{"id":15807,"date":"2016-08-24T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=15807"},"modified":"2016-08-13T17:35:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T22:35:09","slug":"review-2ndchanceromance-friendstolovers-more-than-a-memory-cottage-grove-book-1-by-amber-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=15807","title":{"rendered":"#review #2ndChanceRomance #FriendsToLovers- More than a Memory, Cottage Grove Book #1 by Amber Nation @nation_amber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1418995716l\/23621332.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"More Than a Memory (Cottage Grove, #1)\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png?resize=156%2C54\" alt=\"synopsis\" width=\"156\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeText17269848620101706112\">Disappearing without a word, Eden Richardt fled from her na\u00efve former life in Oregon to start anew in the Midwest. Being a morning radio show host, she\u2019s got a lot going for her except finding someone to share her life with. In that aspect, no one seemed to compare to the one. Having absolutely no desire to step foot back in her hometown of Cottage Grove, her decision was swayed with an invitation to her high school reunion and solidified after receiving a letter from her first and only love from her past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Living his life the best way he knows how, Baylor Jenkins spends his time running the family plumbing business, after giving up his dream to be an Architect, and raising his almost teenage daughter solely without the help of his ex-wife. In the back of his mind he knows something was missing from his otherwise enjoyable life. But that something was actually a someone who disappeared after graduation; a former best friend turned lover.<\/p>\n<p>Locking eyes after fifteen long years raises deep emotions and unanswered questions:<\/p>\n<p>What happened to make Eden run?<\/p>\n<p>Could their love for each other still exist?<\/p>\n<p>Or will their past time together be nothing more than a memory?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png?resize=113%2C51\" alt=\"TBR\" width=\"113\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23621332-more-than-a-memory\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png?resize=158%2C45\" alt=\"Buy Links\" width=\"158\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cottage-Grove-3-Book-Series\/dp\/B0198BXM6K\/ref=sr_1_1_ha?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1471111321&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=more+than+a+memory+amber+nation\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png?resize=230%2C50\" alt=\"angies review\" width=\"230\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I received this book from the author for an honest review.<\/p>\n<p>Ohhhhh 2<sup>nd<\/sup> chance romance\u2026so sweet.\u00a0 I am really draw to those stores because doesn\u2019t every one wonder at one point in their life about a lost love????<\/p>\n<p>Eden loved her best friend Baylor for as long as she can remember.\u00a0 Too bad he never saw her that way.\u00a0 Or did he?\u00a0 On graduation night when love is on the cusp for our characters, Eden runs away??\u00a0 WHAT!!\u00a0 It takes 15 years for her to return and face the past that she left all those years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Eden is bound to face her past and see why it took Baylor 15 years to email her.\u00a0 Baylor is stunned stupid when he sees the love of his life but can\u2019t believe she actually came to the school reunion.\u00a0 Dean, the couples last partner or third of the musketeers, is there to help the couple navigate through everything to find a way back to the other.\u00a0 When the reason for the big miscommunication is revealed\u2026smh\u2026someone was gonna get a big old throat punch for causing drama.<\/p>\n<p>When Eden and Baylor rebound from the past and look to the future they are both scared to question it.\u00a0 She has to go home to Tennessee and he has to stay in Oregon.\u00a0 Again our couple is so scared that they don\u2019t talk and so again heart ache happens but this time Baylor will not give up without a fight.<\/p>\n<p>I am so freaking excited for book 2 because Dean will killing me in this book.\u00a0 He is so sweet and he loved Eden just as much as Baylor.\u00a0 I want him to find his true love and I guarantee a certain bestie hairdresser will give him a good run for his money!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png?resize=231%2C55\" alt=\"about the author\" width=\"231\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amber is a stay at home mom currently residing in Southern Indiana with her husband and two beautiful daughters. If she\u2019s not shopping, going to concerts or on road trips, or having her nose stuck in a book, you\u2019ll often find her at the ball field watching one of the numerous sports that her girls are involved in.<\/p>\n<p>She is the author of the contemporary romance Brown County Series, titles include Not Alone, Runaway Love, How To Save A Life, and Unconditionally (M\/M).<\/p>\n<p>Follow her on Twitter @nation_amber, on Facebook at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ambernationauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.facebook.com\/ambernationauthor<\/a>, on Pinterest at Ber2885, and check out her website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambernationauthor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.ambernationauthor.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disappearing without a word, Eden Richardt fled from her na\u00efve former life in Oregon to start anew in the Midwest. Being a morning radio show host, she\u2019s got a lot going for her except finding someone to share her life with. In that aspect, no one seemed to compare to the one. Having absolutely no &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=15807\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#review #2ndChanceRomance #FriendsToLovers- More than a Memory, Cottage Grove Book #1 by Amber Nation @nation_amber<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-46X","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15807"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15818,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15807\/revisions\/15818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}