Inside Heated Rivalry: Author Rachel Reid Shares Show Gossip, Her Fav Books & More

House of Maher

Wave

Society & Culture, Sports, Comedy, Rugby

4.9 • 569 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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COME TO THE COTTAGE WITH US! Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid is HERE at the House of Maher. Rachel reveals her first impressions of Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams along with the surprising way Jacob Tierney asked her to adapt the books. She gets real on why they wanted unknown actors and the ONE decision that would’ve derailed the series. Rachel also shares the first thing she noticed about Hudson Williams’ acting that really impressed her. Dre goes deep into Rachel’s fanfic origins, from Steve Rogers to Bucky Barnes. Liv finds out about Rachel’s one tattoo inspired by the books. Rachel ranks Brokeback Mountain, Happiest Season, and Call Me By Your Name in a round of Bronze, Silver, Gold. PLUS, she drops her reading list, including the series that she feels most inspired her to write Heated Rivalry. You’re gonna love this one. Book Nook is brought to you by JBL: Made to be heard. Pick out your pair at jbl.com ShadyRays: Go to shadyrays.com and use code HOM for 50% off 2+ pairs of polarized sunglasses. Peloton: Explore the new Peloton cross training Tread+ at onepeloton.com U.S. Bank: Visit USBank.com to learn more. Merit Beauty: Go to meritbeauty.com to get your free signature makeup bag with your first order. ThirdLove: Use code MAHER15 fro $15 off your first purchase at thirdlove.com. New episodes of House of Maher release every Tuesday! Come hang at our place: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check us out on YouTube @HouseofMaher⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more sister chaos, follow along @HouseofMaher on all platforms. House of Maher is a Wave Original.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/houseofmaher⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠tiktok.com/@HouseofMaher⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Wave.
0:02.0	The TV show Heeded Rivalry based on the second book in the series became a global sensation.
0:08.0	Is there something you're really looking forward to seeing on screen in season two?
0:11.0	Oh yeah. There's like a wedding that's not like the wedding.
0:15.0	I was really hoping you're going to say that.
0:17.0	That's my favorite scene early on in the book that I'm very much looking forward to.
0:22.4	I don't know.
0:23.1	Connor's going to have so much work to do.
0:25.0	Yeah.
0:25.3	So he's got to buckle up.
0:40.3	Welcome or welcome back to House of Mar, a Wave Original. Practice your Russian and help yourself to whatever is in the fridge.
0:43.3	The Wi-Fi password is come underscore 2, the number 2,
0:48.3	underscore the cottage, all caps.
0:51.3	You should know we have a few house rules here.
0:53.3	Girls are magic. Reading is hot. And so are you. Make sure to like, subscribe on YouTube, watch while you're doing whatever you do about your day. Yeah. While you're getting about your day. You freaks. Our fourth marches to today is the undisputed queen of hockey romance. She's an author who has turned her lifelong love of the game into the New York Times best-selling game Changers series, which has sold over three and a half million copies and sparked a global phenomenon
1:14.7	that has touched every sport and even the Olympics. The TV show heated rivalry based on the second
1:20.2	book in the series, became a global sensation and melted our icy hearts. Her upcoming book
1:24.7	Unrivaled releases June 1st next year, but its pre-sale already created major buzz.
1:45.2	Welcome to the family, Rachel Reed. Very happy to be here. Thanks so much for coming. This is so excited to you're in person with us. It's an honor. It's an honor to be here. It's a beautiful house. A beautiful house. Beautiful house. I do want to kick us off with a story of mine, well, of my friends,
2:02.5	more like, who's now my friend, but had told me this story on one of the first times we'd really ever had a conversation. Things were going on. I was like, what's your Instagram? She's like, I don't have Instagram right now. I gave it up for Lent. I was like, oh, good for you. And she's like, I got too obsessed with heated rivalry.
2:02.5	And she doesn't, I got too obsessed with heated rivalry.
2:07.7	And she doesn't really know me, giving me all this information. She told me she woke up every morning and would go to Twitter and go to like Hudson Williams Updates.com to all the updates.com.
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