Books like Right Move

Right Move by Liz Tomforde reads as humorous, heartwarming. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

What Right Move is like to read

A fake-dating sports romance with a grumpy-sunshine NBA captain and his sister's messy, warm best friend forced into shared space — banter-forward, dual-POV, with the emotional pull of wanting more than the arrangement allows. Best for: readers who want a tropey NBA fake-dating romance with brother's-best-friend forbidden vibes.

Icebreaker

Hannah Grace · 2022

A spicy, banter-forward college sports romance built on forced-proximity and a golden-retriever hockey captain thawing a driven, guarded figure skater.

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The Deal

Elle Kennedy · 2015

A banter-heavy fake-dating romance between a driven music student and a cocky hockey captain that turns unexpectedly tender as their tutoring sessions crack open real vulnerability.

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Flawless

Elsie Silver · 2022

A banter-heavy forced-proximity romance between a cocky bull rider and his agent's sharp-tongued daughter, with steamy tension and a bruised-heart emotional throughline.

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Mile High

Liz Tomforde · 2023

A banter-forward dual-POV sports romance where a cocky hockey villain and a jaded flight attendant needle each other across a season of road trips until the antagonism curdles into something harder to name.

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Pucking Around

Emily Rath · 2023

A flirty, banter-driven hockey romance where the heroine juggles three love interests in a high-stakes workplace — propulsive, low-angst, and unabashedly steamy.

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Butcher & Blackbird

Brynne Weaver · 2023

A pitch-black romp where two serial-killer rivals turn their annual body-count game into a courtship — dual-POV, propulsive, and unapologetically gleeful about its violence.

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Game Changer

Rachel Reid · 2018

A contemporary M/M hockey romance built on a closeted-star / out-and-proud barista dynamic, with the heat of a secret affair pressing against the ache of being hidden.

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Grumpy Darling

Alexandra Moody · 2025

A cozy, banter-driven YA romance where the pining best friend finally gets his shot — low-heat, high-swoon, with the hockey-enforcer trope softened by earnest first-love energy.

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Written in the Stars

Alexandria Bellefleur · 2020

A holiday-set fake-dating romcom between an uptight skeptic and a free-spirited astrologer, leaning on banter, family chaos, and the slow slide from pretense into real feelings.

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Play

Kylie Scott · 2014

Both explore trust

Kristy's Mystery Admirer (The Baby-Sitters Club #38)

Ann M. Martin · 1990

A cozy, easy-reading slice of preteen life where a charity babysitting drive brings small surprises both sweet and mildly upsetting—comforting and low-stakes throughout.

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