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- Content warnings: Homophobia/transphobia, Anxiety, Depression, Suicidal ideation, Death of loved one, Parental abuse, Substance abuse, Sexual content
Heated Rivalry
by Rachel Reid
Book 2 in Game Changers
A years-long secret romance between two rival hockey captains that builds from heated hookups into devastating emotional intimacy - the tension is exquisite and the payoff is earned.
goodreads 4.3/5 297,835 ratings
storykind_community 4.38/5 16 ratings
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Length375 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice5/5 · Emotional / loving
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Rivals to lovers
- M/M
- Slow burn
- High
- Emotional / loving
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Rival / competitor
- Forbidden love
- Intense / passionate
- Tension finally satisfied
- Golden retriever
- Mutual pining
- Playful / fun
- Cathartic release
- Secretly soft
- Desperate / urgent
- Book hangover
- He falls first
- Possessive / claiming
- The swoon
- Only soft for them
- Dirty talk (sweet/playful)
- The angst delivered
- Praise kink
- Teasing control
- Possessive/protective
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Eye contact intensity
- Wall pinning
- Oral focus
- Anal elements
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
- Dominance
Fantasy promise
- Sports romance
- Rivals competing
- Sports world / training facility
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Secret relationship
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- Big city / metropolis
- Opposites attract
- Road trip romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Romantic
- Conversational
- Heavy
- Snarky/sarcastic
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- Gay
- Intense
- Banter-heavy
- Feral/unhinged
- Bisexual MC
- Emotional
- Asian MC
- Hopeful
- Warm
- Interracial romance
- Angsty
- Engaging
- Mental health rep
- Yearning
- Swoony
- Steamy
- Comfort read vibes
- Page turner
- Sports rivalry with secret hookups
- Years-long slow burn
- Angsty and swoony
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Book details
- Length
- 375 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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