Series: / standalone
Pages: 497
Genre: Romance
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. But he was everything that gripped me, both the good and the bad. Worst case scenario if things turned awkward between us, I could go somewhere else. I’d gotten over epic heartbreak before, one more wouldn’t kill me.
After 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. Except Dex Locke might just be the biggest jerk she’s ever met. He’s rude, impatient and doesn’t know how to tell time.
And the last thing they ever expected was each other.
But it was either the strip club or the tattoo shop.
… she should have chosen the strip club.
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❝You've gotta be the best thing I never knew I wanted.❞
It's official, I'm completely head over heels in love with Dex Locke.
This book ... dear God. This was such a good read that captivated me from the first page. Props to Miss Zapata because she just knows how to do it and she totally has me wrapped around her pinky with the guys she creates.
I was having a little trouble between 45 % to 60 % because the story kind of lost my interest for a bit with all the drama about Iris's father that just felt like it kept dragging on and on and there was no end to it, but, oh, the last part of the book made it all too worth it.
I loved Dex, most of the time at least. I loved him a little less when he was being a jackass, but he was still a sexy jackass, so I forgave him all too easily (I know, I know, shame on me). I don't care and I don't want to hear any judgment.
I love this thing in Zapata's books how she makes it obvious to readers that the characters are obviously in love with each other, but they're completely oblivious to it because she makes it work every time.
I just loved seeing Dex being all possessive, frustrated and all in knots because he had a thing for Iris since the moment she stepped a foot into his tattoo shop.
And out poor, oblivious Iris ... She really didn't know the storm with the name of Locke that was just waiting for her.
Honestly, this super slow burn book made me feel all kinds of things and the slowness of the story was so worth it. Zapata really knows how to captivate her readers. She's literally the queen of slow-burn stories.
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