Audiobooks Like Under Locke

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Under Locke runs sixteen hours, and the three-narrator cast — Ava Erickson, Bradley Ford, and Sebastian York — distributes the emotional weight in a way that sharpens the push-pull between characters rather than flattening it into a single perspective. At that runtime, the gritty atmosphere and dry wit in the writing have room to breathe, and the tension never tips into melodrama because the voices stay controlled even when the material doesn't. The bulk of the recommendations here are Zapata titles of roughly the same length, with Erickson returning on several of them — so the same slow escalation and sardonic undertow that make Under Locke click carry through most of the list.

10 audiobooks for fans of Under Locke

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    Wait for It

    by Mariana Zapata

    Narrated by Callie Dalton

    ★ 4.49 ABR Score (119.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (115.9K) ★ 4.67 Audible (3.6K)
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    From Lukov with Love

    by Mariana Zapata

    Narrated by Callie Dalton, Teddy Hamilton

    ★ 4.46 ABR Score (294.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (289.3K) ★ 4.64 Audible (5.0K)
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    Callie Dalton and Teddy Hamilton make this figure skating enemies-to-lovers crackle. The dual narration transforms contempt into chemistry.

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    Kulti

    by Mariana Zapata

    Narrated by Kyla Garcia, PJ Ochlan

    ★ 4.44 ABR Score (159.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (158.6K) ★ 4.79 Audible (483)
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    Kyla Garcia nails Sal's stubborn pride, and the 17-hour slow burn pays off with one of the most earned romances in the genre.

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    The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

    by Mariana Zapata

    Narrated by Stephen Dexter, Emma Wilder

    ★ 4.34 ABR Score (309.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (308.3K) ★ 4.62 Audible (1.0K)
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    Zapata's signature slow burn at its best, and the dual narration makes 18 hours feel like a guilty-pleasure binge you won't want to end.

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  5. 5
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    Dear Aaron

    by Mariana Zapata

    Narrated by Callie Dalton, Teddy Hamilton

    ★ 4.14 ABR Score (60.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (57.3K) ★ 4.51 Audible (2.7K)
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    Dual narration transforms each letter into intimate conversation; Zapata's precision makes this epistolary romance feel like falling in love in real time.

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    Hands Down

    by Mariana Zapata

    Narrated by Callie Dalton, Chris Brinkley

    ★ 4.11 ABR Score (53.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (51.6K) ★ 4.52 Audible (1.7K)
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    Callie Dalton and Chris Brinkley narrate what Zapata does better than most: a second-chance romance where the emotional weight is earned, not manufactured.

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    Across the Vanishing Sky

    Starlight Grove • Book 1

    by Catherine Cowles

    Narrated by Jason Clarke, Samantha Brentmoor, Sebastian York, Adam Gold, Teddy Hamilton, Connor Crais

    ★ 4.56 ABR Score (10.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (10.3K) ★ 4.85 Audible (564)
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    The ensemble cast—Clarke, York, Brentmoor leading the charge—transforms this dark mystery into something gripping and layered. Multiple narrators handling a complex past makes the twists land harder.

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    By a Thread

    by Lucy Score

    Narrated by Erin Mallon, Sebastian York

    ★ 4.36 ABR Score (183.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (179.2K) ★ 4.62 Audible (3.7K)
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    Erin Mallon and Sebastian York perform like they're actually in love. The chemistry is effortless, the banter lands sharp, and the slow-burn payoff feels earned.

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    Mistakes Were Made

    Story Lake • Book 2

    by Lucy Score

    Narrated by Lila Winters, Sebastian York

    ★ 4.30 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.81 Audible (291)
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    A Manhattan literary agent exiled to small-town Pennsylvania clashes with a man seeking the perfect wife while she's only after one perfect night. Lila Winters and Sebastian York create sparkling chemistry between these mismatched characters.

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    Luna and the Lie

    by Mariana Zapata

    Narrated by Callie Dalton, Gomez Pugh

    ★ 4.26 ABR Score (72.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (70.6K) ★ 4.57 Audible (2.2K)
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    Zapata writes secrets that people would actually keep, and Dalton and Pugh's narration captures all the emotional weight of that impossible choice.

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