Like most people who watched Heated Rivalry with an HBO Max subscription and fell in love with Shane and Ilya, I was almost immediately head over heels for this hockey romance. So, without hesitation, I started reading the books this series is inspired by. Now, with Season 2 on the way, I’ve been wondering if it would remain as faithful to the source material as Season 1 did. Well, the show’s creator, director, writer and executive producer, Jacob Tierney, answered that question.
With Jacob Tierney hard at work writing Heated Rivalry Season 2 and reaffirming that they’re on track to start shooting this summer, Variety asked if the upcoming book-to-screen adaptation would be “faithful” to Rachel Reid's novels. In response, the writer/director/EP said:
