Pucking Around - by Emily Rath (Paperback)

Highlights

• FOR FANS OF hockey romances by Hannah Grace, Elle Kennedy, Lexi LaFleur
• Brown, Grace Reilly, Rachel Reid, Helena Hunting, Anna Zabo, Sarina Bowen,
• Grace McGinty, and Sarah Blue. Readers of sexy, boundary-pushing romances
• with Tiktok/Booktok-driven fandoms by authors such as Ana Huang, Emily
• McIntire, Lucy Score, Colleen Hoover, Erin Watt, Penelope Douglas, Claire
• Contreras, and Lauren Blakely, as well as authors who write complex,
• well-developed characters like Liz Tomforde and Elsie Silver flock to Emily Rath’s
• Jacksonville Rays series as well.
• BONUS CONTENT: This new editon of the first Jacksonville Rays romance
• includes the prequel novella "That One Night."
• PREMIUM PACKAGE & NEW COVER ART with GLITTER lamination, spot gloss
• and designed chapter headers.
• HEAT LEVEL: Very, very spicy (4 peppers)
• BESTSELLING PRINT TRACK RECORD: The Kensington print editions of
• PUCKING AROUND (1/23/24) and PUCKING WILD (3/26/24) were USA Today
• and Publishers Weekly bestsellers that put another quarter of a million trade
• paperbacks in the market, with the former selling nearly 100k copies in its first 7
• months on sale and the latter 40k within 5 months. PUCKING SWEET (9/24/24)
• debuted on the New York Times bestseller list and sold nearly 40k copies in its
• first 2 months.
• POLYAMOROUS QUADRANGLE: The central romance in PUCKING AROUND is a
• polyamorous relationship between one woman and three men. Polyamorous
• relationships in romance are vastly underrepresented. Readers seeking romances
• featuring unconventional modern relationships portrayed in a way that
• normalizes them in a positive light will embrace this book.
• VIRAL TIKTOK SUCCESS FOR THE JACKSONVILLE RAYS: Within 6 months
• of its indie release in March 2023, #PuckingAround had accumulated more than
• 27 million views. Hashtags related to the Jacksonville Rays series overall have
• more than 20 million views.
• INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER WITH STRONG PLATFORM: Emily Rath is an
• internationally bestselling author with a ton of momentum on Tiktok. As of
• 8/15/24, she has more than 89.5k followers on the platform and more than 1.6
• million likes, plus another 35k followers on Instagram.
• KINKY, INCLUSIVE, QUEER, POLY, “WHY CHOOSE” (REVERSE HAREM)
• ROMANCES: The Jax Rays series is an open and inclusive world, celebrating
• themes of queer joy, ethical nonmonogamy, kink exploration, and body and sex
• positivity. Each book features at least one player on the Jacksonville Rays hockey
• team meeting and finding their love(s).
• HOCKEY ROMANCE: Hashtags associated with the subgenre
• (#HockeyRomanceBooks, #HockeyRomanceBooksTiktok, etc) have accumulated
• more than 470 million views (as of 9/22/23) on Tiktok. Driven by this Tiktok
• explosion, contemporary romance starring hockey players is one of the hottest
• and bestselling trends in romance, with mainstream outlets such as the New York
• Times marveling over its popularity (see: https://tinyurl.com/mu8y88t8).
• Crucially, it's also a subgenre that’s not oversaturated in the market.
• KENSINGTON IS IN THE EMILY RATH BUSINESS: In addition to the
• Jacksonville Rays novels, Kensington is publishing paperback editions of Emily’s
• Second Sons historical romances staring with BEAUTIFUL THINGS (4/29/2025)
• as well as her hardcover adult fantasy duology, Tuonela Duet, starting with
• NORTH IS THE NIGHT in Dec 2025.
• PERSONAL CONNECTION: As a queer person who lived for many years in
• Kensington Reads Title Highlights: May 2025
• Jacksonville who loves hockey and hockey romances, Emily Rath’s joyful passion
• for this series is apparent on every page.
• EASTER EGGS: Emily layers in Easter eggs everywhere across all her novels, so
• fans of her Regency books will catch references in her Jacksonville Rays novels
• and fans of the Jacksonville Rays will notice connections in her Finnish fantasy
• duet.
• CAN BE READ AS STANDALONE: Each Jacksonville Rays novel features a
• different female main character and can be read as a standalone.