{"id":15814,"date":"2016-08-31T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=15814"},"modified":"2016-08-15T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T16:35:48","slug":"review-playerfallshard-more-than-friends-cottage-grove-book-3-by-amber-nation-nation_amber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=15814","title":{"rendered":"#review #PlayerFallsHard &#8211; More than Friends, Cottage Grove Book #3 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\/1442837557l\/26219654.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"More Than A Friend (Cottage Grove #3)\" \/><\/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>The third and final installment in the Cottage Grove Series. More Than A Friend can be read as a complete standalone with a HEA.<\/p>\n<p>Other titles in the Cottage Grove Series include:<br \/>\nMore Than A Memory<br \/>\nMore Than A Fling<\/p>\n<p>Bentley Jenkins has lived in his older brother, Baylor\u2019s shadow since the day he was born. Never feeling like he could live up to the high standards that was expected of him, he set out to make his own name for himself. Unfortunately, it wasn\u2019t a well-respected one.<\/p>\n<p>Playboy, smooth talker, ladies man; these were just a few of the names that he was directly associated with. He took pride in the fact that he never had to seduce a woman to get her to fall at his feet. Normally, a look, a wink, and a flash of his sexy grin was all it took.<br \/>\nAny woman would jump at the chance to be with him, so much that he\u2019s never heard the word, no.<\/p>\n<p>Until her.<\/p>\n<p>Until the woman who claimed to be infatuated with him for years.<\/p>\n<p>Until the woman he now couldn\u2019t seem to get out of his head no matter how hard he tried\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Placed him in the Friend Zone.<\/p>\n<p>Miriam Armstrong changed his entire perspective on women and for the first time in his life, he found himself wanting to settle down, to be a one woman man. But first, he needed to prove to Miri that the chemistry between them was worth being pursued, and that he wanted to be\u2026More Than a Friend.<\/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\/26219654-more-than-a-friend\">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_3?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1471127617&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=cottage+grove+series\">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>Bentley\u2026wow sorry Dean but we are breaking up.\u00a0 Yeah the younger guy caught my eye last book but this book he won my heart way over.<\/p>\n<p>Bentley is the town man whore.\u00a0 He is kinda proud of it in my opinion.\u00a0 He can have whoever whenever.\u00a0 At his brother\u2019s wedding he is thrown together, thanks to Julia, with Miri.\u00a0 He is stunned at how beautiful this wall flower was from the memories he has of her from high school.<\/p>\n<p>Miri met Bentley on one of the worst days of her life in high school but his kind heart made her heart flutter for the past 10 years.\u00a0 No way does he even remember her or even give her the time of day.\u00a0 No Bentley is purely a fantasy for her.<\/p>\n<p>When the two hang out at the wedding, Bentley can feel the desire coming off Miri so he does his \u201cusual\u201d with a girl but even though she REALLY wants to do the usual back, she says no.\u00a0 She friend zoned him.\u00a0 WHAT? No one says no.\u00a0 He is Bentley.\u00a0 Well Bentley decides to be a \u201cfriend\u201d all the while thinking this will get him into Miri\u2019s bed.\u00a0 However, the more time he spends with her, the more he grows to *Gasp* need her and *Double Gasp* LOVE HER!!\u00a0 NO way.\u00a0 How can he love someone like her?\u00a0 She is everything he can never be.<\/p>\n<p>Miri can\u2019t believe Bentley agreed to be her friend.\u00a0 She thinks he has ulterior motives but figures once he realizes she won\u2019t move forward to his bed, he will lose interest.\u00a0 She is stunned stupid to see this man whore has a soft, genuine and kind nature that he hides from other people.\u00a0 Soon she is so confused because she can\u2019t lose him.<\/p>\n<p>The couple are stuck.\u00a0 Both are afraid to push the friendship limits because they think the other isn\u2019t feeling the MORE.\u00a0 When Miri\u2019s past comes back Bentley has to put up or shut up.<\/p>\n<p>OMG the epilogue\u2026typical Bentley comments when he gives her a gift.\u00a0 I was loving it and it made me giggle so hard.\u00a0 This book has so much freaking intensity and chemistry.\u00a0 The couple will go down as a favorite of mine for sure.<\/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>The third and final installment in the Cottage Grove Series. More Than A Friend can be read as a complete standalone with a HEA. Other titles in the Cottage Grove Series include: More Than A Memory More Than A Fling Bentley Jenkins has lived in his older brother, Baylor\u2019s shadow since the day he was &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=15814\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#review #PlayerFallsHard &#8211; More than Friends, Cottage Grove Book #3 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-15814","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-474","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15814","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=15814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15826,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15814\/revisions\/15826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}