September 13, 2004
This slim but action-packed sequel to Skye's previous romance, Code Name: Nanny
, stars navy SEAL Hawk MacKenzie and hotel investigator Jess Mulcahey (sister to FBI agent Summer Mulcahey, the heroine from Nanny
). The pair come together under tumultuous circumstances when Jess, pretending to be minor royalty, bribes a hotel manager into upgrading her to a nicer room, which turns out to be Hawk's digs. Although the hotel has changed locks, it doesn't deter Hawk, who gains entry with a "highly illicit piece of technology" and catches her in the shower—a plot twist used in Skye's last book. Hawk is hot on the trail of a stolen government lab animal, and Jess is afraid the hotel staff will seek revenge on her for a bad review. Neither has the time or patience for the other's drama, but they are thrown together time and again in the genre's usual fashion—chasing the bad guys through the fog and rain of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, easing sexual tension in a stalled hotel elevator and tracking down the lab animal, an adorable koala bear. The pace is frenzied at times, and the characters lack depth (all of Skye's navy SEALS are "poster boys for commando work," and her heroine is a typical beauty with tough-girl feistiness). But the story's snappy dialogue and between-the-sheets sizzle will please Skye's numerous fans.
October 1, 2004
There are lots of parallels between this latest Skye Navy SEAL adventure and its companion novel " Code Name: Nanny. "There's a handsome wounded SEAL, a woman working undercover, a beautiful stranger in the shower, and, of course, Skye's reappearing character, the extremely sexy Izzy Teague. Jess Mulcahey, a hotel evaluator, checks in to hotels pretending to be a minor European princess and checks out the services, facilities, and bribability of the staff. When Lieutenant Hawk Mackenzie returns to his hotel room after searching for a kidnapped and very special research animal, he finds a stranger in his room. And Jess, the twin sister of FBI agent Summer Mulcahey from " Code Name: Nanny," must dash after filing her report. When bad weather interferes, the claustrophobic inspector finds herself locked in an elevator with the SEAL, who is experiencing the libido of a teenager because of an experimental medication. Skye is unsurpassed at combining adventure and romance, but readers may want to read the companion novel first to know the twins' background.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2004, American Library Association.)