The Next 'Heated Rivalry' Book Is Being Delayed for an Upsetting Reason
Rachel Reid is sharing an update about the status of the Game Changers series.
The author responsible for Heated Rivalry and fan-favorite characters Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander shared a statement, revealing that Unrivaled, the seventh book in the franchise, is being pushed from September 2026 to June 1, 2027 – and it has to do with her health.
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If you didn’t know, she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
“It’s beyond a dream come true,” she said of the success of the show and newfound interest in her series.
“It’s also been very, very busy and overwhelming. My life has gotten very different in the last couple of months, and although it’s all good, it’s also taken away my ability to have quality time to write.”
“When good things happen, sometimes the universe hands you some worse stuff to balance it out. For me, that’s been that my Parkinson’s symptoms have gotten a bit worse, and it’s made it difficult physically to write. So I’m definitely a lot slower, and that’s just something I need to learn how to navigate,” she revealed.
“The writing is going well. I just need a little more time,” she added, confirming that pre-orders won’t be canceled.
“There’s nothing more important to me than ‘Unrivaled’ being the best book it can possibly be. I think it’ll be better for the readers and it’ll be better for the characters,” she added.
Rachel also teased “some announcements” would be made later this week “about some things that I think people have been hoping for.”
Unrivaled will be the third book to center around Shane and Ilya’s story, following 2022′s The Long Game.
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