"She’s the one that got away. He’s the one that never let her go."

Ahhh I love Cam and Dusty. After being left at the altar, Cam is ushered away by Dusty to allow herself a few hours to compose herself before going back to the real world and facing her family, and her broken plan. Despite Cam's best attempts to just be friends with Dusty, sometimes second chances are meant to be.

If you love these, then you'll want to pick up Wild & Wrangled:

🐎 Second chances
🌲 Small town
🐎 Single mum
🌲 Cowboy romances
🐎 Slow burn

Thank you to Hachette ANZ for an arc of this one! All opinions are my own.

Thank you NetGalley and Hachette for a advanced copy of this book, in return of a honest review !

I was really contemplating whether to give this book three stars, or 2.75. Honestly, the most suitable rating is 2.85, but I will just round it up to three LOLS.

I had high hopes for this book, as I had this trend within this series that my rating to higher each time. Unfortunately, it did plateau after finishing off this one. Lyla Sage's writing makes all her books quite a breeze to get through. There isn't a lot of heavy context, the the writing flows quite nicely.

However, the romance in this was book was severely lacking. With second-chance romances, I long to feel the characters' passion, tension and deep connection. And sadly, this book did lack all three. I thought the use of the second-chance romance was used a cop out to not truly express their love for one another. We are just supposed to assume it's there, since they have been in love before. But, it just didn't work with the brief and concise writing style that Lyla Sage was.

Both Camille and Dusty read as quite flat characters, and there wasn't a lot of complexity involved with them. I wish they were fleshed out just a little more (especially Camille, considering her complex family situation). I understand wanting your romance book to be comprehensible, but you could also juggle that with having rounder characters.

Was this book average and easy to get through? Definitely. But it had A LOT more potential than what was shown. Especially considering that I know Lyla Sage can write better!

I'm still keen to read her new releases :)

What a last book. 😭 it was beautiful and my favourite of the series hands down, but they were all amazing, there’s just something about these two’s love that had me in a choke hold.

Dusty, GAH! The way this man fell hard and never stopped was everything. I loved everything about him. Absolute perfection. I loved the way he brought Cam to life. She has baggage past and present that made my heart ache for her, but Dusty helped her remember how strong she was and it was so wonderful.

The way I loved the journey of these two. The past flashback scenes killed me, the anticipation of finding out things?! Man oh man it was just so good. And then the slow burn and the tension was woven so tight it was tangible. So when it snaps, good golly miss Molly, it was incredible. PHEW. Who knew Dusty could talk like that?! I did haha and damn did I love it.

This whole book had me hooked from the get go, it was so hard to put down, I loved every single second and then some. Having all the characters from the previous books and how they all interconnect was a thing of beauty. Definitely recommend this book and this series.

🌟 5
🌶️ 2.5

Part of a series of connected stand-alones that are best to read in order (it is so cute that way with cameos and flash backs etc. )

🐎 Contemporary cowboy romance
🐎 Slowburn - wrong time right person
🐎 Second chance - high school sweethearts, first loves
🐎 Single mum
🐎 Small town
🐎 Yearning, angst and heartache
🐎 Found Family
🐎 Dual POV
🐎 He's only ever had eyes for her
🐎 Dual timeline / flashbacks

Tagline: She's the one that got away. He's the one that never let go.

She’s back at her hometown, neighbouring with her childhood love; the one that got away and the one that got left behind. Love that never ran its course, even through distance of time and distance; a story that still has so much left to play out between the two. 💕 I’m a sucker for pining and heartachy stories and this one had me by the heart-balls.

Absolutely a great read!!!

Such a beautiful story of true friends to lovers second chance.

Dusty is the definition of an obsessed cowboy 🤠

A quick and fun read!

Loved it!!!

Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage 🤠
☆☆☆☆/☆☆☆☆☆

“No. You’re a privilege, Cam. Being in your presence is a goddamn honor.”

Review:
I was really looking forward to Wild and Wrangled! Who doesn’t love a cowboy romance ❤️‍🔥 I also love a second chance romance 🥹

Cam and Dusty have my heart. I really enjoyed the flashbacks in this one. Sometimes they can feel unnecessary and like we’re stuck in the past but Lyla wrote these flashbacks in a way that had me interested. It was information from their past I wanted.

I also think there was a really nice coparenting situation represented between Camille and Gus. Camille was a Ryder and the family element was so lovely 🥹

Cam spent a lot of this book finding herself for herself and not for anyone else and it was a nice journey to see her on. Dusty was there to remind her that she was great but she also needed to find that out for herself.

