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To my New York sisters suffering from Heated Rivalry psychosis: I see you, I hear you, and I have good news. From today until Valentine’s Day, the New York Public Library will make the cult hockey drama’s source material, Rachel Reid’s megahit romance series Game Changers, available for immediate e-book and audiobook download. All you need is a free library card. In an exclusive shared with The Cut, the NYPL said around 3,000 patrons were on the wait list for the Heated Rivalry book, and now all of them can enjoy their joyous Canadian smut free and on demand.
Game Changers books started flying off the shelves shortly after the Crave original adaptation debuted on HBO Max in December. They quickly sold out on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.org. The retailers have since restocked, but the supply still can’t keep up — libraries across the U.S. list three-to-four month wait times. According to Circana BookScan, sales of Heated Rivalry have shot up nearly 1,000 percent since the week of the show’s premiere.
Reid has already announced a new Game Changers volume, Unrivaled, due in September, and a second season of the Heated Rivalry show is in the works. Those are both a long way away, so until then, the NYPL assured us it is “committed to meeting the needs of our communities.” What a blessed time to live in Zohran Mamdani’s New York.
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