Lost and Lassoed solidified my need to move to Rebel Blue Ranch. This is the 3rd book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series by Lyla Sage, a collection of standalone novels featuring different cowboy love stories.

What to expect:
🐎 Cowboy romance
🐎 1st person, dual POV
🐎 Small town romance
🐎 Hate to love
🐎 Single dad
🐎 Best friend's brother
🐎 Forced proximity

Lost and Lassoed is a fast-paced, charming story of a feisty, artsy redhead and a grumpy, single-dad cowboy. I loved Teddy and Gus in the previous two books, so I was excited to get their story—and Lyla delivered a memorable book. If you love Heartless by Elsie Silver, you will enjoy this story since they have similar aspects.

Lyla has a skill for developing characters in a realistic and authentic way, especially when it comes to her dialogue. I also love that each couple throughout the three books have felt unique and continue to make appearances throughout.

The reason I gave this a 4 star instead of 5 is because I wish there would have been more moments to build the "love" between these characters. Since these characters are supposed to hate each other, I would expect it to take even longer for them to warm up to one another.

Oh I am so pleased to say that I have enjoyed this book very much! I was a bit on the fence because while I did enjoy the previous books I still wasn't feeling the writing 100% but with this one I could totally see how she is getting better and better.
I liked the work she did with character, the way they felt more rounded and she sold us on Gus the Grump. I totally loved Teddy and him together, they made sense and their "friction" was well developed. It is very rare to do it in contemporary romances.
I cannot wait to read the next book, I am very very excited.

I thought this book was great and had the amazing enemies to lovers trope while also being small town romance and cowboy romance

I don’t regret my third trip to Rebel Blue Ranch! Gus & Teddy’s romance has been built up over the last two novels and I was so excited to find out their story. While admittedly the nanny/single father trope is one I loathe, I did appreciate it here. Though that said, I don’t feel like it added anything new per se to this trope other than it being well written. Well, maybe until what I say below!

I appreciated Lyla’s authors note at the back and it felt like it really put the book into perspective (and is part of the reason I gave it 4 stars over 3 stars). I think it should be at the front of the book. The story was more than the main romantic relationship but the culmination of familial relationships, especially between father and daughter. Readers get to see Riley and Gus as well as Teddy and Hank’s relationships, which took the vibe of the trope and made it so much better.

I only wished we got to see more Wes and Ada in this book! I think they’re my favorite couple. I am also looking forward to Cam and Dusty’s book, which was set up nicely.

Thank you to Dial Press and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Great chemistry and spice but I wanted more story. I was interested in Teddy's doings but we seemed to only get pieces of her projects: her art and work life could've been way more developed.

This was my first Lyla Sage book (yes I know I'm going out of order) and I loved it. Special shout out to Net Galley for the chance to review it before it comes out in November!

This book was a quick, really sweet read. I loved all the characters and I can't wait to go back and read the first two in this series. Also, thank the Lord for the epilogue. I can't wait for the next book!!

SPOILERS:
I loved that Teddy and Gus made sense together, which I feel like sometimes romance books kind of gloss over as a less important detail. I also absolutely adored the bits of Teddy and Emmy's friendship we got to see at the end of this book. It was a really beautiful picture of what female friendships can be that touched me more than any other part of the book.

✨ “If getting suffocated by your perfect cunt is the way I go, then let me,” he said. “Now sit on my face. I want my last supper.”✨

We finally get Teddy & Gus’s story!!! If you’re like me, you’ve been anxiously waiting for these two since they were first introduced in Done & Dusted. As always, the location of Meadowlark is amazing & each book makes me fall further in love with this town & Rebel Blue. I really wanted to give this five stars. I wasn’t disappointed with the love story, but I wanted more. There were some majorly swoon worthy moments throughout that made my heart clench, but I feel like we didn’t get to really meet Gus & Teddy. We got a general outline of who they would be in the previous books & it felt like we didn’t color in the lines once we finally got to Lost & Lassoed. Does that make sense? We’re told that Gus is a grump & Teddy is a fire-y troublemaker, but we don’t get any scenes to really reinforce or contradict these ideas… instead it’s just an accepted fact, but we don’t have any actions to really back it up. I just wanted more. I was so excited to finally get inside the head of Teddy & see this badass character but she gave me nothinggggg. Yeah we had the quips between her & Gus, but her personality just didn’t feel fully fleshed out. I wanted this bitch to be my best friend & instead she’s just a mere acquaintance by the end of the book.

