"Tight romantic suspense"

As a troubled youth who did whatever her heart desired, she caused mountains of problems for herself so Yasmine Talbot has vowed to ignore her deep needs and behave herself. What helps is that she enjoys her work as a programmer for the Virtualactive software company based in San Francisco that peddles sex.

Former FBI Agent Alex DiCarlo joins the firm as its newest employee using the alias Kyle Kramer. He wants to know why he lost his Fed job and believes Yasmine is the link. However, he quickly realizes that he also wants to be under the cover investigating all of Yasmine. He also hides from her that he investigated her years ago when she was a teen and has since obsessed over having her though he has done nothing about this except fantasize about her until this assignment. Now after the sexiest most wonderfully sinful weekend of his life, he wants more but also knows someone else is after Yasmine who he will keep safe at all costs, but once that is over wonders how his beloved will react when he tells her about the truth about himself.

ANY WAY YOU WANT is a tight romantic suspense in which Alex needs to keep the woman he loves safe at all costs, but worries that he has no future once he tells her who he is and how their paths cross. He is an interesting lead male as in some ways his "fixation" makes him seem like a stalker, but his morals kept him from crossing the line though the nuance is micro but critical. Yasmine shows how important discipline is to overcome one's past, but her iron will collapses when Alex joins the firm. Jamie Sobrato provides a taut thriller with a deep relationship subplot to enhance the tale.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 15, 2005