If you’ve also fallen into the emotional yet sweaty intensity of HBO Max’s Heated Rivalry, welcome! Viewers are binging the show, yes, but they are also googling to figure out what book started this wildfire? And more importantly, does the story give Shane and Ilya a win off the ice? Because if we’re going to invest in two hockey captains who can’t stop torturing each other, we at least deserve to know if we’re heading toward heartache or happily-ever-after!To answer those questions, we have to rewind to Rachel Reid’s Game Changer series, which is the spine of the entire fandom. Although the book collection includes six romances, only two of them focus on the saga between Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov. Yes, the Crave TV show Heated Rivalry is named after one of those books, but that’s not the whole story.Scott Hunter and Kip Grady (the couple from Book 1) appear in the show as well and are played by Francois Arnaud and Robbie G.K., so that proves the show isn’t just adapting the Game Changer universe into the plot. The exact books about Heated Rivalry's Shane & Ilya, and what they cover View this post on Instagram Instagram PostHere’s the lineup of books that cover this couple: Book 2 - Heated RivalryBook 6 - The Long GameEverything before and between those two just builds the world, sorry!Okay, so let's discuss Book 2, titled Heated Rivalry. This kicks off the firestorm as Shane, the laser-focused Montreal Voyageurs captain, finds his one weakness in the Boston Bears captain, Ilya. The latter is cocky and annoyingly irresistible. So it makes sense that while publicly, they’re bitter rivals, privately, they’re hooking up in basically any room that isn’t equipped with a press camera. RELATED: Already hooked to HBO Max’s Heated Rivalry? These five queer romances should definitely be on your watchlist nextNow, let's fast-forward to Book 6, which is titled The Long Game. This is when the consequences of their long secrecy boil over. We see them go through ten years of the enemies-to-lovers trope. At the same time, they also hide from their families and the league. Shane can’t risk losing his image, but Ilya is running out of patience. Their love is real, but they’re suffocating like this.This is the book where everything finally comes together.Do Shane & Ilya get a happy ending on Heated Rivalry?The spoiler-free answer is yes, but they earn it the hard way. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostWithout turning this into a page-by-page recap, we will give you a gist of what happens. The secrets are eventually dealt with, and trust is rebuilt, but be warned that there's blood, sweat, and tears in the process, though mostly metaphorical. And as you can guess, the passion only gets more intense. The Long Game gives us what we've been praying for after a decade of loving each other behind closed doors. The duo chose each other publicly.ALSO READ: “It’s so different from American culture”: Connor Storrie makes his feelings known about playing the lead in the HBO Max dramaHeated Rivalry is streaming on HBO Max and Crave.NEXT UP: Is Episode 2 only in the Russian language?