Northbrook Hockey Elite Books in Order
Part ofRebecca Connolly Books in OrderSee Northbrook Hockey Elite by Rebecca Connolly in order, with short summaries, series background, and tips on picking your first book.
Last updated: January 17, 2026
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Publication Order
6 books
Shootout
by Rebecca Connolly
2020
Goalie Trane Jones expects his future to be nothing but hockey and the weight of his past. Janae, a former Broadway dancer, takes an ice-girl job with the Detroit Comets to rebuild her career. One unexpected date makes both rethink everything they thought they wanted.
Rebound
by Rebecca Connolly
2020
Summer Davis is a small-town librarian and PhD candidate who wants a real love story. Pro hockey player Rocco De Luca did not know he was looking for love until he met her. They are all in, until their families get involved.
Crosscheck
by Rebecca Connolly
2020
Zane Winchester is known as a hard hitter on the ice and a walking penalty box, but his personal life is more complicated than anyone suspects. Mara Matthews thinks she has an ordinary life until she meets him through one of her students. Sparks are the last thing either can control.
Breakaway
by Rebecca Connolly
2020
In the middle of a relentless hockey season, a Northbrook player and a woman with her own priorities find their lives colliding. Between travel, expectations, and the pressure to perform, they have to decide whether love can fit into a life that never slows down.
Powerplay
by Rebecca Connolly
2019
NHL star Jax Emerson is ready to quit when he uncovers the truth behind his contract. Meg Bailey is fighting to keep her business afloat. Jax offers a solution, but headlines, family pressure, and unexpected feelings pull them both deeper than planned.
Faceoff
by Rebecca Connolly
2019
Pro hockey player Clint McCarthy is settling into a new city when he runs into Bree Stone, someone he has known for years. Suddenly, Bree is all he can think about. With their lives tied to famous athlete circles, wanting each other gets messy fast.
Series background & context
Northbrook Hockey Elite is a clean contemporary sports romance series focused on six professional hockey players whose history goes back to an elite club team. They have all moved on to the pro leagues, and not all of them left as friends. That tension, and the chance to rebuild, is part of what gives the series its bite.
Each book spotlights a different player and a different kind of love story, with the realities of pro hockey in the background: travel, contracts, press, and the pressure to perform when everyone is watching. The romance comes from watching two people make room for each other in a life that already feels full.
The series begins with Faceoff and continues through Powerplay, Rebound, Crosscheck, Breakaway, and Shootout. Some stories lean into the idea of falling for someone you have always known. Others focus on career crossroads, family interference, or the challenge of starting over.
Sports romance is the hook, but relationships are the point.
The tone is sweet and hopeful, with closed-door romance and a focus on emotional growth. Characters are often dealing with baggage, sometimes heavy, and the books treat that seriously without losing the comfort-read feel. You get tension, but you also get support systems, friendships, and partners who choose to show up.
Reading in order is the easiest way to keep track of the friend group and the crossover connections, especially if you also read the related baseball books in the same shared universe. Still, each romance has a clear beginning and end, so you can also jump in based on trope.
On this page, you will find the Northbrook Hockey Elite titles in order with short summaries and background on how the team’s shared past shapes the series. If you want sports romance that keeps the content clean and the feelings big, this is a solid place to start.
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