“Fear and anxiety are permeating these companies, and there’s paralysis everywhere.” Photo: Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max How hot is Heated Rivalry ? In the three months since the steamy Canadian hockey romance debuted on HBO Max, a TV-studio development exec who focuses on literary acquisitions has been fielding pitches from publishers on possible clones. “Book agents have been dusting off their sports romances and kind of tiptoeing into the marketplace with them,” he says. “I just got sent a male-

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