This was a great third book, my favourite couple so far! I love the country setting it makes it more swoony, Yee Haw!

Read if you like: cowboy romance, small town, enemies to lovers, best friends brother, single dad, 8 year age gap, he washes her hair

I knew I was going to like Gus and Teddy when the first conversation they had started with:
“Hey p*rnstache. Nice of you to join us.” “F*ck off, Theodora”
HAHAHAHA this little snip just shows what their banter is like, they argue constantly and are always looking for a fight 😂

Teddy had me laughing at times, and I loved her relationship with Riley. Gus is a hot single dad and a rancher. It was super refreshing to see parents having a great co-parenting relationship. I really liked that I didn’t have to hate Cam 😂

I think this book had a lot of potential, the romance felt underdeveloped and some parts went from 0 to 100 which I was kind of ehhh about. Also the bedroom talk was NOT it (I was trying so hard not to cringe 😬) and usually I love a dirty mouth 😫

Overall this was an okay book. Strong start to a meh finish

OH MY GOSH, I loved it, I truly loved it and let me tell you why!!! Before I get into it I want to preface this by saying..
this book is so much more than just a cowboy romance.. this is emotionally fulfilling, deep, it’ll have you giggling, it’ll have you crying & I can truly say I felt a similar connection to this book that I had with just for the summer by Abby Jimenez & I’m so happy to give this a 5 ⭐️ rating.

The tropes:
Well cowboy romance
- enemies to lovers ( a fav for me )
- Single dad
- Close proximity
- Small town romance

So basically we have Teddy who is best friends with Emmy, if you’ve read done and dusted then you know who some of these characters are.
Teddy has just lost her job and Emmy offers her a job to work as a nanny for her brother Gus.. but there’s a problem. Gus and Teddy do not like eachother like at all and they are not afraid to show that to eachother. Gus realises it’s his only option having Teddy there but Teddy needs to live with Gus a few days a week to help out with his daughter Riley…
So yeah, you can kinda imagine what happens but my gosh !!!!!! The banter, chemistry and the enemies to lovers part in this book was written so so well. I also had so many giggles. The spice was a good level for this genre I believe & I am truly in awe of this book.

I truly enjoyed all of the characters & enjoyed watching each of them grow throughout the book. I felt like Teddy and Gus were helping each other to heal and grow as individuals and with eachother along the way & I enjoyed every second of it.

Gus felt like a hot head but I loved it, he had so much dislike towards Teddy but then switched and was possessive kinda.. like jealous of her giving another man attention & IT WAS HOT. But don’t let the hard exterior fool you because this man has a guarded soft heart and he is a total sweetheart when he allows himself to feel, open up and let his walls down. His character development was truly incredible & his sweet heart and caring nature shone through when he felt safe enough to do so. OMG AND ONE MORE THING THIS DAMN MAN!!! He just ah, he has my heart. Teddy arrived one night to his house but Riley was at a sleepover & he noticed Teddy didn’t feel well but she had first day of her monthly so this man… sits her down on the couch and comes back with a damn heating pad & a bottle of midol which Is a specific period pain killer.

Teddy our FMC is sassy, goofy & a badass to say the least. She reads smut too which I love 😂 But Teddy was a girl in her twenties trying to navigate life when all her friends were moving forward and she felt like she was stuck. It was relatable and I loved it. Teddy underneath was also lost & afraid of moving on with her life incase it meant leaving her dad to look after himself. Teddy had been her dad’s carer since she was in college and she’s now 28, her dad was in and out of hospitals. Teddy’s dad is basically her everything apart from Emmy (her bestfriend) teddy’s mum was never in the picture because she chose to leave. Teddy felt guarded most of the book, it presented as though she felt she couldn’t show emotion for the sake of others, she felt the need to be strong for others.. that was relatable to me. So Teddy also has a huge heart but is clouded by fear rightfully so.

I really enjoyed how we got to know the characters and their lives deeply while watching them grow and entering a beautiful, wholesome relationship they both truly deserved in which they felt safe with eachother & a love they had only dreamt of.

