Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy

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.

The Cold River Ranch stories revolve around three brothers, who even in their adult lives, are still suffering from the effects of their father’s cruelty and alcoholism while they were children. This time, the story belongs to the middle brother. Ty Everett , a rodeo bull rider who was badly injured . He survived the injury but what nobody knows is that he lost 2 years of his memory. Hannah Monroe, former rodeo queen, met and fell in love with Ty. Their last meeting devastated her and now she’s come to the ranch to ask for a divorce, while not telling Ty he’s a father. I have to confess that until the last 15-20% of the book, I had trouble engaging in the story. The internal conversations these two had for most of the book, was exhausting and at times the story flat-lined for me. And yes, I found myself skipping some pages. That said, I loved the author’s comment , “Life is a risk…love is a risk. Everything that’s worth anything in this life is a risk”. So very true. I was entrusted a copy of this book by Netgalley and St Martin’s. The opinions expressed are solely my own.

This is book two in the Cold River Ranch series and it features Ty and Hannah. The crown of the queen of Rodeo Forever couldn’t be tarnished and Ty and his reputation would definitely tarnish it. They were in love and secretly married. She got pregnant and when she went to tell him before his ride, he was not happy about it and they had a huge fight. What happened next would set the course of Hannah’s life for the next year and a half. This story is about Hannah’s battle to either divorce OR reclaim the man she loves but doesn’t remember her or the fight they had before his accident. She’s a fighter! I love that! I didn’t like how long it took her to tell Ty about Jack. It kind of made her look she didn’t want to share either of them with each other. I also didn’t like their extreme lack of communication despite living together. I do think there was too much left unsaid between Ty and everyone else. This was an emotional story line with fantastic characters! It’s a story full of introspection with a beautiful HEA. I can’t wait for Brady’s story.