HEATED RIVALRY – by Rachel Reid

Name: HEATED RIVALRY – by Rachel Reid
Start: 2026-05-19T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-05-19T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Center on Halsted

Schedule

Tue May 19 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Center on Halsted | Chicago, IL

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THE EPIC ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS 𝗚𝗔𝗬 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 BETWEEN 2 𝗖𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 ON RIVAL PRO TEAMS, STRUGGLING TO 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 AS THEIR ATTRACTION ONLY 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗦 - NOW A #𝟭 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪.
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“𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴-𝘵𝘰-𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝙨𝙞𝙯𝙯𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘹 & 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 & 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙫𝙖 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬-𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.”

SUMMARY: Nothing interferes with 𝗽𝗿𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 Shane Hollander’s game - definitely not the 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 he loves to hate. 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗹𝘆, they’re 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆, they 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 each other.
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲 Hollander isn’t just crazy talented, he’s got a 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Hockey is his life. Now that he’s 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 of the 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 Voyageurs, he won’t let anything jeopardize that, especially the 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘆 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 whose hard body keeps him awake at night.
𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 Bears 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗮 Rozanov is everything Shane’s not. The self-proclaimed 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗲, he’s as cocky as he is talented. No one can 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 - 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲. They’ve made a career on their 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗿𝘆. But when the skates come off, the 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 between them is undeniable; and Ilya realizes he wants more than a 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘂𝗽𝘀.
The smart thing to do? Walk away - what if those few secret hookups hit the press? The 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 is too great. As their 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘀, they struggle to keep their relationship out of the public eye. If the 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 comes out, it could 𝗿𝘂𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵. But when their need for each other rivals their ambition on the ice, 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆 is no longer an option.

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“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 …. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙, 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵.”
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