Lauren Blakely has just revealed the gorgeous cover of Just Breaking the Rules
Release Date: January 21, 2026
Cover Illustration and Design: Qamber Designs and Media
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the first standalone hockey romance in her brand new Hockey Ever After series, JUST BREAKING THE RULES! This sexy, single dad, opposites attract hockey workplace romance answers the burning question — what happens when you open a small town bakery with your brother’s hockey star best friend? This romance about the one that got away is filled with steamy moments, love letters, and all the heart, heat, and humor you’ve come to love from Lauren’s sports romances! Releasing January 21st in all formats, and free to read in Kindle Unlimited, check out the cover and blurb below and pre-order your copy today!
About Just Breaking the Rules
Breaking the rules has never tasted so good…
How did I end up opening a bakery with my brother’s hockey star best friend?
Start with one cake disaster, add a dangerously hot pro athlete, and mix in a steamy encounter that definitely was not supposed to happen.
But when the sexy, single dad hockey player saves me from a cake contest catastrophe, I do something reckless: ask him to go into business with me.
I am out of options—no loan, no backup plan—and this bakery is my last chance to prove I am more than my past mistakes.
Now we are partners, and we agree that one moment up against the door stays in the past.
Not that Corbin makes it easy.
He sends flowers when I am down.
Braids my hair before we bake.
Gives me his jersey to wear to games.
Shows up late to test recipes… then stays way too long.
When we find a box of old love letters tucked inside a bakery cupboard, suddenly, our story feels just as risky—and just as impossible to resist.
Maybe some rules are meant to be broken. No matter the cost to our dreams.
Availability
Just Breaking the Rules is currently available for preorder in eBook and Paperback formats on Amazon.
Just Breaking the Rules will be available to read for FREE in Kindle Unlimited on Amazon upon release.
Series Listing
- Just Breaking the Rules (Hockey Ever After Book 1)
About Lauren Blakely
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’s cute but spicy. Lauren likes dogs, cake, and show tunes and is the vegetarian at your dinner party.
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