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Revenge was the plan. Falling for the hockey star next door wasn\u2019t.<\/b> Imagine my surprise when the sexy grouch turns out to be the client who just hired me to redecorate the house he\u2019s giving his mom.<\/span><\/p>\n What\u2019s a ray of sunshine like me to do? Pretend I\u2019ve never noticed his abs while we pick out furniture\u2014since I\u2019d never date a client. And Ford\u2019s made it clear this is his final season, and he wants zero distractions.<\/span><\/p>\n Which means I need to exercise some serious resistance \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n To his cool blue eyes that track my every move.<\/span> We agree it\u2019s a one-time slip-up\u2014until my cheating ex invites me to a party, and Ford insists on being my revenge date. Our fake night out turns into a\u00a0<\/span>very real\u00a0<\/span><\/i>sleepover.<\/span><\/p>\n Now the press and fans think we\u2019re a couple, so we keep it up. One fake date at a charity gala turns into another at a hockey game, and somewhere between fabric swatches and porch picnics, I stop pretending.<\/span><\/p>\n But how do I convince Ford that with me, he can have\u00a0<\/span>both<\/span><\/i>\u00a0love and hockey?<\/span><\/p>\n Tropes: <\/b>Neighbors to lovers, hockey romance, workplace romance, revenge fake dating, romantic comedy. This is Ford and Skylar’s romance!<\/span><\/p>\n Find\u00a0The Flirting Game<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Boyfriend Goal (#1)\u00a0<\/strong>– (Josie & Wesley) The Romance Line (#2)<\/strong> – (Everly & Max) The Proposal Play (#3) <\/strong>– (Maeve & Asher) The Girlfriend Zone (#4) <\/strong>– (Miles & Leighton) The Overtime Kiss (#5)<\/strong> – (Tyler & Sabrina) The Flirting Game (#6)<\/strong> – (Ford & Skylar) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n A #1 New York Times Bestselling, #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling, and #1 Audible Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that\u2019s cute but spicy. Lauren likes dogs, cake, and show tunes and is the vegetarian at your dinner party.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n She’d love to give you a free book today so check out her WEBSITE<\/a> and grab one today!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, sign up for her NEWSLETTER<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Flirting Game (Love & Hockey, #6) by Lauren Blakely Releasing – 26 December 2025 Pre-order today! Amazon\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback Available Now on Audiobook Blurb Revenge was the plan. Falling for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[300,56,1580],"class_list":["post-81171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-news","tag-cover-reveal","tag-lauren-blakely","tag-love-and-hockey"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-Flirting-Game_Ebook-1.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-l7d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n<\/span>My new neighbor is a hot, grumpy hockey player who works out shirtless on his porch every morning. But it\u2019s not technically spying if I just happen to be on my patio at the same time \u2026 right?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>To that deep voice that makes me shiver.<\/span>
\n<\/span>And to the mouth that shuts me up one night in our shared backyard with a scorching kiss.<\/span><\/p>\n
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