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To Catch A Thief | 
 enlarge | Author: Christina Skye
Publisher: HQN Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $6.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 38028
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 1
ISBN: 0373773072
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780373773077
ASIN: 0373773072
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Product Description
Nell MacInnes can spot a forgery from a mile away. After all, she learned from the best—her father is one of the art world’s most notorious thieves. His brutal beating by the very authorities who claim to keep the world safe from harm taught her one more valuable lesson—trust no one.The last thing rugged Navy SEAL Dakota Smith needs on his mission is a tempting woman he doesn’t trust. But a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci has gone missing, and the art conservator’s skill in detecting forgery would be invaluable, if only her ties to the criminal world are as dead as she says they are. Soon an edgy partnership and white-hot attraction are forged between Nell and Dakota as they race to Draycott Abbey to track down a ruthless criminal with terrorist ties before time runs out—and the da Vinci is lost forever.
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 More of a Code name than Draycott Abbey October 17, 2008
This book was ok, but it wasn't near as good as I thought it would be.
First, it was more of a Code Name book rather than a Draycott Abbey. For those of you that haven't ready books from each series, the Code Name series tends to be made up of heros with enhanced abilities who are very controlled and ruthless. The heroines vary a bit more, but most tend to be stronger women. Draycott Abbey is a bit softer, and there is more variation between the main characters.
The other thing I didn't like about this book (and many other reviewers have agreed) is how much time (both in terms of actual time and number of pages) the two main characters spent apart. It made it seem a bit rushed when they did get together, and it just didn't quite fall into place for me.
Dakota, our hero in this book, is a bit off for me. I don't know why, he just didn't do it for me. To be honest, all heros in the Code Name books are starting to annoy me. I liked our heroine. I wasn't as crazy about some of the other characters. We see Nicholas, but not his family (we never see his family anymore). We also jump from one character to the other so much that it slows the story down.
Regardless, it was still a decent light read. Just go into it expecting more along the lines of the Code Name series and not Draycott, and I think you will like it. Still, I just wish we had seen more between our two main characters.
 Christina Skye good read October 5, 2008
Pour your cuppa hot chocolate and put on your Pooh slippers...this is a good, satisfying read that lives up to its press.
 not impressed September 29, 2008
I'm a huge fan of Christina Skye's books and I wasn't thrilled about this one. The main characters don't speak much and have very little interaction with each other so I couldn't see where Dakota was so taken up on Nell. Also there seemed to be more desire coming from Dakota then Nell. Overall her previous Code Name: books were a lot better and more indepth character wise than this one, and the main characters actually had more conversations with each other before becoming completely smitten
What a boring book... September 23, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I hate books where the hero and heroine spend a lot of time apart. Several pages involved them being apart...and these pages were dragging. Well even the rest of the story....
Fast paced, snappish dialogue has become Christina Skye's trademark. After having read this type of dialogue in all of her recent books I am not a fan of it anymore. Its like she has carbon copies of all her heroes and heroines, they always sound the same - they always have the same character. What changes is the physical description, sometimes the woman is beautiful, sometimes she is not (such as in this case) however the men are always very well built physically, handsome, dark haired, blue or gray (or a mixture of both) eyes. As I said their character is always the same. Men cool and remote and distant and harsh. Woman resistant at first, feisty but soon falls in love with this harsh cold man. I also find her characters very one-dimensional. But this is just my opinon.
I am also fedup of Code Name stuff..ok this may have been marketed as a Draycott Abbey book but believe me it is not. Draycott abbey books are so much more fun to read, much more romantic, much more...everything!! This was just the same old formula of tough guy meets tough girl, the dark mysterious Izzy in the middle (I really cant understand the hype about him...what a boring, one-dimensional character). tough guy and girl have to fight alone an evil organisation. tough girl and guy fall in love, make love in a fast and "hot" way. bla bla bla. I litteraly skipped pages I was so bored with this stuff. Once again I say : if this is your first Skye book you may find it okay. But if you've read all her others this is just another version of the same formula...only more boring because less romantic and there was too much focus on the secondary character (Nell's father) in my opinion.
Not as Good September 23, 2008
Having read most of Christina Skye's books -- and loving them -- I was disappointed in this one. Where I usually can't put one of her books down, I had a tough time finishing this. There seemed to be too much introspection and too little connection between Nell and Dakota except in a superficial way. But one snoozer among so many exciting and enjoyable reads is not bad!
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