One Pucking Moment

About This Audiobook

*One Pucking Moment* is the kind of sports romance that skates the line between sweet and sharp—less about slap shots and more about the bruises left by unspoken love. Ellie Wade’s writing thrives in the quiet: the stolen glances across a dorm hallway, the weight of a text left unanswered, the way two people who know each other’s coffee orders can still feel like strangers. This isn’t a story about hockey as a backdrop; it’s about the discipline of the sport mirroring the emotional restraint of its protagonists. Miles and his across-the-hall neighbor (whose name you’ll learn, but whose presence lingers before you do) are bound by years of near-misses, and the audiobook leans into that tension with a dual narration that feels like eavesdropping on two people circling the same confession.

The narration by Savannah Thomas and Christian Leatherman is where this audiobook distinguishes itself. Thomas delivers a performance that’s warm but weary, like someone who’s laughed off one too many jokes at her own expense, while Leatherman’s Miles carries the gruff cadence of a guy who’s spent more time grunting on the ice than talking about his feelings. Their chemistry isn’t fireworks—it’s the slow burn of a match struck in the dark, flickering just long enough to illuminate the mess they’ve made. The production is clean, but the real draw is how the narrators sell the silence: the pauses between lines, the swallowed words, the way a single “fuck” can sound like a surrender. If you’re tired of romance that races, this one lingers—and that’s the point.