Overall I really enjoyed jumping back into this world ❤️

Thank you @NetGalley, @hachetteaus, @thebookishtype_hau and @authorlylasage for the opportunity to read this one early.

Wild and Wrangled is out on the 15th of April here in Aus ❤️‍🔥

“I’ll love you until we’re dust, Camille Ashwood”

Cam and Dusty have just been added to my favourite couples list. This story had so many layers to it. There is so much innocence and depth. They had so many fractures in their relationship that could have been the breaking point for them and yet they could never fight their connection.

There is so much genuine emotion within this book. The romance is delicate and we love a soft boy.

Thank you so much @hachetteaus for the arc of this book.

Wild and Wrangled will be available from the 15th April.

Tropes—
🤍 Second Chance Romance
💚 Slow Burn
🤍 Small Town
💚 Cowboy
🤍 Single Mom

4.5⭐️2🌶️

This was a fucking slay!! I am a professional hater of the friends to lovers AND second chance tropes. This book was BOTH of those things, AND YET. Gurl. I fear I’m obsessed. WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE WROTE HER LETTERS AFTER THEY BROKE UP AND KEPT THEM ALL THIS TIME???? Tears were shed! The flashbacks to them being each other’s first EVERYTHING in high school? Like I actually can’t.

Final series ranking & ratings:
1. Lost & Lassoed 5⭐️
2. Wild & Wrangled 4.5⭐️
3. Done & Dusted 4⭐️
4. Swift & Saddled 3.5⭐️

Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage

I was really excited for Wild and Wrangled, especially to dive into Cam and Dusty’s story. However, I felt like the pacing was a bit off at times. Cam seemed like she needed to let go more and embrace her feelings, but it felt like something was holding her back.

As for Dusty—he’s an actual angel. I found myself feeling sorry for him, particularly because of the situation with Cam having a baby with Gus. That whole dynamic was a bit messy, and I wasn’t a fan of how they were together for just one night it seemed? But in Gus’s side they tired for a few months. I think there was a missed opportunity to explore more depth in that relationship, as well as how Dusty really felt about no kids.

There were also some unanswered questions about Cam’s parents that I wish had been explored more. I would have preferred a bit more drama in that area. That said, Cam’s constant frustration with Dusty started to wear on me—she got upset with him a little too often for my liking.

On the positive side, I absolutely loved the bonus scene, especially getting to see the other characters from the previous books. It’s definitely a series you need to read in order to fully appreciate the connections.

All in all, I enjoyed Wild and Wrangled. I’ve loved the entire series, and I’m super excited to have it on my shelf when it releases in April!

A big thank you to NetGalley and Hachette Australia & New Zealand for the ARC copy.

”I’ll love you until we’re dust, Camille Ashwood.”

This book made my heart MELT. The history, the pining, the sweetest meet cute and the unravelling of Cam and Dusty’s story is EVERYTHING.

Wild and Wrangled is all the right reasons why friends to lovers with nostalgia and slow burn, finding each other again is chefs kiss and like reading small town magic 🩵

I adored the flashbacks and how Dusty sees all of Cam before she’s ready to. He’s an absolute honey bear and I loved his gentle parts but this man is no pushover by any means (the MOUTH on this cowboy dreamer had me blushing 😮‍💨)

Cam is quietly fierce and Dusty’s forever. Seeing them be each other’s first and last made me giddy!

I particularly loved the friendship between Cam and Ada: they are the protective still waters to Emmy and Teddy’s firecracker energy and I loved the sisterhood that Lyla writes so well 🧡

Themes are: small town x second chance romance, We Got History, she’s the one that got away x he never let her go

Shoutout outs (No Spoilers) are:

🩵 Passing notes
🩵 Mixed CD love language
🩵 “His favourite colour is blue.”
🩵 “I want you to be everything.”
🩵 Bonus Content Chapter bringing All the Feels 🥹

While it feels a little bittersweet to reach the end of the Rebel Blue Ranch Era, Lyla crafted Cam and Dusty’s story so beautifully.

It’s sweet and spicy, emotional and tender, a goodbye and a hello.

Wild and Wrangled feels like coming home and a breath of fresh air. I truly appreciated the depth and care, Lyla put into these characters and this whole series. They’re imprinted on my heart forever 🩵🧡

TYSM to Hachette Aus and Lyla for my ARC in exchange for my honest review. This was a darling 5 ⭐️

Wild and Wrangled is avail 15 April and can be preordered now!

