Halloween with Ilya

Game Changers #2.3

by Rachel Reid

Heated Rivalry short story, available to read for free on Rachel Reid's website. A very short story about Ilya’s first Halloween as a homeowner in Ottawa.

Genres: Romance, LGBT, Contemporary, Fiction, M M Romance, Sports

6 pages, ebook

Published October 31, 2019

About the author

Rachel Reid is the pen name of Rachelle Goguen. She chose it because it is much easier to say, spell and remember than Rachelle Goguen!

Rachel writes cute, romantic smut, mostly about hockey players. Her Game Changers m/m hockey romance series is available from Carina Press.

Rachel/Rachelle lives in Nova Scotia, Canada. She has always lived there, and it's looking like she probably always will. She has two boring degrees and two interesting kids.

Reviews

[Daniel Myatt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet, short and adorable!

[Fiona · Rating 5 out of 5]

HOLLANOV FAMILY HALLOWEEN COSTUMES ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW

[Kelly (miss_kellysbookishcorner)]

Title: Halloween with Ilya
Author: Rachel Reid
Series: Game Changers short story
Genre: Romance
Rating: 4.50
Pub Date: October 31, 201


T H R E E • W O R D S

Adorable • Funny • Fulfilling

📖 S Y N O P S I S

A short about Ilya giving out candy on first Halloween in Ottawa.

💭 T H O U G H T S

Continuing to make my way through the Game Changers series, bonus content included, from Canadian author Rachel Reid and Halloween with Ilya was the next installment in this hockey romance.

Oh my heart - This short story was an absolute delight! From Ilya dressing up as Shane for Halloween to his interactions with the kids, everything about this was amazing. It shows a softer side to Rozanov and I was here for it.

All of this bonus content adds layers to an already beautiful story and leaves me craving more of Ilya and Shane. Definitely cannot wait to get to The Long Game now.

📚 R E A D • I F • Y O U • L I K E
• Heated Rivalry
• bonus content
• Ilya

[Re Listing · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fun lil stories (at times ni tan fun honestly) que la neta no aportan absolutamente nada, "My Dinner with Hayden" al menos nos mostraba esa dinamica extraña pero Halloween y Las Vegas solo existen por existir.

Me da gusto que esten disponibles en el sitio web de Rachel de forma gratuita pero no me sorprendería si en un futuro funcionan para una "reedicion deluxe" de HR con estos "snippets exclusivos". IDK.

Anyways, yay primer review ish??

[Denu Cagianesa · Rating 2 out of 5]

ay no aportada nada, esperaba algo divertido pero ni juntos están en ese Halloween
Eso sí Ilya me dio ternura con los niños dándoles dulces

[m.⋆˚꩜｡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is adorable. i love ilya with kids

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one is free on the author's website.
Aww. This one is adorable. Ilya is having a Halloween at home by himself and decides to go all out for the kids in the neighbourhood. It’s one of those rare glimpses where you see he contains depth and multitudes others don’t often get to view.

[Maria Renata · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me sorprendió lo corto que es pero lo mucho que llenó mi corazón, fue divertido y encantador al mismo tiempo. No puedo esperar a que ya tengan hijos estos dos, van a ser buenos y sobretodo adorables padres. Los amo 💕😭.

[Sebastian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exactly what I thought and hoped it would be, down to the costume. GOD why is he so adorable

[Shambhavi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute and Funny...Ilya's Halloween costume choice is ironically so him! (If you know, you know!)
Also, I love it when any of them thinks of life with their potential future kids.

[Maria Garcia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Teniendo en cuenta que amo a Ilya con todo mi corazón este extra es muy corto, quedé picada la verdad

[Debbie Morrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love that I can picture Ilya and Connor now

[Marley Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would cut off a limb to see them go trick or treating with their kids

[sebasstfrancis · Rating 5 out of 5]

fue muy linda<3333

[HG · Rating 4 out of 5]

probabbly my fave short story apart from My dinner with Hayden

[Ale Sosa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Te tqm Ilya

[Nour Bahri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable♡

[Ej · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me want more dad ilya

[Ingie · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Stars - Super cute very short mini novella

Read April 9, 2026

🎃👻🎃💀🎃

[Katerina · Rating 5 out of 5]

The times when Ilya is the sweetest just kill me. What a joy.

[Sofia Zavoli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ilya es demasiado divertido, lo quiero mucho

[Elena · Rating 4 out of 5]

That piece is just adorable :)

[Cheyenne · Rating 5 out of 5]

That was so cute and funny!!!

[Al · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, sweet, and made me a little teary!! Ilya imagining them celebrating Halloween with Shane and their fu ure kids... that is just too precious 🥹.

[Sole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ilya with kids is what dreams are made of

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute! I just know that Ilya will find a way to get Shane pregnant :)

[Melinda Sixtos · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 ⭐️

Ame su disfraz, amo mucho a Ilya y Shane 💖