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A well written perfectly paced story pulling you in from the start. Hannah being raised by a single mother and she knows the struggles. Ty is a bull rider who has trust and relationship issues because of how he was raised. In the end can Ty and Hannah work out how they were raised and find their HEA? Pick up this book to find out.

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Ty and Hannah's story was sweet. I love second chance romance and this had the added angst with Ty not remembering Hannah or their past together.

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The author once again writes a romance that makes you root for a good outcome for the two star-crossed lovers. As Ty comes back to his family ranch to recover from a bad fall which has left him with no memory of two years of his life. Hannah remembers those years and the romance and marriage they had together, but needed to keep secret until her reign as Rodeo Queen came to an end. Unfortunately, those years and the young son born of that time are things missing from Ty’s memory. The way back together is filled with heartache, dramatic family interference, and the strong pull of their love of each other. I received an ARC of this book from the author, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley in return for an honest review, which this has been.
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A definite good read.
However being honest, I must say , I spent a lot of time with frustration while reading this book. I had to put it down until I got some time to just relax and try again. Then it became a read for enjoyment. I like the way this author sets up a wonderful story line and creates characters that are real. I do not like all the internal in the head monologue that it holds. That was my frustration. So being fair, I reread the book again and I had to give this one four stars and the story, the characters the way it flows when I did away with all the internal monologue was great. So , for me it is a good read. I will be looking for more from this author and hopefully it will be a great read without so much internal monologue. I was given this arc in return for an honest unbiased review... That is what I have given. Regards, Anna

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I really enjoyed this book! It certainly tapped into all my emotions. The characters seem so real, like I could be friends with all of them! I will be reading Caitlin’s books again, thanks for a great story!

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I enjoy books with cowboys and "Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy" by Caitlin Crews, did not disappoint. It is a good storyline about a rodeo rider, Ty Everett, who takes a fall and suffers a partial memory loss. Unfortunately, that portion of his memory contained his love and wedding to the rodeo queen, Hannah Monroe. Hannah arrives at his doorstep to ask for a divorce, not realizing that Ty has no memory of their wedding, much less their time together. There is also a son that was born during their time apart, that Ty has no knowledge of and Hannah does not immediately reveal. This is a story of finding love again and somehow knowing that they belong together even though the memory of "them" has been lost. If you enjoy a good cowboy romance, then this book will be one that will captivate you and you won't want to put down until you have read the last page. (I was given a copy of this book for my honest review.)

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I enjoyed the book, but it was not the best of Caitlyn Crews. Most of the inner monologues I could have done without, and the plot was pretty predictable. I do really enjoy the Everett brothers and their relationships though.

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This is a wonderful story that pulled at my heart strings. Ty is a rodeo star who has partial amnesia due to an injury and Hannah is the secret wife who is hiding a secret.

I received a copy from Netgalley and I am voluntarily leaving my own honest opinion

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Second chance romance is one of my favorite romance tropes, and I'm always up for a cowboy romance. Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy is both of those, but it felt like this book forever to get through. The pace is incredibly slow and way over-dramatic, mostly due to page after page of the characters' inner turmoil. I can get behind some drama for the characters, but that's really all I got from this one. It was either Ty's angst about his memory, which I didn't quite understand. I mean, I get that he was upset over it, but why keep it a secret? Then we have Hannah, who went to Ty's home for one reason - to reveal something - yet, she goes days and then weeks without a word. What? Hannah's secret bothered me and honestly, it didn't do much to endear the character to me. That wasn't helped by Hannah's opinions of herself. She's almost obsessive about her looks and the fact that she was a 'rodeo queen.' The number of times that comes up in her head or out grew tedious and again, didn't help with making her likable or relatable. In the end, the drama overshadowed anything resembling a romance, and it was much harder to pick back up than it was to set aside for later.

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Ty has been dealing with injuries sustained during a bull ride almost 2 years ago. He finally feels ready for a rematch against the bull that caused his injuries...including some memory loss that he hasn't shared with anyone. When a woman shows up out of the blue, claiming to be his wife, he has no idea what to think since he has no memory of her. Will Ty and Hannah work things out? Or end up going their separate ways?

The story had a very slow start but it picked up around the halfway mark and ended with a satisfying conclusion. I give it 3 1/4 stars.

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Wow. The writing style used in this story leaves your heart tattered and torn. The interaction between Ty and Hannah is so complicated and so intense that your heart trips constantly. Ty's circumstances are just heart rending, but so are those that surround Hannah. I enjoyed this book very much but it wasn't a quick or easy read. It was what it was meant to be a story with depth and feeling that makes you feel all the emotions.