Wow! Lost and Lassoed is a book that has a little bit of everything - fast-paced, funny, and light-hearted romance! Set in the world of the Rebel Blue Ranch novels, this story intertwines the best friend's older brother, cowboys, and forced proximity, along with other familiar tropes. The tension between the love interests had me screaming at the pages with anticipation, but their relationship wasn’t the only one I loved. Sage does an amazing job of writing not just romantic relationships, but also platonic and parental relationships. This was a really enjoyable read that ticked every box for me and I would wholly recommend it to anyone who adores a small-town, enemies-to lovers romance.

Give me a grumpy single dad cowboy and I will eat that up everytime!

August ‘Gus’ Ryder has always hated his sisters best friend Theordora ‘Teddy’ Anderson and the feeling is mutual. Every chance they get they antagonize and throw hilarious insults at eachother.

Until one summer when Teddy loses her job and Gus is in desperate need of a Nanny to help out with his daughter Riley. Who better for the job than the woman he hates. Teddy adores his daughter and while he’s less then pleased about the situation he agrees she is the best fit for the job.

As they begin to spend more time together they realize they have more in common and relate to eachother on an emotional level.
The tension, banter and chemistry was sizzling.
Teddy was so relatable with her internal struggles of not being where she expected at this phase of her life and the changes to her friendship with Emmy as they got older.

Wow wow wow, you really dive straight in with this one. Two big personalities a crazy, loud, fun loving red head and a quiet grumpy cowboy, who has dimples but only grunts and never smiles. With Teddy out of a job and Gus who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders, who is forced to delegate some of that stress, they’re forced into having to coexist even though they can’t stand each other. This story gives off all of the juicy forced proximity, enemies to lovers vibes and I am SO here for it. It’s spicy, it’s heartwarming and I couldn’t devour it quick enough 😮‍💨 5/5 stars, thanks for blessing us with the read we needed Lyla! 🤍

Lyla has done it again with book 3 in the Rebel Blue Ranch series. I read Done and Dusted earlier in the year and Lyla quickly became a favourite author for me so I have been so keen to continue this series with the characters we have loved. As much as I loved the first 2 books, I was slightly apprehensive about this one as I don't really enjoy enemies to lovers but Lyla just has a way with writing that made me love it. It was great to see Gus and Teddy's love story bloom and to also see how the other characters lives were moving along. This book will definitely be one of my top picks of the year and now I can't wait for book 4!

4.5 ✨ Thank you to NetGalley and Hachette Aus/NZ for a copy of this eARC to review.

THIS BOOK ATE AND LEFT NO CRUMBS!!! As soon as I finished reading it I immediately wanted to pick it back up again 😫 I knew from the first book that Teddy and Gus’ story would be my favourite. I felt a kinship with Teddy from the moment we met her and the single dad trope will always be my #1.

In this book Teddy has lost her job and Gus is overworked and struggling to keep up with his work/life balance whilst raising his daughter, Riley, while her mum is out of town for the summer. Enter Teddy as his nanny and the perfect enemies to lovers/close proximity is born.

Teddy is one of my favourite female characters I have read to date - her fierceness, her independence, her sparkle, her loyalty, her sarcasm - what a girl 💥

Gus Ryder is your typical older brother, over protective asshole who is secretly the softest, kindest, most precious man on this planet and if my future baby daddy doesn’t raise our daughter like Gus Ryder does then I don’t want it 😤 The tension and obvious longing between Teddy and Gus was toe curling and I loved every moment of it.

I also loved the scenes we got of Teddy and Emmy and how they navigated their changing relationship. I loved the little snippets of Wes and Ada and Amos and Brooks and Hank AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON CAM AND DUSTY 😩

Lyla Sage stepped up her game big time with Lost Lassoed and the authors note at the end made me love this book 10x more! BRING ON WILD AND WRANGLED!!

Very easily became my favourite in the series. I just knew Teddy and Gus would have my whole heart, and they have achieved just that.
There is something so special about Lyla’s writing and the characters she creates, I’m forever grateful to have been given the opportunity to read this.

