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Love Lockdown

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Hell.
That’s what Abigail Adams had been living. Since as early as she could remember she had been in the deepest darkest pits there was on this earth.
Finally having the courage to stand up against what she knows was wrong, finally escaping the abusive life she was living, she moves into the happiness and comfort of a happy home.
Tragedy strikes again and Abbi is left alone once more, her life in danger daily. After three years on the cold streets on London she is taken in by the Sexy, rich, intoxicating and intriguing Alpha male; Leighton Lock.
Can Leighton help fix Abigail, to mend her broken and scarred heart or will her life continue in the relentless spiral downwards?
With danger following Leighton at every turn, will he be able to protect both of them, can Leighton save Abbi before everything just becomes too much to handle.
Follow Abigail and Leighton as they begin this passionate, erotic and dangerous journey that will change both of their lives.

Contains explicit M/M, M/M/FF, F/F and M/F sex scenes, strong language and violence

324 pages, ebook

First published March 29, 2014

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A.T. Smith

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Also writes as Shannon Dobson.

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Profile Image for Julie.
750 reviews156 followers
August 6, 2015
Authors NOTE: Contains explicit M/M, M/M/F/F, F/F and M/F sex scenes, strong language, violence, scenes of rape and enough heat to start a fire.

I have to agree and she did deliver! Definitely hot, EXPLOSIVE!


Yes, there is a story to this, a very good one at that! Leighton is steaming hot, hell, all the guys are! Abbi, that girl has had an aweful life, that my friends is an understatement, and she is so strong! I have to admit, I feel there were/are some cheez~moments but all the rest makes up for it.






I had already started book #2 when I wrote this, as I said, there's definitely a story as well but there is an abundance of this as well and I'm enjoying every minute but the author clearly states above what you're going into and it continues I'm sure through the entire series as the warning is given for each one. Don't say you weren't aware and 1 star because of that.

March 27, 2014
I was given a advanced readers copie of Love Lockdown for a honest review, OMG this book had me in tears from the first page, this book has is all heartbreak from first page , hell of a lot of steamy sex scenes that will get you hot under the collar, and even hotter men,. I couldn't put it down. Ariana Temperance Smith, this book is Amazing congratulations on a fantastic book.
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4 reviews1 follower
July 16, 2014
the beginning of the story was pretty hard hitting but I liked that because I empathised with the character and really rooted for her but unfortunately went rapidly downhill from there
the book has had so many great reviews so tried to stick with it but I gave up around 40%
another book I really wanted to like but just not my bag

*updated*
amended rating after I received a response by the author as she seems like a genuinely nice person who puts herself out there for us all to judge and doing it with style and grace, that's worthy of some admiration
314 reviews7 followers
April 6, 2014
Just finished reading this book and I'm a wreck!
The story is emotional and powerful.
The beginning is tough to read but necessary to the story, the relationship between Abbi and Leighton progresses sweetly but all the time you're waiting for it to go horribly wrong!
The ending just killed me and left me hanging for the next instalment.
Can't wait to read more from this amazing new author.
Profile Image for Rhonda Hardy.
10 reviews
March 31, 2014
This is a must read! this book is amazing, I love Abbi and Leighton, this book takes you into the lives of Abbi and Leighton, you get to see and feel how Abbi is feeling and her love for the man who saved her life. This is a very sexy and hot book. I Highly recommend this book to everyone.
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298 reviews96 followers
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May 24, 2016
I will (maybe) go back to this.... For now it's going back to my TBR..
The premise is great, the writing just doesn't appeal to me rt now. Among other things, there are way too many "sweethearts" and "darlin's" for a 26 yr old man NOT from the deep south.
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109 reviews1 follower
May 3, 2017
I first read this book a while ago, and have since read it about 4 maybe 5 times. I love this author and her books.
This book was the first I read by Shannon Dobson, and it was one of the best days of my life because I found her.
I don't know where to start with this story, I loved pretty much everything in it, there is something for everyone, there were times when I wanted to cry, and I did, there were parts that made me laugh, there's enough violence for it to be hot, and don't even get me started on the sex scenes 😍😍
This is one of the best trilogies I have read.
I wish I could give more stars than 5.
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March 4, 2022
🎁The Complete Series is FREE on Amazon today (3/4/2022)! 🎁
Profile Image for Two Ordinary.
201 reviews28 followers
November 12, 2014
Love lockdown by A.T Smith

