I really enjoyed the book. The characters were great who had some struggles but grew and overcame them. I particularly enjoyed how David and Kylan’s friendship progressed.

I was expecting Mary's nephew to be a young child. He's an 18 year old with fetal alcohol syndrome. Mary does baby him and treat him a lot younger than he is. She really does work on that though so I got to give that to her. David is the one that helps her to see this. The relationship that David and her nephew, Kylan have is wonderful. We actually see more of David and Kylan together than we do of David and Mary.

“Last Chance Rodeo”, by Kari Lynn Dell, features two people dealing with real, serious issues, reminding us that beyond romance novels and the American Dream there’s a lot of hardships to face and overcome.
I loved both David and Mary as individuals but I didn’t really feel their chemistry as a romantic couple. David is a great hero and the celibacy makes him an even more human and attractive character. Mary is a scarred soul, with a past of grief, but she’s so strong, brave and protective of her nephew, Kylan.
Great outlooks, as usual with Lynn Dell, on ranching and rodeo life and universe and also on Blackfeet Nation, and not the rose tinted versions, but its gritty problems, yet still riveting and exciting.
I adored the horses – obnoxious and beloved Muddy, Frosty -, David’s relationship with them, and the rapport he established with troubled Kylan, a character whom I feel deserves his own story.

Rodeo star David Parsons had success within his grasp, then a night of minor indulgence results in disaster. Four years later he's hit rock bottom and is a long way on the path to dragging himself back to being a contender but without his champion horse Muddy he can't reach the heights he did previously. Then a friend calls and says he's seen Muddy. For the first time in four years David feels optimistic until he meets Muddy's new owners.

I really like Mira Lynn Dell's novels, not too schmaltzy, not cookie-cutter, not too cliched. I liked the tussle David had between his very understandable desire to reclaim Muddy with his need to be fair and honourable towards the new owners, Mary and her adoptive son Kylan.

This novel had cowboys, strong heroines, social issues, roping, and just love in all its dimensions: family love; adoptive love; romantic love; etc.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.