Campus Secret by Cadence Keys book cover

CFU Hockey Book 3

Campus Secret

by Cadence Keys

A brother’s-best-friend college hockey romance built around a secret bucket-list arrangement.

Her brother’s best friend offers to help with her spicy bucket list. Falling for him was never part of the rules.

Each book follows a different couple and can be read as a standalone. Read in series order to follow the friendships and overlapping events.

Where to get this book

Tropes

  • Brother’s best friend
  • Secret relationship
  • Sexual exploration
  • No-strings arrangement becomes love
  • Found family

About the book

When my brother's best friend discovers the very private, very spicy bucket list I never meant for anyone to see, he does the last thing I expect—he volunteers to help me check it off.

Liam Farrell is the hockey team's most notorious playboy, and trust me, the reputation is earned. One flash of that smile and the subtle lilt of his Irish accent and I'm forgetting every reason this is a terrible idea.

My brother will kill us both if he finds out, which should be reason enough to say no, but I've spent my whole life fading into the background next to Drew. Being the invisible twin and feeling like I was a secondary character in my own damn life.

It’ll no doubt end in disaster. But…I trust Liam. And after getting called boring in bed, I need someone I can feel safe with to check these items off my list.

We agree to be exclusive until the list is done, but with every item that gets checked off, the more the lines blur. And now I’m falling for the last person I should.

Because Liam doesn’t believe in love, and has made it clear that he’s not built for forever.

And I’m starting to fear forever is exactly what I want.

Campus Secret is a steamy best friend's sister college hockey romance with a secret relationship, a bucket list arrangement that breaks every rule, and a hockey player who discovers that the woman he tried to protect from himself is the only reason he wants to be a better man. It is the third book in the CFU Hockey series, but can be read as a standalone.

Contemporary romance · College hockey / sports romance

Why you may love it

Liam Farrell + Ava Dumontier

Set in Clark Fork University / Dunridge, Montana / Meadowbrook, Montana

After discovering her boyfriend’s infidelity, Ava Dumontier writes a spicy bucket list to explore the desires she has been afraid to voice. Her brother’s best friend, CFU hockey player Liam Farrell, finds the list and offers to help. They agree to boundaries and secrecy, but an arrangement meant to stay physical becomes emotionally complicated.

For readers who enjoy brother’s-best-friend romance, a secret relationship, and a protective hockey player helping a dancer reclaim her confidence. Ava and Liam’s bucket-list arrangement grows out of longstanding trust and becomes harder to keep casual.