Cade is our last man standing out of our trio of bar owning ex-navy seals. With his charm and an endless supply of hook-ups, there was no sight of Cade settling down or even entertaining the idea. A bit brooding and intense, Cade appeared content with his lifestyle choices, that is until you dig below the surface. Battling abandonment issues from his childhood as well as unexpected insecurities stemming from an accident, it becomes clear as to Cade's emotional barriers. Having witnessed both of his best friends falling hard and fast has left Cade at a loose end, enter the gorgeous but aloof Reece.

Reece has her own emotional problems which she is trying to escape with a move across the country and a less stressful lifestyle waitressing at Conquistadors. Believing putting physical distance between herself and the source of her anxiety will help her overcome the lingering PTSD she is experiencing. The source of the incident Reece was involved in is merely hinted at for a large part of the narrative but does add to the new viewpoint she has on work-life balance as the story progresses.

The attraction between Reece and Cade is combustible with a few incidents of antagonism masking the chemistry. With the emotional barriers between them, it is difficult for Reece and Cade to be vulnerable with each other, however, the connection evolves organically when they spend time together.

Cade is intuitive enough to know there is a lot more to Reece than she is willing for people to know but as their interactions, progress and Reece's natural talent and passion for culinary endeavors soon shine through. Paving the way for Reece to overcome the PTSD and consider the paths available to her for the future. Different opportunities present themselves making both Cade and Reece confront their hopes and dreams. Unfortunately, the lack of communication between Cade and Reece regarding their feelings creates a blinkered view of the way forward.

With a little help from their friends, Reece and Cade are able to overcome the challenges they face jointly and independently to pave the way to a brighter, happier future.

Long Shot is a compelling romance highlighting the necessity of a work-life balance, lots of sweet and smexy moments add to the fun as well as some unexpected insight into male insecurities.

3.5 Tequila Stars!

Long Shot is the final installment in the “Last Shot” series. This is a complete standalone with no prior reading required. I hadn’t read the others in the series, and was able to follow who the other characters were to each other.

This book’s main focus is on Cade Hardy, former Navy SEAL and now 1/3 owner of a tequila bar with his best friends.
He seems to butt heads quite a bit with the very opinionated but very gorgeous waitress, Reese Kirkwell. She’s always giving her two cents about the dishes they’re serving and how they could be improved. Cade basically asks her to stay in her lane. She basically ignores him.
Cue the sexual tension. Or so I hoped...

The beginning started out a little slow for my liking. Though I liked the attention to detail and descriptions about the food and tequila, it had me shouting, WHERE IS THE BLOODY ROMANCE?!!
Thankfully things finally picked up at around 40 percent.
Then I really started to enjoy the story and the characters.
They are very much alike in so many ways and were very compatible. They started to open up to each other and started sharing there secrets. It was nice to see all the developing feelings and realizations.

Long Shot was a fast paced enjoyable read, featuring likable characters with heat in and out of the kitchen.

Following a frequently done reluctant to love, king of one night stands hero, who needs more out of life but chooses not to acknowledge it yet theme, we find Reece, the heroine, running from her former life in New York while still reeling from a surprisingly shocking incident that almost got her killed. Her culinary talents, bossiness, and creative ideas is just what Cade, the hero, needs to be challenged and intrigued enough to put an end to his Casanova, womanizing ways. The fact they both are struggling with emotional baggage/issues binds them together even more. Cade starts to see a strength in Reece that makes him want to be a better man, folks.

With quiet disdain for having the morals of an alleycat, Reece might appreciate the outward man package Cade projects,but she’s smart enough to know this guy isn’t looking for real love and commitment. She starts to get under his skin though when she begins to meddle and step into a self appointed role of helping improve the Tequila bar Cade co-owns with friends and where she is definitely underemployed. Yeah, this girl has game in the kitchen, and she can’t seem to sit on the sidelines any longer.

For a quick, leisurely, steamy read, I did enjoy seeing this couple come to know one another. If you like graphic, smexy scenes with lusty language, stick around long enough as they definitely appear later in the book. Thankfully they only occur between the main couple. Other than the big reveal of Reece’s brush with near death, several parts were formatic and played out rather predictable. However, I still enjoyed the writing and stayed fully engaged.

