Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780425201121
ISBN number: 0425201120
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 368
Printing Date: February 01, 2005
Publishing house: Berkley
Sale Popularity Level: 107993
Studio: Berkley
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More twists and turns from the author of Dangerous Curves.
The security firm founded by three beautiful ex-FBI agents has been hired to catch a spy. To find him, Aimee must join forces with a handsome undercover CIA operative. Risking her life may be part of Aimee's job--but risking her heart is something else entirely.
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This starts off as a James Bond adventure/spy fluff only with a womens company.
Suddenly it jumps back 25 years and we get to experience a 10 year-old boy's terror as he listens to his best friend's screams as he is raped and beaten to death by drunken teenagers. All this while he is hidden deep within rotting garbage at a dump.
We come back to our spy heroine and hero flirting while on a stake out.
Nice clothes, board meetings, and fancy cars, etc.
Then we find out that the boy Nicky, has become a ruthless arms dealer who is planning on making bombs for sale. But of course, he's a good father and he keeps his preteen daughter in the dark about what Daddy does.
This book hops back and forth between the two sets of lives throughout.
Perhaps the author had notes from another book planned at one time and didn't want to waste research?? Jumping back and forth like this should carry a warning regarding possible vomit!
I read all kinds of books, but I like to pick which type each time. I read her very first book in this series and enjoyed it. I plan to read the 3rd book of the series as well. I hope to find whether or not I will want to purchase any more books by this author.
It is grit as a trim around the edges of the cute fluff. Do not buy this book unless you enjoy NAUSEA.
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I Spy is the second "Partners in Crime" book, the very first being Dangerous Curves. "Partners in Crime" is a corporate security firm made up of former FBI agents and partners Aimee, Daphne, and Raine. Dangerous Curves was Raine's story; I Spy is Aimee's.
I Spy begins when Aimee is hired to uncover industrial espionage for McConnell Aerospace. She zeroes in on the most likely culprit, only to discover that he, in turn is focusing on her as a likely culprit for selling McConnell's secrets, not to another company, but to another country.
CIA agent Race Gardner and Aimee join forces to stop the spy, but only after Aimee makes it clear that she doesn't work for free.
Aimee and Race fall in love, but as things get more complicated, Aimee's avowed love of money makes Race's superiors believe she's sided with the villain. Both Race and Aimee, and their trust in each other, are put to the test in the page-turning, can't-put-it-down climax.
The good:
The suspense. The suspense in I Spy was truly gripping. I knew (thank goodness for that happy ending guarantee!) Aimee and Race would both make it out alive, and that they'd end up together, but just how they'd manage it was not at all certain.
The villain. The villain was particularly well-done, I thought. He was sympathetic and understandable... and completely ruthless.
The heroine's emotional arc. Aimee was her own worst enemy. Her stated intentions to work only for money, as opposed to dedication or duty, caused everyone but those closest to her to believe the worst, and caused even them to pause a little. Her fledgling relationship with Race was put to an extreme test of trust that they both passed with flying colors, putting a lump in my throat & tears in my eyes even as the suspense made my heart pound. (yes, I was a bit of an emotional dishrag by the time this story was done!)
The bad:
Something happens near the end that I'm not going to spoil, but it's shocking and may ruin the book for some readers. As a frequent romance reader, I fully expected it to be avoided somehow, but it wasn't. It made the book more realistic for me, but YMMV.
The nice little bonus:
As in Dangerous Curves, there's a young girl--two as a matter of fact: Josie and Giselle. A little minor theme running through these books, it seems, of young girls being smarter and more aware than people give them credit for.
The verdict:
I'd been looking forward to I Spy since reading Dangerous Curves. I wasn't disappointed. In fact, I Spy has made me expect even more from Daphne's story. I can't wait!
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I found this a hard read. I had trouble believing Aimee could
infiltrate Nic's operation in such a short time. For someone that didn't trust anyone - he sure fell for Aimee - who gave him no encouragement. I was totally turned off with the fact that if she truly loved Race as she claimed she could have stalled Nic's advances. That storyline was unnecessary -I wanted to throw the book across the room at that point. As it is it took me a week to finish the last chapters.
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This is the very first Jacey Ford I've read and I really liked it - not loved like some books that grip your soul, but I would definitely look for her subsequent one. Strong female Aimee Devlin and strong, sexy male Race Gardner are a combustible combination. And what's really cool is they are fallible people who fall hard, fast, but do what is right for their country no matter how painful it is to their relationship.
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I loved Dangerous Curves and anxiously awaited this book. I was not dissappointed, although I would have enjoyed a little bit of catching up with Raine and Calder.
Aimee is spying at a corporation looking for an employee who is stealing secrets. She is unaware that the FBI has a spy working there as well. When they discover each other, the sparks fly (although it would have been better if they had been attracted to each other in their "drab" cover). Aimee and Race end up working together and fall in love. As a result of the investigation, Aimee ends up working undercover for the "bad guy" Nic.
The reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 was that I think Ms. Ford spent too much time developing Nic's character, that I found myself liking him. I beleived Nic's feelings for Aimee were deeper then Race's. I almost wanted Aimee to end up reforming Nic and have them be together.
It was a good book, and I am waiting for the subsequent one, but I hope that the Hero is more developed in that one.
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