NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� 鈥淗eated Rivalry鈥� author says she is pushing back the release date of her next hockey romance novel, citing the time demands of sudden fame and the worsening symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Reid had initially planned to have 鈥淯nrivaled鈥� released this fall, but in a video message posted Tuesday on Instagram she announced she was now expecting the book to be delayed to June 2027.
鈥淯nrivaled” will be the third in her 鈥滸ame Changer” series about hockey rivals-secret lovers Canadian Shane Hollander and Russian Ilya Rozanov. The first two books, 鈥淗eated Rivalry鈥� and 鈥淭he Long Game,鈥� are the basis for the HBO miniseries starring Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie that has become a cultural phenomenon and made Reid a major publisher star.
鈥淢y life has gotten very different in the last couple months, and although it鈥檚 all good, it鈥檚 also taken away my ability to have quality time to write,鈥� she said on Instagram. 鈥淎nd there鈥檚 nothing more important to me than 鈥楿nrivaled鈥� being the best book it can possibly be.鈥�
She then noted that 鈥渨hen good things happen, sometimes the universe hands you some worse stuff to balance it out.鈥�
鈥淔or me, that鈥檚 been that my Parkinson鈥檚 symptoms have gotten a bit worse, and it鈥檚 made it difficult physically to write, so I鈥檓 definitely a lot slower,鈥� said Reid. She has said that she initially learned she had Parkinson’s in 2023, around the time director Jacob Tierney contacted her and expressed interest in adapting her work.
Tierney’s adaptation, originally developed for the Canadian streaming service Crave, was in its first season. It has been renewed for a second season.
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