A review by ncrabb
Becoming Rain, by K.A. Tucker
4.0
It's the almost-universal question: How do you get the guy to notice you? For Clara Bertelli AKA Rain Martines, it's a question upon which her job and her future depends.
Luke is a young man with tons of ambition, and he doesn't mind bending the law a bit if it means he can be a success. His Uncle Rust, the only father figure he has ever known, operates one of the largest and most sophisticated car theft rings in the northwestern United States. Rust has been working with the young man, prepping him for the eventuality of taking over the car repair shop--a totally legal clean place that fronts for the theft ring. Luke is at last ready to assume both the management of the garage--the legal side--and to dabble in the fast-women, fast-monied world of car thievery--a world that involves the Russian mafia and a host of international shady characters.
Clara is on a deadline. As an FBI agent whose warrant is about to expire on young Luke, she has to get him not only to notice her, but eventually to trust her. But as the two become better acquainted, she sees in him sparks of goodness that ignite her life in ways she hadn't expected when the assignment began.
This is a love story that includes suspense that aptly seasons the entire book. Elizabeth Louise and Josh Goodman were a stellar narration team. Louise was the perfect Clara. Her inflections and diction were a real pleasure to listen to. Goodman was Luke in every way you can imagine. He could communicate the guy's devil-may-care swagger probably very much the way Tucker envisioned it.
The F-bomb falls moderately often here, and while there aren't scores of sexual descriptions, they do exist. I hovered over the forward-by-phrase feature in my book player on occasion.
That said, this was one I put down only grudgingly and then for brief moments until it was finished. I highly recommend reading the first book in this series for a more meaningful experience with this one.
Luke is a young man with tons of ambition, and he doesn't mind bending the law a bit if it means he can be a success. His Uncle Rust, the only father figure he has ever known, operates one of the largest and most sophisticated car theft rings in the northwestern United States. Rust has been working with the young man, prepping him for the eventuality of taking over the car repair shop--a totally legal clean place that fronts for the theft ring. Luke is at last ready to assume both the management of the garage--the legal side--and to dabble in the fast-women, fast-monied world of car thievery--a world that involves the Russian mafia and a host of international shady characters.
Clara is on a deadline. As an FBI agent whose warrant is about to expire on young Luke, she has to get him not only to notice her, but eventually to trust her. But as the two become better acquainted, she sees in him sparks of goodness that ignite her life in ways she hadn't expected when the assignment began.
This is a love story that includes suspense that aptly seasons the entire book. Elizabeth Louise and Josh Goodman were a stellar narration team. Louise was the perfect Clara. Her inflections and diction were a real pleasure to listen to. Goodman was Luke in every way you can imagine. He could communicate the guy's devil-may-care swagger probably very much the way Tucker envisioned it.
The F-bomb falls moderately often here, and while there aren't scores of sexual descriptions, they do exist. I hovered over the forward-by-phrase feature in my book player on occasion.
That said, this was one I put down only grudgingly and then for brief moments until it was finished. I highly recommend reading the first book in this series for a more meaningful experience with this one.