Author Ana Huang Answers Burning Questions About New Novel ‘The Defender’

Ana Huang is back with the second book in her Gods of the Game series, titled The Defender. Following Vincent and Brooklyn — who were introduced in the series’ first book, The Striker — this love story covers some of Huang’s favorite tropes: forced proximity and enemies-to-lovers. Not to mention, there is a bet thrown in there, semi-inspired by the 1999 movie She’s All That. “I loved that movie,” Huang told Us Weekly exclusively while discussing The Defender, which was published on Tuesday, October 28. “I’m a ‘90s baby. I am, in fact, a millennial. I was raised on movies like that.” Ana Huang.