Breathe with Me: A Playing for Keeps Hockey Romance (Playing for Keeps, 5), by Becka Mack

established couple • hockey romance • infertility journey • marriage • emotional romance

Cara Hunter and Emmett Brodie have built the kind of love that seems capable of surviving anything. She's fearless and fiercely independent, he's one of hockey's biggest stars, and together they've become the heart of their family. But when they decide they're ready to have a baby, they face a deeply personal struggle that will test the foundation they've spent years building.

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5

The Vibe

Cara is a self-made woman who has never been afraid of a challenge. Strong, determined, and accustomed to fighting her own battles, she's built a life and a love she refuses to take for granted. But the journey to parenthood forces her to confront a kind of vulnerability she can't simply overcome through determination.

Emmett is a devoted hockey star whose confidence on the ice is matched by the depth of his love for Cara. Their relationship is already established, giving this story a different feel from a traditional first-meeting romance. Instead, the focus is on what happens when an already-solid partnership is pushed to its emotional limits.

With plenty of hockey, family, humor, passion, and heart, Breathe with Me is an emotional finale about enduring love and the challenges that can reshape a relationship. It brings the Playing for Keeps series to a deeply personal close while celebrating the idea that love isn't measured by how easily life goes, but by how two people hold on to each other when it doesn't.

Tropes & Tags

• Established couple
• Hockey romance
• Journey to parenthood
• Marriage
• Devoted hero
• Strong heroine
• Power couple
• Found family
• Emotional romance
• Contemporary romance
• Sports romance
• High angst
• Explicit romance
• Series finale

Books in Series (In Order)

1. Consider Me (Playing for Keeps, #1)
2. Play with Me (Playing for Keeps, #2)
3. Unravel Me (Playing for Keeps, #3)
4. Fall with Me (Playing for Keeps, #4)
5. Breathe with Me (Playing for Keeps, #5)