five books, the two hockey-focused instalments are absolute must-reads for any Off Campus fan craving that next NHL fix.
The series opens with Mile High (Book 1), where Chicago’s most-hated hockey player Evan Zanders crosses paths with new flight attendant Stevie Shay aboard the team’s private plane in a sharp, slow-burning enemies-to-lovers romance with workplace tension and bad-boy redemption. Then in Rewind It Back (Book 5), the series returns to hockey with a devastating childhood-friends-to-second-chance romance, as Hallie Hart unknowingly moves in next door to her first love (and broken heart) Rio DeLuca, the Chicago hockey player she once swore she’d never speak to again and is hired to renovate his house.
Perfect for readers who crave emotionally rich pro hockey romance, dual POV, and characters who feel like real people.
The Him Series by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy
Co-written by Sarina Bowen and Off Campus author Elle Kennedy, the Him series is the iconic MM hockey romance that absolutely defined the modern queer sports romance genre and the closest you’ll come to recapturing that exact Off Campus voice, straight from the author who started it all. The trilogy follows Jamie Canning and Ryan Wesley, rival college hockey goalies turned summer camp roommates turned star-crossed friends-to-lovers, in a quiet, emotional second-chance MM romance.
The series begins with Him, where one summer of forced proximity unearths a friendship neither of them ever forgot and a connection that becomes impossible to ignore. Us picks up as Jamie and Ryan navigate professional hockey, identity, and long-distance love. The novella Epic rounds out the series with a swoony, satisfying epilogue.
Perfect for readers who loved Off Campus’s heart and humour and want their next emotionally devastating MM hockey romance.
The Hockey Guys Series by Sarina Bowen
Sarina Bowen’s Hockey Guys series is widely considered the best MM hockey romance series in print, four standalone male/male romances delivering the same warmth, heart-stopping yearning, and banter-rich found family that made the Him series legendary, transported into the world of professional NHL hockey. Each book follows a different queer couple within an interconnected league, building a richly connected world across the series.
The series opens with The New Guy, a workplace MM romance where closeted NHL defenseman Hudson falls for Gavin, the team’s new athletic trainer and single dad to a seven-year-old. I’m Your Guy brings the slow-burn yearning we live for as Tommaso navigates a forbidden connection that absolutely levels you. The Last Guy on Earth delivers reluctant-roommates enemies-to-lovers MM with chemistry that jumps off the page. The series rounds out with My Kind of Guy a tender friends-to-lovers MM romance that ties the cast together in the softest way.
Perfect for readers who loved the MM hockey magic of Him and want a whole queer NHL universe to spiral over.
Vancouver Storm Series by Stephanie Archer
Stephanie Archer’s Vancouver Storm series is the grumpy-x-sunshine, NHL-set, soft-yet-spicy hockey romance saga that has earned a permanent spot on every hockey romance reader’s favourites list. Set within the same NHL franchise, each book follows a different couple within an interconnected team and friend group.
The series begins with Behind the Net, the iconic grumpy-x-sunshine slow burn between anxious NHL goalie Jamie Streicher and chaotic-good Pippa Hartley that started it all. The Fake Out brings golden retriever energy in a brother’s-best-friend fake-dating romance, while The Wingman delivers a friends-to-lovers, confidence-era glow up. Gloves Off takes the series into marriage-of-convenience territory with a possessive hockey enforcer, and The Wild Card closes the series with an enemies-to-lovers, banter-heavy workplace romance.
Perfect for readers who want their NHL romance with deep emotional payoff, banter that bites, and characters who absolutely soften for the right person.
Wittmore U Hockey Series by Angel Lawson
Angel Lawson’s Wittmore U Hockey series is the college campus, trope-stacked, modern hockey romance series that scratches every itch Off Campus fans share. Set on the Wittmore U campus, the series follows a tight-knit team through fake dating, forbidden relationships, brother’s best friend dynamics, and pop-star-meets-athlete chemistry.
The series opens with Faking It with the Forward, where a pop star and a hockey forward strike a fake-dating arrangement that spirals into something neither expected. Guarded by the Goalie brings secret-relationship angst with a soft-hearted goalie hiding everything behind his mask, and Daring the Defender delivers brother’s-best-friend forbidden romance with the tension cranked all the way up. Enticing the Enforcer closes the series with a possessive-but-soft enforcer hero, pop-star-x-athlete chemistry and the highest spice of the four.
Perfect for readers who loved the on-campus hockey energy of Off Campus and want it stacked with every trope under the sun.
Leighton U Series by C.E. Ricci
C.E. Ricci’s Leighton U series is the MM college sports romance pick for readers who crave deep emotional damage alongside their angst-soaked slow burns. Set on the Leighton U campus, the series follows interconnected athletes navigating identity, rivalry and falling for the last person they expected.
The series begins with Iced Out, where two college hockey rivals stuck in a forced rooming situation can’t keep their secrets or their feelings under control. Caught Stealing shifts focus to a different couple in the same world, delivering an aching friends-to-lovers slow burn between two athletes whose pining will gut you.
Perfect for readers who loved the MM romance of Him and want their college sports romance with extra spice and emotional weight.
D.C. Stars Series by Chelsea Curto
Chelsea Curto’s D.C. Stars series is the pro-hockey, interconnected-friend-group romance reigning at the top of every hockey romance reader’s list. Each book follows a different couple within the Washington D.C. Stars NHL franchise, building a richly connected world across the five books.
The series begins with Face Off, a single-dad romance between the hockey captain and the sunshine girlie who falls equally hard for him and his daughter. Power Play delivers a swoon-worthy fake dating slow burn, and Slap Shot brings enemies-to-lovers workplace tension you can taste. Hat Trick finally pays off the friends-to-lovers couple readers have been waiting for across the entire series, and Sin Bin closes things out as the spiciest, most spice-forward book of the bunch.
Perfect for readers who fell in love with the Off Campus roommate-and-friend dynamic and want to obsess over a whole team.
From college campus heartbreak to NHL stardom, MM rivals-to-lovers to grumpy-x-sunshine NHL goalies, these are the hockey romance series that capture everything Off Campus fans love and so much more. Each handpicked recommendation brings the perfect blend of swoony romance, sharp banter, and emotionally rich storytelling. Whether you’re looking to start a new pro hockey obsession or revisit the campus chaos of the Off Campus universe, these reads will keep you up well past your bedtime.
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