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REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: LOCK & KEY (THE ONE-EYED JACKS MC Book 1) by CAT PORTER

July 2, 2014

Lock and Key

A Contemporary Romance – Motorcycle Club
Releasing June 23, 2014

Book Description:

Love not only stings when you lose it, when it’s ripped away,
but when it first sinks its teeth into you,
it can cut just as raw and sting just as deep.
I had forgotten that.
 
Fifteen years ago I had survived my Old Man’s murder
and swore to myself never again.
Never again surrender my heart.
Never again sacrifice to the Club.
At least that’s what I always believed.
Then I had to come home,
and my past and present blew up in my face
 
Who holds the keys to betrayal? To suspicion? To trust?
To brotherhood? To family?
To a bleeding heart?
Right now, I just might.
Some of us have to get really dirty before we can become truly clean.

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Ellen’s Review:

5++++ stars!!!

Once in a while, a book comes along that absolutely throws you for a loop and knocks your socks off and I’m happy to say LOCK & KEY is one of those books. A story about a 42-year-old heroine who has sacrificed her whole life to the One-Eyed Jacks MC, LOCK & KEY is hot, sexy, thrilling, perfectly written and filled with characters that I won’t soon forget.

Grace and Lock meet right at the beginning of the story and sparks fly. They are both damaged and not looking to connect with another human being on any kind of meaningful level. They spend an incredibly HOT night together ((hello, ice cube scene!!), thinking they’ll never see each other again, but boy, are they dead wrong.

I advoslutely fell in love with Lock, he is one bad-ass biker but he knows a good thing is right in front of him. The problem is, will he realize what a treasure Grace is before she slips away?

“I had my dream on my hands and in my mouth, and I never fucking realized.”

This story is perfectly told in both a combination of flashbacks and alternating POVs. The book unfolds like a flower petal, layer by layer peeled away until the reader is left incredibly satisfied at the end. This is a long and meaty book, filled with plenty of drama and scorching hot sex scenes, but I literally could not put it down until the very end. Ms. Porter has created a world of memorable characters, Alpha bikers, strong and feisty women and a solid story that will stay with me for a long time to come.

I highlighted half the book but instead I am “borrowing” the author’s teasers. This is an original and very creative story so I don’t want to give any of the plot away. Add Lock & Key to your TBR list immediately! This is a must-read book for all fans of strong writing, characters with backbone and beautiful stories about the importance of family and second-chance love. Ms. Porter deserves a place among Joanna Wylde, Madeline Sheehan and dare I say Ms. Kristen Ashley with her absolutely incredible debut MC romance book. Go meet Grace and Lock. I know you will be as captivated as I was.

(ARC provided by the author in return for an honest review.)

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Book Links

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/446522/
Barnes and Noble:http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lock-key-cat-porter/1119720741?ean=2940046001143
iBooks:https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/lock-key/id888037077?mt=11/
Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/Lock-Key-One-Eyed-Jacks-Book-ebook/
Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/lock-key-1

About the Author

I’m Cat Porter. I daydream all the time, ‘what if’ way too much, and am an incurable romantic. And I don’t want to be cured of any of those. Ever. I’ve always loved to read, and always needed to write. I like to explore what bonds a man and a woman together- the very small things and the sort of epic, the glory and the mess. Oh yeah, plenty of crazy mess. Don’t you think?

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