However as the novel went on and Iris got to know him better, I enjoyed him more. It took me a long time to get to like him as a character. One of my favourite things about Under Locke is that the reader gets to see Iris grow throughout the novel and not only find herself, but those around her.ĭex is great. She feels lost and doesn’t even know when to begin and when she lands the job at Dex’s place, she thinks she can get that start. I didn’t love her like I normally do with a female protagonist, but as the novel went on I grew to like her.

But as they spend more time together Iris and Dex get to know different sides to one another and sparks start to fly. He is hot-headed, rude, impatient and a jerk at times. And when Sonny gets her a job at a tattoo shop owned by his friend Dex, she thinks she is finally on her way to starting again. She is broke and just wants a fresh start. Under Locke follows Iris Taylor who has recently moved to Austin to be with her half brother. But it’s different and I really enjoyed that. One of the things that Zapata is very good at slow-burn romances. I think this has to be one of my favourites of the Marina Zapata that I’ve read so far. … she should have chosen the strip club Under Locke: He’s rude, impatient and doesn’t know how to tell time.Īnd the last thing they ever expected was each other.īut it was either the strip club or the tattoo shop. Except Dex Locke might just be the biggest jerk she’s ever met. I’d gotten over epic heartbreak before, one more wouldn’t kill me.Īfter moving to Austin following six months of unemployment back home, Iris Taylor knows she should be glad to have landed a job so quickly… even if the business is owned by a member of the same motorcycle club her estranged father used to belong to.

Worst case scenario if things turned awkward between us, I could go somewhere else. But he was everything that gripped me, both the good and the bad. He was my boss, my brother’s friend, a Widower, an ex-felon, and a man I’d seen casually with a handful of women.

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