I have very mixed emotions about this romance.

I liked the H/h main characters and also the sub-plot romances of the other two couples, but the main romance problems of H/h were very drawn out. It was interesting to have a romance discuss having or not having children, but Hadley keeping those feelings bottled up for two years seemed to be a lot.

There are some very valid discussions between this couple which is why it is worth the read, but I feel it just didn't have to take so long.

Hadley Wayne has it all, a cooking show, cookbooks, and to the world of TV land a good-looking cowboy. Yet when the cameras are off and everyone is gone she feels alone.
Zack Wayne loves his wife to the point of building a cooing studio on the ranch taking time out of the day's duties to not only eat and then to be filmed but to be made to feel like the ranch is nothing his hard work is nothing. Yet as always he has problems saying those things, letting his wife know he still loves her both it feels off, and every time he goes to her to say something she is either busy or she takes it the wrong way.
When a break comes in her schedule they decide to give it one last try and really get back to what they had, hopefully, they can. Read this heartfelt story to see what happens.

This book will keep you up all night. The heartfelt story and the sweet moments have you turning the pages. Has all the cowboy sexy parts and some conflicts . Can't wait to see what comes next

The Cowboy Says Yes by Addison Fox is as unlike any other cowboy romance as one can get. That is not to say that it wasn't excellent. It follows the demise of a marriage. There are, additionally, several other romances going on as well, in different stages. The main one revolves around Zack and Hadley Allen. Zack had inherited the ranch from his father, who was now "retired" and miserable and making everyone else miserable, as well. Especially his wife. All because she had accepted a responsible position in Hadley's new enterprise, just as he was being put out to pasture. He didn't see it. He moved to the bunkhouse, where no one was happy to see him. Hadley had started off with a television program on the food network, then it became so much more: stores, products, cookbooks. The entire crew landed on the ranch for months at a time to film. For the past two years Zack had watched his marriage slowly deteriorate and he was powerless to stop it. It wasn't Hadley's success; he was proud of her. Hadley felt it, too, and knew it was words unsaid; words she couldn't bring herself to say.

They had made it through the loss of Jessica, a late-term miscarriage that broke their hearts. Now she slept in the guest room and he slept alone in their big bed. There were flashes of what used to be but then something would happen and the flash would dissipate. That made Zack nothing but cranky, which didn't help at all. It was a heart-breaking story of two people in love who couldn't communicate. With all the family pressures and the pressure of keeping the ranch going, it looked like there was no hope for them. It made me want to cry and slap them in frustration. Zack's father was there for him, in a surprising show of emotional intelligence. I normally don't like books so heavy on introspection but Fox made it work. Quite a good book.

I was invited to read a free e-ARC of The Cowboy Says Yes by Harper Collins, through Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #netgalley #harpercollins #addisonfox #thecowboysaysyes

This is a solid second chance/marriage in crisis romance. Hadley is a Food Network-style star and she's married to Zach, a rancher. Though their marriage seems ideal in front of the cameras/her audience, it's breaking at the seams. They're forced to face their relationship and choose whether they want to part ways or fight for the love they had when they first fell in love.

I enjoyed this book overall but I didn't love Hadley's character which makes it hard for me to root for the couple overall. I also love a slow burn romance but the slow as molasses resolution meant I didn't get a lot of time to enjoy them as a couple.

This is an ok read. Two people who need to find their way back to each other. Hadley is frustrating, and I did not connect with her, but her character is written well enough for me to have an opinion. While much of the story is real life, marriage takes work, there is some redundancy, and it is a bit drawn out.

Zach is just a cowboy doing his job, and all the Hollywood fussing is getting in the way of his working ranch. Will these two find their way back or deepen the divide?

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager, Avon, for the advanced copy; this is my voluntary review.

This book was good. My interest may have strayed a bit through the middle but it got back on course toward the end. I really love a second chances trope, which is why this book caught my interest. I was interested to see how their relationship would mend itself. I was pleasantly surprised by a few things. This book was well written and really touched me in all the feels. It's a story of healing and reconciliation. Overall, a pretty enjoyable read. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read and review this book.

