{"id":18687,"date":"2017-06-27T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=18687"},"modified":"2017-06-25T14:04:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T19:04:34","slug":"review-newrelease-the-bet-the-players-1-by-elizabeth-hayley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=18687","title":{"rendered":"#review #NewRelease &#8211; The Bet (The Players #1) by Elizabeth Hayley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1494364595l\/35105549.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Bet (Players, #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=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeText5193577415148559050\">Jace &#8220;the Jet&#8221; Benning is a legend on the football field. And off. He has the arm, the charm, and the reputation of being the hottest player in the league.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Too bad Dr. Alessandra Mastrazacoma is not impressed.<\/p>\n<p>With a busy schedule and a bruised heart, Alessandra doesn&#8217;t have time to date, but when she is lured into making a friendly bet with her best friend, she finds herself agreeing to go out with the next guy that asks&#8230;and to give him three shots, three dates, before pulling the plug.<\/p>\n<p>Jace also has a friendly wager with his friends going, and it involves making sure the slightly klutzy, but very pretty, doctor will be his date to the biggest night in sports. With two wagers and two hearts on the line, will Aly and Jace win or are they betting to lose?<\/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=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/35105549-the-bet?ac=1&amp;from_search=true\">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=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2tf4Jkt\">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=\"\" 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>I love these ladies\u2019 writings and have been a fan since their first book came out.<\/p>\n<p>This book is a sweet and kinda predictable story about a guy and a girl who run into each other.\u00a0 The girl, Alessandra, has no clue who the hottie, Jace, even is.\u00a0\u00a0 Then Jace is bet by a friend and he needs to get Alessandra to go out with him.\u00a0 She is like not even close to thinking he is worth her time. \u00a0\u00a0But her friends convince her to go out with the hottie and give him a chance.<\/p>\n<p>The banter is funny between the characters but I didn\u2019t feel the heat like I usually do and especially from their fist books.\u00a0 One thing I did love about the story was Alessandra was kinda a hot mess.\u00a0 LOL\u00a0 She was super smart but kinda clueless in social situations\u2026\u2026.like if you talked to her you would think AWKWARD which I thought was hilarious because the authors themselves say and do things that cause them to laugh at themselves. \u00a0So I kept thinking \u201cWas the Elizabeth or Hayley who wrote that scene?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I liked the story and if you are wanting to read something sweet and easy then this is a great book.\u00a0 Its pretty angst free but has a fun feel to it.<\/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=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Hayley is actually &#8220;Elizabeth&#8221; and &#8220;Hayley,&#8221; two friends who love reading romance novels to obsessive levels. This mutual love prompted them to put their English degrees to good use by penning their own. The product is <i>Pieces of Perfect<\/i>, their debut novel. They learned a ton about one another through the process, like how they clearly share a brain and have a persistent need to text each other constantly (much to their husbands&#8217; chagrin).<\/p>\n<p>They live with their husbands and kids in a suburb of Philadelphia. Thankfully, their children are still too young to read.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Hayley&#8217;s writing motto is best captured by the words of Patrick Dennis: &#8220;I always start with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We split the time on Goodreads, so those of you who have been communicating with us get &#8220;pieces&#8221; of each of us. We appreciate all of your support!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jace &#8220;the Jet&#8221; Benning is a legend on the football field. And off. He has the arm, the charm, and the reputation of being the hottest player in the league. Too bad Dr. Alessandra Mastrazacoma is not impressed. With a busy schedule and a bruised heart, Alessandra doesn&#8217;t have time to date, but when she &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=18687\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#review #NewRelease &#8211; The Bet (The Players #1) by Elizabeth Hayley<\/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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18687","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-4Rp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18687","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=18687"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18741,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18687\/revisions\/18741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}