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Books like The Long Game

A deeply intimate, hard-won victory lap for a beloved couple navigating the heavy toll of a decade-long secret. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Long Game.

  • intimate
  • emotionally charged
  • bittersweet
  • triumphant
  1. 01

    Game Changer

    Rachel Reid

    A swoony, high-heat sports romance that balances the thrill of a secret affair with the tender vulnerability of falling in love.

    Shares:
    • intimate
    • earnest
    • tender
  2. 02

    Time to Shine

    Rachel Reid

    A cozy, opposites-attract hockey romance that melts icy defenses with relentless charm and holiday warmth.

    Shares:
    • earnest
    • tender
  3. 03

    The Raven King

    Nora Sakavic

    A bloody, adrenaline-fueled descent into trauma and trust, where a fractured team learns to bare their teeth at the world together.

    Feels:
    • adrenaline-fueled
    • dread-soaked
    • claustrophobic
  4. 04

    Pucking Around

    Emily Rath

    A wildly indulgent, high-heat hockey romance that trades unnecessary angst for fierce devotion, endless banter, and a cozy polyamorous dynamic.

    Feels:
    • high-heat
    • swoony
    • escapist
  5. 05

    The Queer Principles of Kit Webb

    Cat Sebastian

    An electrifying historical romance where lessons in thievery spark an irresistible attraction between a rough-hewn former highwayman and a desperate aristocrat.

    Shares:
    • earnest
  6. 06

    The Chase

    Elle Kennedy

    A sizzling, banter-heavy college romance where forced proximity turns stubborn assumptions into undeniable attraction.

    Shares:
    • wry
  7. 07

    The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, The

    KJ Charles

    A windswept, sharply witty romance where a prickly gentleman and a pragmatic smuggler navigate treacherous marshes and their own guarded hearts.

    Shares:
    • tender
    • wry
  8. 08

    The Game Is Love

    Jeanne Allan

    A breezy, nostalgic battle of wills between a stubborn artist and a charmingly arrogant quarterback.

    Shares:
    • wry
  9. 09

    The Foxhole Court

    Nora Sakavic

    A gritty, adrenaline-soaked collision of trauma and fierce loyalty, where a brutal sport becomes the battleground for broken outcasts to finally stop running.

    Feels:
    • tense
    • adrenaline-fueled
    • claustrophobic
  10. 10

    Playing for Keeps

    R. L. Mathewson

    A laugh-out-loud, high-heat romp about the chaotic collision between a quiet rule-follower and the infuriatingly attractive menace next door.

    Feels:
    • lighthearted
    • chaotic
    • steamy
  11. 11

    Two Rogues Make a Right

    Cat Sebastian

    A tender, intimate historical romance where two charming scoundrels discover that their greatest adventure is falling for each other.

    Shares:
    • intimate
    • earnest
    • tender
  12. 12

    Something Like Summer

    Jay Bell

    A sweeping, decade-spanning queer romance that captures the messy, beautiful evolution of a bond that refuses to fade.

    Shares:
    • bittersweet
    • earnest
    • tender

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