Title: Long Shot, Series: Last Shot (Book 3), Author: Kelly Jamieson, Pages: 220, stand-alone but part of a series, former manho hero, PTSD heroine, very graphic steamy scenes with lusty language, no love triangle, no cheating, a few OW run-ins and one brief ex-boss/lover cameo appearance.

Book 1 - Body Shot (Hayden and Beck)
Book 2 - Hot Shot (Carrie and Marco)
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Book 3 - Long Shot (Cade and Reece)

(I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I was not given any payment or compensation for this review, nor is there any affiliation or relationship between this reviewer and the author/publisher/NetGalley.)

Third book in a great series I have not read a Kelly Jamieson book I have not loved. Cade & Reese's book was not a disappointment. I love that she added a secret tragedy this time. Jack the dog of coarse my favorite stole my heart right away. I won't give anything away but I will say would love a forth book that kind of wraps all three couples Hayden & Beck,Carrie & Marco and Reese & Cade into a completed outcome! I reviewed this book by getting a uncorrected copy from NetGalley.

It’s never a good sign when it takes me five days to read a book.

I have read one other book by Kelly Jamieson - Dancing in the Rain. It was fantastic, which is why I requested the ARC for Long Shot. However, right from the beginning it seemed like this was written by a completely different author, reading more like a YA story than one about people who are in their 30s (or very close to it), and had multiple things that just made me roll my eyes. Which is unflattering for a woman on the downward slope of her 40s.

Reese has fled from New York City for some mysterious reason (this is strike one for me against this book - I don’t like when something is held back for the purpose of artificially creating drama). She works as a waitress at a tequila bar owned by Cade and his two friends, all of whom are former Navy SEALS (because, of course they are). Reese is a good waitress, but Cade can tell she’s not really who she’s pretending to be.

Besides a lot of talk about food, not much else really happens in this book, especially in the first third of the book. Reese’s internal monologue spends a lot of time alluding to some big event that happened in NYC, and when revealed it was actually a good reason for picking up and moving to San Diego - but there was no reason to keep it a big secret. And then when Cade finds out who she really was before moving to San Diego, he’s so furious that he wants to fire her?! I’m sorry, but that reaction was over-the-top and ridiculous.

A decent attempt was made at character development, but again, I felt things were overdone. Cade’s backstory was extremely sad, but it seemed like the author thought, oh, crappy parents aren’t bad enough, what else can I throw in? And the “reason” why he was going through women like cheap tequila almost made sense to me, but didn’t make me like him any better (although I did give the author bonus points for something original there!).

Another thing that made me roll my eyes were the descriptions of her new friends, Carrie, who is a photographer, and Hayden, a scientist “who’s working on a cure for cancer.” Maybe I’m just in a cynical mood, but really? To round out the group, maybe Carrie could be working towards world peace while Reese solves world hunger. Throw in a dog that they teach to surf (and spent half a long chapter on it), and I think my eyes may get stuck in the top of my head. Sorry, that’s a bit snarky of me, but that’s what this book made me do!

There just wasn’t much that worked for me in this book. I didn’t care for the writing, I didn’t care for the story, I didn’t care for the characters (I haven’t even touched on my dislike of the manskank “hero”), and I barely made it through this book. The only thing that saved it from a single-star rating was a sorta decent ending, although an epilogue that covers the next week after the story ends seems kinda silly. I’ll give Kelly Jamieson another try, but sadly this book was a miss for me.

I love this series and this one did not disappoint! I've been looking forward to Cade's story and Kelly Jamieson definitely delivered an amazing story! Cade and Reese are a fantastic, multi-faceted couple. They are not in any way perfect. They are complex, struggling people who begin to help heal each other. I love Reece's dog and how that storyline was weaved into the overall story. Quite well written, expertly paced, great character development. It has all the elements of a good romance! This one grabbed me and swept me up. I did not want to put it down and yet I didn't want it to end. I don't think you have to read this series in order but I think you'll get a lot of extra enjoyment if you do! I definitely recommend this one! Happy reading!

