{"id":48162,"date":"2026-04-28T22:31:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=48162"},"modified":"2026-04-28T22:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:31:44","slug":"sex-is-a-language-in-this-show-heated-rivalrys-rachel-reid-and-jacob-tierney-open-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=48162","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sex is a language in this show\u2019: Heated Rivalry\u2019s Rachel Reid and Jacob Tierney open up"},"content":{"rendered":"


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To the cheers and applause of thousands of attendees at the annual fan convention BookCon, Jacob Tierney, director-screenwriter of the hit TV series Heated Rivalry<\/em>, and Rachel Reid, author of the books it is based on, walked on to the main event stage at New York\u2019s Jacob Javits Convention Centre.<\/p>\n

The two Canadians have been international celebrities for just a few months and still find themselves wondering if all the noise is for someone else.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t really get to experience this kind of energy and fandom in person very often,\u201d Tierney says just after their joint appearance, a highlight of the weekend gathering of (mostly) young book fans. \u201cIt\u2019s been a bit more of an amorphous online thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the first episode of Heated Rivalry<\/em><\/span> dropped on HBO Max last November, Tierney\u2019s adaptation of Reid\u2019s Game Change<\/em>r series featuring star-crossed hockey greats Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov has become a phenomenon that has boosted the sport\u2019s popularity, made Reid a leader of the thriving genre of sports romance fiction, and made Olympic torch-bearers out of lead actors Hudson Williams (Shane) and Connor Storrie (Ilya).<\/div>\n
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Hudson Williams (left) and Connor Storrie in a still from Heated Rivalry. Photo: HBO Max via AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Tierney expects to begin filming the second season this summer, based in part on the second of Reid\u2019s novels about Shane and Ilya, The Long Game<\/em>. The author, meanwhile, is working on a third Shane and Ilya book, Unrivaled<\/em>. Both are scheduled for 2027 releases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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