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I wish I could give this book more than five stars. It is SUCH a beautiful love story, oh my god. Wes and Ada are everything. I am honestly speechless and have no idea where to even start.

Weston Ryder needs to be protected at all costs. A pure cinnamon roll, has a way with words, and will take care of you at any given opportunity. Seriously, Lyla wrote the most perfect man. Everyone will be salivating over him.
Ada Hart is afraid to make connections because she has always felt like a burden or not enough. She has been through a tough past relationship, so when Wes (also her boss) shows interest in her, she cannot seem to believe that someone so good and pure, could have any sort of interest in her. But Wes will not back down without a fight.


Seriously, holy mother of god. I am obsessed with this book. If you all thought done and dusted was amazing, just wait until you get your hands on Wes & Ada. The absolute chokehold they have on me is unbelievable.

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Solid 3 star read but didn’t quite hook me like Done & Dusted did. Took me around a week to read this book, and it’s not a crazy long one. The story just fell flat at times. I like the characters. I liked the overall plot. Wasn’t a big fan of the insta love. And boy is it insta love. I think overall it just didn’t have the same pacing that kept me wanting to pick it up.

Still over fun to go back to Rebel Blue. Really looking forward to seeing what happens with Gus and Teddy. That tension needs to break!

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I read Done & Dusted a few weeks ago and fell in love. This was my first cowboy romance and it did not disappoint.

When I got the arc for Swift & Saddled, I was so happy I cried.

I absolutely love this series.

I love all of the characters in this series. Each book is about a seperate couple, but the side characters are still very well placed and known. I love the authors writing period.

This follows Emmy's brother, Wes. He is wanting to remodel the old house on their ranch property and brings in Ada. She's a designer and was looking for a big project to set off her career. The chemistry between these two characters was on point, I love that Wes is the good guy. I was able to relate to Ada in many ways, I felt connected to her. I also can connect with Wes on the depression level.

I think mental health was an amazing addition to the book, as many people struggle with it. I also think adding the female problems that Ada has are very relatable.

I loved this book. I can't wait for book three and I'm really hoping to see a Dusty & Cam book as well!

Thank you so much for this arc.

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It’s cowboys, it’s a huge family that keeps taking in anyone who needs to be taken in, it’s sweet, it’s sexy. This one was about wanting to be seen and following your heart (and I love that following your heart doesn’t mean having to sacrifice other important things). So far this series is nonstop perfect cozy romance, and I’m looking forward to the next one!

Thanks to NetGalley and Random House for the eARC!

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Can I just move to the Rebel Blue Ranch, cause I'd like to live there now and hang out with all these characters. I fell in love with all things Rebel Blue in Done & Dusted, and that love was solidified with Swift & Saddled. This time round readers have the pleasure of seeing Ada & Wes resist their magnetic attraction to one another, and ultimately fall in love. Swift & Saddled is sweet, sexy, slow burning, and completely addictive. Lyla Sage has once again delivered the cowboy romance of our dreams.

Thank you Netgalley for the advanced copy to review.

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This was a fun read! Some parts of the first book were carried over, which I really liked. The ending felt forced and I wished there was more resolution with the former lover. I'm really excited for the third in the series!

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Lyla completely outdid herself with this one. The banter, chemistry and SPICE had me giggling the entire book. I completely fell in love with Wes and Ada. These characters were just so real to me. Before I knew it I finished the book in one sitting. I can’t wait to see what she does for the rest of the series.

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Man, I loved this. I'm a sucker for cowboys and this one was hot and swoon worthy. The romance was so great and the character growth even better.

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I don’t know what Lyla Sage is putting in these books, but I am ready to relocate to Rebel Blue Ranch, Wyoming and join the Ryder family!
I gobbled up both of these books last week and am in LOVE. The interconnected stand alone romance books each center on one of the Ryder siblings, who were raised and now run their family ranch. Funny, swoony, heartwarming, and full of banter and steam, this series is an absolute winner!

🤠Done and Dusted (out now!): When barrel racer Emmy Ryder returns home after an accident, the last person she expects to find a connection with is her brother’s best friend, Luke Brooks.

🤠Swift and Saddled (releasing 3/5!): Ada’s the city girl designer who refuses to be saddled with a man. Wes is the cowboy who wants her anyway.

