The Hood

Rebels and Rogues #2

by Carin Rafferty

FROM THE GHETTO AND PROUD OF IT! — Matt A street-smart rebel. An accountant who dressed in denim and leather, he lived and worked in the mean streets of East L.A. — Doria A fast-track professional. An IRS agent, she made sure no one knew she came from the wrong side of the tracks. — Doria Sinclair. It was a name Matt Cutter hoped never to hear again. As a teenager, he'd almost ended up in a juvenile detention center -- thanks to Doria. She'd stolen a car for a joyride, and he'd taken the rap for it.Then she walked back into his life. Matt swore not to be suckered by her, but soon he was hot for her -- again. Could Matt convince her to stop running from her past . . . and him?

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Linda Griffin Kichline (1950-)
aka
Allyson Ryan and Carin Rafferty.

Reviews

[Saly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really nice read. h/H used to be friends as teens, trying to survive the hood but they haven't seen each other in fourteen years, since the day the heroine ran away and let the hero be picked up for a car she stole. Both their lives changed after that. He was sent away and made something of himself. She started studying to stay away from her violent father. Fourteen years later the heroine an IRS agent is assigned to work with the hero auditing one of his clients. They have some obvious hostility from their unresolved past and also sizzling chemistry. The heroine has rebuilt her life on a lie, erasing all traces of where she comes from, lying to everyone she knows about her background and despite having so many people around she is lonely. The hero came back to do something for his community, even if he ends up helping out only one child. He is wonderful to the heroine, loving her but also holding up a mirror and pointing out the emptiness of her life. The poor heroine never stood a chance with an awesome guy like that. I enjoyed this one.

[Sara McBride · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly woke!

[DKSDGM · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was sadly, dreadfully boring. Best friends as kids and young teens, Matt and Doria haven't seen each other since their early teen years when he was sent to live out of state with his aunt and uncle after taking the blame for a car that Doria stole. Fifteen years later their paths cross again when Doria, now an IRS agent, is assigned to investigate on of CPA Matt's clients. There's no mystery or suspense here, no shady dealings, no bad guy putting them in danger, literally the only conflict in the story is that Doria has been lying about her past and Matt wants her to come clean about where she came from so that they can move toward a future together. With no real outside turmoil to balance the story, 219 pages of Doria insisting that no one can ever know she grew out in the ghetto and Matt insisting that she needs to accept her past to be her genuine self and enjoy the future is such the sleeper. This book is going to donation. Maybe someone out there will get more out of it than I did.

[Linda Verhage · Rating 4 out of 5]

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