“Love is when you find the heart that will love you at you’re worst and arms that will hold you at you’re weakest.” - Author Unknown

“The Cowboy Says Yes” by Addison Fox is a touching story and starts off her new series, Rustlers Creek, with a bang! This is a story about falling in love, being in love, and fighting to stay in love. It’s a story about relationships and how a change in a relationship doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

“It’s hard. Those moments in a marriage when we forget that it’s two people. Two individuals who make up the whole. Who make up something better as a whole . . . He and Hadley were better together. Nothing would ever convince him otherwise.”

While reading this story I found myself experiencing a wide variety of emotions and I was easily able to connect with the characters. Fox has created a story full of realistic situations and amazing characters fumbling through life one day at a time. I think that is one thing that jumped out at me while reading, NONE of the characters had the “idealistic perfect life” - instead they struggled and worked at finding and keeping their lives happy. There is a lot of angst in this story…I loved every bit!

The MCs are Zack & Hadley an established couple who are going through a hard time in their marriage. I enjoyed having the book begin with the couple already in a relationship it allowed the author to explore a different aspect of love versus a typical romance book.

At the center of any conflict a person has to know what they really want as a solution. It takes Zack & Hadley a while to start communicating and work through their problems, through it all their love doesn’t waiver.

“He wanted her. And he wanted their life together. From the very first, across that expanse of counter in the bakery, he’d seen her. Hadley Allen. And he’d fallen, so hard and so fast he’d never recovered.”

I recommend this book to anyone who has had a bump in their relationship or marriage-it will really hit home.

5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | 5 Flames 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

📚I received a review copy from the publisher Avon and Harper Voyager and chose to leave a review.📚

I loved reading The Cowboy Says Yes, by Addison Fox. I am surprised there are so many less than positive reviews. I really liked the book. Yes, it is a very slow read, but it really build the tension between Zack and Hadley, our two main characters. I did really wonder how the author was going to turn the book around since it was a love story and even 80%+ into the book, we still saw no way to a resolution. I'm also going to say I didn't really like the resolution or actually the conflict, but I realized I didn't like it because it was very different than most of the romance novels I read, and in the case, different was very good. Strong 4 stars. Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy.

I was given the opportunity to read this second chance romance before it is published on April 26, 2022 from #netgalley.

It starts out a little slow and I was a little confused at what the problems in their marriage were but by the end it made sense and was actually very clever writing. Addison Fox wants the reader as confused as the character(s). They love each other but life gets in the way and marriage is hard. This book really made me feel for Hadley and Zach and there were times I wasn't sure if they would be able to make it work. There are great side characters and a wonderful message about the demands of society on women.

CW: miscarriage/loss of child (happens before the story starts but discussed several times)

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Hadley Wayne is famous for her cooking show, cookbooks and down-home life. Zack Wayne runs the cattle ranch and he and Hadley have been married for a number of years. The last few years have been rocky, and they are hiding it from family and her fans.
I have always loved a good cowboy book; this was not it for me. The story was long in places and seems to really drag. Hadley was not open with Zack about what she wants in life and the future. Zack can't seem to get his act together either. We hear about the problems of Zack's mom and dad; and Bea is the producer of the show and Carter is the ranch manage and I loved their story better than Hadley and Zack.
It seems the author was digging too deep into the whys and why nots of the story.
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The Cowboys Says Yes is the first book in the Rustlers Creek series and I have had this on my kindle for quite a while. I always get nervous when trying out new authors but I was also curious about this one and it was definitely not what i expected. But I did find it to be an enjoyable read even if it was a bit different than I thought it would be here. It’s always a new experience to enter a story that throws you for a loop and I will be honest that I didn’t even glance at the blurb. This is definitely not me at all, but I was so intrigued to see what Addison Fox would deliver with this one. I do love a marriage reconciliation type of romance, and yes it wasn’t quite what I was expecting it to be honest. I was relieved that the level of angst was actually pretty low. And we have a unique setup with a primary romance and a side story romance. I really found the dynamics interesting.

