Disclaimer: Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC copy.

This book is the third book in LJ Evans’ Hatley Series, but I read it as a standalone.

This book feels like such a classic romance novel - it’s romantic, passionate, and has some suspense and mystery. Most of the book is set on a ranch in California, which gives it a western/cowboy feel. This book is also an age gap romance (MMC is 12 years older), which isn’t my favorite trope but I can let it pass when the characters have a lot of depth like they do in this book.

Sadie (FMC) is a professional dart player 🎯and Tennessee bar owner. Her competitive dart playing brings her to a fancy Vegas hotel owned by Rafe, the MMC. They have an instant connection, but their first night together is interrupted when Rafe’s young daughter shows up at his penthouse suite in Vegas after stealing the family Cessna at her California ranch.

Rafe and Sadie both coincidently end up at the California ranch where Rafe’s daughter lives. The time spent on the ranch has both our MCs falling for each other while also dealing with their own family drama, the mystery of Rafe’s brother’s death, and their past traumas.

This book was a well crafted family mafia mystery as well as a beautiful romance (dual POV, which I love) and I could not wait to see what happened next!

The author also has a fun Spotify playlist based on this book 🎵🎤

This lovely book was exactly what I needed and hoped for when I picked up a new LJ Evan’s book.

While I did read her previous books, this book can easily adapt to being a standalone. The best part of this book- the characters. You truly start to feel like you know them and by the end you know them so well you miss them. I seriously fell in love with Rafe. So swoony.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book- the opinions are my own

For me, this story started off strong and then I simply lost interest. Which is sad.
Sadie was a great strong character who I enjoyed. Rafe, on the other hand, drove me nuts! I like the age difference and the fact that he has a daughter, but beyond the physical attraction, these two didn’t make sense to me…

I wasn’t sure about this read when I started it. However, it turned out to be a good read.
Age gap, with a conflicted MMC, and a determined FMC. Loads going on with a past intrigue linked to the twists and turns of the present. Once you get into this book there is enough going on to keep you reading, and I really enjoyed how the two main families just blended so easily.

This was was hard to get through with too much slowburn romance for me. I did not pick it up as I wanted.

The storyline is amazing but I would have loved it if the pace would have been better.

It can be read as a standalone, but I recommend to read book 1 and 2 to understand it better.

The Last Dance You Saved is a grumpy-cowboy, single-dad, small-town romance with thrilling suspense and real and relatable characters. This is well written with an intriguing premise that kept me thoroughly entertained. I was all in with the suspense in this one from the beginning and enjoyed unraveling the mystery along with Rafe and Sadie. And Sadie? Dear sweet Sadie is a dart throwing, sassy, fierce, loyal, and ridiculously loving and kind FMC that I absolutely LOVED getting to know within these pages. Rafe is a damaged and grumpy MMC but uses the grump to cover his hurt and scars and you can’t help but root for him to get his happily ever after too. When he finally lets himself love, Rafe loves so hard that it will make you swoon. As far as secondary characters go, it is fun catching up with the Hatleys and getting to know Fallon. This one has so much going for it but I absolutely detest Lauren and the totally messed up triangle and family dynamic that she created. This coupled with the Rafe’s hot and cold and almost cruel behavior in the beginning has me giving this story 3.5 rounded up to 4 stars. While the pacing in this seems balanced enough while reading, there is an insta-love vibe here and the relationship between Sadie and Rafe goes from zero to love and marriage in the span of a week. I don’t mind insta-love but it just seems a bit too unrealistic in the confines of this story. Still… I do like Sadie and Rafe together and they do have great chemistry. In the end this story is filled with an air of mystery, plenty of heart and heat and has an emotional and satisfying HEA that makes for a most enjoyable read.

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Rafe & Sadie stole my heart! Absolutely loved them.

Rafe was broody and swoony. Sadie was so cool, I mean a female professional dart player?! I enjoyed the romance between these two a lot. I felt a real connection between them, not just lust. The way these two made my heart melt!! They were so protective of one another and each other's ride or die. I really liked this pairing a lot.

I felt the suspense storyline was written well and kept me on my toes with the twists. I also felt the family dynamics were done well too.

A great romantic suspense read! Can be read as a standalone.

This was my first book by LJ Evans and it definitely won’t be my last! If you love a good romantic suspense this book is perfect for you. It had me on the edge of my seat speed reading through it.

Sadie and Rafe were perfect together. I loved seeing Rafe go from a complete grump to absolutely melting for both Sadie and his daughter.

I didn’t realise when starting it, it was an interconnected standalone and after loving this book i will 100% be going back and reading the other books on the series!