The new Heated Rivalry TV series has only just scratched the surface of the ice so far. Fans of Rachel Reid’s hockey romance novels know the lore runs deep , including a particularly beloved fandom in-joke about the time one of the books was technically Marvel fan-fiction. While it’s true one of Reid’s earlier works was a love story between Captain America and the Winter Soldier , she’s now clearing up that her characters were never actually based on those superheroes.

Reid’s history as a Stucky writer (the ship name for Marvel’s Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes ) resurfaced after Episode 3 of Heated Rivalry spotlighted the romance between hockey pro Scott Hunter and smoothie shop worker Kip Grady. The episode completely adapted Reid’s 2018 novel Game Changer , the first in h

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