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Ty has always loved the rodeo, and a mishap with a bull causes him to lose 2 years of his memory. Part of that 2 years was a relationship with Rodeo Queen Hannah. They were secretly married because of rodeo circuit rules for the rodeo queens, and she leaves the rodeo when she becomes pregnant with his son. She shows up at the ranch 2 years after his accident to either fight for their relationship or end it with a divorce. She finds that he has amnesia and doesn't even remember her or their relationship. Entertaining read and I can't wait for book 3!

This review is based on an ARC from NetGalley, courtesy of the publisher. All opinions are my own.

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Ty Everett has been riding bulls in rodeos since he was eighteen. Then, a freak accident leaves him with partial amnesia, forcing him to return to Cold Creek River Ranch to figure out what comes next. All this is made more difficult because he cannot quite recall how he got there or who the gorgeous woman, who appears at the ranch claiming to know him, is. Rodeo Queen Hannah Monroe gave up her crown and her innocence for Ty, but what she wants now is a divorce, plain and simple. Now, Hannah is finding it difficult to leave Ty after their secret wedding and after the son she never meant to hide from Ty. How does one do this, leave a man who does not even remember who she is or their secret wedding—and who she is still loves? And, what then?

This is an interesting book. The basic premise of a main character who is suffering from amnesia with all sorts of secrets he cannot remember, even when they come face-to-face with him, is a bit different. The two main characters, Hannah and Ty, were definitely complex. The author chose to reveal them with a lot of inner dialogue, though I sometimes thought that was a bit overdone. I also was not thrilled with Hannah, who came across as rather weak to me. Still, the family dynamics within the Everett family made for an interesting read. I have not read the other book in the series, so I have nothing to compare this one to. It is a good read but will never be one of my favorites. Still, I think the reader who enjoyed the first book will find this one satisfying and it will help movie through the series. As I said, I have not read the other book in the series, but I found this one very stand-alone incase any reader is wondering. I received this form NetGalley to read and review.

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Hannah has come half way cross country to confront Ty Everett for a divorce. He had not wanted her or their child when she had rushed to his bedside after a rodeo accident. The trip did not turn out as expected when she found he had had amnesia about the last 2 years and did not remember her. This is a great romance of these two people overcoming their past families holding them back and finding new romance and a future together.
I was given an ARC of this book by Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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Hannah has traveled to Ty's ranch in Colorado to see if he really doesn't remember her. Ty doesn't remember anything in the last two years since he was bucked off a bull. Ty feels drawn to Hannah, but he doesn't remember this sweet talking beautiful former Rodeo Queen. When Hannah tells them about their secret marriage, Ty takes her back to his family's ranch. Hannah has a secret that will affect their marriage. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher. This is my honest and voluntarily given review. I absolutely love books in which I can connect with the main characters. Even though I don't feel the exact pain and emotions of the characters, I can connect with them. As Ty and Hannah reconnect, we really get to know them. I love this book and series. .

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Second in a series about 3 brothers who had an abusive childhood. Ty is the middle brother who ran off to join the rodeo as a bull rider at 18. A fall causes amnesia and he has to return to the ranch to recuperate. Hannah is the rodeo queen who gave everything up for Ty, is done with that and wants a divorce. She returns to the ranch to confront him but finds out he has amnesia and is torn. Can she leave him this way? What about the son he doesn’t know about? A very intense story with a lot of inner dialog, which can be distracting and an eventual happily ever after.

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This book, I loved it so much! Like, really, really, broke my rule and stayed up way too late on a work night to finish it because I couldn’t put it down, love it! What wasn’t to love? Cowboy, my crack. My favourite trope, right there. Smart, shy, and sassy heroine, hold me back. Interfering family, because they care so much, but don’t know how to show it, all over the place!

But really, the relationship, the discovery of Ty and Hannah, I loved the people they were, the people they are, apart, together, fighting, making up, everything all about them. Once I hit a certain point, I knew thinking about setting this story aside was a lost cause. I needed to see how they got their HEA. I needed to move past the pain they were causing each other. I needed them to see what the other saw in them. I needed them to get their closure, get past it all, and find the love they were so capable of. And when they did, when it all came together, I just kept crying those tears of happiness!

