The bestsellers shelf at Lovestruck Books and Cafe in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is typically filled withromantasy novels or the latest by rom-com writer Emily Henry. But walk into the romance bookstore now and the bestseller slots are stacked with the six books in author Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series with “Heated Rivalry” being number one. Sports stories don’t usually make the top spots, Lovestruck events manager Riley Mulroy told Northeastern Global News. That’s changed with the release of the TV adaptation of “Heated Rivalry.”
In late November, the first episode of the series based on the first two books in Reid’s Game Changers collection premiered on the Canadian streamer Crave. The show follows fictional professional hockey players Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov as a romance between them develops over years of competing against each other on rival teams. HBO Max later picked up the series for the U.S.
