Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander spent more than a decade hiding their relationship from the professional hockey world. They are married now. They play for the same team, with nothing left to conceal.
Coming out has not quieted things down. A movement calling itself TakeBackHockey and a podcast called Top Shelf lead a backlash against the couple. It grows louder the more visible they become together. Fans who once cheered a rivalry from a careful distance now split over two hockey stars in love.
Unrivaled is the seventh book in Rachel Reid's Game Changers series. It is the third built around Shane and Ilya, following Heated Rivalry and The Long Game. The story plays out in interviews, locker rooms and arenas instead of hidden from them.
The couple stays together through this stretch rather than going quiet again. They weigh what a public marriage costs them, and what it is worth.