The love story was enough that I did enjoy this book and will prob reread in the future for the imagery & found family. Give me 100 more pages of actions showing who these characters are & it prob would’ve been a 5 star for me.

This book was *chefs kiss* 5 stars. I love everything about this series but this book is for sure my favorite. Lyla Sage did NOT disappoint with this one. It’s a single dad- enemies to lovers-cowboy- romance with incredible banter. Literally what else could you need???
The thing that was the cherry on top for me, was the emotional connection between the characters. That is something a lot of romance books don’t spend time on and it just really made this book for me.
Also, these covers are beautiful!! I cannot wait to get my hands on a physical copy.

One of the best enemies to lovers tropes I’ve ever read! I love the Rebel Blue Ranch family, and Gus and Teddy had the perfect relationship that developed over the course of the book. Their banter was excellent and I’m not usually a single-dad trope fan, but this one worked for me. I also loved the father-daughter and father-son representation in the book. Teddy and her Dad have such a special relationship and it really made you want to cry at points. I love this series and I love Lyla Sage’s writing. Also, the setting of these books makes me want to visit Wyoming!

Thank you so much for sharing this ARC, it was a pleasure to read. Sage has written another beautiful story that highlights intimacy in every sense of the word. Usually when young children play a large role in a novel like this they come across as a caricature of a child, but Riley was so sweet and well written. I loved every moment between her and Teddy, and I adored seeing the unique relationships she had with every character in this story. I would have liked more background into the feud between Teddy and Gus, but I was excited to keep coming back to see how their relationship unfolded. I was was pleasantly surprised by the lack of a third act breakup. I found the absence of this romance trope refreshing, and I thought it was smart to instead use the conflict with Teddy's family as a way to develop the emotional intimacy of our main character's relationship while still having that dramatic moment in the third act. Romance is so back!

A review has been posted on my goodreads, and I plan to post a short blurb about the book on my bookstagram this week.

OH WE ARE SO BACK BABY.

I've been waiting for so long to finally read Gus and Teddy's story and Lyla 10000% delivered. I had the time of my life reading this book!!!

Every single trope throughout the book truly ATE for me. I am such a huge fan of an 'enemies to lovers'/forced proximity moment' and it was extremely prominent throughout. The tension was immaculate and really helped spurred the action through to the climax.

I love Gus SO MUCH. When I found out he had glasses, I SCREAMED. I literally said "Oh my god, he has glasses, I'm screwed". I really just loved how his relationship and friendship with Teddy changed as the two got closer. Riley had me screaming with all of her little matchmaker tendencies when the trio were together.

Teddy was SO RELATABLE. As someone who is also getting older and having friends moving on into different stages of life, this was extremely relatable. I completely felt and understood her frustration. and pain that came with that realization. I personally just love her. She is me and I am her.

The thing I love the most about this book was the fact that not only is it a fantastic love story, but it's also an incredible story about the love between fathers and daughters and sons!!! The parallels between Gus and Riley and Teddy and her father really made my heart so happy. After reading Lyla's note at the end of the novel, I was so emotional thinking about the pain and meaning from Lyla's personal life that she bled into the story. It was so real and heartbreaking; it truly affected me so deeply.

Overall, truly her best book yet! It was the perfect mix of spicy and sweet with the right amount of tension from the couple that we've been WAITING for!!!

Thank you Dial Press, Lyla Sage, and Netgalley for this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage was a quick and spicy read. I had not read the prior two in the series which was fine as it read well as a standalone book too.

It was a romantic comedy type of book - classic single dad meets wild girl and they have a deep and long standing disdain for one another. Said wild girl is also best friend of single dad's sister. I liked the way the author built each character out and gave their viewpoints to the story in alternating chapters.

All in all a good summer read which I enjoyed.

Listen, if Lyla Sage has no fans, then I am dead. This girl KNOWS how to write a small-town romance novel worth going feral for. This entire series makes me want to pack up and move to Rebel Blue, and this book is no exception. Ever since the Done and Dusted, I have been patiently waiting for Teddy and Gus to have their storyline. The angsty tension between them was just too perfect for their story to not end in romance.

