Darcy Hollis
Portland Ravens Hockey · Book One

He hasn't smiled on camera in seven years. She calls the puck a rubber cube.

Hockey romance set in rainy Portland, where the goalies are grumpy, the coffee is strong and every book ends happy.

Cover of The Shutout Deal by Darcy Hollis: a diner napkin with four handwritten rules and a hockey puck
The Shutout Deal, Portland Ravens Hockey book one, by Darcy Hollis
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The Shutout Deal

Rule one: no public kisses without warning.

Nora Quinn needs this job. Her ex kept their cooking channel, her little sister's insulin sensors cost more than her car, and the Portland Ravens have given her eight weeks to prove she's worth a paycheck.

Beckett Shaw needs a new story. Six seconds of video turned the league's best goalie into the most hated man in Portland, and he won't explain them to anyone.

The club's idea: date him. Nothing in writing. A friendly breakup in April.

So they write their own rules on a diner napkin. No lying to family. Never ask about the video.

Then he starts eating her cooking. She meets the grandfather who taught him to skate on a frozen pond in Manitoba. And a Valentine's kiss cam lasts nine seconds instead of three.

The deal ends in April. Nobody told the goalie.

  • Fake dating
  • Grumpy / sunshine
  • Forced proximity
  • He falls first
  • Found family
  • Open door
  • HEA
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The Portland Ravens Hockey series

One team, one rainy city, five love stories. Every book stands alone with its own couple and its own happy ending, and the whole team shows up in all of them.

Book 1

The Shutout Deal

The goalie and the content creator. Fake dating, grumpy / sunshine.

Book 2 · Coming soon

The Rival Clause

The team's biggest flirt and the sports writer who tore him apart in print. Enemies to lovers.

Book 3 · Coming soon

The Second Period

The captain goes home to Astoria for the summer, and the girl he left there never left. Second chance.

Book 4

The Penalty Box

A single-dad defenseman, his five-year-old matchmaker and the nanny who moves in. Single dad.

Book 5

The Off-Limits Line

The rookie and the captain's little sister. Forbidden, secret romance.

One year later, Beckett cooks dinner.

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About Darcy

Darcy Hollis writes hockey romance with a lot of coffee and not enough sleep. She likes heroes who are terrible at feelings and excellent at showing up, heroines who talk too much, and side characters who deserve their own book (so they get one).

Write to her at hello@darcyhollis.com. She reads everything.