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Corporate Seduction
Daybreak Novel Line - In our everyday lives we find many things and experience so much more, but only love can make it worth the risks. CORPORATE SEDUCTION by Bridget Midway Maybelline "May" Davenport wants a few things in her life: to move up at work after she obtained her college degree, and to find a man who could sweep her off of her feet like the heroes in her erotic romance novels. She's sure she won't find that while working for a man she calls "the totem pole with style" even though she finds him attractive. Winston Biggers thinks he wants a dominant type of woman in his life. And although she doesn't seem the type, Win can't stop thinking about May, his administrative assistant. But he can't let her go. Not just yet. So he hides her newly-acquired degree to keep her as his assistant. But there are other important aspects about his life that he's hiding. When the truth comes out, will it be too much for May to take? Or will staying with this man make her Win Bigg?
200 pages, Paperback
First published February 4, 2006
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Bridget Midway
38 books127 followersBefore you can say, "She can't go there with that story!" Bridget Midway is already taking you there and then some. Currently living in Virginia, Bridget writes erotica and erotic romances with multi-racial characters and usually with interracial romances. Differences should be celebrated, shared and explored, not seen as taboo. When she's not writing she's writing and writing and, oh, writing some more. To read about her upcoming events, read her latest news, participate in her contest or read exclusive excerpts, go to her website. Also join her on MySpace.
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July 25, 2016
I got through this one quickly, but I didn't enjoy what I read. May and Win didn't seem to really like each other very much. I didn't care for the way their relationship progressed and unfolded. The story just didn't feel very cohesive to me. There are lots of nit picky things that I didn't enjoy, so I'm just going to chalk this one up as not for me.
September 22, 2010
Genre & Keywords:
M/F, Contemporary, BDSM, Boss-employee & interracial relationship
Series:
It’s the first of three Corporate novels, that each have their own H/h.
Why I read it:
I received a review copy from the author
I’m sorry to say but this novel was just not my cup of tea. It’s not that I don’t like a good BDSM themed novel every now and then. It’s not even that I mind if the D/s roles switch between the hero and heroine. It’s just that all of this didn’t feel genuine or authentic in this novel. I wondered constantly about the reasons why they both acted as they did. In my opinion neither Win nor May were convincing as a Dom, or as a sub for that matter. For example, the reason why May starts working at a BDSM club, supposedly because she needs the money for her grandmother, makes me think that she’s only playing a role. And the grandmother seems to be solely an easy excuse since she’s never mentioned again. On the other hand, the reason why Win starts going to the club stays in the dark too. It seems odd that he goes there to get dominated since he has a history of being a Dom. It’s just a convenient, but not very believable, way to bring him and May together outside the office.
Additionally the characters came across as mean and unsympathetic. Not only when they play the dominant part, also in the non-sexual scenes. For example, Winston apparently lusted after May for years, yet he treated her badly at work without ever showing her his feelings or personal interest. May on the other hand acts like a brat and unprofessionally, e.g. ignoring the orders of her boss when he dictates a note she should add to a bouquet of flowers, because she’s mad at him. I need to at least like the protags and preferably understand why they behave like they behave. But the main characters were a big mystery to me and I couldn’t sympathize with them at all.
Besides all that, the plot felt rather unlikely and had many holes in it, which made the protags seem inconsistent. I couldn’t shake off the image that the characters were part of a puppet theatre connected to a puppet player who moved them around too wildly. Getting through a list of erotic scenes.
I can’t make it more beautiful than it is and I’m aware that other readers might enjoy this novel, even though I couldn’t. Maybe if you read it just for the erotic scenes and not for the love story, you won’t get disappointed. It’s just that I’m always looking for a nice balance between the sexy and romantic elements, and I couldn’t find that in this novel. For me it was too focused on the sexual components. I guess it has something to do with the expectations you have, and yours might be different from mine.
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M/F, Contemporary, BDSM, Boss-employee & interracial relationship
Series:
It’s the first of three Corporate novels, that each have their own H/h.
