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Susannah Jones and Andrew Eiden share duties on this dual-perspective romance, their voices keeping the college hockey and law school worlds distinct enough that the 11 hours of the relationship's complications never feel collapsed into one note. Eiden appears in another title in the recommendations, and the list stays consistently in that contemporary romance territory — similar runtimes, the same emotional stakes around characters whose ambitions keep getting in the way of what they actually want.

10 books for fans of The Goal

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    The Risk

    Briar U • Book 2

    by Elle Kennedy

    4.21 Goodreads (228.7K ratings)
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    Top Secret

    by Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy

    4.05 Goodreads (42.4K ratings)
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    The Play

    Briar U • Book 3

    by Elle Kennedy

    4.00 Goodreads (168.0K ratings)
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    The Dare

    Briar U • Book 4

    by Elle Kennedy

    3.73 Goodreads (149.2K ratings)
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    Us

    Him • Book 2

    by Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy

    4.23 Goodreads (57.6K ratings)
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    Him

    Him • Book 1

    by Sarina Bowen, Elle Kennedy

    4.18 Goodreads (106.0K ratings)
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    Good Boy

    WAGs • Book 1

    by Elle Kennedy, Sarina Bowen

    3.84 Goodreads (45.5K ratings)
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    Body Check

    by Elle Kennedy

    3.40 Goodreads (43.7K ratings)
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    Love Song

    by Elle Kennedy

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    Blake's post-breakup escape to the family lake house comes with a strict no-men policy that summer has other plans for disrupting. This Briar universe standalone captures one transformative summer where the best-laid plans meet unexpected chemistry.

    4.08 Goodreads (8.1K ratings)
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    One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince

    Ravenhood Legacy • Book 1

    by Kate Stewart

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    Dominic carries vengeance in his heart while she seeks to uncover his secrets, their stormy love creating a legacy that connects to the original Ravenhood trilogy.

    4.53 Goodreads (55.7K ratings)