Review: Holy sweet anticipation!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
Please don't get put off by the negative reviews. This is a five star read.  It was a long read featuring hot tattooed bikers so you really get your money's worth.  There is no cliffhanger and there is a sweet epilogue. There is the promise of future books featuring some of the other hot bikers. What more could you want!Our heroine Iris has had a lot heartache in her young life.  Her father abandoned her family, her loved ones have died and her younger brother whom she raised joined the Army and is stationed in Japan.  She loses her job and turns to her only relative for help, half brother Sonny.  Sonny helps her get a job as receptionist at the local tattoo parlor where she meets Dex (Charlie) the owner.  And thus begins the romance.Dex is grumpy, impatient, rude and a complete arse at times when he loses his temper but....He is never lewd or behaves inappropriately toward Iris.  If anything he treats her like he would a sister and is very protective of her, making sure she is safe when she walks to her car at night for example. He is never portrayed as a man whore. He is smart, loyal, trustworthy, runs a successful business  and talented as an artist. Iris is sweet and funny and a bit dorky which lands her into trouble a few times.  But Dex is there to rescue her every time.  There is lots of flirtation and funny banter throughout the book and some great character development.  This is one the few stories I have read where the H/h don't hook up until halfway through the book.  The anticipation and the slow build up saves the very best till last and oh so worth the wait!If you want to read a gritty MC club book (a la Undeniable) then this is not the book for you.  This was more the pace of a Kristen Ashley MC book with hotter sex and a tattoo parlor atmosphere (hello all you Cherrie Lynn fans!).I loved it and I hope Mariana Zapata gives us more in the very near future.  Hint hint please can we have Sonny or Trip's story next?