Hellebore Fields: A Dark Academia Hockey Romance (UC Wisteria Book 1)

Name: Hellebore Fields: A Dark Academia Hockey Romance (UC Wisteria Book 1)
Author: Rivkah Plume

Rivkah Plume

Book 1 in the UC Wisteria series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

A dark academia hockey romance that blends ivy-clad menace with rink-side heat. This opener sets a charged, enemies-edged attraction against a moody campus where secrets and sport collide. Expect possessive intensity, forced closeness, and a slow burn that crackles between tension and tenderness. For readers who want their athletes brooding, their academia shadowed, and their romance equal parts combustible and chilling. Atmospheric, steamy, and addictively dark.

At a glance

Hellebore Fields is a dark academia romance by Rivkah Plume. With 4/5 for spice and 3/5 for darkness it sits on the lighter side for dark academia romance (of the 191 dark academia romance books on Readark, almost none rate lower for darkness and 56% lower for spice). Its tropes include grumpy / sunshine, forced proximity and slow burn. Grumpy / sunshine is one of the less common tropes in our catalogue. 1 content warning is listed below, hidden until you tap.

Tropes

Enemies to Lovers Forced Proximity Grumpy / Sunshine Slow Burn

Book details

Published: February 2026

Hellebore Fields spice level

Hellebore Fields is rated 4/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: explicit and frequent, meaning multiple detailed scenes, with heat central to the story. Its darkness rating is 3/5: genuinely dark, meaning violence, coercion or captivity drive the plot, not just the mood. How we rate