{"id":111004,"date":"2026-01-24T13:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/111004\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T13:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:32:08","slug":"the-new-york-public-library-has-heated-rivalry-on-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/111004\/","title":{"rendered":"The New York Public Library Has \u2018Heated Rivalry\u2019 on Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To my New York sisters suffering from Heated Rivalry<\/a> psychosis: I see you, I hear you, and I have good news. From today until Valentine\u2019s Day, the New York Public Library will make the cult hockey drama\u2019s source material, Rachel Reid\u2019s megahit romance series Game Changers,\u00a0available 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.<\/p>\n

Game Changers books started flying off the shelves shortly after the Crave original adaptation debuted on HBO Max in December. They quickly sold out<\/a> on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.org. The retailers have since restocked, but the supply still can\u2019t keep up \u2014 libraries across the U.S. list three-to-four month wait times. According to Circana BookScan, sales of Heated Rivalry\u00a0have shot up nearly 1,000 percent since the week of the show\u2019s premiere.<\/p>\n

Reid has already announced a new Game Changers volume, Unrivaled<\/a>, 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 \u201ccommitted to meeting the needs of our communities.\u201d What a blessed time to live in Zohran Mamdani\u2019s New York.<\/p>\n

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