Fake dating sparks real chemistry at Briar U
Hannah Wells needs help getting her crush’s attention, while hockey captain Garrett Graham needs tutoring to save his GPA. Their fake-date arrangement starts as a deal, but one unexpected kiss changes the rules.
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Fake dating sparks real chemistry at Briar U
Hannah Wells needs help getting her crush’s attention, while hockey captain Garrett Graham needs tutoring to save his GPA. Their fake-date arrangement starts as a deal, but one unexpected kiss changes the rules.
- Book Synopsis
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Original Series now on Prime Video
Welcome to Briar U!
Get ready for your newest obsession . . . Discover the addictive world of the Off-Campus series from The Queen of Hockey Romance, Elle Kennedy!
Read The Deal now for the perfect fake-dating romance!
She’s about to make a deal with the college bad boy . . .
Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she’s carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush’s attention, she’ll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice . . . even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date
. . . and it’s going to be oh so good
All Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he’s worked so hard for. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he’s all for it. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn’t take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn’t going to cut it.
Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.
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Why fans love Elle Kennedy
‘Delicious, complicated and drama-filled . . . I read it in one sitting, and you will, too’ L. J. Shen, USA Today bestselling author
‘A deliciously sexy story with a wallop of emotions that sneaks up on you’ Vi Keeland, New York Times bestselling author
‘This book had the ability to make me swoon one minute, put my heart in my throat the next, then literally make me burst right out laughing out of the blue’ Goodreads Review
‘The best college romance I’ve read. It had epic banter, sexy romance, and fantastic writing!! I laughed, I swooned, I couldn’t put it down. Highly recommended!!’Goodreads Review
‘Elle Kennedy proves, once again, that she is the Queen of College Hockey Romance!!’ Goodreads Review
‘5-Made My Heart Pitter Patter-Stars’ Goodreads Review
‘One of the few authors who can instantly put a grin on my face as soon as I start reading her books’ Goodreads Review
Ideal for Readers Who…
- Watched the Amazon Prime series and need the book immediately — The Deal is Book 1 in the Off-Campus series, and yes, Garrett Graham is even better on the page. Hannah Wells too. The show captures the chemistry; the book gives you everything the show didn't have time for.
- Are here because of BookTok — The Deal has been on BookTok's recommended list since before BookTok was called BookTok. If your FYP has been telling you to read this, your FYP is right.
- Love fake dating done properly — the tutoring-for-a-fake-date arrangement at the heart of this book is one of the genre's most satisfying setups: two people who have clear reasons to keep things transactional, and absolutely no ability to do so.
- Want hockey romance with actual hockey — Garrett Graham is the captain of the Briar University hockey team, and Elle Kennedy writes sport with enough specificity that you can feel the rink. This isn't a hockey romance in name only.
- Need the female lead to be as good as the male lead — Hannah Wells is one of the most well-constructed heroines in the genre: confident in most areas of her life, carrying real baggage in others, and never once a passive participant in her own story.
- Are ready to read the full Off-Campus series — The Deal is Book 1. After Garrett and Hannah, you'll want Logan and Grace (The Mistake), then Dean and Allie (The Score), then Tucker and Sabrina (The Goal). Clear your schedule.
- About The Author
- A New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Elle Kennedy grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, and holds a B.A. in English from York University. From an early age, she knew she wanted to be a writer, and actively began pursuing that dream when she was a teenager. Elle currently writes for various publishers. She is the author of more than 50 titles of contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels, including the global sensation Off-Campus series.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780349450452
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Piatkus, (05 May 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 388
- Weight
- 280 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 196 x 126 x 32 mm
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