New Orleans, Louisiana – Present Day

Maggie Gallagher and her two friends are looking for a good time while on vacation in the Big Easy. When her fiancé left her humiliatingly at the altar, Maggie decided to take off with her friends rather than sulk in her D.C. apartment. Succumbing to Erica and Jo’s crazy urging to make a wish for a vacation fling on voodoo queen Marie Laveau’s grave, Maggie is surprised to find herself strangely attracted to a musician and his music in a bar later that night. Could the magic be real?

Ren Anthony has no idea what prompted him that evening to play the piece of music he composed for his father over two hundred years ago and discarded when it didn’t bring them any closer together. Crazy as it seems, a woman in the audience seemed to recognize it, but that fact is lost to the swift attraction Ren feels toward her. If Maggie is looking for a fling, he’s the man for her.

But what happens when sex becomes something much more and secrets are revealed?

ANY WAY YOU WANT IT is an intriguing romance. Maggie is sweet, shy, and insecure about her attractiveness to men, especially after the debacle with her ex-fiancé. It’s exceedingly hard for her to trust men, and she can’t understand what a gorgeous musician could ever see in her. Maggie is not the type of woman Ren has ever been attracted to before and, as a 200+ year old vampire, there have been a lot of women in his past. The building of their relationship, while fast -- in the course of two weeks -- still nicely highlights two people trying to get together despite their personal baggage.

Secondary characters include Maggie’s friends, Ren’s brother, and his band mates. Although not central to the story, they provide background and foundation for the blossoming romance. The ending is a bit abrupt and somewhat undermines the reader’s view of Ren’s intelligence, but it doesn’t stop your desire to root for this couple.

Let the music of New Orleans, and Maggie and Ren, take you ANY WAY YOU WANT IT.

Kathy Samuels