Comments on: Guest Author: December Quinn

By: Ann Bruce

Ann Bruce — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:25:45 +0000

December,

I always had it in my head that I prefer dark-haired men…until I took an inventory of my exes and realized they all had light-colored hair. They ranged from really pale brown to white blond. But when I read romance novels, I find myself looking for dark-haired heroes. Go figure.

By: December/Stacia

December/Stacia — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:51:59 +0000

Heh, Julie, me too. Soft and messed up on the inside is a great description. Almost like an M&M, and I loves me some M&Ms.

You know, Ann, I think Daniel Craig is one of the first blond men I’ve ever found attractive? I like DARK. Dark hair, dark eyes…tall…mmmm.

Hmm, Dillene…rescue fantasy? I’ve read books where the heroes were perfectly happy and well-adjusted, and enjoyed them, but those weren’t straight-up romances either. They were chick lit or Barbara Michaels. Maybe there’s not enough conflict in a regular guy to sustain a whole novel?

Or, you know, rescue fantasy.

By: dillene

dillene — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:18:34 +0000

I wonder- what does it say about us that we like men who have been through such hard times? Do romance novelists ever write about heroes who come from stable family backgrounds and are chipper, contented men? Would that even sell?

“She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them.” -Othello (Whoops! That romance ends badly.)

By: Ann Bruce

Ann Bruce — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:30:20 +0000

Okay, I lied. You had me with Daniel Craig’s pic. I’ve been in lust with the man since “Tomb Raider.”

One day I’m going to put up the shower scene as my computer background. I just wish the table hadn’t been in the way.

By: Ann Bruce

Ann Bruce — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:27:45 +0000

You had me at “He’s tall, and he’s dark.”

*sigh*

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:28:26 +0000

I like the tortured type as well. Hard on the outside, soft and messed up on the inside. Jenn L. mentioned J.R. Ward’s Z… definitely. Just like that.

By: December/Stacia

December/Stacia — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:33:17 +0000

Oh, I agree, Noa. It makes Mr. In Charge much easier to take and like when he acknowledges that she can think on her own very well, and especially when he takes her opinions into account, even if he ends up overruling them.

By: Noa

Noa — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:34:38 +0000

I generally like ‘em nice? Both in romance novels and real life:). Alphas tend to come over as jerks and/or idiots to me, even in fiction.
That said, I do love me some tortured psychos, as long as they’re not of the chest-breating drooling variety. (I know, I know, you never read about them drooling, but I sometimes get the feeling the author is just omitting that because, well, ew).
I think that what really makes the difference is their intelligence. When heroes are smart, and even more when they acknowkedge the heroine’s intelligence, I’m willing to take a lot more alpha-behavior.

By: December/Stacia

December/Stacia — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:07:23 +0000

Bleh! Josie I haven’t read that one but I totally see your point! It does sound book-hot, but in real life, yech. I remember a guy I was dating once showing up unannounced at my house and that was creepy. And I’d been dating him, he wasn’t a one-night-stand. (Of course, I never had one night stands because I am such a good and pure girl. Lol.)

SweetNSourGirl, that’s one of the best lists of attributes a hot hero needs I’ve read in a long time! Awesome! That’s what I like too.

I agree Deemer. For a while I’ve wanted to write a comic geek hero who takes his dates to cons or something, but nobody would buy it! Because he wouldn’t be an uberalpha but he wouldn’t be all beta either, he’d just be a guy.
Yellow eyes? I would think he was jaundiced. Nothing turns me off like advanced liver disease.

By: December/Stacia

December/Stacia — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:00:28 +0000

Right, Tumperkin. Most romance heros wouldn’t get the time of day from me, no matter how hot they are (well, okay, they’d probably get the time of day, but once the burning or crying or stalking began it would be OVER). But in a book? Total LUST.

Oh I agree Karla. I like a hero with a real streak of vicious violence, but it’s the thinking that’s really sexy.

Definitely Murcia. It wasn’t so much that Spike was just plain hotter (although he was), it was the twinkle, the sense of fun and danger. Angel was a martyr, but Spike liked to play.

Do you know, Jenn, I’ve never read a Black Dagger book? I keep thinking I will one of these days but I just haven’t gotten around to it. *Hides head in shame*

Yep, Isa, I figured you’d like him!

Lol Robyn. I do know he’d rather just kill the guy! That’s when he’s at his hottest. A guy that single-minded promises some great moments later!