This one comes out on February 27th so be sure to make a note to pick it up then!

Reese is a waitress. Just a waitress. She’s trying to get her life together after a devastating incident. Working at Conquistadors is helping her to do that. Now if she can just stay out of the kitchen and away from Cade, one of the owners.

Cade is the spreadsheet guy of the business. It’s his job to make the bottom line black instead of red and it’s been a real struggle. When their waitress keeps sticking her nose into things that are not a part of her job description he finds himself getting riled. He needs to be in control and he’s quickly learned that there is no control where Reese is concerned.

This was such a good book! I loved the interactions between this couple and even Reese’s dog Jack. There were so many different layers that needed to be unearthed as they moved forward from antagonistic boss and employee to lovers.

Reese’s character was broken and struggling so hard to find solid ground. I respected that she never gave up. She kept fighting to find peace. Cade had his own demons to battle and he recognized the same in Reese and offered her the support needed to help her step out of the darkness and into the light. He was protective and caring and even though a manho prior to Reese, he was never an a-hole about it.

This is fast paced and well written with secondary characters from previous books that didn’t dominate the story but added to it. The steam level is perfect and the epilogue will make you smile.

This is an honest review of an advanced copy provided by NetGalley and Loveswept

This series is centered around three ex-seals who retired and opened up a tequila bar called the Conquistadors. Beck and Hayden's story is book one, Marco and Carrie's is book two and Long Shot, we get Cade and Reese.

Cade is the typical playboy that sticks to one night stands only. He doesn't have time for a relationship and he doesn't really believe he can love someone. He's upfront with the women but that doesn't stop them from coming to his bar to try and change his mind.

Reese is the new waitress at Conquistador and she's pretty vocal about the lousy food being served there. Being a strong personality, her and Cade are often butting heads. As they bicker, Cade realizes Reese seems more invested in how the bar is run for being a waitress.

Out of the three guys in this series, Cade was the one I thought I would like the least. I ended up really loving his book. I'm not a big fan of playboys but when they stop their ways for the ONE, I must admit they can win me over.

I liked the mystery surrounding Reese for the first part of the book. You learn she is running from something but the author was pretty good about keeping you guessing.

When a love/hate relationship is done right, the chemistry can be pretty hot. I would say Reese and Cade's was done right! Arc provided by Netgalley.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book which is the conclusion to this series. I am sorry to see this series end because I have had fun getting to know these former SEALs and their feisty partners. This one pairs Cade, the numbers guy, and Reese, a waitress (at the moment), who challenge each other and watching them is a delight. Reese is a transplant from New York and it is evident she is running from something and waitressing is not where she really belongs. Get her in the kitchen and she shines. It takes a few fresh ingredients, secret salsa making, and the cook not actually being able to cook before everyone realizes Reese is the one responsible for the changes in the menu. Add in a panic attack and pillow talk and finally Reese and Cade come together. All bets are off then. Can these two who are both sure they cannot handle a relationship actually find what they need in each other? Only if they get out of their own way. This was such a fun and enjoyable read and I highly recommend this one and, in fact, all three in the series.

**Received this ARC for review from the publisher via NetGalley**

Really cute story! I love the sexual tension and slow burn between Reese and Cade. Jack was a really nice addition to the story and I loved how he fit in to the ending. Definitely give this romantic and sensual story a shot.

ARC provided by NetGalley.

Long Shot is about two characters that have dealt with tough experiences and their paths cross. Cade is an ex-Navy Seal who owns a bar along with two other men who served with him. Reese is a waitress at Cade's restaurant who is overly qualified for the job but is running from her past. The book had potential but I just couldn't find myself getting into the book. I felt as if there was too much going on and it didn't really grab my interest. Once secrets were revealed about both characters, I felt incomplete. It wasn't quite satisfying.

After reading the two previous books about these former NAVY seals and their bar, I was excited to read this one. Great story about the mysterious Cade and more details about his past and why he is the way he is. Throw in an enticing bar tender with a knack for pushing his buttons and you are sure to see fire.

