✫✫ 4 Stars ✫✫

I have no idea what took me so long to get to this book. I really enjoyed it and the characters. After book 1 I wasn't thrilled about a Luke Boone book but my opinion changed 100%. This book is filled with excitement and action and also steamy with a sweet love story. Can't wait to move on to book 3.

The narration is good, I enjoy Elizabeth Louise for NA Adult's and Josh Goodman is always great too.

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Good story but...

I liked the story and the characters but.. I had to stop listening because every other word was the F WORD.. If that doesn't bother you , then you will like this book.

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Good listen, very captivating story

I really liked the story of Luke and Rain. The narrators did a fabulous job of reading this tale.
The book was very well written, of course, the author being one of my favorites.
Just like Burying Water though, this book is almost a stressful read. You want to know what happens, but you know it's a complicated set up, so it's stressful to figure out how it will end.
It's well worth a credit :)

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How to catch a car thief

STORY (romance/suspense) - Clara is an FBI agent, undercover as sexy rich girl Rain so she can spy on sexy possible car thief Luke. Things get really complicated when Rain starts to actually have feelings for Luke. What follows is a sweet romance and a lot of sticky situations as Rain tries to investigate the car thief ring while protecting Luke from danger...as she tries to hide her feelings and their, um, escapades from her partners who listen to her every move through a bugged necklace she wears 24/7.

I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the ending. The romance is sweet and the investigation is suspenseful, though I wouldn't call it edge-of-your seat stuff. I won't say the book is slow because it isn't, but it's not fast-paced either. It is a nice, easy listen which comes to a realistic conclusion.

PERFORMANCE - The book has a male and a female narrator, and they alternate chapters and perspectives. Therefore, each has a voice for Rain and a voice for Luke, so the main characters sound differently depending who is reading. I enjoyed hearing both perspectives as the story moved along and both narrators do a great job.

OVERALL - There is no violence in this book, although there is a murder. There are only a couple sex scenes, and they're not very long or explicit. This is the second book in the series, but it stands alone. The story is about 50% romance and 50% suspense, so I don't really think it's a guy-type book. Recommended for gals old enough to hear lots of F-words.

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TOTALLY SURPRISED BY THE SUSPENSE.

Becoming Rain is the second entry in the Burying Water serie by K. A. Tucker, and as much as I liked the first book, Burying Water, Becoming Rain took my enjoyment to a different level.

I eat up these audiobooks like pop-corn strictly for the entertainment value. I don’t expect to find philosophical answers or long life lessons to live by. I love them b/c they take me away, and now, if the author adds a suspenseful plot and twist and turns to an already interesting love story, you can bet I’ll devour it.

Undercover agent, Clara Bertelli has become “Rain” to get close to the target of her investigation.
She was aware of all the risks this mission presented, but she never imagined her heart and career in danger. But as love stories go, the closer she got to her target, the closer he got to her heart – easily understood after we meet Luke Boone.

I was surprised by the level of suspense I found in the plot. Things got slow start while things got setup, but by the middle I was completely enthralled with Luke and Rain’s point of view. I got lost in the world of mafia, crime, romance, and pounding moments that made the 11 hours in the audiobook feel more like three.

Genre: NA Contemporary
Sensuality: HOT

NARRATION
Again, Elizabeth Louise proves why she’s ones the best voices and interpreters of NA novels.
Her delivery of Becoming Rain is outright fantastic!
Clara (Rain)’s point of view was a flawless interpretation by Elizabeth. Her delivery yield a strong and smart heroine that even in the moments of doubt never come across as a weak character. I love that!
The suspense and romance are equally transmitted to the listener to ensure a great experience.

I wasn’t 100% sold on the interpretation of Jesse on Burying Water by Josh Goodman. I liked it, but I thought he sounded a bit much of a wise guy. Now for Luke Boone was a totally fitting approach and enjoyed his performance much more than I did in the previous novel.

All in all, I really enjoyed both of their performances, they made Becoming Rain a real winner for me.

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Love this series

What did you love best about Becoming Rain?

I enjoyed that it was an extension of Burrying Water which I really loved.

What did you like best about this story?

I was so excited to hear more on Water and Russ and these new characters so likable.

Which scene was your favorite?

I don't have a specific scene, loved the entire book.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I don't want to ruin it for anyone. These books have heart and the characters are so likeable.

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Huge KA Tucker Fan Now

This series is awesome. Love the characters and the depth of each story. So far I think this one is my favorite...until I read the next one.

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LOTS OF SUSPENSE, INTRIGUE & DRAMA BUT.....

I have to give this story 5 stars because it's full of intrigue, suspense, twists, thrills and chills BUT it didn't have the romance I was expecting. I started off disliking the hero Luke because he was a womanising, ambitious punk.... and yeah he was gorgeous, sexy and fit and he knew it. But as the story creatively and captivatingly unfolded his true nature came out and, as he fell for the heroine, he became caring, thoughtful, kind and it was obvious he was being misguided and misled. Carla was undercover as Rain to infiltrate a car theft organisation and her mission was to get close to Luke (lucky girl) but the closer she got to Luke the more drawn to him she felt. This put the whole mission in jeopardy and it could cost her her job, her heart or even her life.

Loved Luke but didn't love the way he was being lied to and manipulated by Rain, oh I know it was her job but it sucked because whilst he was slowly opening up to Rain, sharing secrets with her and falling deeper for her, she was lying to him, exploiting his feelings towards her and using him. I realise she was between the rock and the hard place because it was her job and her feelings towards Luke were growing stronger too but I would have warmed to her more if she had opened up and somehow warned him. But sadly that's just me rewriting the book to cater for my own selfish romantic viewpoint.

Skilled writing of an ingenious plot, a tight web of intrigue with clever interweaving threads, the sex was mild but unfortunately there was no "I love you's". The narrators were great because some chapters were from Luke's POV so were narrated by Josh Goodman and the others were from Rain's POV and were narrated by Elizabeth Louise which worked well.

Worth a credit? I can't fault the suspense and intrigue but I was disappointed there wasn't more romance so, although this is a well written worthy 5 star listen, I wouldn't recommend it to listeners who are looking for a more romantic love story.

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Meh- not as good as her others.

It wasn't really Believable in my opinion. I liked two of her other books burying water and chasing river but in this one the characters were not as real and their motivations a bit hard to buy. The erotic scenes seemed a bit forced and over the top in this one as well.

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Loved this one!!

I liked this one better than Burying Water. It had a lot of "What will happen" moments which is a good way to breeze through a book. I love the characters of Rain and Luke.
Elizabeth Louise and Josh Goodman narrate this book to perfection. They make it work so well and you can lose yourself in your imagination of where they are and what they do. Of course KA Tucker gets another 5 star rating of her writing. Onto the next in the series. Loved this one!!

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