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This is Book 2 in the Cold River Ranch series. What a great book. Ty ran off to the rodeo when he was 18 years old. Now he’s back home with partial amnesia. He can’t remember much of his life or why he left home. He’s got a long way to go but Hannah came to see him. And she has a secret that he doesn’t know about. If he finds out, what will happen to them? This is a very good 2nd chance romance book with a lot of emotional things happening between Ty and Hannah. I highly recommend you read it if you are looking for a sweet romance. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book that I received from Netgalley

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A Caitlin Crews book is generally identifiable: the way she writes is distinctive, which can be good, if you like the style, or bad, if it irritates you a bit. I usually like her books, but the criticism, from me, is almost always the same: the characters stay too much inside their heads. Cold Heart ,Warm Cowboy is no different; there is so much thinking, remembering, musing, etc, that it gets boring. Not a lot happens, especially in the first part of the book. It's not very memorable, aside from the fact that it's boring.

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Ty was a Rodeo king, a bull rider that liked to live life to it's fullest, a playboy that knew he would never settle down and become a dad because the role model he had was a horrible one that was full of hate so there was no way he was ever going to pass that down to a precious child.

Hannah was a Rodeo Queen who won numerous competitions and had a squeaky clean reputation so there was no way she would ever consider going out with Ty Everett the bad boy of Rodeo but he somehow won her over and they secretly started dating. Not only that but they got married and she became pregnant, and then Ty was trampled by a bull he was riding and doesn't remember any of it.

My heart broke for him because he lost so much and he didn't let anyone in so his own brothers didn't know the severity of his injury and what it meant for him. While I liked the book I had a hard time accepting Hannah’s ability to continually lie to Ty, even if was only a lie of omission, no matter what he had said to her in the past he deserved to know the truth.

This has been an enjoyable series so far and I really can't wait to see what happens in the next book, THE LAST REAL COWBOY, which is Brady Everett's story. If you enjoy Westerns, Cowboys, or even Second-Chance-Romance I recommend reading COLD HEART, WARM COWBOY.

Happy Reading!!!

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Ok so I didn't realize it was an amnesia novel until Ty revealed it, and I didn't expect to like it since I don't really fancy amnesia novel but anyway this was an emotional roller coaster. I still love Abby and Gray's story more, but Hannah and Ty's story is equally great.

Can't wait for Brady's book!

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Ty is the rodeo star with a painful past and Hannah was the rodeo queen with the expectations of her hometown resting on her shoulders. They know they should keep their distance but their hearts wouldn’t listen so they end up secretly married with the intention to tell everyone once her reign comes to an end.

Before that can happen Ty suffers a serious injury while bull riding and loses his memory. Her visit to him at the hospital did not go well and it will be 18 months before they see each other again as he heads to his family’s ranch and she goes home to her mother.

Hannah has decided that she needs a divorce so that she can move forward with her life but when she sees Ty again it raises more questions than answers. She realizes that not only didn’t he tell her about his memory loss but he didn’t tell his family as well. When he finds out they are married he wants to start fresh but will the baggage from their pasts as well as the secret she hasn’t told him destroy their second chance?

This is a story of healing, love and second chances between two people who have to learn that their parent’s pasts don’t have to dictate their future.

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I want to start by saying this is the first book I have ever read by Ms. Crews. It will not be my last either. It pulled on my heart from the very beginning and I enjoyed seeing Ty and Hannah find their way back to each other. It was not an easy path for them to take but rewarding in the end. There were moments that I wanted to smack Ty on the head because he was stubborn. They both let their past get in their way and need to learn to let it go in order to move forward. But everything is not always that easy, remember the stubborn man part.
I did not put this book down once I started it and was hooked.

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A Rodeo Cowboy with Amnesia!

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, A True Cowboy Christmas, so I dove into Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy knowing nothing beyond it was Ty’s book...and holy moly was I surprised!

Ty is suffering from medical memory loss due to a bull riding accident and can’t remember the last two years which so happens to encompass his entire relationship with his wife and the news that he has a baby.

I really liked Hannah’s strength and Ty’s attempts to figure out who he was but there were a few things that kept me from falling completely in love with their story. I didn’t love all the internal monologue-ing that seemed to always say the same thing or that Hannah was away from Jack for so long, it just didn’t feel right to me. However, I really loved the exploration of family and legacy that was beautifully handled.

I’m really excited for Brady’s story as I think he’s going to surprise us big time and also I NEED Rae’s story with her ex like now!!!

I received a complimentary review copy of this book but all opinions are my own.

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This book was fine, but didn't really connect for me. I was attracted by all of the tropes Crews employs, and in fairness, she does navigate them quite well, but in the end this just isn't a book that stuck with me.

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So many hurts and so many secrets. Guess there wouldn't be a story without all this drama but it was a bit much for me. Lots of chemistry between Ty and Hannah but also too many secrets. I wish they'd have just been honest with each other from the start. And Ty keeping secrets from his brothers also created just too much unnecessary tension. But there is an HEA so the story does end on a happy note.