I’ll leave one of my fave quotes here:

“I’ve got you, Ash.”
“Permanent?”
“Permanent.”

I love Dusty and Cam so much omg. He is more than obsessed with her and it’s the best. I think he may have beaten out Wes for my favourite guy of the series. I also love Cam, she’s so relatable tbh (not the crappy parents part, but the not wanting to be a bother and trying to do everything right). The two of them honestly make me jealous, WHEN IS IT MY TURN?? Once again I can choose a favourite book of the series, I love them all. I’m so sad that it’s over but I can’t wait to see what Lyla does next.

4.25 ✩ ok im finally starting to understand the hype around cowboy romances cause omg this book was so good!! by far my favourite in the series, because I was so much more invested in the characters, and I loved getting to know more about them.

this book is friends to lovers and second chance romance, which normally isn’t my favourite but this book did it so well! I particularly loved how Lyla Sage weaved in flashbacks as the story progressed as I was equally excited about learning what happened in the past and what was going to happen next.

ok now onto things I didn’t quite love. Like the rest of the series, I found it a bit cringey sometimes (but seriously what would you expect when the main characters are cowboys). It also annoyed me how akward the characters where around each other for half the book, as while I could get why it was, it just felt a bit disjointed as one day they would be great together and I thought it was progressing but then they just wouldn’t talk for ages. It was also bit predictable but that’s not necessarily a bad thing as most romances are.

other than those minor things, I loved this book and I am definitely going to read more like it from now on!! warning it is spicy like the rest of the series so for 18+ but I would definitely recommend it to everyone!!

thank you so much NetGalley and Hachette Australia for an early copy of this book :)

First off, I cannot believe that this series is coming to an end - I love absolutely everything about Rebel Blue Ranch from the setting, the characters and the found family aspect that is evident in all 4 books that I really cannot believe that the final book is about to out in the world!

Wild and Wrangled was hands down a great way to finish this series off with all the sweet and tender moments.

I love everything about this book especially the flashbacks from Cam and Dusty in their teenage years, to the notes Dusty wrote and gave her, to the notes he wrote to Cam but never sent and the slow burn throughout the present day story of Cam and Dusty. The flashbacks provided much needed and wanted understanding of their love as teenagers, the challenges they faced and ultimately what tore them apart and kept them apart for 15 years before both Dusty and Cam made their way back to Rebel Blue for their own reasons. It wasn’t until Cam found herself at her wedding, note in hand from her soon-to-be-ex-fiancé that he wasn’t going through with it, that she found herself once again in the arms and support from her teenage love Dusty Tucker.

From the moment Cam and Dusty were mentioned in Swift and Saddled I just knew that their story was something worth reading and it absolutely was. I can even go as far as to say their story has been the favourite of mine out of the series. Cam and Dusty were apart for 15 years and Dusty still loved her the exact same he did when they were 17 - that’s a type of love any woman wants from a man.

Dusty Tucker must be protected at all costs. His unwavering love towards Cam and her daughter Riley, wanting to make sure that they both know that are loved and cherished and the way he is there for Riley when she needed to get the oh-so-important Fruit Roll Up and his support and cheering at her soccer games really made the story. Seeing Riley make a special bond with Teddy was something but watching her form that bond with Dusty was next level.

Lyla is exceptional in giving us what we want in this story and more, bringing the Rebel Blue Ranch stories to justice. I loved how the books ended and the snippet we got to see about a certain couple’s wedding day and the unbreakable bond between family.

Thank you Lyla Sage, Netgalley and Hachette Australia and New Zealand for the arc!

Quite possibly my favourite of the 4 books. And I was less invested in the character coming into it. Damn.
The ending had me sobbing! Loved it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an eArc of this wonderful book.

This book was everything I needed and more. Cam & Dusty had my heart from chapter 1, then they locked it up in a box, sealed it with a kiss and threw away the key in Chapter 3. The flash back chapters were EVERYTHING 🥹

These two will live in my mind rent free forever, Lyla has the ability to write stories that will have you silently screaming and kicking your feet at 2am.

This is how you write a friends to lovers trope!! Even if you’re not a fan of this particular trope I guarantee you, this would be the book to change your mind.

Although I’m a little sad about this being the last book of the series, it was the perfect story to end the Rebel Blue Ranch.

Wild and Wrangled
3.75★

Lyla, girl, I’m sorry 😭 I wanted to love this so, so bad because it was my most anticipated release of this year. I had such high hopes after Lost and Lassoed (which I totally loved) and after learning that Wild and Wrangled would be second chance romance, but it just didn’t hit like I expected it to.

