Saving Justice: Heart of the City (Hometown Romance), by Susan Crawford
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After losing her brother to gang-related violence, elementary schoolteacher Kinley is on a mission to help her at-risk students. When one of them, Justice, is caught in an act of vandalism, she intervenes. Entrepreneur Nash McGuire has gone to great lengths to overcome the poverty he grew up in. When working on a renovation project in his old neighborhood he collides with a juvenile delinquent and his do-gooder teacher. Kinley believes Justice can overcome the influence of his environment; Nash knows the odds and has little patience with Kinley’s naivety. But as the boy’s mandatory community service forces Justice and Kinley into Nash’s life, he can’t help but discover a boy searching for love and purpose–a boy very much like he once was. Then Justice is accused of another crime. And Kinley’s stubborn belief in the boy’s innocence is just too much for Nash to accept…
Saving Justice: Heart of the City (Hometown Romance), by Susan Crawford - Amazon Sales Rank: #2770434 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .49" w x 5.25" l, .50 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 196 pages
Saving Justice: Heart of the City (Hometown Romance), by Susan Crawford From the Back Cover Chapter 1 Excerpt Kinley Reid stepped off the porch and navigated through the yard, weaving around an old bicycle tire and over a dirt-caked glass bottle. A red sports car in the adjacent driveway caught her eye, and a tall man in a polished gray suit stood near its front bumper. What was a man like that doing in this part of town? That car of his probably cost more than the combined yearly income of the entire block. He moved around to the driver's side, and she caught a glimpse of his chiseled face, which might've been movie-star handsome if not for the scowl pinching his features. Off-putting as his expression was, she needed to find Justice. Maybe the guy had seen him. As Kinley strode toward him, a blue streak blurred through her periphery and crashed into her side, the impact knocking her out of step. Justice, wild-eyed and clad in his blue OKC Thunder T-shirt, bounced off of her and glanced nervously over his shoulder. "Miss Reid? What're you doing here?" "Looking for you, buddy." Thank the Lord he was okay. She wrapped an arm around him and got a hefty whiff of sweat and the same stale odor that accompanied many of her students--the one she'd labeled the stench of poverty because she couldn't describe it any other way. Taking a deep breath in through her mouth, she gave him a squeeze, but he stiffened in her arms. "Where have you been? I was worried about you." He pulled away and stared at the ground. "I been around." "Around?" She lifted the boy's chin. "Have you been sick?" "No." "Well, where have you been?" He peeked at her from beneath his lashes and shrugged. "Just around." She waited for more explanation, but none came. "Justice, you can't skip school." "Sorry." He finally met her gaze and held it, as if silently pleading for forgiveness. Those deep brown eyes melted Kinley. There was the boy she'd come to know. She pulled him close for another embrace and this time, he didn't resist. "Apology accepted. But no more missing school." He nodded, but his eyes darted to the side, and he began to fidget. "I gotta go. Catch ya later, Miss Reid." He bolted toward his house, only covering a few feet of ground before the man in the suit came from behind Kinley and clapped a hand on the boy's shoulder. After parking Justice in front of her, the man quickly removed his hand and jerked his tailored cuffs down one at a time. Did he think mere contact with the child would mar his image? His blue eyes surveyed her from head to toe. "You're his teacher?" This guy was obviously way above her pay grade. Seemed he knew it, too. Her rumpled thrift-store skirt and scuffed flats must have given her away. She tamped down her insecurities and offered her hand. "I'm Kinley Reid. I teach at Martindale Elementary." "Nash McGuire." His hand closed around hers with a firm grip. "Your little friend here has been busy this afternoon." Kinley bristled at the cynical edge in his voice, but she couldn't deny the gentleness in his touch as she withdrew her hand. "What do you mean?" He glared down at Justice. "He trashed my car." His tone was grumpier every time he opened his mouth. Kinley leaned right, trying to see around his bulky shoulders to inspect the red vehicle in the driveway. "That car?" The passenger side was in view, and it appeared to be in perfect condition. The tires, windows, and doors all seemed fine. "Follow me." He stalked across the yard with Justice in tow. Kinley marched along behind them until he halted near the car and motioned to the hood. Justice planted his feet, crossed his arms over his chest, and turned his head away as if any old thing on the planet would be more interesting than what was happening in front of him. Kinley moved in closer to the car and found a giant "X" scratched into the paint, stretching across the hood from corner to corner. Okay, that looked bad. Mr. McGuire gave her an I-told-you-so look, then stepped around the car and gestured to the driver's side. Kinley trailed him again and gasped when she saw it. "Oh, no." In stark contrast to the cherry-red finish, neon-green spray paint covered the door and formed barely legible words. Rich boy. A white rectangle bordered the phrase and coated every inch of the tires and rims. The side mirror lay bent at a painful angle, and the door was dented. Staring at the damage, Kinley's hand drifted to cover her mouth. "I'm so sorry." The man's only response was a grunt. Kinley searched Justice's face. She couldn't fathom that the sweet boy she knew would do something so destructive. Her voice dropped. "Did you really do this?"He jutted his chin at Mr. McGuire instead of giving Kinley an answer. His dark eyes shot arrows of defiance at the man. She'd never seen Justice like this. "It wasn't me. You can't prove nothin'." Mr. McGuire reached into the pocket of his tailored pants, pulled out his phone, and tapped the screen a few times. He held it toward Kinley and effectively killed her hope of Justice's innocence. The screen displayed a picture of her promising young student leaning over the hood of the car with some kind of metal object in his hand--maybe part of a clothes hanger?--in mid-scratch.