5*****
My first thought about this read is H.O.T!!!!
A.T Who,what,where when and how do you come up with those sex scenes!!
Ok ok let's get down to the nitty gritty the book...
Abigail Adams has had a shit life and I mean SHIT. After losing the one most important person to her she ends up on the streets. 3 years down the line life ain't any better so much so she's being attacked by some drunk in an alley until a velvet smooth voice steps in and saves her......
Leighton lock..OMG...that man is a panty melting fine piece if ass and the truest of gentleman to make him perfect, he takes Abigail and soothes nourishes and helps her grow again. but then there's his job and with he line of work he does it can't all be plain sailing for this picture perfect couple.
Can Leighton save, love and cherish this broken girl???
Can Abigail protect what she has come to believe has her own???
A.T.... We read this before it was published and now again since. Leighton and Abi both are amazing characters the way you portray them both is perfect. The amount of crap Abigail has been through, you make her strong and prove to the world she isn't a victim but a survivor, she doesn't have to be this quite mousy girl, But a string feisty woman. Leighton is honest, caring and so Damn fine. The perfect up n coming book boyfriend. They pair with each other amazingly. The outer characters are strong and i hope to hear more from these.
Now the twist at the end.....I can't wait to see what Leighton does!!!
Your writing is strong and flows, your sex scenes are blush worthy, your characters are believable. You wrote a fantastic story.
Can we say we're proud to have helped you from the beginning....
1000%… Be proud of Love lockdown as we proud of you.
Much recommended book.
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1,104 reviews54 followers
August 15, 2015
Love Lockdown is an intense, heartbreaking story from a girl who's homeless, who's life has been a living hell. We find out her past, along with the present. Her inner feelings and hopes and dreams.

Abigail is a strong minded, independent young woman with no home, no family and who has been traumatised beyond repair. Until she's rescued and taken in by Leighton Lock. A hit alpha male, wreaking of money. He's kind, he's gentle and he gives her everything she wishes.

I don't want to go into the story too much in fear of giving too much away but this story was freakin' intense. At the end I was so flabbergasted and confused, I slapped my kindle in anger.

I found this book to have too much sex....on almost every other page. Some scenes I had to skip passed so I can read more of Abigail and Leighton's story. I found one particular sex scene excruciatingly HOT and my God I wish I was in the room with them! This author is brazen enough to include it and it was amazing and sexy as hell to read. Though, I did find it was rushed in to and came out of no where.

This book takes you on a journey of despair but at the same time full of love and excitement, yet terrifying at the same time. I've cried sad tears and happy tears all at once.

I can't wait to get ahold of the next one so I can find out what happens next....I do hate cliffhangers haha.

Aimed at audiences of 18+ with sexual content and graphic violence NOT suitable for younger readers.
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72 reviews2 followers
May 28, 2014
Bloody hell this book has everything going for it hot as hell and big massive emotional roller-coaster all at the same time her writing style is fantastic which helps make this book work Love Lock down had me crying from the first few pages for the main character Abigail and for the shit life she had been dealt.And it takes lot for me to cry so that's how quickly i connected with the character and the story , oh not forgetting Legighton , oh my my my i can say now i fell hard for Leighton as he is a bad boy alpha, which if like me you like that type you will fall for him as hes just what everyone needs. I read this book on my hols within the first couple evenings of being there when i was tucked up in bed late at night, it is a real page turner. Warning there is one hell of cliffhanger of an ending, which has left me very eager for more , im sure it leaves everybody feeling the same.
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199 reviews5 followers
April 2, 2014
I've been waiting for this book for what feels like forever, and I can honestly say it was well worth waiting for, Ariana Temperance Smith is a writing genius honest to god this lady has some serious skills.

Now let's get the book, it's heartbreaking, soul destroying, but you also get a whole heap of sweet and romantic, and panty melting hot as hell sex ( I mean seriously f**cking hot no shit this lady can write sex like you wouldn't believe).

