Under Locke in Some Like It Hot!

Apr 08, 2014 Emily rated it it was amazing

Shelves: virgin, title-u, bikers, author-z, characters-d, genre-new-adult, starting-over-divorced-seperated, tattoos, betrayal, shy-timid

Iris had survived everything that life had thrown at her. It had been a bumpy ride but now she is in another transition, moving from Florida to Austin, Texas. Her brother, a biker in an MC, gets her a job as receptionist in a tattoo parlor owned by Dex Locke.

Dex is a man who has a temper, it is a legendary temper and no one escapes his wrath. He is curt and takes no prisoners and when he meets Iris he knows she is all wrong for the shop but he is doing a brother a favor. Iris normally doesn't s ...more

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Mar 26, 2014 AlligatorSmith loves to read rated it really liked it

Shelves: alpha-hero, tattooed-guy, favorite, biker-motorcycle-mc, series-1, new-author-to-watch

Iris is feisty and has survived a lot of trouble in her life - serious trouble. Down on her luck, she goes to Austin to get some help restarting her life from her half-brother Sonny, who is a member of the Widowmakers MC. She ends up working in Dex's tattoo shop - he's also a Widowmaker. The storytelling was first rate, and I loved how the author characterized Iris as a survivor, who even though she might be afraid or shy in a situation, will do what she needs to do (and will also do some stupid ...more

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Mar 08, 2017 Aysheh Spicer rated it it was amazing

Nicely Done

Good read. Great story line. Love the bad mouth, bad attitude, but protective biker dude! What else could any damsel want?

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May 18, 2017 Elisabeth Cole rated it it was amazing

Shelves: love-this-author

I first purchased "Under Locke" 2 years ago in audiobook format. I tried to listen to it twice but couldn't get past about halfway. Just wasn't doing it for me! When I was recently looking for a good read, I checked Mariana Zapata's page because I've really enjoyed some of her other books. That's when I realized I hadn't read the e-book version of this and decided to give it a shot. I'm so glad I did because I loved it! For some reason the characters, storyline and dialog came across completely ...more

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Jun 06, 2019 Andrea (mrsaubergine) rated it liked it

Started off well but once the H and h hooked up all the UST was gone and the rest just dragged for me. It's a long book, and could have been improved and tightened with some decent editing. Iris was annoying and did some incredibly dumb things, coming across as much younger than she was. So overall it was okay, mostly because of Dex, but nowhere near as good as The Wall of Winnipeg. ...more

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