The Defender
- Published
- 28 October 2025
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-13
- 9780349442273
About this book
The Defender followed a year later, on October 28, 2025, at 432 pages, continuing Ana Huang's Blackcastle Football Club world with a new couple while earlier pairs from The Striker recur in supporting roles.
Key facts about The Defender
Ana Huang wrote The Defender, a book on our list. It has been out since 28 October 2025. The book has 432 pages.
We list 2 editions of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780349442273 to find the main one.
The Defender belongs to the Gods of the Game series. The series has 0 published books.
Additionally, Ana Huang writes If Love, Twisted and Kings of Sin as separate series. Those series sit on our contemporary romance and sports romance shelves. Meanwhile, The Keeper is the latest published Ana Huang book on file, from 27 October 2026. The next announced Ana Huang release is due on 27 April 2027, so there is still more to come.
About Ana Huang
Ana Huang is an American author who built an enormous readership through self-publishing before crossing over into mainstream bestseller lists, known for steamy contemporary romance built around wealthy, morally gray love interests. See every Ana Huang book in order.
Its place in Gods of the Game
This book is listed in Gods of the Game by Ana Huang , but its publication-order position is not recorded.
Gods of the Game moves Ana Huang's brand of intense, banter-driven romance onto the pitch, following the players of a fictional English Premier League club, Blackcastle Football Club. Each book pairs a star footballer with a woman connected to his world — a ghostwriter, the coach's daughter, a nanny — and layers a forced-proximity or fake-relationship hook onto the pressure-cooker of professional sport: tabloid scrutiny, locker-room politics, and the toll of fame on ordinary intimacy. Huang keeps her signature…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780349442266
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780349442273