She Put the Heat in ‘Heated Rivalry’Dec 19, 20251 min readUpdated: Jan 11Thanks to a steamy television adaptation, Rachel Reid’s romance novels about closeted hockey players have become mainstream best-sellers.New York TimesAngelia MazzaDecember 19, 2025“It’s been surreal,” says Rachel Reid, the author of the Game Changer romance series, outside her Nova Scotia home.Credit...Carolina Andrade for The New York Times