Every once in a while, a pop culture moment cuts across time and space. And right now, that moment is happening with the Heated Rivalry fandom. On the surface, it's a steamy story of two male hockey players creating a relationship despite their teams and nations being...rivals. Beyond that, it's a story of finding acceptance and living your truth.
It's also extremely popular, which means long hold lines for the book. If you are waiting for your copy to come in, try cuddling up with one of these other books to keep you warm.
You Should Be So Lucky - "The 1960 baseball season is shaping up to be the worst year of Eddie O'Leary's life. He can't manage to hit the ball, his new teammates hate him, he's living out of a suitcase, and he's homesick...Mark Bailey is not a sports reporter. He writes for the arts page, and these days he's barely even managing to do that much...Isolated together within the crush of an anonymous city, these two lonely souls orbit each other as they slowly give in to the inevitable gravity of their attraction. But Mark has vowed that he'll never be someone's secret ever again, and Eddie can't be out as a professional athlete. It's just them against the world, and they'll both have to decide if that's enough."
The Wrong Mr. Darcy - "Hara Isari has big ambitions and they won't be sidetracked by her mother's insisting that she settle down soon...At the same time, she meets a rookie on the rise, Derek Darcy. Darcy is incredibly handsome, obnoxiously proud, and has a major chip on his shoulder. Hara can't think of a man more arrogant and infuriating. However, fate keeps bringing them together--from locker rooms to elegant parties, to the storm of the century--and what begins as a clash might just be more complicated than Hara anticipated."
Settle the Score - "Aspiring investigative reporter Des Cleary had dreams of a better world--one more accepting of people like him--when he broke the story of Orion Broderick's relationship. A story that kicked Orion out of the soccer halls of fame and sent him careening into obscurity...Des gets a daunting assignment: recruit Orion for a Pride campaign aiming to get LGBTQI+ kids into sports...Snowed in together, Des and Orion have a chance to address past wrongs and lost goals. Time and shame have changed them both, but winter has a way of clearing the way for fresh beginnings."
See You at the Finish Line - "George and Lucas can't stand each other--which makes it very awkward being on the same Cambridge University rowing team. The uber-charming, all-American George got accepted at Cambridge for his sporting prowess, not his subpar grades. Economics whizz and sarcasm expert Lucas, meanwhile, works hard for everything he's got, which sadly does not include a boyfriend...As they face rivals within their own squad and cutthroat competitors at Oxford, they find themselves unexpectedly becoming closer. What happens when your worst enemy may just be who you needed all along?"
Ready to Score - "Jade Dunn has spent years trying to climb her way to the top of the southern high school football food chain. Now, the only thing standing between her and that future head coach spot is years of small-town good 'ol boy politics...Francesca Lim never thought she'd be happy in a small town, not after living and breathing hardcore Texas football her whole life...Now, she has a chance to gain back a piece of her life she thought she'd left in Houston...Jodie Slaughter's Ready to Score shows how sometimes you have to go big or go home to get the life - and love - you deserve."
Find these and MORE sports romances in our collection and on display in February!