Code Name: Nanny [Mass Market Paperback]

Christina Skye (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2004

Forget about counterterrorism, organized crime, and money laundering. Female FBI agent Summer Mulcahey is about to enter the terrifying world of ballet classes, science tutorials, and carpooling.

After working six months straight on a hideous kidnapping case, all Summer Mulcahey wants is a serious dose of sun, surf, and sangria. Instead she gets her craziest assignment yet---going undercover as a nanny for the family of San Francisco's female DA, who's poised for a splashy, high-society wedding to the country's most popular senator. Code Name: Nanny is classic Christina Skye--sexy, riveting, and unforgettable.?

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The latest romantic intrigue from Skye (Hot Pursuit, etc.) is as full of contrived cliffhangers as the pulp fiction that inspired its striking cover. San Francisco assistant DA Cara O'Connor and presidential hopeful Tate Winslow are planning their wedding when Cara is threatened with harm and the exposure of an abortion she had in a Mexican clinic decades earlier. An underworld smuggler she convicted seems to be the source, but who's actually delivering the dead rat and sinister notes? Using the pull afforded by their status, the couple arranges protection from FBI agent Summer Mulcahey, who stands in as nanny to Cara's two children, and Navy SEAL Gabe Morgan, who poses as gardener on her estate. Summer and Gabe patrol the property, make a dramatic visit to the clinic and fall into bed and love. But despite their constant use of agency technology, they fail to solve the mystery or even keep themselves safe. Indeed, Cara's psychic daughter is the one who finally exposes the rather clueless and unlikely culprits. Although Skye has done her homework on FBI/Navy SEAL jargon and surveillance devices, even beach readers may find the wildly implausible investigation difficult to swallow, and few will likely care about the fate of a privileged couple misusing vast public resources in the face of a patently silly personal threat.
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From Booklist

Skye is back with another sizzling adventure romance. San Francisco assistant district attorney Cara O'Connor, soon to wed Tate Winslow, America's most popular senator, has been receiving threats. Enter undercover FBI agent Summer Mulcahey who, posing as the new nanny, is to protect Cara and her sometimes problematic daughters, Audra and Sophy. Since this is Skye, there is, of course, a sexy Navy SEAL, Gabe Morgan, working incognito as Cara's gardener to protect both her and her girls at the behest of the senator. As the threats get uglier, secrets are uncovered that will thrust them all into peril and possibly put an end to Tate's presidential aspirations, but Summer and Gabe, teamed up with the delicious Izzy (his fifth appearance in a Skye novel), go to a ritzy Mexican clinic to discover who is behind the threats. Skye creates delightful and memorable protagonists, and surrounds them with other nicely drawn characters. Diana Tixier Herald
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Dell (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440237602
• ISBN-13: 978-0440237600
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #480,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This author is not one to miss!, June 1, 2004

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Detra Fitch (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Code Name: Nanny (Mass Market Paperback)

Summer Mulcahey learned to trust no one but herself at a young age. Her "take no prisoners" attitude led her to a career in the FBI. Her current assignment was to protect Sophy and Audra O'Connor, the children of Cara O'Connor who is the youngest ever female Assistant DA in San Francisco. Cara is dealing with a high profile case involving Richard Costello, big time bad guy. While Costello is trying for an appeal, someone is sending threats (in several different ways) to Cara. Fearing for her daughters, Summer is put on the job. The problem is Summer's cover. She is to be the girls' nanny! Summer knows nothing about raising children, and less than nothing about ballet lessons and teenage troubles. The older daughter is dealing with normal fifteen-year-old crisis problems and the younger daughter has special talents no one knows of. Then there is Gabe, the guy who handles landscaping and general contracting. There is just something different about him. For a "gardner" he is just too efficient.

Gabe Morgan is actually Navy SEAL. Senator Tate Winslow is soon to marry Cara O'Connor. Tate knows something is wrong, but Cara insists it is nothing. Tate asks a personal favor of Gabe, who is recovering from knee trouble. Gabe is mainly to secure the O'Connor home and grounds, but to also keep an eye on the people that reside within. But the new nanny is unlike anyone Gabe has ever met and Audra is just full of pranks.

Costello's reach is long, even from a prison cell. Summer and Gabe must team up to keep the O'Connor family safe. Ishmael "Izzy" Teague is called in by Gabe for his hacking and computer skills. But even with all three of them on the job, the O'Connor family is in trouble.

(...)Gabe is not the only one recovering from an on-the-job wound. Summer has major physical scars that she just has not found the time to deal with. They cause some tense moments in the novel. As for the two little girls, they often stole the show, especially younger Sophy. I sincerely hope an adult version of Sophy will someday have her own story. There is lots of potential items to work with in that character. As always, Skye's talent clearly shows in the story. Every character has his or her own quirks. Romances are built up at a great pace, just as the action and suspense are. This author is not one to be missed!(...)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK WAS GREAT, June 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Code Name: Nanny (Mass Market Paperback)

I don't see what some other reviewers said.

This book was a fast read and very hot. The FBI agent was a different touch, and the kids were funny. I think having two sets of lovers in the book was a great touch.

Add in Izzy......and what more could you want!

I can't wait for the sister's story.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Missed the excitement, June 21, 2004

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Christine Goldblatt (Framingham, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Code Name: Nanny (Mass Market Paperback)

I normally love Christina Skye's books, especially when they are about Navy SEALS. However, this book can be summed up in one word - boring! It's extremely repetitive, right down to constantly telling the reader what the two main characters do for a living. We're reading the book, good chance we know from the beginning! I honestly couldn't finish it. I was so disappointed. I felt as though the publisher gave Christina a deadline and she just threw something together. In all fairness, I couldn't write even a bit of what she did, so I shouldn't complain. Stick with her previous novels and hope that the book featuring Izzy, if ever there is one, is as delightful as her books before Code Name: Nanny.