{"id":63309,"date":"2022-02-04T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=63309"},"modified":"2025-08-29T00:53:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:53:39","slug":"release-arc-review-the-final-play-summerville-sports-romance-3-by-amie-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=63309","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: The Final Play (Summerville Sports Romance, #3) by Amie Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Final Play isn\u2019t always the end.
\nSometimes, it\u2019s the beginning of something far more beautiful.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

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The Final Play by Amie Knight is live!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Amazon\u00a0<\/a> |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

As a professional linebacker, I lived and breathed football.
\nThe only thing I loved as much as the game was my twin brother, Max, who kept me\u00a0almost as busy cleaning up his messes.
\nThe most recent of which landed him behind bars.<\/p>\n

So, it shouldn\u2019t have surprised me when a beautiful woman showed up on my doorstep,\u00a0claiming to be pregnant with Max\u2019s baby.<\/p>\n

Glory was unexpected, infuriating, and flat-out crazy most of the time.
\nBut no matter how hard I tried to deny it, that tiny spitfire slammed into my boring life with the strength of a Category 5 hurricane, blowing through my defenses until she\u2019d\u00a0carved her name in my heart\u2014permanently.<\/p>\n

I feared we would never work. She was a single mom, my brother\u2019s ex, and one more\u00a0chance for me to fail yet another person I loved.<\/p>\n

But if football was my church, then Glory was my heaven.<\/p>\n

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Add to Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

4 stars<\/b><\/p>\n

This is a such a sweet read. It\u2019s a part of the Summerville Sports Romance<\/i> series, but can easily stand alone, and is a pregnant\/single parent sports romance that is emotional yet fun, and gorgeously romantic, and I loved it.<\/p>\n

Mason Stark is the best friend of Lukas from #1 in the series, The Red Zone<\/a>. He\u2019s 37 years old, a professional football player, and he lives and breathes his beloved game. The book begins with an emotionally brutal prologue that introduces us to a young Mason and his twin brother Max, and shows us the defining moment of their childhood that sets the stage for the story to come. Because as much as Mason has his life together, Max does not, and Mason has spent years cleaning up his brother\u2019s messes, never giving up on him or the hope that he can pull himself together, but now his brother has been sent to prison, and Mason is struggling with that.<\/p>\n

Glory Tolson tracks Mason down out of desperation. She\u2019s pregnant and alone, and she\u2019s searching for Max \u2013 the father of her baby after they spent a weekend together 7 months ago. She hasn\u2019t seen him since their time together, but he deserves to know he has a son on the way, and her search leads her to Mason\u2019s doorstep.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a messy situation, but once Mason wraps his head around it all, he offers Glory a place a stay, wanting to be close to the only family that he has left. It\u2019s not easy to get Glory on board with that plan, and takes some convincing form Mason, but with few other options or supports, Glory eventually agrees, setting the stage for the fun to come.<\/p>\n

Glory is a fantastic character. She\u2019s smart and brave, and all sass and independence. She doesn\u2019t take advantage of Mason, and she doesn\u2019t actively push him away, balancing his presence in her life perfectly, and allowing him to be a part of her pregnancy. And Mason is just gorgeous. He\u2019s naturally a helper, and he has the biggest heart. Watching him welcome Glory into his life is so sweet, and seeing how excited and emotional he is about the upcoming birth of his nephew is adorable!<\/p>\n

But beneath their near-familial ties, there is attraction. Their distant connection to each other is enough for both of them keep their distance, but it doesn\u2019t stop their feelings from growing, and as they laugh, joke, and talk together, they become close friends\u2026 with a sizzling undercurrent of attraction.<\/p>\n

I had a feeling that Mason Stark was my person. And I couldn\u2019t even have him. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The intensity of their feelings for each other create this wonderful sense of anticipation. We all know what\u2019s going to happen, waiting for it had me madly flipping pages on my kindle just waiting for the spark that will change everything. And when it comes, holy hot damn!<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t coax my mouth open. He wasn\u2019t gentle. And I\u2019d never in a million years expect him to be. He took what he wanted from me like it was his anyway.
\nAnd even though I was too scared to admit yet, it was.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sweet and gorgeous Mason is a wicked dirty talker, and though there\u2019s not a lot of sexy time, what is there is hot as hell. Mason holds nothing back in sharing his feelings with Glory, and though she is more hesitant, I loved watching them together. They are honest and functional, and things between them develop so naturally, and their love story had me swooning.<\/p>\n

There is a bit of drama, but it\u2019s resolved well, and there are scenes that left my eyes shining with happy tears, and an epilogue which finishes everything off beautifully.<\/p>\n

This is such a great read. Sweet, fun, and gorgeously romantic, I loved it.<\/p>\n

4 stars.<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Audio Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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The Summerville Sports Romance series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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The Red Zone (#1)<\/strong> (Lukas & Scarlett)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The First Score (#2)<\/strong> (Oliver & Hazel)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon <\/a><\/p>\n

The Final Play (#3) <\/strong>(Mason & Glory)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0 Amazon\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About Amie Knight<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"Amie Knight has been a reader for as long as she could remember and a romance lover since she could get her hands on her momma\u2019s books. A dedicated wife and mother with a love of music and makeup, she won\u2019t ever be seen leaving the house without her eyebrows and eyelashes done just right. When she isn\u2019t reading and writing, you can catch her jamming out in the car with her two kids to \u201990s R&B, country, and showtunes. Amie draws inspiration from her childhood in Columbia, South Carolina, and can\u2019t imagine living anywhere other than the South.<\/p>\n

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Stay up to date with Amie Knight by signing up for her\u00a0MAILING LIST<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Join Amie\u2019s reader group<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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