Unrivaled

Game Changers #7

by Rachel Reid

Everyone's favorite hockey players are back! Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander continue the romance that began with viral sensation Heated Rivalry—now streaming on Crave in Canada and on HBO Max in the US—in the highly anticipated final book in New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid's Game Changers series.

A line has been drawn—and the hockey world is divided.

For the first time in their professional hockey careers, Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander have nothing to hide. For more than a decade, they kept their love a secret, but now they're out, married, and even playing on the same team. The support is incredible.

Most of the time.

They've gotten a lot of love from fans who are thrilled for them. But some people in the hockey world are still reeling from their relationship reveal, and the backlash—led by popular hockey podcast Top Shelf and the #TakeBackHockey movement—is getting louder.

Ilya and Shane are finally able to stand together in the light, the way they'd always wanted. And now they might be facing their biggest challenge yet.

Genres: Romance, Sports, LGBT, M M Romance, Sports Romance, Queer, Hockey

352 pages, Paperback

Expected publication September 29, 2026

About the author

Rachel Reid is the pen name of Rachelle Goguen. She chose it because it is much easier to say, spell and remember than Rachelle Goguen!

Rachel writes cute, romantic smut, mostly about hockey players. Her Game Changers m/m hockey romance series is available from Carina Press.

Rachel/Rachelle lives in Nova Scotia, Canada. She has always lived there, and it's looking like she probably always will. She has two boring degrees and two interesting kids.

Reviews

[hailee]

i’ll be at the cottage until september 29th

[alysha ♡]

i can’t kill myself yet i have to wait for this to come out

[Drew H]

I'm shooting my shot and saying this is what I think this is.......

.............AND IT IS LGKSJDHLDFKJGHLFDSKJH ✨✨✨

[Marie]

Oh my god, okay, it’s happening, everybody stay calm 🫨🥹🏃‍♀️‍➡️

[Vini]

we have never ever been more back

[lakshmi]

this but my first thought was ‘WE ARE GOING TO GET ANOTHER SEASON OF HEATED RIVALRY’. Gimme more Shane and Ilya, gimme more Hudson and Connor!!!!!

[Nott]

Everybody wanted to know what I would do if I didn't win...
I guess we'll never know.

[Aricka Decker]

I need this. I need Shane to fucking fuck his old team while calling Ilya captain when they fuck. Thanks

[marioncoin | coin.reads]

THE COVER REVEAL ????????
I'M SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP !!!
I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS I CAN'T WAITTTT

───────୨ৎ───────
↝ 𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 & 𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚜 :
#𝟷 - game changer: 𝟺,𝟻/𝟻☆
#𝟸 - heated rivalry : ♡/𝟻☆
#𝟹 - tough guy: 𝟺/𝟻☆
#𝟺 - common goal : 𝟺/𝟻☆
#𝟻 - role model : 𝟻/𝟻☆
#𝟼 - the long game : ♡♡♡/𝟻☆
#𝟽 - unrivaled : -/𝟻☆

[Lauren Lanz]

So basically the Centaurs are going to become an undefeated dynasty and we're definitely getting that Shane and Ilya on-ice kiss after they win the cup together... right Rachel....? ....Rachel can you hear us.......

And maybe more importantly: may a generational hex befall every Montreal Metro/Voyager except you Hayden Pike who will be traded to another team and later reincarnated as a lotus flower.

Also looking forward to more Ilya and Yuna bestfriendism. And Rose and Svetlana getting together because no that isn't delusional. They met in TLG guys I swear it's meant to be!

[Amy]

fuckkkk, what does a girl need to do for an ARC around here?

[Youssra (semi ia)]

I mean ofc I'll read this who are we kidding?

[⊹ hami]

SOMEBODY SEDATE ME

[Andrea]

a new reason to live just dropped

[h o l l i s]

I am super normal about this.

[Yelena]

I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!! This year this September???? Rachel Reid you're a wonderful women IM GOING TO CRY IM STILL IN DENIAL

[Mariah]

the me that fell in love with Shane & Ilya 6 years ago could never have imagined all this.

[vaishnavi ☆ﾟ⁠.⁠*]

── .✦ pre-read 𖹭.ᐟ
is this forreal?? i was so ready to just leave this series behind but if it's Shane & Ilya... i might just give in and read 👀🫠 i'll be at the cottage if you guys need me 😙
UPDATE: IT IS FORREALSS

[anita]

the second they announced three seasons, I knew a third book was inevitable 😭

[sophie]

i’ve never been so hyped for such an unnecessary sequel in my lifeee

[Lance]

COVER COVER COVER!! So this is actually happening 👀

[Jessica Swan]

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT THE FUCK UP THIS IS NOT A DRILL

[- ̗̀ jess ̖́-]

fall 2026 is going to be the season of yaoi cocaine

[alex]

rachel reid please let my clients shane hollander and ilya rozanov have some peace and quiet for once goddamn

[nika]

MARRIED IN LOVE DOMESTIC HOLLANOV FINALLY ON THE SAME TEAM oH MY FIRST HUSBANDS OF HOCKEY NEVER KILL YOURSELF !!!!!!

[✨sofia✨]

I actually can’t fucking wait

[Natasha]

literally no one understands how unreal this is to me as someone who read heated rivalry before the long game was even a flicker in rachel reid's eye

[melissa]

We are being FED! Just don't ruin my babies pls, NO open relationship, NO breakup, NO sharing, NO injuries, just domestic hollanov getting on everyone's nerves pls and thank u queen.

[autumn°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･]

HAPPY 2026 TO ME!!

[˗ˏˋ mckenna ˎˊ˗]

FUCK