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Название: Code Name: Baby

Автор: Christina Skye

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Современные любовные романы

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      Christina Skye is Code

       for Romance and Adventure!

      CODE NAME: PRINCESS

      “Skye is unsurpassed at combining adventure and romance.”

      —Booklist

      “Action-packed…Snappy dialogue and between-the-sheets sizzle will please Skye’s numerous fans.”

      —Publishers Weekly

      “Christina Skye expertly weaves sizzling romance and suspense in her lightning-paced tales of intrigue.”

      —Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Body Double

      “With Christina Skye, it’s all about the thrill…and her hot, sexy Navy SEAL is to die for!”

      —Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author of Hot Number

      CODE NAME: NANNY

      “Skye is back with another sizzling adventure romance.”

      —Booklist

      “A fun story blending romance with intrigue. The characters are hot, and so is the book.”

      —Hawthorne Press Tribune

      More praise for Christina Skye

      “A joy to read. Brilliant!”

      —Joan Johnston

      “Christina Skye always serves up the perfect mix of suspense, excitement and romance.”

      —Rocky Mountain News

      “Christina Skye holds you in her grasp until the very last word!”

      —Romantic Times

      Code Name: Baby

      Christina Skye

      

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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      I raise my glass to Abby Zidle,

       For too many insightful comments to count. With patience, humor and wit you smoothed the writer’s path.

      Many thanks…

CODE NAME: BABY

      CONTENTS

      PROLOGUE

      CHAPTER ONE

      CHAPTER TWO

      CHAPTER THREE

      CHAPTER FOUR

      CHAPTER FIVE

      CHAPTER SIX

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      CHAPTER NINE

      CHAPTER TEN

      CHAPTER ELEVEN

      CHAPTER TWELVE

      CHAPTER THIRTEEN

      CHAPTER FOURTEEN

      CHAPTER FIFTEEN

      CHAPTER SIXTEEN

      CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

      CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

      CHAPTER NINETEEN

      CHAPTER TWENTY

      CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

      CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

      CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

      CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

      CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

      CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

      CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

      CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

      CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

      CHAPTER THIRTY

      CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

      CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

      CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

      EPILOGUE

      PROLOGUE

      THE DOGS WERE HOWLING.

      Their noise echoed through the underground lab from cage to cage while monkeys clung to their metal bars and mice raced in blind circles. The dogs dumped their water dishes and slammed against metal walls insulated to cover both threats and screams.

      The only man in the room watched with eyes like ice.

      Gabriel Enrique Cruz savored the disorder, arrogant even now. With the bearing of a born leader, he measured the activity around him, calculating his next tactical move.

      Once—before the drugs and the lapses—he had been called a hero. Now Cruz was simply another lab animal, entirely expendable, valued only for research data in a secret government report.

      One glance told him that both surveillance cameras were running. A security team would be here within four minutes. Whenever something went wrong, they always came looking for him.

      This time he would be ready.

      He tossed his shredded blanket over the nearest camera. While the monkeys howled and four Rottweilers banged against their metal cages, he checked the clock on the opposite wall. Ninety seconds until the armed response team hit the double doors to the lab.

      Locked inside a six-by-three-foot cage, Cruz ignored the restless animals, the boxes of experimental medicine and the rows of top-secret equipment.

      Sixty seconds.

      He shaped his thoughts to stillness and power, becoming the deadly weapon he was trained to be.

      An owl flew from its perch near the door and slammed full force into the camera above his head, cracking the glass. The other animals froze.

      Watching Cruz. Waiting for his next command.

      Forty-five seconds.

      As he stared at the Rottweilers, the dogs began to tremble. Working together, СКАЧАТЬ