Come to the cottage… and behind the scenes. 🏒🔥 Releasing Oct 13th 2026

From Jacob Tierney, the creator of Heated Rivalry, in partnership with Brendan Brady and Accent Aigu, comes I’ll Believe in Anything — the official annotated script collection for the television phenomenon that took over the internet, broke our hearts, and made us all believe in Ilya and Shane all over again.

Based on Rachel Reid’s beloved Game Changers series, Heated Rivalry became one of the biggest cultural sensations of the year when it premiered on Crave and HBO in late 2025. Now, fans can go behind the curtain and discover how Tierney, Brady, and the Accent Aigu team brought this iconic queer hockey romance to screen with reverence, precision, humour, heat, and an enormous amount of heart.

Inside, readers will find never-before-seen scripts, annotations, behind-the-scenes insights, and answers to the questions fans have been obsessing over since season one aired.

Expect deep dives into:

🏒 How Ilya and Shane’s rivalry was adapted for television
💙 The creative choices behind Scott and Kip’s love story
🔥 The planning and choreography behind some of TV’s most talked-about sex scenes
🧥 The origin story of that now-iconic Canadian Olympic fleece
🎬 Notes on scene direction, intimacy, costumes, casting, sets, and more
🥹 A brand-new way to revisit the series that changed everything

Thoughtful, funny, intimate, and deeply fan-focused, I’ll Believe in Anything is a must-have for anyone who fell in love with Heated Rivalry — and wants to understand how the magic made it to screen.

Preorder your copy now.