We know.

We have been here before.

We have discussed Shane Hollander. We have discussed Ilya Rozanov. We have discussed the hockey, the yearning, the emotional repression and the remarkable amount of international travel undertaken in the name of pretending not to be in love.

And yet the Heated Rivalry obsession has not abated.

In fact, it has acquired sprayed edges.

More Rachel Reid has arrived

The entire Game Changers series is now available to discover, revisit or arrange on a shelf in the correct order while insisting this is perfectly normal adult behaviour:

Game Changer
Heated Rivalry
Tough Guy
Common Goal
Role Model
The Long Game

You can technically begin with Heated Rivalry. Many people have. Many people have then emerged several hours later looking emotionally altered and demanding to know where The Long Game is.

However, the full series gives you the wider world: teammates, rivalries, secret relationships, second chances, personal disasters and large professional athletes who can read a complicated play on the ice but remain completely defeated by a feeling.

We also have Rachel Reid's standalone hockey romance, The Shots You Take, about former teammates, former best friends with benefits and the extremely sensible decision to revisit feelings everyone has been avoiding for years.

But wait. There are special editions.

Because owning a book is apparently no longer enough. It must now be beautiful, collectable and capable of causing envy when left casually on a coffee table.

The new deluxe paperback editions come with sprayed edges and bonus content. Game Changer, Heated Rivalry, Tough Guy, Common Goal, Role Model and The Long Game are all getting the treatment.

There is also a deluxe limited-edition hardback of Heated Rivalry, featuring metallic sprayed edges, special cover effects, a foil-stamped case and full-colour endpapers with previously unseen character art.

Subtle? No.

Appropriate to the level of feeling people have about Shane and Ilya? Completely.

And they are coming back

Just when everyone had become calm, well-adjusted and capable of discussing something else, Rachel Reid announced Unrivaled.

Yes, Shane and Ilya are returning.

The seventh Game Changers book continues their story in a hockey world that has drawn its lines and chosen sides. It is due in September 2026 and is available to pre-order now. We assume emotional stability will be cancelled from publication day until further notice.

So here we are again.

More hockey. More romance. More special editions. More opportunities to tell someone that you are reading for the emotional intelligence while refusing to explain why you have gone very quiet.

The obsession has not abated.

It has simply become a collection.

 

Buy Heated Rivalry Buy Heated Rivalry – Deluxe Edition Buy Heated Rivalry – Deluxe Hardback

Buy Game Changer Buy Game Changer – Deluxe Edition

Buy The Long Game Buy The Long Game – Deluxe Edition

Buy Tough Guy – Deluxe Edition

Buy Role Model Buy Role Model – Deluxe Edition