Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Blog Tour: THE RED ZONE by Amie Knight

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The Red Zone, an all-new sexy, second chance romance from Amie Knight, is available now!

The Red Zone FOR WEB
They say the red zone is the hardest place to score.
But for me, those last twenty yards were my sweet spot.
They didn't call me Lukas "Last Minute Lucy" Callihan for nothing.
I was at the top of my game...until life sacked me harder than any linebacker ever could.
Losing my mom was devastating and left me as the sole person responsible for my little sister.
Taking care of Ella and juggling my career was like playing the hardest game of my life.
My only saving grace was Scarlett Knox, Ella's sexy, red-headed, no-nonsense teacher.
She loved Ella. She hated me.
She thought I sucked at this parenting thing, and she wasn’t wrong.
But whenever she was around I got the same earth-shattering, heart-stopping feeling I did when I was only twenty yards from the goal line.
She made me feel like I was back in the red zone, a place I’d never fumbled.
Until now.
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Excerpt:

“I’m going to kiss you.” My body locked tight. Oh, no, he couldn’t do that. If he kissed me I’d think about it at least the next ten years and that would be awful. I still obsessed over the day he’d kissed me when he’d told me goodbye. I couldn’t let him do that to me again. “That’s a terrible idea,” I whispered, his lips a breath from mine. Slowly his eyes opened and they were suddenly boring into mine. “Why, Scarlett?” I couldn’t tell him the truth. That his kiss had ruined my teenage heart. That I’d never moved on. That no other kiss had ever compared. That I still thought about that kiss and what I had meant to him. I couldn’t tell him any of that because it sounded pathetic and desperate even to my own ears. So I lied. I lied my face off. “It’s just not appropriate. I’m Ella’s teacher and you’re her guardian.” His smile said it all, but it didn’t have to because his mouth wasn’t far behind. “That’s bullshit. None of that has anything to do with me putting my lips on yours.” He studied my face like he did when we were in school together. Like he was trying to figure me out. I prayed he wouldn’t. And while his eyes pillaged my very soul, his knee slowly wedged itself between my thighs, causing my skirt to rise. I turned my head to the classroom door, terrified someone would walk through even though I knew it was after hours and we were alone. His hands left my jaw and traveled down my neck, past my shoulders and the outer swell of my breasts to settle on my hips where he squeezed. “What are you so afraid of, baby?” He called me baby and he was doing it again. That thing where he made me dizzy and stupid. He was making me forget why this was a bad idea. Why I shouldn’t want this. Because he felt so, so good against me. His warm palms left my hips and slid down over my ass and to the bottom of my skirt where he clutched the hem in his fists, slowly sliding it up more. I should have said stop. Anything, but the farther he pushed up my skirt, the more his knee moved in and up until it sat right there against me. Right where I needed it. A small squeak escaped my lips and one corner of his mouth lifted in a slow smile. “God, you’re gorgeous.” His nose brushed the side of mine and the harsh stubble on his jaw scraped my skin exquisitely. His massive hands moved under my skirt and right to the globes of my bottom, squeezing, before one moved up and snapped the top of my panties. “And you have a thong on. You’re trying to kill me, Red.” He lowered his head more, zeroed in on my lips, and even though I was a mess of hormones and turned on more than I’d ever been in my life, I couldn’t give it to him. I couldn’t give him my kiss again. I turned my head in the nick of time and his mouth landed on my jaw. “You’re not going to give me your mouth, huh?” he mumbled against my cheek before pressing open mouth kisses down my face to my neck. “No,” I whispered into the quiet room, my voice breathy. “Mmm,” he moaned right into the spot where my shoulder met my neck before giving me a bite there that simultaneously stung and lit my body on fire. “Then I’ll just have to take what you give me. Now won’t I?” he growled.



Amie Knight is a new author to me and I have to say after reading The Red Zone I’m struggling to understand why she hasn’t crossed my radar before now. If this book is anything to go by she will fast  become one of my go to authors. This book is second chance romance at its best.
Lukas Callihan’s life has been turned upside down, his mother has died and he is the sole guardian for his little sister Ella. Lukas may have been at the top of his game as a star quarterback but he didn’t hesitate asking for a transfer back to the local team in the small town he grew up in to take care of Ella but it’s not as easy as he thought it would be because juggling training, playing and taking care of Ella and his saving grace is Scarlett Knox the sexy no-nonsense teacher.
Scarlett aka Ms Lettie is a special needs teacher and Ella is one of her students, she will do what ever is needed to help her students learn to live in the world we class as normal but what she didn’t expect was to come face to face with man she crushed on through her school days the man who looks even better now than he did all those years ago when she was enlisted to help with his French lessons. 
Lukas and Scarlett are meant to be together they are both kind caring individuals who deserve a HEA. I loved how Lukas loved his sister unconditionally but it also made me smiled as he dealt with Ella’s teenage tantrums. This book is written beautifully, it’s a sweet second chance romance that also deals with family and loss. Looking forward to reading more of this authors work.




Amie Knight is a new author to me and I have no idea why that is.

Where do I start? This was a beautifully written second chance at love story that was at times an emotional roller coaster of a read.

Scarlett Taylor Knox, aka Ms Lettie, teaches special needs students. One of her students Ella is the younger sister of Lukas Callihan, someone Scarlett knew when she was a teenager.

I really liked Scarlett, she was feisty, caring and a woman I could see as a friend. Lukas was swoon worthy and the chemistry between them was electric.

There was humour and some fun moments that enhanced the story, particularly with Ella who is a great character.

I adored the relationship between Lukas and Ella when he becomes her guardian. You could feel his anxiety as he struggles to care for Ella. Mason as a secondary character was great and I would love for him to have his own book.

The situations and feelings were realistic and I was totally invested in the story that Ms. Knight wove.

When time permits I will be looking for more books from Amie Knight.






About the Amie
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's books. A dedicated wife and mother with a love of music and makeup, she won’t ever be seen leaving the house without her eyebrows and eyelashes done just right. When she isn't reading and writing, you can catch her jamming out in the car with her two kids to '90s R&B, country, and showtunes. Amie draws inspiration from her childhood in Columbia, South Carolina, and can't imagine living anywhere other than the South. AmieKnight
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