Book Review ** Prison by Toni V. Lee

Prison by Toni V. Lee was an interesting read. I enjoyed the interaction between the hero and heroine and could totally understand the dialogue in spite of the cultural and racial differences between the characters and myself. Set in my home town, it was neat to read about towns that I know so much about.

Undercover detective Sonja Grey is partnered with fellow undercover detective Max Trent to take down a drug dealer, Johnny “Rock” Stone, who has been running his operation at Sonja’s church. She isn’t a bit happy about the fact that Max introduces himself as her fiancé after she specifically told him that he wouldn’t play the part of her boyfriend. To make matters worse, he dresses as if he has no sense of fashion whatsoever. She ends up introducing him as Max Peacock due to his outfits.

Max has been in love with Sonja since soon after he met her, but Sonja just keeps pushing him away. When she finally realizes that there are many layers of Max that she has overlooked because of her preconceived notions about him, she begins to realize that she is pushing him away because she could like him a lot.  She finally sees that she needs to forgive a former boyfriend, so that she can finally allow God to heal her and let love in for Max.

When it comes time to make the arrest on Rock, things get a little hairy. You’ll laugh right out loud at the descriptions of Sonja’s “Aunts” and Max as the story moves along.

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