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Ty Everett ran off to the rodeo when he turned eighteen and has been riding bulls ever since until his last fall causes partial amnesia and he must return to Cold River Ranch to figure out what comes next. Rodeo Queen Hannah Monroe gave up her crown for Ty Everett, and her innocence. What she wants from Ty now is a divorce but Ty can't remember her but when he's with her he feels some warmth in his cold heart.
A well written book of second chances, I liked the added element of Ty’s amnesia which I felt was very well handled. Well portrayed characters who were likeable but I didn’t fully connect with them & numerous times I was saying talk to each other, just talk. However if they had talked it would have been a short book! The beginning of the book is quite slow paced but stick with it as it’s intentional that everything is gradually revealed. A satisfying read that I would recommend
My honest review is for a special copy I voluntarily read

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I really wanted to like this book but, I didn't. I almost stopped reading after the second chapter. I did read the whole book but, it wasn't easy. At least 60% of this book was inner dialogue that went on and on and on. The characters in this book were all closed and confrontational. Thank you, for giving me the opportunity to read this book. I wish I had something positive to say about it.

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Hannah and Ty have to restart their relationship!

Former rodeo queen Hannah Monroe had given up everything even her rodeo queen crown and returned home pregnant after her secret husband Ty Everett had told her to leave his hospital room after being severely injured when a bull stomped on him. She wanted to give Ty one last try but when Hannah found out that she was a stranger to Ty since he didn’t remember her or anything about the two years before the injury so he didn’t remember that they were married or that she told him she was pregnant so they had to start all over again.

I grew up in rodeo country and Ty remind me of guys that don’t talk about anything personal until things really go bad but actions speak louder than words and Hannah is like a willow and bends but doesn’t break.

Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy is a romance that any reader will enjoy especially people that like western romances.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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This was angsty-ier than I was expecting. That’s ok, but there was a lot of drama from just not communicating like adults which drives me crazy. And this was particularly frustrating. There were pages on pages of just talking around stuff. One of two times of that would be fine, but it happened constantly.

It is a reunited lovers story which I am a fan of. I also like rodeo/bull riding so it was interesting to read a story set in that world. And I’m a sucker for a cowboy and a ranch. I watch the show Heartland and kept thinking about that while reading.

The characters had compelling stories-especially Ty. But I felt like any character development was poor. Ty and Hannah make changes, but I didn’t really see the path to that growth. Instead it just…happened. Ty’s relationship with his brothers was probably the most interesting and well-done.

Also, I just read a book with an amnesia-story line so it was weird to read another one. But I think St. Martin’s emailed me about both of these books, so that sort of makes sense.

If the synopsis sounds interesting I would recommend giving it a try, but maybe pick it up form the library.

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Drama, lots of Drama, secrets, family Issues and seconds chances. Needless to say there is a lot going on in this book. This is my first by Caitlin, and I would read other.
This is the story of Ty a Champion Bull Rider, and Hannah a Rodeo Queen. Both of them come from families with lots of problems. Ty had a abusive father and a mother who just up and left her three sons with him. After one of the fights with Amos his father, he left at age 18 to join the rodeo.
Hannah was raised by her mother, Luanne and Aunt Bit. Her mother got pregnant at 16 by a rich boy, whose family paid her off as he didn't want anything to do with a baby. Luanne brought her up to believe all men were evil, not to be trusted and only after one thing from girls.
After Ty and Hanna get to know each other, they fall in love and get married in secret as Rodeo Queens are suppose to be single. Then when all seems to be going well, Ty is stomped on by a bull. He is seriously injured and loses him memory of the last 2 years. Right before this ride, Hanna had told him she was pregnant, and he had told her he wasn't father material and he couldn't be a father. Later when she see's him at the hospital he tells her off and to get out he never wants to see
her again.
She leaves, returns home,to deal with her mother's disappointment, and to have her son, Jack.
She finds out from the Rodeo magazines that Ty is going to ride other bull and where he is at.
Hanna goes to find him. Now the story really starts, as these two have to learn everything
about each other all over again. Deal with Luanne, Ty's brother's Gray and Brady and the rest of the family.
With how each was raise and the secrets between them. There are lot's of twist and turns
and surprises. Some hard to deal with others just made you want to cheer them on
This story is more then a simple romance, or 2nd chance. But one of forgive and learning
to trust and start over.
Not a easy read, but I read it in one morning. If you want a light, fun read, I don't think this book is for you. It has too much real life in it. But good if your looking for a more adult book with feelings.

Received ARC from Netgalley and the aurthor for an honest review, I would like to thank them letting me read this great story.

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