That’s not to say I didn’t like it—because I did. But I was a little let down just because I had overwhelming expectations.

I just didn’t really feel the connection between Cam and Dusty. They spent so long of the book avoiding each other, for a reason unknown to readers, and then they talk it out and suddenly are acting as a couple again. I just didn’t feel the connection because it didn’t feel like they had developed as characters. I feel like it was relying on their past relationship and feelings too much, and these feelings didn’t develop.

*SPOILERS FROM HERE*

My other critique is of Cam, and the third act “break up”. I literally did not understand why she was mad over something Dusty did five years ago, when they were not in contact. And the fact she got mad at him about something and said “Just leave Dusty. That’s what you do best.” BITCH ARE YOU FOR REAL? It grinds my gears that she said that because SHE was the one who left all those years ago by writing a NOTE. like be so for real right now. And then Dusty had to do the grand gesture? I’m sorry?

*SPOILERS END*

I fear the “angel” nickname didn’t do it for me, just like “sugar” in book one.

“I’ll love you until we’re dust, Camille Ashwood.” Dusty, Dusty, Dusty. I loved him. He is just pathetically down bad for Cam, and I do love how much he loved her.

But GODDAMN that bonus Epilogue?!?! That shit had me emotional dude. I can’t believe the series is over (no I’m not counting the novellas yet since we don’t have date confirmations). That ending between the Ryder family was so bittersweet, and yeah I may have shed a tear or two hahah.

Overall, I did enjoy reading this, but it just didn’t hit as much as I wanted it to. I guess it is hard to live up to Gus Ryder though.

Second chance romance isn’t really my thing, but Lyla Sage definitely redeemed this trope. I adored the relationship between Cam and Dusty, however, there were some short falls to it that kinda irked me. This was a quick and very easy read that allowed me to take a breather from some more intense books I’ve read lately.

If I were to sum up this story in a sentence, it would be this: Wild & Wrangled is Lyla Ssages Love Letter to Rebel Blue Ranch.
I couldn't help but fall in love with this beautiful book, the fourth and final in this series. With every word written, you could feel the love Lyla has for this world. Not only that, but we finally got Cam and Dusty's story. We have seen them sprinkled throughout the three previous books, and now they have our full attention.
This book was the perfect wrap-up to this series, so good it made me realise I'm not ready to say good to the characters and world I have fallen in love with over the years.
What to expect:
Cowboy Romance
Wyoming Setting
Second Chance Romance
Single Mum
Yearning
Found Family

Thank you so much to Hachette and Netgally for sending me through an EARC.

<b>✨4 stars ✨
🌶️ 2 spice 🌶️

<i>“I’ll love you until we’re dust, Camille Ashwood."</b> </i>

I would firstly like to thank Hachette for this e-arc on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, so as always buckle in!

As always, Lyla Sage has melted my heart with another cowboy romance. I knew I was going to love Dusty and Cam from the sneak peaks of them we got in Lost and Lassoed and I have been proven correct.

We have highschool sweethearts to strangers to lovers, second chance, mother FMC, and small town. Oh and we start with a failed wedding arrangement that leads us into a wild upwind romance of course.

Cam was such an interesting character. You could really see the impact that her parents overbearing nature had on her and how it impacted her relationships and life. It was great seeing her character develop through the book to break down that wall that was put up her whole life. I loved her and I especially loved her and how she was as a mother and her dedication to Riley.

Dusty. What a man. Truly a man in love that’s for sure. He was so swoony. I loved his character and his kindness throughout the book. He was just a great character.

The only reason that this wasn’t a five stars for me personally was I felt that the book had a very abrupt ending. I felt that the book had done so well but missed that ending spark.

But I did find it very enjoyable. Super easy read. Very heartfelt, romantic, and we got to see all of our favourite characters again from the previous books which is always so so fun.

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Cam and Dusty were super sweet!

I loved seeing more of Riley and all of Rebel Blue Ranch. The found family was really my favourite part of this book. The appearances of all the other couples made this book extra special.

I felt like this book was quite low stakes, with minimal build up or tension. However, it was still a fun, enjoyable read.

The complication towards the end had me a little frustrated with Cam and it felt quite unnecessary.

I loved Dusty’s friendship with Teddy and Cam’s coparenting relationship with Gus. I would have like to have seen more or Cam and Ada’s friendship.