Building upon her ground-breaking gay hockey romance series “Game Changers”, New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Reid has announced a new seventh book in the series called “Unrivaled” that will follow on the events in “The Long Game” from the books that inspired the “Heated Rivalry” TV show on HBOmax and Crave.

Reid, talking to People Magazine, said “I’m really excited to have the chance to continue [the Hollanov] story with Unrivaled. I’m writing this one for all the Hollanov fans, old and new. I can’t tell you how much the love my characters have received over the years means to me. It has been a blast writing these guys again, and revisiting the entire Game Changers cast.”

“Game Changers” is a series of books that tell the story of closeted queer hockey players in the major league. The first book focuses on the secretive relationship between star player Scott Hunter and smoothie barista Kip Grady, while the television series focuses mostly on the story of rising hockey stars Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov from the second book in the series.

The television series is a bonafide hit, having streamed over 600 million minutes since it’s debut on HBOmax according to tracking services. Bookseller Barnes & Noble accidentally posted the “Unrivaled” book description early over the weekend:

A line has been drawn – and the hockey world is divided.

For the first time in their professional hockey careers, Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander have nothing to hide. For more than a decade, they kept their love a secret, but now they’re out, married, and even playing on the same team. The support is incredible.

Most of the time.

They’ve gotten a lot of love from fans who are thrilled for them. But some people in the hockey world are still reeling from their relationship reveal, and the backlash – led by popular hockey podcat Top Shelf and the #TakeBackHockey movement – is getting louder.

Ilya and Shane are finally able to stand together in the light, the way they’d always wanted. And now they might be facing their biggest challenge yet.

“Unrivaled” is set to hit shelves on September 29, 2026, published by Harlequin.