Swift and Saddled includes a heroine who struggles with self-esteem and a hero who battles chronic depression. I loved the inclusion of realistic main characters! Sage takes time to develop their slow burn chemistry and relationship, making the romance feel truly intimate. I adored the plot line of Ada being the designer in Wes’s project to convert the Baby Blue house into a B&B property! There were plenty of cameos and family meals including the other Ryder family members and I and SO EXCITED for Gus and Teddy’s story in Lost and Lassoed releasing this fall! 🤠

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I can't rave ab0ut this one enough. WOW. I thought I loved Done and Dusted... and I do! but damn... Swift and Saddled came in and stole the crown. This one was perfection.... How does she cram such great stories into these books?! I could have read a book twice this size on these characters. I'm in love. I've read two books since finishing this and I just can't move on. UGH.

five out of five.

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This was a really solid book. During the first few chapters it was hard for me to get a good sense of Ada’s personality and I wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy her character. Through the middle and end of the book I got a better sense of why she was the way she was and it made me enjoy her character a bit more and understand some of her choices. Honestly, I wish this book was a bit longer and there was a little more story development. It felt like it ended a bit abruptly and I would have enjoyed a little more resolution with a few things. Overall I did enjoy the story, it was a quick read that kept me engaged and it definitely left me wanting to read more by Lyla Sage.

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I loved this sequel so much! Enjoyed being back in Montana at the Meadowlark Ranch with these magnetic ranchers and their sweethearts. Quick witted, heartwarming , and with the right amount of spice, I loved Wes and Ada and how they built each other up while falling in love and renovating a bed and breakfast on the ranch. Releases March 5, check this one out!

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I was so excited when i received Swift and Saddled as an ARC because I am definitely into cowboys right now. But I am normally a fantasy romance reader so this was definitely out of my comfort zone. While I love the main characters and the setting of this gigantic ranch in Wyoming, and the depression rep from the hero, I was honestly just...bored. There is nothing wrong with this book. It's written well, it's engaging in the conversations that the characters have and the family dynamics, but there just seemed like NOTHING going on. I personally just need a little higher stakes and this could totally be because I'm a FanRo reader. It's me. Not you.

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3.5 Stars

If you like:
-Cowboy romance
-Found family
-Golden Retriever/Black Cat or Grumpy(FMC)/Sunshine(MMC)
-Dual POV
-HEA
-2.5 Chili Pepper Spice

I was so excited to get back to Rebel Blue Ranch and I was not disappointed. Wes was by far the star of the show in the book for me and I loved the mental health discussions and representation that Lyla incorporates into her books. I really thought it'd relate to Ada as she came from a controlling relationship that caused her to doubt herself but I had a hard time liking her at times. I wish we would've gotten to hear more about Ada's past/her ex and what she's really been through, also I hope the ex calling her gets explained more in the next book. I think I could've connected with her more if I knew more than the surface level of what she's been through. Wes is definitely the golden retriever to Ada's black cat personality. I truly love the rest of the characters in the book and while I personally loved Done and Dusted more this second book DID NOT DISAPOINT. The ending also had an exert from the next book which will follow Teddy and I AM SO EXCITED.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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A interior designer recently freed from a bad relationship and looking to start on a new project finds herself in a bind when the very hot cowboy she made out with the night before turns out to be the very guy who hired her. Ada Hart is so over men, she wants to focus on restarting her career and finding herself again. So when she is given the opportunity to work with one of the largest ranches in Wyoming she takes it. Immediately upon arriving in the cute little town of Meadowlark she meets a handsome cowboy who has awaken something in her that died after her really bad marriage... so she kisses the stranger and runs away... only the very next day when she goes to meet her new boss for the project... it's the very same handsome cowboy, Weston Ryder. Weston Ryder is a happy guy who is finally getting to work on his dream project and to top it off the mystery woman who's captured his attention has reappeared in front of him. The only problem? She wants nothing to do with him. Weston is smitten with Ada from the first moment he met her and wants nothing more than to get closer to the woman who has consumed his every thought but she's determined to keep him at arm's length. Ada is afraid to let her walls down again, afraid that she'll fall for the wrong guy again and lose herself, but being around Weston and his charming and welcoming family has Ada thinking that maybe she has finally found a place for herself with people that get her. Can Ada find it in herself to open herself up to love again and finally stop running away or will she pack her bags and leave the moment the project is done? This was such a sweet and cute read. I adored how realistic both Ada and Weston's struggles were. Ada is dealing with healing after a really bad relationship and feeling insecure. Weston has depression but is at a point where he has found a routine to help him. Weston is so sweet and the perfect love interest for Ada. I really had a lot of fun with this and this is the perfect small town cowboy romance to read if you are looking for something sweet and cute to warm your heart.

