Perhaps you are enjoying the new television series Heated Rivalry. Maybe you have watched every episode as it has been released, read this interview with the actors and this one too. You probably found this interview with Chala Hunter, the intimacy coordinator for the series, fascinating. Perchance you even started learning Russian for free with your library card and Mango Languages so you can understand the conversations between Ilya and his father. If so, there is a strong possibility that you are also one of the over 500 people with the eBook of Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid on hold, wondering what you could possibly read while waiting for the full story of Scott, Shane, Ilya, and other players to be named later. The Seattle Public Library is here to support you during this difficult time.
- You can check out the Libby audiobooks of Game Changer (Scott and Kip) and Heated Rivalry (Shane and Ilya) right now!
- Sarina Bowen has written multiple riveting hockey romance series. Start one with Him, which she co-write with Elle Kennedy, The New Guy, Rookie Move, or The Year We Fell Down.
- The YA graphic novel duology Check Please! by Ngozi Ukazu has a great cast of characters on an elite college hockey team. Start with Book 1, #Hockey!.
- Other hockey series worth looking at start with Like Real People Do by E.L. Massey, Winging It by Ashley Kane and Morgan James, The Long Game by Rachel Reid, Off the Ice by Avon Gale, and Season’s Change by Cait Nary.
- Women’s sports get some love (and so do the athletes) in Out on the Ice by Kelly Farmer, Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner, Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler, and Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese.
- If you are willing to move off the ice and onto the baseball diamond, You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian has impeccable yearning, the series starting with Unwritten Rules by KD Casey explores the darker side of professional sports, and debut novel The Prospects by KT Hoffman is a home run.
- Some football player romances to go long for include The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams, The Dating Playbook by Farrah Rochon, and the stylish and addictive series that starts with Intercepted by Alexa Martin.
- Even further off the ice are books set in the fast, dangerous, and rather photogenic world of F1 racing, including Pole Position by Rebecca J. Caffrey and Cross The Line by Simone Soltani.
- Some of the 2025 sports romances steaming up my to-read pile includes Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa, No Ordinary Love by Myah Ariel, Red Card by Maren Moore, Summer Skate by Sean Avery, and Play You For It by Samantha Saldivar.
What else would you recommend to other Heated Rivalry fans?
Find this booklist in our library catalog: While You Wait: Heated Rivalry
~ posted by Robin