Man in Control

Book Description: Secret Agent Lawman - Ever since DEA agent Alexander Cobb had given Jodie Clayburn a Texas-size brush-off, they'd been sworn enemies. But eight years later, an undercover operation brought them back together again. This cynical Long, Tall Texan couldn't believe the baby-faced schoolgirl was now an understated beauty who electrified his senses and his heart. Or that she'd help him crack the drug-smuggling case that threatened all of Jacobsville. Tantalized to the core, Alexander would risk everything to possess - and protect - the untouched young woman. This fearless secret agent always got his man -- or in this case, woman. But this time, would the man in control get caught in his own web of danger ... and desire? Combine the typical story about the younger sister's best friend's crush-on turned love-for, the older brother with a DEA investigation; add a dash of humor, family issues, esteem issues; then include ties to the Long, Tall Texans of Jacobsville Texas, and the Mercenaries, aka Soldiers of Fortune, within a few pages and you have a story as only Diana Palmer can tell it.

I loved this story by Diana Palmer...a great book. I thought it was a very good plot, kind of unique. What i liked the most was that Jodie wasnt portrayed as the usual weak female character. At one point she put her life in danger to save Alex's life. Jodie is tough, intelligent, and not afraid to say her feelings. Alex is just simply great. A very good story!

I love this book. If you've read about Cy Parks & Eb Scott then this book will help bring some off the characters from those books into light. Alex Cobb & Jodie are great. This book is sad, funny & wonderful in the end.

This is a typical Palmer read, which means the male protagonist is a chauvinist/misogynist, and the heroine is a lovestruck virgin with no backbone who, it seems, is required to suffer a lot of verbal and emotional abuse and humiliation from him before he is able to realize/admit he loves her, and she then anxiously capitulates. The description of this book was misleading as it gave me the impression that after Jodie overheard Alex's excruciating insults, she finally had enough guts to say "who needs this?" and cuts her ties with Alex and Margie until, after 8 years, she agrees to help Alex bust drug dealers. Ms. Palmer's stories are interesting and the romance is hot (even though she only "alludes" to the sex), but I hate that her females are usually victims because they are sexually inexperienced.

I love Diana Palmer's books. She just has a way with words. In this story, you can actually feel the heartbreak as the heroine hears the love of her life put her down. I know it sounds like every other romance novel, but this one evokes emotions in the reader. I actually wanted to cry because I felt her pain. I highly recommend this book. I just couldn't put it down.