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She Put the Heat in ‘Heated Rivalry’

Sylvie Trottier
Dec 19, 2025
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Updated: 10 hours ago

Thanks to a steamy television adaptation, Rachel Reid’s romance novels about closeted hockey players have become mainstream best-sellers.

New York Times

Angelia Mazza

December 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

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Are you one of the millions of people who watched the mega-hit online show Heated Rivalry? One Montreal bookstore that calls itself "Heated Rivalry headquarters". We'll tell you abobut the viewing parties they're planning for fans.Carrie-Ann Kloda is a director of Joie de Livres in the Mile End.

"Heated Rivalry headquarters" in Montreal hosting series screenings

La série « Rivalité passionnée » (« Heated Rivalry »), réalisée par le Québécois Jacob Tierney, est devenue un véritable phénomène. La librairie Joie de livres, à Montréal, se présente comme « quartier général » de la série et des livres de la Néo-écossaise Rachel Reid, Game Changers, dont elle est adaptée. On a parlé avec un de ses directeurs, Mathieu Lauzon-Dicso.

« Heated Rivalry » : une librairie se présente comme son « quartier général »

Carrie-Ann Kloda says Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novel series are “spicy” but “I was really surprised how emotional I felt reading it. You’re enjoying it, you’re laughing … you’re blushing and then all of a sudden you’re crying.” Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette

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