Release Date: April 3rd, 2026

Series: Rixton U

Genres: New Adult/College

Tropes: Hockey, Coach's Daughter, Secret Identity x Online Friends to Lovers, Close Proximity, Small College Town, and Interconnected Series.​​

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A college hockey romance by USA Today Bestselling author Brooke O’Brien about a coach’s secret daughter, a team tangled in scandal, and one player risks everything to protect her.

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Blurb

I wasn’t supposed to notice her.

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The girl behind the bar with a guarded smile has something in her eyes that pulls me in. The one who insists she doesn’t need protecting—even after I watch them threaten her right in front of me.

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Brinley isn’t just a risk. She’s a secret that certain people don’t want getting out.

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I knew she was my head coach’s daughter. What I didn’t understand was why no one else did.

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I’ve spent my whole life building a name on the ice. Now I’m being warned to stay away from her or risk losing everything I’ve worked for.

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And the pressure doesn’t just come from the bench. The threats aren’t subtle anymore—stopping at nothing until she leaves town. They expect me to fall in line, focus on blocking shots, keep my mouth shut, and choose my career over her.

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But they’re wrong.

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Because this time, I’m not just protecting the net.

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I’m protecting her. And the truth they’ll do anything to keep silent.

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The Blocks We Make is book two in the Rixton U series—an interconnected romance series featuring the hockey players of Rixton University and the women who flip their world upside down. Each book follows a different couple and ends with a HEA, while the suspense storyline unfolds across the series and is best experienced in order.