Lost and Lassoed you were an absolute blessing!! This was my favourite book of the Rebel Blue Ranch Series, and dare I say it, one of my favourite books of the whole year. I found this to be genuinely so so funny, but also so heartfelt and sweet. This follows Teddy and Gus in a true enemies to lovers, where Teddy offers to look after Gus’s 6 year old daughter when things get really busy at work for him. He doesn’t want to, as he can’t stand Teddy (aka his little sisters best friend) but he decides he doesn’t have much of a choice. But as they start to spend more time together, they realise they have more in common then they thought. This is such a great story, with a real family aspect, and Gus’s daughter is so sweet and funny. I love the female friendships in this as well and the relationship that blossoms between the two main characters. I can’t recommend this book enough!!

This book is my favourite in the series! I was addicted from page 1, and Lyla Sage certainly did not disappoint with Teddy and Gus ! They are now my favourite couple, and their story was full of tension and banter and had me giggling the whole way through.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️

“Are you offering me a mustache ride?”
“Saddle up”

Lyla did our Gus and Teddy good!

Two main characters who both outwardly seem unaffected and “fine” but inwardly care so deeply for others they often put themselves last. Gus’s baby mumma needs to spend the summer in the city so he has full time care of his daughter as well as caretaking the ranch. He is struggling to be everything to everyone. Teddy has lost her job and feels like she’s losing her bestfriend, she’s aimless and needs the summer to figure out what’s next. She feels like she’s being left behind and is struggling to be who everyone expects her to be.

An agreement between the two rivals is made and Teddy moves into the ranch 3 days a week as a live in nanny.

* Cowboys
* Rivals-to-lovers
* Hate-to-love
* Single dad x Nanny
* Grumpy x Sunshine
* Chaps
* Slow burn

Overall, this was a very satisfying journey.

One of my favorite things about Lyla Sages writing is how she infuses some element of her own world into these stories and you can just feel the lived experience.
This book shows a relationship between Teddy and her dad where she is his full time carer. There were some really heart felt moments between these characters that were just special to read.

My only critique is that I felt the ending was a little rushed.
Teddys career aspirations were just as important and relevant and worthy of a properly detailed resolution as her romantic journey got.

And what a way to set the scene for book 4 - that one’s going to be a doozy I can feel it.

“Rock, F^cking, Jasmine!”

Thankyou NetGalley for providing me with this ARC
(Releasing November 5, 2024)

Lost and Lassoed by @authorlylasage

*spoiler free arc review*

Another absolute standout from Miss Lyla Sage 🤍

First of all, I feel honoured to be able to read this masterpiece early. I was a lil late to the Lyla Sage train last year but I’m so SO glad to be aboard now and quite frankly never want to leave tysm.

Thank you to Lyla and her team at Quercus for making this possible! I'm so damn grateful.

Lost and Lassoed follows Teddy and Gus. If you’ve read books 1 and 2, you will know that Teddy is Emmy (book 1’s FMC) fiery, loud and loyal best friend and Gus is Emmy’s grumpy older brother / single dad to Miss Sunshine herself, Riley.
Gus finds himself needing to ask for help to care for his daughter to balance his schedule and Teddy is in search of bringing joy back into her life after a few hits knocked her down.

This book was everything I needed and more. It was not just about love, but about friendship, found family, facing your fears and allowing yourself to be vulnerable.

Also while I'm here, if you've made it this far, please read Lyla's acknowledgement to her father and his inspiration for this book. I sobbed like a baby.

And lastly, rock fucking jasmine. Brilliant.

5 ⭐

Reading about the world of Rebel Blue Ranch is always a fun, cozy ride, and Lost and Lassoed does exactly what you hope it will and more.


I must admit that Teddy and Gus’s story was one that I not only was dying to read, but I think like a lot of lovers of this little world we all had/have preconceived ideas of what we were hoping we’d be blessed with when it came to this story.
For me I was anticipating:
A whole lot of banter
A good dose of Gus’s grumpiness
Teddy’s wit
And some welcomed handfuls of vulnerability and understanding develop between the two.


In books where hate/disdain turns to love, the relationship progression is without a doubt the most crucial element, and for Teddy and Gus this could not have been done with more intention and care.