Why I read it:
I received a review copy from the author
I’m sorry to say but this novel was just not my cup of tea. It’s not that I don’t like a good BDSM themed novel every now and then. It’s not even that I mind if the D/s roles switch between the hero and heroine. It’s just that all of this didn’t feel genuine or authentic in this novel. I wondered constantly about the reasons why they both acted as they did. In my opinion neither Win nor May were convincing as a Dom, or as a sub for that matter. For example, the reason why May starts working at a BDSM club, supposedly because she needs the money for her grandmother, makes me think that she’s only playing a role. And the grandmother seems to be solely an easy excuse since she’s never mentioned again. On the other hand, the reason why Win starts going to the club stays in the dark too. It seems odd that he goes there to get dominated since he has a history of being a Dom. It’s just a convenient, but not very believable, way to bring him and May together outside the office.
Additionally the characters came across as mean and unsympathetic. Not only when they play the dominant part, also in the non-sexual scenes. For example, Winston apparently lusted after May for years, yet he treated her badly at work without ever showing her his feelings or personal interest. May on the other hand acts like a brat and unprofessionally, e.g. ignoring the orders of her boss when he dictates a note she should add to a bouquet of flowers, because she’s mad at him. I need to at least like the protags and preferably understand why they behave like they behave. But the main characters were a big mystery to me and I couldn’t sympathize with them at all.
Besides all that, the plot felt rather unlikely and had many holes in it, which made the protags seem inconsistent. I couldn’t shake off the image that the characters were part of a puppet theatre connected to a puppet player who moved them around too wildly. Getting through a list of erotic scenes.
I can’t make it more beautiful than it is and I’m aware that other readers might enjoy this novel, even though I couldn’t. Maybe if you read it just for the erotic scenes and not for the love story, you won’t get disappointed. It’s just that I’m always looking for a nice balance between the sexy and romantic elements, and I couldn’t find that in this novel. For me it was too focused on the sexual components. I guess it has something to do with the expectations you have, and yours might be different from mine.
http://erotromreader.blogspot.com/201...
September 16, 2010
I did not like the characters or the plot. The story was choppy and merely a backdrop for a lot of erotic sex scenes.
This story is for readers who want to see mean people being mean to each other through dominant/submissive sex and for readers who don’t require a decent story to go with the sex. There is rear door activity. The couple is interracial: black woman, white man.
On page 16, I was angry at employee May. Her boss gave her specific instructions as to what to write in a note to someone. She was angry with her boss, ignored his words and wrote and sent an entirely different note. I was so angry at her dishonesty and lack of work ethic I wanted to stop reading at that point. I wouldn’t have minded if she was the villain, but she was the heroine. I need to have some sort of sympathy or positive feeling for my heroine.
Her boss Win was unlikeable as well. He secretly lusted after May for four years. During that time, he never showed her any kindness, courtesy or respect. He did not give her raises and did not tell Human Resources that she completed her Bachelors Degree. He wanted to keep her working for him and not be promoted.
May gets a part-time job in a sex club where she learns to be a Dominatrix. Win is her client at the club where she ties him up, humiliates him, and causes pain. After they recognize each other, they agree that during the day at the office, Win will be the Dominant and make her do things there as a Submissive. Both of these locations are excuses for them to continue to be mean to each other, while at the same time they lust for each other. This is not a romance novel. There is no caring, affection or love. The characters have no vulnerability. May is either angry or leaving in avoidance. This is not a story being told. I felt like the author was checking off a list of erotic things to include in the book saying “I need a scene for this, I need a scene for that.” I like erotica including bondage and submission as long as the characters and story work, but this doesn’t.
CAUTION SPOILERS:
Some of the plot felt contrived. May says she needs money to pay for her Granny’s medicine. This was an ineffective attempt to make May likeable and give her an excuse for the part-time job in the club. Courtney was a successful cop, known for putting away bad guys. She arrests May and Win, keeps them in jail overnight without a phone call and does not read them their Miranda rights. Of course they get off. Toward the end Madam Z tells Win that she and he had a bondage relationship years ago and he rejected her when she wanted a relationship. This came out of nowhere and didn’t add to the story. There was nothing else going on between them to require this as an explanation for something. It was a weird side bar.
DATA:
Story length: 194 pages. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Number of sex scenes: 13. Total number of sex scene pages: 65. Setting: current day Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia. Copyright: 2006. Genre: erotic Aftrican-American interracial romance.
This story is for readers who want to see mean people being mean to each other through dominant/submissive sex and for readers who don’t require a decent story to go with the sex. There is rear door activity. The couple is interracial: black woman, white man.
