Heated Rivalry author’s new book delayed due to Parkinson’s disease

Canadian author Rachel Reid said on Tuesday, February 24 in his Instagram postthat you have to move the future Unrivaled– publication of his book from September to the beginning of June 2027. The reason for the delay is the worsening of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, which slows down the writing work. Tells about it The New York Times.

From Reid’s previous book Heated Rivalrystä became a worldwide sensation when the Canadian Crave television company turned it into a TV series, which was picked up by the HBO Max streaming service.

Heated Rivalry depicts a romance between hockey players, and is the second installment written by Reid Game Changers from the book series. So far, six books have been published in the series, i.e. the one in progress Unrivaled is the seventh part of the series.

The first part of the series Game Changer is about a closeted ice hockey player who falls in love with his cafe barman. Heated Rivalryssä romance is born between competing hockey players.

Heated Rivalryn the relationship between the main characters Shane and Ilya is revisited in the sixth and seventh novels of the series, of which the latter, the ongoing Unrivaled– in the book, the hockey players are already married and trying to adjust to the publicity of their relationship, The New York Times says.

Rachel Reid, properly named Rachelle Goguenwas diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2023, and four days after that producer-director Jacob Tierney contacted him to ask about the possibility of doing Heated Rivalrysta television version. With its popularity, Reid’s life has also changed fundamentally, he says in his Instagram video.

“When good things happen, the universe sometimes balances them out with worse things. My Parkinson’s has gotten worse and it’s making it harder for me to write. So I’m writing slower now than I used to. I just have to adapt my way of working to it and I can’t ignore it,” Reid said in his Instagram post about the delay of the new book.

“Later this week there will be announcements that people have been hoping for, so maybe that will soften the delay in the book release,” Reid continued in his Instagram video.

Otava publishing house in Finland has announced publishing a series of books Hanna Arvonen and Heli Koskinen in Finnish during the years 2026 and 2027. The first parts will be published in August and September 2026.