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    Audiobook11 hours

    Inside

    Written by Brenda Novak

    Narrated by Angela Dawe

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    Virgil Skinner served fourteen years for a murder he didn't commit. He's finally been exonerated, but he can't escape the gang he joined in order to survive. They'll do anything to keep him from telling what he knows. And if they can't get to Virgil they'll go after his sister and her kids.

    The California Department of Corrections needs someone to infiltrate another gang, one that's taking control of the state's most notorious supermax. Virgil agrees to do it under an alias—in exchange for his sister's protection.

    Chief Deputy Warden Peyton Adams is opposed to having Virgil in her prison. How will she protect him if things go bad? Besides, she's far too attracted to him; she might even be falling in love with him. That makes her all the more desperate to keep him safe—and it gives him someone else to lose.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 30, 2011
    ISBN9781455841752
    Author

    Brenda Novak

    New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak has written over 60 novels. An eight-time Rita nominee, she's won The National Reader's Choice, The Bookseller's Best and other awards. She runs Brenda Novak for the Cure, a charity that has raised more than $2.5 million for diabetes research (her youngest son has this disease). She considers herself lucky to be a mother of five and married to the love of her life. www.brendanovak.com

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    • 5/5
      Brenda Novak never fails me! She keeps me reading for days! Loved this book...now going to read the next!
    • 4/5
      Enjoyable.
    • 4/5
      This book was really good, my only real complaint is that it was moving along, moving along and than WHAM happy ending... out of freaking NOwhere. I was like 'wait a minute, wait a minute, What?!?!' there was like no closure, no detail as to how the happy ending even came about. I feel like we skipped at least 5 chapters, probably more!
    • 3/5
      inside by Brenda NovakVirgil Skinner is ready to go back to prison to find the information the departments need and try to calm the gangs down. He had just gotten out and hoped the dept. was going to live up to their end of the bargain-keeping his sister and family safe.The prison warden, Payton Adams was in charge, not by her choice but Fischer didn't want to take the fall for when it failed. She had worked 16 years there and was not ready to retire. She went to investigate Virgil where he stayed at the hotel prior to him arriving at the prison.Laurel had gone to pick him up at the prison when he was first released after 6 years of being accused/tried and locked up for killing his step father. They finally found proof it was not him. But he had gotten a ride by someone else by the time she got there.She noticed others watching her every move.In the prison there are a lot of guards that are corrupt that comes to light and Payton must deal with them with suspensions and she still fears for the prisoner that she must also protect.THe situation is comprised when she has sex with Virgil. She does find times to meet with him and pass him notes unnoticed by others.Conversations from the gangs, the feds protecting Laurel and the kids, inside the prison, among the guards and prisioners.
    • 3/5
      Inside is the first in the Bulletproof trilogy by Brenda Novak. Virgil Skinner has just spent fourteen years inside the prison system for a crime he didn't commit. Virgil may not have committed the crime he was charged with, murder, but he hasn't come out of the system an innocent man. Virgil joined a gang for protection while inside and cannot freely leave. Once you're in a gang you're in for life . . . or until death. It's bad enough he has the gang issue hanging over his head, but while inside he protected himself from deadly violence with deadly violence. As a result of these actions he has been "asked" to assist the California Department of Corrections in deterring another gang in the worst prison in the state, Pelican Bay, for a chance at a truly clean slate.Enter Peyton Adams, the Chief Deputy Warden at Pelican Bay. She is adamantly opposed to Virgil going undercover. She feels that it isn't possible to protect him from possible gang-related violence and she doesn't trust him. In a few short days Peyton learns that there is much more to Virgil than meets the eye and she begins to admire and respect him. Virgil only wants to protect his family, his sister and her kids, from possible gang retaliation and maybe get a fresh start in life.Gangs, prisons and undercover work apparently don't mix, at least not in a small town. It isn't possible to keep a secret, especially in a small town where everyone knows everyone else. What ensues is a rush to beat the clock and get the information that CDC wants while protecting Virgil and ensuring he gets what he wants. Throw in some not-so-honest correctional officials, a gang on the hunt for retaliation against Virgil, a family on the run and the suspense gets knocked up a few notches. Inside starts this series off with a bang and makes for a great weekend read.