Power Play

by Julie Cannon

Powerful business women Tate Monroe and Victoria Sosa are at odds in the boardroom, but will their professional differences keep them from a successful merger in the bedroom?

Tate Monroe is a high-powered business executive with a Wharton MBA, a Coach briefcase, and Jimmy Choo shoes. She has never failed to deliver exactly what her boss wanted.

But Tate didn’t count on running into Victoria Sosa, an Olympic Gold Medalist with a mind of her own, and a business challenge she must conquer or her career is over. Tate and Victoria face off in the boardroom in the ultimate power play while fighting to take their growing attraction into the bedroom.

Genres: Lesbian, Lesbian Romance, LGBT, Fiction, Romance, Lesbian Fiction

262 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Julie Cannon is a native sun goddess born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a corporate stiff by day and dreamer by night. She has nine romance novels and five short stories published by Bold Strokes Books. A recent transplant to Houston, Julie and her partner Laura live on the lake with their two kids, two dogs and a cat.

Reviews

[Cheri · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really disliked this book and wouldn't have finished it if I didn't need to read a book that started with the letter P. There were several reasons why I didn't like it so I'll share just a couple of them here.

I found the Tate character to be completely unlikable and sleazy in her business practices. She's angry, mean, untrustworthy, and a bully. I've worked with execs in one of the largest companies in the country for nearly a decade and I've never seen any executive, at any level, act like Tate. Well, that's not true, there was one and he was tossed out on his ass specifically for his behavior.

One of the other big things that didn't sit right with me was sending these two people who want to buy a failing company around the world to tour parts of the failing company with the failing company's CEO. Two of the companies involved were going broke. Who paid for that? But more importantly, why?

And finally, Tate's speech at the end to Victoria about how she's a totally different person and how Victoria changed her just didn't feel possible or believable. I honestly thought that when Victoria rejected her bizarre proposal to give up her job, come and sit on "the throne" with Tate, and they can rule the world, that would have been the perfect ending because everything that Victoria said in her rejection was true. It was a terrible idea and went against everything that Victoria claimed to be.

I went back and forth for quite awhile on whether to give 1 or 2 stars but, after looking at Goodreads labeling for them, I had to go with 1 because I "didn't like it."

[Marilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an enjoyable quick read.

[Dide · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.7 star rating
There really isnt anything i can say poorly about this story, the author did a good job inciting interest and dishing well.
The reason why this isn't a full 4 star though is because as good as it is, it just isn't as deliciously satisfying for one

[Joc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best Cannon I've read so far and not because the story is any better, or the characters any more likeable but because I was expecting her to slam the book on my fingers and hack off the ending and instead she gave me at least a five page ending.

Tate Monroe and Victoria Sosa are competing to buy out the same company. Tate's self-worth and promotion depend on her success and Victoria's job is at stake. They're both fantastic characters and although Victoria is much easier to like, Tate is kept true to her character. Often authors soften their difficult characters and let them do the honourable thing because they've found love and the one person who can change them.

The build-up of their relationship is tangible and very sexy. I really wish Julie Cannon would spend more time unraveling and ending her books.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the story, from beginning to end. The only thing that I feel like it was rushed was the end. I really wish there was either one more chapter or epilogue, something to extend the read a bit and see what happened later. Otherwise, if felt like it was cut. Lovely end, but too short.

[Noli · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gave 3 stars because I liked Victoria and how nice she is plus the sexual tension was quite exciting. Tate on the other hand needed more character development and a longer suffering for the things (that the author tried to brush over with Tate's newly discovered affection) she did to Victoria. She deserved a more developed character(as I mentioned earlier) than Tate to end up with and I needed closure for her 'not serious' girlfriend.

[Miss Femina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really enjoyed the characters although I think it was a shame that they weren't developed to their full potential. I mean there were a lot of little hints left here and there during the book that could have been used in several different situations to go deeper into the characters, like Tate's family and how she copes with it, what happened in Phoenix, etc Maybe a following book?!

[Catherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good one. A relief from all the murder and mayhem.

[Morgan · Rating 1 out of 5]

To be fair, I pretty much hate every title I've read from this author, so maybe take this review with a grain of salt. Or not. To summarize the "plot", two CEOs (or one CEO, one soon-to-be) from rival companies are each trying to "win" a buyout of a third failing company. And that's about it on plot, the rest of the story involves each woman staring at, lusting after, and obsessing over each other. Maybe I could have let that go, but absolutely no work was put into giving them chemistry with each other. It was a headscratcher just trying to figure why they'd even give the other a second look. The "love" scenes had about as much sauciness or chemistry as repeatedly smashing two Barbie dolls together.

[Mirtha Siblesz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good story

While I give this story 5 stars, I have some concerns with the story. The author made a big deal of demonstration what a sleaze ball Tate was by breaking into Victoria's briefcase and copying all her documents. First she does a "good deed" by helping Victoria with the food poisoning then she steals her information on the Braxton case. I would not put it past Tate that the food poisoning was her deal. Second, Victoria never finds out Tate's underhanded actions that destroyed her career. Too many cliffhangers then at the end it was just very fast wrapped up happy ending. It could have been better. Cannon's other books were better than this one.