I love all your book. Cade and Reese are great together. Fear, love, friendship. Even the dog is cute!

This was really good. I loved it, just like the rest of the series. The characters and emotions were good, especially Jack! 😀 I wish there were more books in the series.

Cade owns a tequila bar with his 2 SEAL buddies and even though they have found the love of their lives (in book 1 & 2), Cade is still playing the field ... one night at a time. But when he hires a new waitress (Reece), his chest flutters when he sees her, but Beck and Marco have warned him to stay away from the staff, because they don't want to loose good staff because he can't keep it in his pants. But after 3 months of keeping away from her, one night when she has a breakdown, he takes her home and all his resistance fails.

I loved how even though Cade was a manwhore ... he was still a good guy and deep down he wanted what his buddies had, but was afraid he didn't deserve it. And even though Reece was in her late 20s, she seemed to be kinda innocent in the relationship department. Together they are just a couple that you couldn't help fall in love with and want their story to end with a happily-ever-after. This book is a great addition to the series.

I received an ARC courtesy of Random House - Loveswept through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.

Cade Hardy has taken interest in his bar's new waitress Reece, she is good at what she does, but sometimes she is a little too opinionated about what should be done at his bar, and it irks him more than a little. But there is also another side to her, one that she doesn't want to reveal, but every once in a while a little of it slips out, and it's caught his attention, enough that he wants to help her deal with whatever it happens to be... she on the other wants nothing to do with him. He knows she has seen him leave with random women, heard the rumors of his reputation, but he wants to show her that he can be a better man, if she will give him the chance. Now he just has to figure out a way to convince her to let him in, and accept his help!

Long Shot is an absorbing and steamy tale that will grab you from the first page, and hold you hostage until the last! As soon as I met these two I knew they were going to treat me to a good story, there was a lot of resistance there, and some evident sparks mixed in here and there, which could only mean one thing, things were destined to get hot at some point... and boy did they ever!! Along their journey things took a serious note too, one that tugged on my heartstrings, and stirred my emotions...overall it was a really pleasurable tale, one that is sure to linger with me for a while! Highly recommend this one, these two wonderfully crafted characters are sure to score a special place in your heart!!

I requested an advanced copy from the publisher, and voluntarily read and reviewed.

Long Shot (Last Shot, #3) by Kelly Jamieson... This is the 3rd book in the series ...now I have to go back and read the first two.... I was privileged to preview this book on #NetGalley and really enjoyed Reese and Cade's story... They are both dealing with issues and it was fun and touching watching them help each other heal...they get to their HEA and lets not forget Jack.

I love this series! I’m sad to see it end but am happy to finally get to see the mighty womanizing Cade fall prey to love. Beck and Marco already found their HEAs with Hayden and Carrie but Cade is determined to keep up his wild ways with one night stands. Until Reese starts working at Conquistadors. He is instantly attracted but knows he shouldn’t act on it because he is her boss. But best laid plans and all that. She ends up being everything he never knew he wanted and turns out was also afraid he could never have. I just love them together! They heal each other and are simply perfect together ! I also love Jack; he’s an adorable surfing surprise!!

I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

What an amazing story to wrap up this series with! Cade and Reece are awesome characters and I was cheering for them right from the start. Cade is the money man at Conquistadors. Sure he likes to blow off steam with the ladies but he's committed to making the bar a success. That means dealing with the staff which includes the feisty new waitress Reece. Keeping his attraction to her in check is proving difficult especially when she challenges him at every turn. It's clear she has secrets but uncovering them is hard until one day everything becomes obvious!

Put this one on the must read list. I highly recommend it.

I had read book 2 of this series, and even though ii was not one of my favorite books , I decided to give this series a second chance.
Maybe because I am a mature woman, but this no did not do it for me either.
I was never engaged in the plot, nor did I connect with Reece or Cade .
Did I skip some pages? Yes, but since I was determined to find out what secrets were being kept, I finished it.
Still, I respect the efforts and dedication of the author, and for that , I have given it a 3 star.
I was gifted this copy by Netgalley. The opinions expressed are solely my own.