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<p>It’s Friday, meaning it’s time for another round-up of links and resources to keep you at the top of your library game. We’re kicking things off with a round-up of all things <em>Heated Rivalry</em>–because your library’s copy has probably been checked out for weeks at this point–followed by new releases, comic updates, and some adaptation news to get you excited for 2026. </p>

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<li>NYPL is offering instant access to <em>Heated Rivalry</em> until tomorrow, February 14th, after <a href=”https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/mamdani-to-nyc-read-heated-rivalry-during-storm/”>Zohran Mamdani suggested that New Yorkers take advantage of their library’s digital collections </a>and check out <em>Heated Rivalry</em> while waiting out the latest winter storm. (Love to see an elected official supporting public libraries!)</li>



<li>Literary agents are <a href=”https://www.vulture.com/article/rachel-reid-agent-fanfiction-romance-pipeline-heated-rivalry.html”>looking for the next <em>Heated Rivalry</em> on fanfic sites</a>. But let’s not forget that hockey romance <a href=”https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/99540-heated-rivalry-breaks-the-ice.html”>has actually been popular for quite some time now. </a></li>



<li><a href=”https://jenka.substack.com/p/heated-rivalry-and-the-art-of-anti”><em>Heated Rivalry</em> and the art of anti-dystopia. </a></li>



<li><a href=”https://bookriot.com/queer-hockey-romance-books/”>Queer hockey romances</a> to read if you loved <em>Heated Rivalry</em>. </li>
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<li>Jeffrey Archer has announced that his next book, <a product-id=”B0FXQ3D8BC” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FXQ3D8BC/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0FXQ3D8BC” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” title=”Buy from Amazon” data-title=”Adam and Eve” data-publisher=”HarperCollins” data-releasedate=”2026-10-06″ data-ean=”” data-asin=”B0FXQ3D8BC” data-author=”Archer, Jeffrey” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Adam and Eve</a>, <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/21/jeffrey-archer-author-adam-eve-next-novel-last”>will also be his last. </a></li>



<li>Audrey Niffenegger is <a href=”https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5739″>publishing a sequel</a> to <em>The Time Traveler’s Wife</em>.</li>



<li>Brooklyn Beckham and his wife, Nicola Peltz-Beckham, <a href=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/38017848/beckham-feud-brooklyn-nicola-peltz-book-wedding/”>have allegedly been offered a seven-figure deal</a> to write a book about Beckham’s public falling out with his parents, David and Victoria Beckham.</li>



<li>Claire Vaye Watkins <a href=”https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/new-book-by-claire-vaye-watkins-coming-this-summer/”>has a new book coming out. </a></li>



<li>Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy is releasing a <a href=”https://people.com/senator-chris-murphy-crisis-of-the-common-good-exclusive-11894490″>new memoir this spring</a>.</li>



<li>Val McDermid talks about <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/21/val-mcdermid-was-assigned-sensitivity-reader-to-cut-offensive-language-from-old-books”>working with a sensitivity reader before re-releasing some of her earlier novels</a>, published in the 80s and 90s, and used racial and homophobic language reflective of social attitudes at that time.</li>



<li><em>Kirkus</em> has posted its <a href=”https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/spring-2026-preview-must-read-nonfiction-books/”>Spring 2026 nonfiction preview</a>.</li>
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<li><a href=”https://deadline.com/2026/01/dragon-cursed-movie-amazon-mgm-development-1236693088/”>Amazon has snagged film rights</a> to Elise Kova’s fantasy YA novel <a product-id=”1649377835″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fdragon-cursed_elise-kova%2F53476109%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” data-title=”Dragon Cursed” data-publisher=”Entangled: Mayhem Books” data-releasedate=”2026-01-06″ data-ean=”9781649377838″ data-asin=”1649377835″ data-author=”Kova, Elise” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Dragon Cursed</a>. </li>



<li>Jonathan Kellerman’s <em>Alex Delaware</em> series <a href=”https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/series-based-on-alex-delaware-novels-in-the-works/”>is being adapted for TV. </a></li>



<li>Ariel Lawhon’s <a product-id=”0593312074″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fthe-frozen-river_ariel-lawhon%2F38373450%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” data-title=”The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel” data-publisher=”Vintage” data-releasedate=”2024-11-05″ data-ean=”9780593312070″ data-asin=”0593312074″ data-author=”Lawhon, Ariel” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>The Frozen River</a> is <a href=”https://deadline.com/2026/01/frozen-river-novel-film-adaptation-trudie-styler-maven-1236699824/”>getting a film adaptation. </a></li>



<li><a href=”https://reactormag.com/daniel-kraus-adapt-angel-down-feature-film/”>Daniel Kraus is adapting</a> his novel, <a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” rel=”noopener” product-id=”1668068451″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fangel-down-a-novel_daniel-kraus%2F53916552%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Angel Down: A Novel” data-publisher=”Atria Books” data-releasedate=”2025-07-29″ data-author=”Kraus, Daniel” data-ean=”9781668068458″ data-asin=”1668068451″ class=”butter”>Angel Down</a>, into a feature film.</li>



<li>Adrian McKinty’s thriller, <a title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” product-id=”0316531235″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fthe-chain_adrian-mckinty%2F19861180%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”The Chain” data-publisher=”Mulholland Books” data-releasedate=”2020-09-22″ data-author=”McKinty, Adrian” data-ean=”9780316531238″ data-asin=”0316531235″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>The Chain,</a> is getting a <a href=”https://crimereads.com/adrian-mckintys-the-chain-gets-an-hbo-series-order/”>series adaptation at HBO. </a></li>



<li><a href=”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/vladimir-first-look-photos-netflix-leo-woodall-rachel-weisz-1236486017/”>Here’s a first look</a> at the series adaptation of Julia May Jonas’ <a product-id=”1982187646″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fvladimir_julia-may-jonas%2F28709043%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” data-title=”Vladimir: A Novel” data-publisher=”Avid Reader Press” data-releasedate=”2023-01-31″ data-ean=”9781982187644″ data-asin=”1982187646″ data-author=”Jonas, Julia May” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Vladimir</a>.</li>



<li>How<a product-id=”1538742578″ href=”https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fthe-housemaid%2F37367451%2F” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” title=”Buy from Thriftbooks” data-title=”The Housemaid” data-publisher=”Grand Central Publishing” data-releasedate=”2022-08-23″ data-ean=”9781538742570″ data-asin=”1538742578″ data-author=”McFadden, Freida” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”> The Housemaid</a> <a href=”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-feig-the-housemaid-box-office-hit-1236484279/”>became a surprise box-office smash. </a></li>
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