On page 16, I was angry at employee May. Her boss gave her specific instructions as to what to write in a note to someone. She was angry with her boss, ignored his words and wrote and sent an entirely different note. I was so angry at her dishonesty and lack of work ethic I wanted to stop reading at that point. I wouldn’t have minded if she was the villain, but she was the heroine. I need to have some sort of sympathy or positive feeling for my heroine.
Her boss Win was unlikeable as well. He secretly lusted after May for four years. During that time, he never showed her any kindness, courtesy or respect. He did not give her raises and did not tell Human Resources that she completed her Bachelors Degree. He wanted to keep her working for him and not be promoted.
May gets a part-time job in a sex club where she learns to be a Dominatrix. Win is her client at the club where she ties him up, humiliates him, and causes pain. After they recognize each other, they agree that during the day at the office, Win will be the Dominant and make her do things there as a Submissive. Both of these locations are excuses for them to continue to be mean to each other, while at the same time they lust for each other. This is not a romance novel. There is no caring, affection or love. The characters have no vulnerability. May is either angry or leaving in avoidance. This is not a story being told. I felt like the author was checking off a list of erotic things to include in the book saying “I need a scene for this, I need a scene for that.” I like erotica including bondage and submission as long as the characters and story work, but this doesn’t.
CAUTION SPOILERS:
Some of the plot felt contrived. May says she needs money to pay for her Granny’s medicine. This was an ineffective attempt to make May likeable and give her an excuse for the part-time job in the club. Courtney was a successful cop, known for putting away bad guys. She arrests May and Win, keeps them in jail overnight without a phone call and does not read them their Miranda rights. Of course they get off. Toward the end Madam Z tells Win that she and he had a bondage relationship years ago and he rejected her when she wanted a relationship. This came out of nowhere and didn’t add to the story. There was nothing else going on between them to require this as an explanation for something. It was a weird side bar.
DATA:
Story length: 194 pages. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Number of sex scenes: 13. Total number of sex scene pages: 65. Setting: current day Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia. Copyright: 2006. Genre: erotic Aftrican-American interracial romance.
July 25, 2008
Corporate Seduction is about how two unlikely people end up discovering more about each other than they realize. Winston Biggers is a corporate hot shot who gives his administrative assistant, Maybelline Davenport, a hard time at work. Showing little appreciation for her, Winston treats her like an inferior and truly bosses her around. Maybeline uses her anger generated towards her employer and turns it into the fire she needs for her part-time job.
From the first sentence, Bridget Midway pulls you into the story and the reader wonders where the main character is going with her thoughts. The reader is immediately introduced to the character and her position in the story as well as her interaction with the other characters. The biggest conflict is between May and Winston. It doesn’t take the author long to make it quite clear about the two character’s differences.
As in any romance/erotic novel, the plot centers around the two main characters and the sexual tension that surrounds them. Bridget allows the story to unfold from the rough beginning of their relationship to the surprising turn of events.
Winston and Maybeline seem like real characters but sometimes I wasn’t sure of May’s nationality. It appears she is supposed to be an African American but it isn’t quite clear or consistent throughout the story. The language she uses is no different to Winston’s character, who is Caucasian so as you read the story, you have to be reminded of her background because she seems to blend in with the other characters from time to time.
Corporate Seduction is set in present day Norfolk, Virginia. There was enough description to paint a picture that seems real. The story develops to show the change in both characters and the dialogue is entertaining. It seems to be written in a way that you can visualize someone’s conversation and have it believable. You can sense how the characters feel about each other and the author is able to use the dialogue to further move the story along.
The story is told in third person and when the point-of-view switches from the main character to the next, there is no confusion. The author is able to give the reader an opportunity to feel what the characters were going through. Although May’s nationality was questionable, she is still a woman who is going through the frustrations of a relationship and the reader can relate.
This erotic tale does not hide behind closed bedroom doors but is for readers who are comfortable with the raw descriptions of sensual pleasure. The author does not mask her familiarity of the male and female parts of the body and she’s not afraid to explore it in great detail.
Corporate Seduction is easy to read, humorous, lighthearted and quite enjoyable but the reader may have to sit in an air conditioned room to keep the body cool while reading this book.
From the first sentence, Bridget Midway pulls you into the story and the reader wonders where the main character is going with her thoughts. The reader is immediately introduced to the character and her position in the story as well as her interaction with the other characters. The biggest conflict is between May and Winston. It doesn’t take the author long to make it quite clear about the two character’s differences.
