“Heated Rivalry” author Rachel Reid says she is pushing back the release date of her next hockey romance novel, citing the time demands of sudden fame and the worsening symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Reid had initially planned to have “Unrivaled” released this fall, but in a video message posted Tuesday on Instagram she announced she was now expecting the book to be delayed to June 2027.
“Unrivaled" will be the third in her ”Game Changer" series about hockey rivals-secret lovers Canadian Shane Hollander and Russian Ilya Rozanov. The first two books, “Heated Rivalry” and “The Long Game,” are the basis for the HBO miniseries starring Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie that has become a cultural phenomenon and made Reid a major publisher star.
