Product Description

BDSM Dominant, Eagan Morton, is in search of a new submissive via a reality TV show, Love My Way. Bent on revenge, Ananda Zelder participates. Will love dominate or will they submit to outside pressures? 2008 EPPIE Finalist!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #972737 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 308 pages

Customer Reviews

Primo Reading Experience
Love My Way is Bridget Midway's latest book. Listen folks, this one is a straight out BDSM book. These folks aren't playing around. There are whips, canes, chastity belts, and yes, slaves as well as submissives. There are also women of color referring to a white man as `Master,' but absolutely no subjugation. If those things don't bother you, Midway tells a helluva story. I love the fact that she came up with a unique story that doesn't involve any paranormal elements. I have no beef with paranormals, but I think sometimes we forget there's plenty of new stuff to be explored in this realm with just regular humans.

Oddly enough, I really liked Eagan, a lot. Yeah, he was an absolute a-hole at times, but I liked the way he took care of his 'family,' and the vulnerabilities of the character. I think it would've been too easy to make him a caricature or a stereotype of a dom, and Midway avoided that. It would have been impossible for me to understand Ananda falling in love with that type of man. Nothing makes me crazier than reading a book and not getting any sense as to why the two characters fall in love. Midway's done her research, and it shows. Eagan was definitely flawed, but still lovable.

I bought this book because I was intrigued with the premise. Bridget Midway has an incredible gift for crafting imaginative and unique stories. Definitely a primo read.

HOT HOT HOT!!!!
Ok let me start off by saying this book isn't for the faint of heart or those so easily offended. I LOVED IT!! This book really gives you an intelligent look into the world of BDSM. I'm glad that Bridget Midway did not paint Subs/Doms as some type of depraved people which is what the general public thinks. This book had depth and I couldn't put it down. I read it at least once a month. It's that good.

BDSM romance done RIGHT
Firstly, this is a book for GROWN-UPS. For those easily offended by non-traditional sexual practices or who have issues with interracial relationships, Love My Way will definitely NOT be your cup of tea. This is not the strict vanilla variety of BDSM (i.e. handcuffs and flowers) romance. Bridget Midway has done an incredible job of getting deep into the scene she writes with such candor and detail. She doesn't write to titillate or exploit. She writes as one who actually CARES about the subject enough to do her homework on a Lovestyle that is often mischaracterized and misunderstood by the general public.

But Love My Way is more than the sum of its parts. Here, Midway doesn't scrimp on the characters, even the minor ones. They are complex individuals with whom as a reader one forms an emotional bond with. Themes of love, family, boundaries and self-acceptance are deftly interwoven in a narrative that kept me glued to each page.

Interestingly, the hero, Eagan Morton, has moments where he is thoroughly unlikable. And you know what, that's okay. Midway writes with a classic subtlety where things are not always what they seem. Morton is a man who believes in control and acts upon it, and yet everything around him--from his high-powered career to his household subs, to even the woman he finds himself falling in love with--is out of his depth. As I read, I couldn't help smirking at the various ways Morton was getting his comeuppance. He starts out as a total control freak who concocts a plan to find his next permanent submissive--an edgy reality show called 'Love My Way'--and ends up discovering that some things in life are beyond money and status.

Dancer Ananda Zelder starts out as the classic woman scorned--Morton sends her packing after an audition that everyone knows she should have won. Instead, she finds herself as a contestant on Morton's reality show and discovers a side of herself that existed deep inside her core. Ananda's slow acceptance of her desires was natural--I didn't feel suddenly jarred by her wanting to be with Eagan as his permanent submissive. I felt the various wars inside of her--both mind and body--as she struggled to accept this new reality. Ananda was far from weak--she cheerfully breaks the rules as often as she can--and accepts the punishment that comes with each infraction. She gives Eagan Morton headaches (and h**d-ons) as he slowly nurtures her passionate side.

My favourite character by far was the voluptuous yet insecure Meadow, whom I kept hoping would somehow come into her own and accept herself as worthy of being Eagan's submissive. I would have liked for Ms. Midway to have allowed Meadow to grow as a woman--even if she wasn't the winner.

What I enjoyed the most about Love My Way is that Midway didn't gloss over the racial and gender dynamics of the Dom/sub relationship, but neither issue was the focal point and both were handled in a manner that savvy readers are allowed to make their own judgments. As a former member of this community and a woman of color, I thoroughly sympathized with many of the issues such a relationship often brings with it (and few in the BDSM community are willing to deal with openly and honestly). Then again, if one comes into Love My Way with preconceived notions of how things "ought" to be, one will be sadly disappointed.

'Love My Way' is simply a brilliant and edgy romance novel that takes the daring readers amongst us and pays off hugely in the end. My hats (and flogger) off to Ms. Midway!