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Memory is a funny thing and so are feelings. The fact that Ty Everett has lost both is a secret he is keeping. Some secrets are bound to come out and on that does arrives to tell Ty she is his wife. A nice change of pace for romances as Ty really wants to remember and wants to stay married. However there is another secret that keeps playing as the story progresses. This plot comes to a very satisfactory conclusion as another Everett bites the dust.

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I wanted to really love this book. I love cowboy themed romances. However this one just fell a little flat for me. I was bored from the early chapters, and it never really recovered.

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I had trouble getting into this book. It didn't really hold my attention, and the amnesia subplot didn't seem particularly realistic. Why didn't the heroine just tell the hero that they had a baby together?

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Ty was in the rodeo until he was thrown off his bucking bull and ended up getting trampled in the process that caused him temporary amnesia Unfortunately Rodeo Queen Hannah was apart of that lost memory. Now shes around to ask for a divorce but how can she explain to the guy who can't remember her that they were married to even do that? She still has feelings for Ty but is going to have to break the news to him even more so that shes hiding more secrets that hes unaware of.

This was a pretty good contemporary book, I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed getting to know these characters and trying to see where they were coming from, from both stand points. Its clear how the way they were raised and such impacted how they were acting. It was interesting seeing how things were handled as secrets were slowly getting revealed. I enjoyed seeing the connection between the two, Hannah had her memories and it had to be tough knowing how much she loved and cared for him but had to hold back because of his lack of memories and the secrets that could ruin everything. Overall pretty great book I enjoyed it.

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I dont normally read books about cowboys but this one melted my heart and made me want to read all the cowboy books! Rodeo Queens and Bull Riders.. you will swoon!

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Hannah Monroe has been told every day of her life that men aren’t to be trusted. Her mother was an abandoned single teenage mother who was rejected by her friends and family. Hannah was the only good thing in her life and the same thingwasn’t going to happen to her. But, Hannah can’t resist the good looks and charm of bull rider Ty Everett and ends up giving everything up for him but ends up rejected. So, despite her mother’s will she is going to have one last chance at rescuing her relationship with the only man she has ever loved. Intense story, revealing the long reaching parental effects on the rest of ones life. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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I received a complimentary copy of this book from St. Martin's Press via NetGalley and I am voluntarily reviewing it.

The beginning of the book is really slow. The characters do more internal thinking than actual dialogue being spoken. When there was a conversation, I would sometimes have to go back to the location the question. The premise of the story is a good one though. It took a long time to completely understand what had happened between Hannah and Ty. Their very first conversation in the book was confusing to me. There was never a simple answer to a simple question. I was frustrated with that wondering if it was a generational thing as I am in my 50's or just something to complicate the situation that was already complicated. I felt Hannah was very immature a lot of the time but then again she is only 22 in the story.

I did appreciate the dual POV format of the story. Like I said earlier, there was a lot of that going on though. It was really towards the end of the story that I really felt a connection to the characters. I really hate to give up on a story and have only ever not completed a handful of stories in all of my years of reading. I was glad to have persevered because the final few chapters more than made up for the slow start.

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I really enjoyed this heartwarming story of a bull rider, a rodeo queen and family set in Cold River, Colorado. The characters were so real and down to earth you felt their happiness and pain along with them as you read.

Ty is a sexy cowboy who was seriously injured during his last bull ride. He has been drifting through life ever since, overwhelmed by the way his father treated him and how he is afraid he is just like him. He is holding on to too many secrets and cannot remember what has happened for the past two years.

Hannah is a beautiful , spunky rodeo queen raised by her single mom and aunt. She had been raised to believe all guys lie and don't stick around because that is what her dad did to here mom. She cannot shake the love she feels for Ty and wonders if Ty feels the same way towards her.

This story is full of heartache, regrets hope and love and makes for a perfect story in this series and one that I really enjoyed. I received an advance copy of this book and I willingly chose to write an honest review.

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Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy is Book 2 in the Cold River Ranch series by Caitlin Crews. Having not read the first book in this series, nor any books by this author previously, I hesitated but then thought why not. I am very glad I took the chance. This was an enjoyable story that I finished very quickly.

This is one of those perfect examples of "JUST COMMUNICATE" already. So many times I wanted to throw my Kindle for the lack of communication between Ty and Hannah or Ty and his own family but in typical fashion, everything comes out in the end.

Now that I've started this series backward, it's time to get my hands on Book 1.

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