As in any romance/erotic novel, the plot centers around the two main characters and the sexual tension that surrounds them. Bridget allows the story to unfold from the rough beginning of their relationship to the surprising turn of events.
Winston and Maybeline seem like real characters but sometimes I wasn’t sure of May’s nationality. It appears she is supposed to be an African American but it isn’t quite clear or consistent throughout the story. The language she uses is no different to Winston’s character, who is Caucasian so as you read the story, you have to be reminded of her background because she seems to blend in with the other characters from time to time.
Corporate Seduction is set in present day Norfolk, Virginia. There was enough description to paint a picture that seems real. The story develops to show the change in both characters and the dialogue is entertaining. It seems to be written in a way that you can visualize someone’s conversation and have it believable. You can sense how the characters feel about each other and the author is able to use the dialogue to further move the story along.
The story is told in third person and when the point-of-view switches from the main character to the next, there is no confusion. The author is able to give the reader an opportunity to feel what the characters were going through. Although May’s nationality was questionable, she is still a woman who is going through the frustrations of a relationship and the reader can relate.
This erotic tale does not hide behind closed bedroom doors but is for readers who are comfortable with the raw descriptions of sensual pleasure. The author does not mask her familiarity of the male and female parts of the body and she’s not afraid to explore it in great detail.
Corporate Seduction is easy to read, humorous, lighthearted and quite enjoyable but the reader may have to sit in an air conditioned room to keep the body cool while reading this book.
April 12, 2009
I don't remember the exact day that I read it, only that it BLEW MY MIND!!!! Nothing like I expected, completely engrossing, and it turned me into an utter fan of Ms. Midways. Now I've read just about ALL of her books. Plus, I can't count the number of women at my office I've had reading her books! It also let me in on a little known side of myself, hint-hint, nudge-nudge!
January 24, 2009
******GREAT BOOK****** ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS READ IT IN ONE DAY!!!!!!!!
February 14, 2012
This review was originally written for Hearts on Fire Reviews and can also be found there.
This book had the potential to be great. Strong characters, solid plot and enough steam to fog the windows are what won me over at the beginning.
May is an administrative assistant to Win, a boss who she hates, but underneath the whole camouflage they both carry an attraction toward each other. Through a series of events this interesting story turns into a BDSM infused plot with an abundance of sex.
At the beginning of this book I really liked both Win and May. They had character, certain strength and a witty tongue. I read with delight and was especially intrigued when May found her other occupation. While that started with bite and some hot scenes it soon turned into a very different sort of story.
Win’s dominance and May’s submission were unconvincing at best. In fact, the roles they played at first at The Oh Club suited them much better, or at least seemed more genuine. Certain sex scenes were unrealistic and while they constantly talked about trust, both of them kept more secrets than was healthy and neither of them actually knew what they were doing. No matter how highly Win thought of himself, his experience was gained next to a mentor who’s actions were wrong, and by putting himself into a submissive role he came off as an insecure Dom who forced his dominance through unthought through actions.
From an interesting beginning with plenty of funny situations and personality displays and an almost five star rating, this book dropped to too much sex between unconvincing characters with unnecessary plot additions and a two star rating. At the end of it, three was the best I could do.
This book had the potential to be great. Strong characters, solid plot and enough steam to fog the windows are what won me over at the beginning.
May is an administrative assistant to Win, a boss who she hates, but underneath the whole camouflage they both carry an attraction toward each other. Through a series of events this interesting story turns into a BDSM infused plot with an abundance of sex.
At the beginning of this book I really liked both Win and May. They had character, certain strength and a witty tongue. I read with delight and was especially intrigued when May found her other occupation. While that started with bite and some hot scenes it soon turned into a very different sort of story.
Win’s dominance and May’s submission were unconvincing at best. In fact, the roles they played at first at The Oh Club suited them much better, or at least seemed more genuine. Certain sex scenes were unrealistic and while they constantly talked about trust, both of them kept more secrets than was healthy and neither of them actually knew what they were doing. No matter how highly Win thought of himself, his experience was gained next to a mentor who’s actions were wrong, and by putting himself into a submissive role he came off as an insecure Dom who forced his dominance through unthought through actions.
From an interesting beginning with plenty of funny situations and personality displays and an almost five star rating, this book dropped to too much sex between unconvincing characters with unnecessary plot additions and a two star rating. At the end of it, three was the best I could do.
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