{"id":16064,"date":"2016-09-08T09:31:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T14:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=16064"},"modified":"2016-09-04T17:45:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T22:45:56","slug":"review-more-than-a-memory-a-cottage-grove-novel-by-amber-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=16064","title":{"rendered":"#Review &#8211; More Than  A Memory (A Cottage Grove Novel) by: Amber Nation"},"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\/Melindas-Review.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6161\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Melindas-Review.png?resize=245%2C50\" alt=\"Melinda's Review\" width=\"245\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I received a copy of the book from the author for an honest review.<\/p>\n<p>This was my first Amber Nation book and boy have I been missing out. She knows how to tell a story. I was hooked and couldn\u2019t put it down. I love second chance stories that give someone the opportunity to undo a wrong.\u00a0 Baylor and Eden even Dean needed closure and some communication lessons after everything that happened to them.<\/p>\n<p>Baylor, Eden and Dean were the best of friends growing up they were the Three Musketeers. \u00a0Eden was one of the guys and thought Baylor and Dean could only ever see her as there BFF. That is until graduation night it all changed for Baylor and Eden and both couldn\u2019t be happier. Then the next day Eden was gone without a trace or explanation why she left. This hurt Baylor and Dean. \u00a015 years latter Baylor now divorced and has a wonderful daughter finds himself getting ready for his class reunion wondering if he will ever see Eden.<\/p>\n<p>Eden left her little town with no intentions of going back. She is now has her own morning radio show and loves her job. Well except when her meddling mother and co-host have a great idea to help her find \u201cthe one\u201d. One day on air she receives a special invite to her class reunion and now has to decide if she will go back home. Loved seeing Baylor, Eden and Dean reunite and finding out all their secrets, yes even Dean had one. The best part was seeing Eden go head to head with her high school bully. To see the bond Eden was able to make with Baylor\u2019s daughter in such a short amount of time was amazing. The relationship Eden has with her VFF spunky hairdresser is something everyone should have. I\u2019m so excited for this series and need to know more about Dean and this spitfire hairdresser.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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=16064\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#Review &#8211; More Than  A Memory (A Cottage Grove Novel) by: Amber Nation<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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-16064","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-4b6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16064"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16089,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064\/revisions\/16089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}