Title: Biggest Player
Author: Sara Ney
Series: Not Yours, #2
Publisher: Montlake
Publication Date: July 29th, 2025
Synopsis:
Bestselling author Sara Ney scores with a fiery romance about online dating, where a single mom and a football pro ignite sparks when they swipe right—even though they know it’s all wrong.
Margot’s a busy single mom juggling teaching, parenting, and trying not to die alone. Dating apps? Total nightmare. But desperate times call for desperate swipes, even if they make her break out in stress hives. When she matches with a guy who looks too good to be true, she’s convinced he’s a walking red flag—or worse—a catfish.
Dex is hot, and he knows it. A quarterback with a killer smile and looks to spare, he’s a good guy looking for a long-term relationship. He wants what his friends have: someone to come home to…and if they’re naked when he gets there, even better. When he logs on for a casual scroll, he’s not expecting to meet her. One swipe, and suddenly he’s hooked.
Margot’s convinced he’s a catfish. Dex has zero dad bod and no dad energy. But their sizzling back-and-forth leaves them both thinking “what if.” After a surprise run-in leads to a mind-blowing (and soggy AF) kiss, their opposites-attract energy skyrockets. Can they find a way to make it last?
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Sonja’s Review:
As I was finishing up Not Your Biggest Fan, I knew the epilogue was going to be in Dex’s POV and after loving Andy and Harlow so much, I wasn’t that excited to get his perspective and wanted it to be one of theirs instead. However, when I actually read the epilogue, it made me really look forward to picking up his book! I mean, I was going to regardless since I had an advanced copy of it, but sometimes I have problems reading books in a series back to back and while I wasn’t really worried that would be the case this time, Dex’s chapter definitely put that thought to rest and made it easier for me to start reading Biggest Player as soon as I had the chance.
There was a period of time in the beginning of me reading this book where I thought that I would love it even more than Not Your Biggest Fan, but then the main conflict of this book came into play and I was just not particularly thrilled with it or Dex. I will say, I feel like it was more annoying than super frustrating and that Margot was kept in the dark for a decent amount of time, but not so long it seemed like it dragged on forever and ever. While there was a portion of Biggest Player I didn’t care for, I enjoyed more of this book than I didn’t and though I didn’t have warm feelings for Dex for some time there, I got why he messed up, I don’t like it, he wasn’t being very smart, but he does have a good heart and he genuinely loves Margot and her daughter, Wyatt, and I was satisfied with how Margot and Dex handled the problem and then their reconciliation.
There was a big piece of me that did like/love Dex and I one hundred percent loved Margot! Dex is clueless and made me shake my head at best and want to shake him at worst, but he was a fun hero and ultimately I think that he’s good for Margot. Now, Margot is way better for him because she’s so awesome! She’s smart, strong, she lets him have it when it needs to happen, and she’s also just fun too. I loved these two, more so Margot and I loved Wyatt too — she’s great and smart and I loved the interactions between her and all the adults!
One of the things I loved about Not Your Biggest Fan was the banter between Andy and Harlow and that was true of Biggest Player as well. Everything flowed so well and naturally between Dex and Margot, Sara Ney is seriously excellent at writing banter! Biggest Player and I may have been at odds for a while there, but it mostly entertained and amused me and I had a good time with it. If Ms. Ney writes stories for the other two football players that we met in this book, I will for sure check them out since I liked them and I know the back and forth between them and their love interest will be fire!
~ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stars
Book One
Not Your Biggest Fan
Synopsis:
USA Today bestselling author Sara Ney sizzles with a quick-witted, sexy romp about an eager entrepreneur and a cocky football star who couldn’t be more different—or more into each other.
Harlow James is destined to rock the dating world. The creator of Kissmet, the app helping singles find love, she’s in New York to secure advertisers. But the sassy, small-town girl can’t help meddling in other people’s business.
When she runs into a muscular stranger at her go-to food truck, Harlow doesn’t realize he’s Landon “Andy” Burke, the NFL’s most-wanted free agent, in town to talk contracts. She just sees a hottie about to get burned by undercooked street food. Though she tries to warn him, he shrugs her off, making a little wager instead.
In a messy twist of fate, Andy finds himself in the same hotel as Harlow. When she collects on their bet, they make a mind-blowing—and bed-rocking—connection. But after the weekend, she goes home to Green Bay to her goofy dad and corgi, ready to focus everything on work again. Kissmet, however, has other ideas, when Andy knocks on her door…
Sonja’s Review:
It’s almost been five years since I’ve read Sara Ney and it was so nice picking up something from her again! I do want to say that there wasn’t one specific reason for the drought or anything like that, it was just me being me basically. Anyway, Not Your Biggest Fan wasn’t on my radar, but I’ve recently decided to get back into my blog and reading the early copies I’ve gotten from publishers and when I saw that the next book in this series, Biggest Player, was releasing soon, I thought that I should read that. I was pretty sure that it wasn’t the first book though, so I went looking and found Not Your Biggest Fan. I did actually also have a copy of that, but I borrowed it from KU, so Ms. Ney could get her coin.
As I was determined to read this and Biggest Player, I didn’t bother reading the synopsis because sometimes even when I really want to read a book, checking out the blurb can occasionally have the opposite effect on me and make me not want to read the book in that particular moment. I was taking no such chances with Not Your Biggest Fan and as a result, I will say that when I started this book, where I saw it going, it didn’t actually go and I was so happy about that! I was sure the plot was going to lead to Andy’s personal team having him use Harlow’s app and they would fake date to help with image problems and that was so not the case. I’m not the biggest fan (hehe pun intended) of the fake dating trope, so I was really relieved when the focus was mainly on Andy and Harlow’s budding relationship.
I had fun with Not Your Biggest Fan! There were some moments that made me cringe and go “oooof” semi hard, but for the most part I just had a good time. It’s very low stakes, not much drama or at least the drama’s amusing or over fairly quickly, Andy and Harlow actually have good communication, despite him not telling her who he is right away. It’s a little ridiculous with silly characters, but that wasn’t a bad thing and I really enjoyed it. I think it’d be a good book to pick up if you need a fun, light read. It was awesome and I’m looking forward to reading Biggest Player next!
~ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stars
About the Author:
Sara Ney is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the How to Date a Douchebag series, best known for her sexy, laugh-out-loud sports and contemporary romances. Among her favorite vices, she includes: traveling, historical architecture and nerding out on all things Victorian. She's a "cool mom" living in the Midwest who loves resale shopping, thrift -- and once carried a vintage copper sink through the airport as her carry-on because it didn't fit in her suitcase.
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