The Final Score
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4.3 • 96 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In the new Play-by-Play novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Contact, a star quarterback is torn between his love of the game—and the woman who may be the love of his life.
Nathan Riley is ready to follow in the footsteps of his famous football player father. He’s been drafted as quarterback for his dad’s former team, and his future is bright. When his friend Mia Cassidy moves to the same city, their years-long friendship suddenly sparks hot, reminding him of the one night they had together in college that he can never forget.
Like Nathan, Mia is from a sports dynasty family and embarking on an incredible new career—as founder of her own sports management company. Her friendship with Nathan means everything to her, and tossing sex into the mix again could jeopardize it. But the chemistry between them has always sizzled, and it isn’t long before Mia realizes she wants more with Nathan than just late-night talks and pizza.
Passion has a funny way of changing the rules, and soon Nathan and Mia discover that to win it all, they’ll have to make an unexpected play for love.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The 13th Play by Play novel combines a friends-to-lovers romance with the elite world of professional football. Nate Riley and Mia Cassidy were buddies in college, but when they move to the same city (he to take the quarterback slot for the San Francisco Sabers, she to start a business), Nate realizes he wants more. Absolutely sizzling, The Final Score is an ideal novel for those who crush on sports heroes or contemporary romance readers looking for some spice. Nate's a perfect hero: confident and charming but always respectful of the boundaries Mia puts in place.
Customer Reviews
Best friends … to lovers?
A fast paced adventure of friendship, hot sex and football … what more could a girl ask for? This was my first book in the series, but I had a lot of fun with the characters and I look forward to going back and catching up on the series! Both Nathan and Mia have previous family members that were in the series as they both come from a sports family. The characters were well-defined and even though I didn’t read the priors, I had no problem keeping track of who everyone was and their history.
Nathan Riley is stressing his upcoming season when he will be taking over the position his father filled before him as the Quarterback of the San Francisco Sabers. He wants nothing more than to make his teammates and his father proud, but the pressure is really piling on the closer it gets to the season opener.
Mia Cassidy is happy to be living in the same town as her best friend Nathan again. It’s been years since they got to hang out on a regular basis like they did back in college! Starting up her new sports management company is going to keep her on her toes, and she’s going to need Nathan’s jolly attitude to keep her from losing her mind.
Neither of them expects the other to be willing to become more than just friends! They shared one hot night in college, but agreed never to speak of it again and their friendship has flourished over the years regardless, but when the attraction is boiling hot between them, will they decide to rock the boat and get some real stress relief … between the sheets??
So slow
This book was so slow and boring. It was like extra words were thrown in just to get to a certain count. I usually like all of her books but this was like watching paint dry. Sorry, but this was just not good at all.
strong sports romance series
If you are looking for a strong sports romance series, you should check out Play-by-Play.
Nathan and Mia were already really good friends. Mia moves to the same city as Nathan and their longtime friendship starts to ignite with a sexual chemistry, that much to Mia’s dismay, they cannot ignore.
I enjoyed Mia’s and Nathan’s story but found the flow of the story was slowed down by sex talk.
Fun, passionate and full of sexual chemistry, we get a front row seat to the evolution of Mia’s and Nathan’s relationship into so much more.
I received this ARC copy of the Final Score from Berkley Publishing Group. This is my honest and voluntary review.