Our primary pairing is with Zack and Hadley. They are a married couple and haven’t been close in a long while. They suffered a loss of a child and with the focus of the cooking show that is featured in their home, they have let their career focuses lead them away from each other. But both Zack and Hadley have had enough of distance and fighting, and desire to repair their marriage and what they once had. We don’t see much angst, and that is not the norm in these types of scenarios so I was fascinated to see how this author would handle this and it really threw me for a loop to see this heroine be a star of a cooking show. I haven’t read this type of setup in a western and it kept me on my toes. The author definitely had me interested all the way through to see how their relationship would play out and if they would find any common ground like what they once had. There is a conflict of sorts, but it doesn’t really happen until the end of the story. It does surprise you though because you won’t see it coming but it also adds more depth to their relationship and seeing the various facets that are built throughout the story was a unique mix. I did love seeing the depths of emotion and connection that Zack and Hadley have for each other though. I will be honest in that this story was super challenging to rate and much of that is that I have mixed feelings on this one and what it delivered. I was intrigued all the way through by the romance, but I wasn’t automatically pulled into the story. I wanted to be more into this story but it didn’t quite get there for me even though I found the story to be interesting for this reader.

Overall I found The Cowboy Says Yes to be a warm and open romance that delves into matters of the heart in a unique way. It’s a story of healing, reconciliation, recovery, and embracing a changed relationship that is founded in life.

Thank you Avon and NetGalley for the gifted copy of "The Cowboy says Yes", by Addison Fox.
I really wanted to love this one, but sadly, I did not. Cowboys are usually not my thing, and I mostly hate the Marriage in Trouble trope, so this one was a stretch for me to begin with. It ended up being some bizarro type fan fiction for The pioneer Woman that was really distracting. I found myself skimming in parts and was just glad it was over by the end.

I struggled to get through it. I didn't connect with either of the characters. I would have preferred to read a story about Bea and Carter.

DNF around 20%. The similarities to the Pioneer Woman made this feel like amateur fanfic instead of a well developed romance novel. I couldn’t stop picturing Ree and Ladd instead of Hadley and Zach. Honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the Drummond family issues a cease and desist.

Some of the similarities in just the first two chapters:
The heroine, who has long red hair, lives on her husband’s family ranch and has a cooking show (called The Cowgirl Gourmet) which is filmed at their house. They film in the kitchen then she takes it out to a field where her cowboy husband and his ranch hands eat it on camera and she says things like “Nothing like a hearty meal for my hardworking cowboy and his crew.” while they drink punch out of mason jars. She has a bunch of cookbooks and then a line of cookware sold on QVC. She creates a store called The Trading Post in their small town from an old mercantile

Aside from the intellectual property theft, both of the characters came across as unlikeable. Marriage in crisis only works if you’re rooting for the couple but they both seemed like pretty miserable people. Maybe it would have gotten better if I would have forced myself to read further but there was literally nothing enjoyable about this to me, unfortunately.

The Cowboy Says Yes is the first book in the Rustlers Creek series by Addison Fox. A Contemporary romance in a western setting. This is a well-written sweet, and slightly steamy romance with relatable characters. The character's problems felt real, making it easy to get lost in the story. I enjoyed this book, start to finish and look forward to reading more in the Rustlers Creek series.

This first book in the series takes us to Montana where Hadley and her husband Zack Wayne have been married for ten years. But the ride has not been smooth , especially since she’s become tv’s The Cowgirl Gourmet, and she, her husband and their ranch have become tv celebrities. Instead of getting closer, they are growing further apart. What the cameras see, is not reality.
It’s a story about marriage, and how sometimes individuals in the unit drift apart for a variety of reasons. Can the love be rekindled or will the past, the present and resentments cause them to end the union.
I have to confess, it was just ok for me. At times it was a tad slow and I never connected to either character.
I was entrusted a copy of this book by Netgalley.

This book had a good story that kept me engaged. It was well written and I'd recommend it to others for a quick read.

I have an affinity for cowboys and stories about them. Zack and Hadley are estranged. They go through the motions for the sake of propriety and their respective businesses, but they don’t communicate. Halfway through the book I wanted to knock their heads together. Just when I thought they were working out their stuff, then it goes south.
I felt hollowed by the story, not by their major life decision. I just thought it was dumb they way they were acting and the reason.
The fact that the book was set in Montana and had cowboys were its saving grace.

I love a western romance but do not typically care to read marriage in trouble, however, this synopsis sounded steamy with a lot of heart PLUS I love small-town romance. The middle to end was slow for me, I almost did not finish it but pushed through, overall, glad I did.

I enjoyed Addison Fox's writing style and will look for more of her books in the future.