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Random House, Dial Press Trade Paperback for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

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This is the second book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series and I enjoyed it! I loved reading about Wes and Ada. I loved their dynamic, and I couldn’t get enough of how much Wes absolutely adored Ada throughout the whole book. It wasn’t cringey in any way and I just felt so happy reading this book!

This does remind me a bit of the Chestnut Spring Series! Did I still devour books 1 and 2? Absolutely! These are super fun romances that make you smile from ear to ear and truly make you believe in love! I will definitely be reading book #3 because I am fully invested and cannot wait for Teddy and Gus’s book next!

Thank you to Net Galley for this arc in exchange for an honest review!

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I loved this book even more than Done and Dusted. The book was so fun, and I adored Wes. He’s a new book boyfriend for sure. He gives golden retriever energy (even has his own emotional support pup.) He bottle feeds calves (baby cows!) *swoon* Wes also gives great mental health representation, and is overall adorable cowboy perfection.
I loved Ada because she’s a hardworking woman who finally figures out what she deserves, but doesn’t give up her ambitions or career.
This book features found family and workplace romance, and I loved every minute of it. I can’t wait for book 3!

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This is the second book of the series and I loved it! I enjoyed this book more than Done and Dusted. I enjoyed the characters, their growth and development throughout the story and their romance was swoony! They had the perfect amount of banter and angst and I didn't want to put this book down.
The writing was easy to read, the chapters were short and the storyline was wonderful.

Review to come soon on my instagram @thelittlelibraryofem

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This book was such a cute book!! I loved wes and ada so much and enjoyed being back in this series so much!

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Thank you to Random House Publishing Group and Lyla Sage for an eARC copy via NetGalley.

Ada is finally getting her opportunity to get out of California and rebuild her life into what she wants to make it. Her dream job starts tomorrow, she is finally doing better after her divorce, and she's ready to start new. However it turns out the hot guy she randomly made out with at the small-town bar last night is none other than Wes, her contact and boss for the new interior design project she starts in the morning. She never makes reckless choices like she did at that bar, and now it's coming back to bite her. Can they move on and work together like professionals? Or with the magnetism they both feel pull inevitably pull them in for more than either of them bargained for?

Ok, I'll say it, I <i>need</i> to move to Rebel Blue ASAP. The absolute dream of a Ranch Sage has created seems like is perfect place for weary people to find solace, and Ada found herself right in the middle of it. I love how Ada was written, her hesitance before every move and her reluctance to get attached for fear of getting hurt was so well done. Wes is quite literally a dream boat. He is absolutely gone for Ada, but he never wants to pressure her, he supports her dreams and helps her learn to be completely independent of him (hello teaching her to drive a manual car). <spoiler>I absolutely <i>lost it</i> when he said "that's my girl" when she ran away with his old truck he taught her how to drive. Could he BE any more healthy of a person???? Swoon. </spoiler>

The family dynamics of the Rebel Blue series are also something Sage does an excellent job of writing. They support each other, help each other, and are always there for one another. Even their found family is considered a part of the actual Ryder family. It's a beautiful thing, and I would assume Sage has had the pleasure of a familial support system to be able to create such a great family unit on the page.

My only complaint with this one is that the ending felt rushed. This could be because I wanted the story to keep going so I subconsciously felt like it was going faster than I wanted, but the feeling was there regardless.

Overall I love all of the books in this series, I cannot wait for the next one (thanks for the sneak peek that is making me so eager to continue btw), and I'm hoping the foreshadowing means Cam is also going to get her own HEA. I will be trying to get everyone I know to read these so we can gush about them together.

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