Captive / Kidnapping Romance
Match Penalty: Coach’s Daughter Hockey Romance (Rookie Hawkeyes Series Book 1)
Book 1 in the Rookie Hawkeyes series · Reading order →
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Why we recommend it
A coach's-daughter hockey romance trading on the thrill of forbidden lines and the friction of falling for someone strictly off-limits. Lighter on darkness and heavier on heat-laced tension, it suits readers who want sports-romance banter, simmering longing, and the delicious risk of crossing a boundary everyone warned about. Expect rink-side chemistry, slow-build pining, and a payoff worth the penalty.
At a glance
Match Penalty is a captive romance by Kenna King. With 3/5 for spice and 2/5 for darkness it sits on the lighter side for captive romance (of the 419 captive romance books on Readark, almost none rate lower for darkness and 3% lower for spice). Its tropes include brother's best friend, grumpy / sunshine and forced proximity. Brother's best friend is one of the less common tropes in our catalogue. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.
Book details
- Published
- May 2025
Match Penalty spice level
Match Penalty is rated 3/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: open door, meaning explicit scenes written plainly, but not the engine of the book. Its darkness rating is 2/5: morally grey, meaning the love interest does real harm and consequences are acknowledged. How we rate
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