Code Name: Nanny (SEAL and Code Name #5)(117)

“The FBI . . . always aims to please, Lieutenant.”

“I’m delighted to hear it. So does the Navy.”

Her dress hit the soft rug. Gabe gave a long, slow whistle as he saw the white stockings and the white lace garter belt with pink silk snaps. “The wall it is,” he said hoarsely. “Hold on, honey. This could get rough.”

Summer licked dry lips. Maybe there was something to this fantasy stuff.

“I had something important I was going to ask you.” His pants were gone, his shirt kicked aside. “Something about rings and families.” He pressed her up against the wall, fingers circling her wrists as he traced damp, impatient skin. She reached for him, but he pushed her hands back against the wall. “My turn to lead, honey.” His fingers eased inside her. “God, I love touching you.”

“Hurry up,” she rasped.

“Not too loud. Someone might hear us,” he whispered in her ear. “They’re right outside, remember? Probably sixty people eating chocolate cake and canapés. We don’t want them to hear us in here having great, noisy sex.”

He got no answer except for a sexy moan.

His fingers moved. Summer gasped as he impaled her with slow, deadly accuracy. “I’ll ask my question later,” he said raggedly, holding her steady as he pinned her against the wall with deep, hammering strokes.

She moaned again, biting his shoulder, her body twisting.

This was going to get noisy, he thought as she arched, slapping the wall. A glass figurine toppled, and Gabe barely managed to catch it.

“Hu-rry,” she gasped.

“Yes, ma’am.” He closed his eyes as she shuddered, her body closing around him, climaxing hard.

Yeah, this particular fantasy was going right into the keeper file, Gabe thought. After this, he’d try out a few more variations before they went back.

Right after he asked her to marry him.

And if she said no, he had a whole lot more ammunition where this came from.

She took a long, shuddering breath, staring into his eyes. “Hurry up, Navy. The FBI is about to come again and you don’t want to miss the ship.” She bit his jaw, smiling wickedly as he complied with fierce intensity. “And just for the record . . . I love you. Deliriously, as it happens.”

She smiled as he pinned her, groaning a release.

“And my answer is yes. . . .”





[page]author’s

note

Thanks for spending some quality time with Summer and Gabe, Cara and Tate, and those two terrific girls! Summer’s cool strength and Cara’s fierce love of family won my heart from the first moment they came to me, fully formed and unforgettable. Like many women, Summer has struggled hard with her past, fighting bias and closed minds to become strong and confident.

I’m delighted that she and Gabe make an unstoppable pair.

Will they be back? You bet.

If you want to read more about surveillance procedures and training methods inside the FBI, look for Cold Zero, by Christopher Whitcomb (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2001), a fast-paced true story of one man’s training for the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team. For a different insider’s look at the FBI, check out Special Agent, by Candice DeLong (New York: Hyperion, 2001). This 20-year agent faced down serial killers as well as brutal harassment from her own colleagues, going on to a distinguished career that included work on a string of key cases, including the Unabomber manhunt.

If you’ve ever been to Monterey and Carmel, you know the rugged beauty of these coastal towns. For more details, check out the wonderfully informative Monterey Bay Shoreline Guide, by Jerry Emory (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1999). Even if you can’t visit, make an Internet stop at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where live web cams track the bay scenery and the antics of the resident otters. As of publication, the otter cam was up and running at the following link: http://www.mbayaq.org/vi/vi aquarium/vi monterey cam.asp.

Drop by. The otters are guaranteed to make you smile!

For those who want to get some sand on their feet and sun in their hair, plan ahead by reading California Coastal Access Guide (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003). An excellent resource for campers, swimmers, and hikers alike, the book includes invaluable maps of trails and beach access points.

Do Sheriff McCall and his wife seem familiar? You may remember them from 2000 Kisses, set in a sleepy Arizona town in the high desert where sunsets are unforgettable and people treat one another like family. Tess and T.J. McCall faced terrible danger together once, and the process bound them forever.

For more juicy details, read 2000 Kisses!

Now to Izzy.

What am I going to do with this tough, cool operator? The man has charmed his way into five of my books so far, starting with The Perfect Gift (A Draycott Abbey novel), followed by Going Overboard, My Spy, Hot Pursuit, and now Code Name: Nanny.

Will Izzy be back?

Count on it.

Will he and Sara duke it out and end up in bed?

I still can’t say. He’s a hard man to pin down. Stay tuned to my website (www.christinaskye.com) for breaking news on the Izzy front! All your letters keep telling me that you love this cool operator just as much as I do.

But before Izzy finds his match, I hope you’ll enjoy spending time with Summer’s sister. Like Summer, Jess Mulcahey has a closet full of personal demons that she’s struggled hard to slay. Jess is smart but not terribly worldly, and now her life is about to carry her into strange and uncharted waters.