About the Author Susan Crawford grew up in Miami, Florida, and graduated from the University of Miami with a BA in English and a minor in psychology. She later moved to New York City and then Boston before settling in Atlanta to raise three daughters and work in the field of adult education. A member of the Atlanta Writers Club and the Village Writers, Susan teaches at Georgia Piedmont Technical College and dabbles in local politics. She lives with her husband and a trio of rescue cats in Atlanta, where she enjoys reading books, writing books, rainy days, and spending time with the people she loves.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. My first book by this author. It will not be my last. By Teresa E. Snyder Really good book! Very unique storyline about a teacher trying to make a difference in the lives of her students --- living in a run down, gang invested, side of town. One student in particular needed her help. In the process of helping her student she locks horns with Nash, a former resident of the neighborhood. What follows is heartbreaking, heart lifting, and full of love.I would love to see a sequel to this book with Cade's story (a loose end in the book) --- and a follow up with Nash and Kinley.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Fantastic Debut! By Jessica R. Patch Heartwarming, romantic, funny, Saving Justice is a stellar debut from Susan Crawford. I instantly fell in love with the characters and rooted for them to overcome their pasts and the obstacles keeping them from moving forward. Crawford knows how to pen a story that captivates a reader from the first page, carrying them through to a triumphant and satisfying ending.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Great Christian Romance Full of Hope By Kristal Singletary I had the pleasure of receiving an Advanced Read Copy (ARC) of Susan Crawford’s “Saving Justice” published through Redbud Press. Unfortunately, a death in the family means I’m late getting this review out but the book is still available in print and electronic format so it’s not too late to pick up your own copy, something I recommend you do if you are a fan of clean contemporary Christian romance with an underlying inner city theme.The story revolves around elementary school teacher Kinley Reid who lost her brother to gang-related violence and now struggles to help her students who are at-risk for the same outcome. Self-made real estate entrepreneur Nash McGuire, however, wants nothing to do with the neighborhood or poverty he grew up in. Kinley and Nash meet when one of her students, fourth grader Justice, vandalizes his Nash’s expensive car. As a form of punishment to the child rather than jail time, Kinley gets Nash to agree to let Justice repay some of the costs for repairing his car by doing ‘community service’ at the house Nash is trying to renovate and sell.Ms. Crawford did a superb job showing how one must often step outside of their comfort zone to truly meet the needs of God’s people. A true Jesus-follower cannot expect to always sit at home or within the four walls of their church building to share God’s message. Kinley exhibits this through her willingness to work in a rough area of Oklahoma City to provide quality education opportunities for the disadvantaged children in the area, but it doesn’t just stop there. She worries when one of her students fails to show up at school and goes to his house to ask about him, stepping in when he gets caught vandalizing a car and convincing the owner not to press charges. Instead, she persuades Nash to allow the juvenile delinquent to work off the cost of the damages by helping out at the house Nash is renovating in the neighborhood.But not everything is wine and roses. Nash just wants to finish the renovations and get out of the neighborhood, which only brings up bad memories of his own troubled childhood but he can’t seem to say ‘No’ to the persistent teacher. Justice finds himself torn between family loyalty to help bring in much needed money despite the actual method being illegal or following his teacher’s guidance and getting an education so he can live a better life without having to sacrifice his morals. Brilliant writing details the struggle between doing what’s right and what’s comfortable while adding depth to the characters that make you feel like you’ve known them all your life or could be them rather just reading about them for a few hours.A few small details prevent me from giving a perfect 5 stars for this book but it is close. At one point, Kinley and Nash follow Justice with one of his family members who is known to be a drug dealer and all around bad dude. Nash, quite logically, points out how dangerous following this guy might be and, even though I personally am a Jesus follower, the tirade Kinley goes into about how she had to do it and is basically obligated as a Christian to do so totally turned me off. I get we have to step out on faith and take risks at times but to put yourself into danger when you don’t have to can’t be what God wants. If I had been Nash at this point in the story, I would have told her to stop and let me out of the car, but it may just be a person thing for me. It just seemed very unlikely that someone who wasn’t a follower, like Nash, would have continued to help her when she seemed bent on putting herself into danger. For a new follower or someone just getting their feet wet in Christian fiction might feel alienated by this but fortunately the tirade is only a short portion of the one page, so it can be skipped.The second thing that bothered me somewhat was how contrived some of the situations putting Nash and Kinley together seemed. First, he’s a successful real estate professional. I’m sure he has contractors that help him with his other properties so it didn’t make sense to me that he would work on this one by himself, especially since it caused so much emotional turmoil. Also, it didn’t so much bother me that he parked his fancy car in front of the house while he worked in this bad neighborhood because I’ve seen it with some of the house flipping shows on TV. However, this nice fancy car caused a problem when you think about the tools he needed to carry for the work on the house. He could have had the material delivered but leaving tools inside this house that didn’t have any security seemed very foolish. In addition, after working all day with drywall, wood dust, etc., he just gets into the plush car and drives home? I think it would have made more sense if he had just stopped by the job site in this car when it was vandalized instead of actually working on the house. Then he could have brought a work truck back to work, which would have stood out less in the neighborhood as well.Overall, Ms. Crawford weaves a very entertaining romance that presents a strong inner city theme. With just a few tweaks, it would have been a 5 star book for me.
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