The relationship development is grounded in the placement of the physical characters (a little forced proximity) and their mental spaces. By placing Teddy in Gus’s home as support for him, it offers proximity to force them to see each other in a different and new way, as well as removing some of the guilt Gus holds for not being able to be everywhere at once. Teddy not only frees up his time and mental load, but she in a way challenges him to reflect on how his pride has become detrimental to the kind of man he is striving to be. And for Teddy, their partially living arrangement, creates a window for her to be seen as she is at her heart, a caring, selfless, thoughtful woman. It gives her a place to step away from the pressures and expectations she has placed on herself, which as a result gives her the space to work out what she truly wants for herself.

I really loved how both Gus and Teddy, in their own way, were in the same mental space, they were both feeling like they were wanting more from their lives , but weren’t completely sure how or what ‘more’ looked like. I think this was a really clever way to develop some common ground for us as readers to place them on. By having this commonality, even though they have personality differences, this created a sense of connection, and understanding of why they are good for each other. Rather than it being two people that can’t stand each other but have crazy attraction and just falling into ‘love’, because that’s what a romance book does.

The Character Arcs were also done so well. There were inserts of self doubt, reflection, and hope for both of them. I do love how a lot of the growth for both of these characters came from a place of personal wanting. And sure they both had their fair share of pep talks and hard to hear talks, but for the most part it was both of them having a place where they could think introspectively, and ultimately ended up finding some support along the way - not an answer or a fix, but a result of them working out what would create peace in the areas they were struggling with.

I do wish that we saw Gus’s dyslexia come through in other areas of his life. However, when it was mentioned, it was done so in a way that it further developed the huge chunk of his personality (pride), rather than just adding it in for the sake of it.

The best book of the series yet.

Teddy and Gus deliver on the enemies to lovers front. There is angst, forced proximity, steam and spice, great banter and an adorable 6-year old who has your heart from the start. Riley

Sage has a way of drawing you in to the community of a fiercely protective family, who work hard but love harder, and has you emotionally invested from the start.

This really was a perfect small town, rural romance that will have you laughing, crying and holding your breath. I can't wait to see how Cam and Dusty's story unfolds.

This is the 3rd Lyla Sage book and I must say y’all are in for a steamy treat. This enemies to lovers book brings all the fun and feels it should!

First of all thank you to NetGalley and Hachette Australia & New Zealand for sending me a digital ARC of Lost and Lassoed.

This book had me in a chokehold from the very beginning! Teddy and Gus are the epitome of frenemies to lovers. Lost and Lassoed had some of my favourite tropes, enemies to lovers, close proximity, second chance (more like missed opportunity), single dad and of course Nanny to single dad trope.

Teddy and Gus grew up together and their dads are best friends. If ever there was a couple written in the stars it is Theodora and August! This book had me laughing, crying and gasping.

If you haven’t already pre-ordered this book then definitely head to your preferred book seller and order it asap!!!

lyla sage does it again! very much enjoy this series, and i think this book does gus and teddy justice as everyone has been waiting for their book! perfect grumpy vs sunshine dynamic

A single dad romance is always gonna do it for me. This SLAPPED! My fav in the series BY FAR! I was smiling like a fucking idiot and audibly SQUEALING while reading this! The banter and chemistry was off the charts 🔥 I laughed out loud at so many points. But also teared up too! Equal parts heart & humour, this was amazing from start to finish! Gus & Teddy have my whole heart 🩷🩷🩷 GIMME THE NEXT BOOK RN

This third instalment of these interconnected stand alones was long awaited, but it was well worth it. The best way to describe these characters is that everyone knew they loved each other expect for them, which is always such a fun dynamic to read as the audience feels they can truly melt into the story. Like Sage's other works set in Rebel Blue Ranch, the world building and descriptions were lifelike and imaginative. The dialogue was (as always) upbeat and witty which is exactly what the audience wanted. Overall, for all those awaiting this book, I don't think they will be disappointed, instead they will get to enter the comfort of Rebel Blue and soak in the world of cowboys and too much denim yet again.