Done & Dusted By Lyla Sage – Review

Synopsis

For the first time in her life, Clementine ‘Emmy’ Ryder has no idea what she’s doing. She’s accomplished everything on her to-do list. She left her small hometown of Meadowlark, Wyoming, went to college, and made a career for herself by doing her favorite thing: riding horses. But after an accident makes it impossible for her to get back into the saddle, she has no choice but to return to the hometown she always wanted to escape.

Luke Brooks is Meadowlark’s most notorious bad boy, bar owner, and bachelor. He’s also the unofficial fifth member of the Ryder family. As Emmy’s older brother’s best friend, Luke spent most of his childhood antagonizing her. It’s been years since he’s seen her, but when she walks into his bar and back into his life, he can’t take his eyes off her. Against his better judgment, he wants to do a whole lot more than just look at her.

As things between Emmy and Brooks heat up, it gets more difficult for him to keep his hands off of her. Can he help her get her spark back? Or will they both go up in flames?

💭 My Thoughts 💭

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I love a cowboy/cowgirl romance and this one nailed it in so many ways. I mean granted it didn’t do anything ground breaking within the romance genre but I ate it up in one day.

It was the perfect mix of emotional and physical things to overcome and allow the characters to grow. The spice was on point, and what I love the most about this book, and perhaps the series as a whole so far, is there wasn’t a third-act breakup. It was dealt with maturely, leaving you nodding your head and thinking, yep, they did the right thing there.

Overall I loved this books and two following books (4th one due out April 15th 2025)

𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟: R18+ (Some spicy language and details that may cause offence)

𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗦: This book is intended for adult readers (18+). Done and Dusted contains explicit language and explicit, on-page sexual content. Additional content and trigger warnings: Anxiety, trauma after an injury, alcohol consumption, discussions about ADHD, reference to drugs, references to an ex with potentially controlling behaviour, death of a parent (past, off-page), panic attacks (one on page), references to toxic childhood environment, references to toxic parental relationships.