Leighton is a man with a dark edge, he's dominant to his core, and loves so fierce it'll make you wish you were in Abigail's shoes even if just for a few minutes.

Abigail will pull at your heart strings and before you know it you'll be in tears, but don't be fooled Abi is tough and resilient and there's nothing she wouldn't do for the people she loves.

This book had me gripped till the very end, it pained me to have to put it down to sleep, I'm just crying out for more now cause sadly every book has to end.
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1,181 reviews13 followers
April 22, 2016
Love It

Wow I don't know what to say about this book. I just finished reading it and wow just wow, love the characters can't believe that's how it end it I'm going to keep this short.

Let me just say that Abby had gone through so much in life ever since she was a child. After she was thirteen her life kept on changing, when she thought that everything was starting too look up for her and that she is happy again her life is turned upside down. Now it has passed three years that she's been living on the street that until one night she meets Leighton and her life starts too look up again will it stay like that or will her life been turn upside down again.

I can't wait to read the second book in the series.
Profile Image for Katey Stead.
12 reviews10 followers
March 31, 2014

OH MY GOD! I was completely hooked on this book, I totally loved Leighton and Abbi.

Their story took on many twists, as well as sexy scenes that get you a bit hot under the collar!

There is heartache and love galore in this book, so much that you won't be able to put it down. Ariana has created a book to get your teeth (and heart) into that you will be dying to know what happens at the end ... Will it or won't it be a happy ever after??
Profile Image for 'Q' aka CoCo.
569 reviews63 followers
November 12, 2014
Oh the cliffhanger...

I definitely need to see where this is going. The story is so sad and pathetic in the beginning but Abby's life makes a complete 180. Her decision making skills need some serious work (which leads to the cliffhanger) and that could be annoying at times but the sex was hot and I'm anxious to find out what secrets Leighton is hiding because I know there are many.
Profile Image for Andrea Britton.
2,157 reviews41 followers
April 9, 2014
One of the hottest books out! Love LockDown is filled with so many emotions. Poor Abbi, she has been put through hell and then Leighton Lock finds her and rescues her. This book is so steamy and filled with so many turns and twists. The author knows how to grab your attention and keep it through this HOT read. Her words are incredible. Such talent. A highly recommended series!!
Profile Image for Hayley.
372 reviews
April 15, 2014
This book deserves 5*s the first few pages will have you in tears but as you read in there is a lot to take in some of it is sexual, violent and descriptive.
I loved the characters and the way each was described and some times in the book was uncomfortable to read about.

Will look forward to see in how book 2 will be based
Profile Image for Debbie.
57 reviews4 followers
March 31, 2014
I was lucky enough to be a beta reader for Love Lockdown and I must say that I absolutely loved Abbi's and Leighton's story. Ariana Temperance Smith has done an amazing job. I was hooked from the very beginning. I couldn't put it down once I had started it.
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Author 3 books11 followers
April 13, 2014
Omg am left hanging and need more there both well suited and perfect for each other but after 1 mistake made it now gonna change everything.

she gone from a girl to a women and had so much happen to her and then finds her man and her life changes for the better for her or have they .....
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25 reviews
April 1, 2014
wow!!!! that's all I can say right now!! I need book 2 NOW!!!!
77 reviews35 followers
February 15, 2016
I just finished this and all I can think is.
What the crap..
OMG
That cliffhanger is worst than Game by Barry Lyga
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January 29, 2017
what a book... i couldnt put it down jesus its the best book ive read in years. just got the next 2
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1,001 reviews5 followers
November 12, 2014
3 - 3.5 stars

This was an interesting story. I say interesting because I wasn’t really sure how I felt about it. I was hooked from page one, there were some things I could have done without, there were some things I didn’t fully understand, there were things that I loved and things I didn’t like. Overall though, 3 stars mean I liked it and I did.

We meet Abigail, living on the streets. She is 21 and has had a pretty terrible life. She comes from an abusive home, which was spelled out in pretty clear detail. Then she was taken into foster care where something great starts to happen only to have that world shatter all around her. Now living as a shell of the human she used to be she is up against terrible odds on the streets. Until one fateful night she is saved by the rich and handsome Leighton.