Let me tell you; their story was written, and it was written well. The development of their relationship and their warming towards one another was so touching. I loved how gentle Teddy is with Riley, and how their relationship with one other blooms. I loved how well Cam and Gus co-parent and look out for one another (it's just SO HEALTHY). Really, the way Gus approaches all his relationships is just so intentional and healthy it makes me SWOON. Their chemistry and sexual tension was off the charts. It was all so good.

I really appreciated the way Sage wrote the character development between these two, and built a friendship over time that was growing outside of their lust for one another. Sometimes I feel with enemies to lovers the lust is the major driving factor, but with this book we get lasting friendship along with the lust and it was beautiful.

Another aspect of this book I loved and wanted to make mention of is the afterward about Sage's father. It was absolutely beautiful and so heartfelt, such a great little addition to give the why behind her Rebel Blue series.

Thank you to Random House and Lyla Sage for an advanced copy of this title via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

4.25 ⭐️

i can confidently say with a happy heart and tear stained cheeks that this is lyla sage’s best one yet! as excited as i was to be back at rebel blue ranch, i honestly wasn’t one of the ride or die fans that was waiting for teddy and gus’s story… that was until i actually read it. i was lucky enough to receive an arc from the dial press via netgalley, and reading their story was an absolute joy! favorite of the series by far 😍

this was an enemies to lovers dream filled with exquisite banter and the perfect amount of heart. i am a sucker for the single parent/nanny trope, but this was so much more thanks to the history between teddy and gus. both of our main characters love fiercely, with their whole heart and put others before themselves time and time again. it was just amazing to see them choose each other, and in doing so finally choosing themselves too 🥹 getting little glimpses of them in the previous two books set it up perfectly, and i absolutely loved getting to see them slowly lower their guards and let one another in.

not only was this a love story between teddy and gus, but also a love letter to friendship and parenthood. teddy and emmys relationship was such a testament to the importance and strength of female friendship throughout all chapters of life. teddy’s relationship with her dad, and gus’s relationship with riley, both spoke to the precious and unbreakable bond between fathers and daughters.

lastly, seeing such a strong female lead in teddy, who was also scared to open up about how she was foundering in her personal life was so honestly so comforting. i loved how she was finally able to be every version of herself with gus, and how her connection with riley changed her for the better.

i laughed, i cried, i loved every minute of this book 🤎 i can NOT wait to read the next in this series!

A quick, fun addition to the series by Lyla Sage that consistently delivers spice and romance fans love.

Lyla Sage has done it again! The highly anticipated third installment of the Rebel Blue Ranch series is FANTASTIC! Gus and Teddy were the perfect enemies to lovers story. They are twin flames and the spicy scenes were 🔥🔥🔥. I can’t wait for Cam and Dusty’s book. Thank you Netgalley and Random House for this ARC.

This book was a great addition to the Blue Rebel Ranch series. Teddy and Gus have been captivating side characters in the first two books and I enjoyed getting to read their story. I thought that the chemistry between the two was excellent and I also enjoyed how the fourth act conflict was between Emmy and Teddy instead of the two protagonists, this book also set up the fourth book well - can’t wait to see where this series goes next!

I LOVED THIS BOOK!
Lyla Sage has mastered the art of the western written in the female gaze. It is authentic and beautiful and she writes absolutely dazzling female main characters that are fully thought out, 3D people. I can't wait for the 4th installment and i'm sure to eat it up as quickly as I did Teddy's story.

I had a couple of edits that I sent to the publisher, one spelling and one that only a #horsegirl would catch.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publishers for the Arc.

Gus and Teddy stole my heart from the moment we met them in Done and Dusted, so saying I was excited to receive this arc is an absolute understatement.
Lost and Lassoed is beautifully written; it had me laughing, crying, and then laughing and crying even more. From the very first chapter of Lost and Lassoed, I couldn’t stop laughing and feeling giddy. I wish I could move to Meadowlark—there must be another Ryder brother hiding somewhere in that cowboy town, right?

This is the third book in this series, and I love all of them so much! This one specifically does such a great enemies-to-lovers romance and I absolutely love it. I've been shipping Gus and Teddy since the moment they hated each other so much in book one, and I just KNEW this needed to happen. There are two things worth nothing here: first, I don't read a lot of western romance, so this series could be a great intro to the subgenre, and second, MUSTACHES. That's all. Thank you so much.

Thank you to Lyla Sage, Dial Press, and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review!