Dare to Be Seduced

Davis’s middling second erotic novel for women of a certain age tacks hot scenes onto the story of top media executives willing to do just about anything to get ahead. Lena Macy, best friend of Dare to Be Tempted heroine Aleesa, is locked in mortal combat with colleague T.J. Reynolds for the top job at the Paskin Broadcasting Corporation. When she meets handsome sports agent Jason Armstrong, buttoned-up Lena falls hard and fast and engages in a raunchy affair with Jason that quickly turns to love. After Lena’s vindictive secretary, Rolanda, slips T.J. secrets about Lena’s programming plans and T.J. steals Lena’s top programming idea for the coming season, Lena fires Rolanda, who promptly leaks highly personal sexual texts and e-mails and a shocking video to the media. What T.J., Rolanda, and Jason don’t realize is that Lena is hiding a big secret—one that will change the outcome of the race in a most unexpected way. Despite a dizzying series of perspective changes in the first third of the book, this sexy story delivers a satisfying emotional payoff. (Sept.)