Leighton is the young, sexy, and wealthy savior. I don’t quite understand what kind of business he is in and I while I really liked him I had a hard time with him. I kept thinking there had to be more, that we were missing something, that something just didn’t fit, but none of those things were revealed in this book. I had a hard time believing in this rag to riches story and that was one of the things I didn’t really like about it. I also didn't care for some of the sex scenes. Don’t get me wrong, I love sex in a book, I like a lot of sex in a book, but there were a few times that it just didn’t work for me and the situation at the time. There were other times though, that it fit perfect and it was mighty explicit.

I was intrigued by some of the things that Abigail did and I really want to know how a certain situation is going to play out. I want to know what Leighton is going to do and I hope to find out more about him. I definitely liked it enough to continue because you are really left hanging and am fully interested in what is to come.
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39 reviews
May 4, 2016
Ok... This has to be the longest I ever took to finish reading a book. A stay home mom and with 9 month old, it was a bit difficult. This book was out of hand I would say. But then again the past year I only was reading baby books. I have read different books I don't have a particular genre. This has to be one graphic, out in the open, and a bit too rough.

It's about a girl name Abbi, she had a such a rough childhood that no child's should ever experience. Her only family she had left, took advantage of her in such a horrible way. Your father the man that once loved you and was to protect you, was the one killing you. This story was a bit graphic like I had mention, the raping, the abusive context, had me feeling like I shouldn't be reading this. But I kept going with the hope that it would get better for Abbi.
She had no one, lost her mother, her only friend, and her first love. She couldn't have nothing good happening. She ran away from it all. Becoming a homeless in a such young age. Worse being a beautiful girl and living in the street. Only meant trouble. Till one day she was being rape by another homeless guy and she just gave up in life, no strength to fight this man off her. In till an angel came and rescue her. that day Abbi was safe for the first time in a while. Someone that she never met, helped her. Not knowing that he would change her life completely. It's a bit unreasonable I would say. It's not a fairy tale ending. Lots of sex (which I don't mind). But there's also rape scene, and things people to do for the ones they love. I do recommend it to a particular crowd. That are a bit open minded and prepare for some of the rape scene.
Don't want to give much on this story I am going to read book 2. Just because I don't like cliff hangers.
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283 reviews
April 19, 2016
Leighton is a true knight in shining armor. Abigail is in need of a hero and Leighton is the man.

This story is about a girl named Abigail, who is at her lowest point when she meets (rescued by) Leighton. And from there the fairytale begins.

Although, there were a few issues and dangerous moments for the couple, they all made for a great story. My only issue is with the dumbass decision that Abigail makes in Chapter 35. You can’t be that stupid woman and think that by doing what you did will resolve matters and make for a safe environment for all involved. Stupid Dumb Cu^t!! When Leighton finds out it is going to be a hailstorm.

With that being said, I did enjoy Book #1 in the Lockdown Series. Now I’m off to begin Book #2 (Total LockDown) and see what challenges are in store for Abigail and Leighton.
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6 reviews3 followers
October 1, 2014
Abbi and Leighton, what an amazing team these 2 make. When you first start off on this book, you feel the heart break and desperation with poor Abbi. She is a young women who is broken and alone and has almost given up on life, that is until she meets a mysterious man who changes her whole world and everything she has ever known or felt. While reading this I was brought to laughter and tears, this is a modern day love story or heartbreak and true devotion. These characters are flawed and they learn to embrace themselves and each other and try to over come all their demons.. Will they conquer and survive this life and one another.. I guess we will have to wait and see with book 2.

Brilliant read!!
Profile Image for Lorie Varner.
260 reviews
May 7, 2016
Ok book but cliffhanger

I don't really know how I feel about this book! You have a girl that is abused by her father, after the father rapes her friend she finally calls the police and is then put in foster care with a wonderful family! She then falls in love with another foster boy that ends up getting killed. So she leaves her foster home and spends 3 years living on the street! So a man saves her from another man that is raping her. He takes her home, within a day they are having sex. This is not realistic to me! After all she's been through! Then it ends with a cliffhanger!
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