In this blog hop, we’re declaring our undying love (or lust) for those heroes, hunks, and alpha males from the literary world who make our little hearts go pitter-patter. So, without further ado, here are the twelve hotties (in no particular order) who I’d want Cupid’s arrow to send my way!
My Dirty Dozen
Lucan Thorne (from Kiss of Midnight, Midnight Breed #1 by Lara Adrian) – I am an unabashed super-fan of The Midnight Breed. I seriously LOVE all these guys. But, alas, my heart belongs to Lucan Thorne, leader of the Breed Warriors and alpha among alphas. Although, Sterling Chase just might give him a run for the title…
(On a sidenote: Also discovering the seriously sexy men of Lara Adrian’s Dragon Chalice series, which was originally released under her pseudonym, Tina St. John. Any one of these men is welcome to be my knight in shining armor. Definitely swoon-worthy!)
Thierry Durand (from Private Demon: A Novel of the Darkyn by Lynn Viehl) – Although all of the Darkyn men have their charm, there’s just something about Thierry that stole my heart. Maybe it was his brutal past or his intensity, but he’s definitely on my list!
Dante from When Darkness Comes: Guardians of Eternity #1 by Alexandra Ivy) – I have several “favorite” hunks in this series, but Dante’s “wicked pirate” vibe had me at “hel-lo, handsome”.
Rhage (from Lover Eternal, Black Dagger Brotherhood #2 by J.R. Ward) – I had a tough time picking my favorite hunk of hotness from J.R. Ward’s amazing alphas. But as much as Wrath gets my blood pumping and Zsadist’s story melts my heart, Rhage has always been my favorite. Maybe it’s because he could’ve had a harem of gorgeous women, but he chose Mary who is girl-next-door pretty but whose inner strength and warrior spirit are a match for his own.
Aric and Misha (from Sealed with a Curse, Weird Girls #1 by Cecy Robson) – Aric, super sexy alpha werewolf, or Misha, super sexy master vampire? Hmm. Tough call. Although it’s clear which super sexy supe Celia’s heart belongs to, that doesn’t keep me from drooling over Misha, too. It’s a shame these two aren’t so good at sharing ’cause that’d be one tasty man-wich. 😉
Nate “Ghost” Weller (from Hell on Wheels, Black Knights Inc. #1 by Julie Ann Walker) – My, oh, my… Sexy, dangerous, and tortured by his past, Nate Weller is just all kinds of hotness! Cupid can send him my way anytime! *taps foot impatiently* Any….time…
Fitzwilliam Darcy (from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen) – In an age of simpering girly-men, Mr. Darcy was an alpha before his time. Gotta love a man who can appreciate the pleasure of “a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman” and can still put the smack-down on his advesaries with the aplomb and grace of a true gentleman. Regency hotness at its finest. (And, yes, I realize that this is the cover for the movie and not the book, but Colin Firth will always be Mr. Darcy in my mind!) 😉
Master Chief (from the HALO game and the novels by Eric Nylund) – Okay, so technically Master Chief isn’t a romantic lead (unless you count the thing he and his AI advisor Cortana have going on), but that doesn’t keep me from crushing hard on this stalwart Spartan. He is an alpha’s alpha.
Nate Grimm, Seth Wolf, and Nicky Blue – What kind of romance author would I be if I didn’t fall in love with the seriously sexy men of my own Transplanted Tales series? I hope you will, too! 😉 In fact, I’m giving away a copy of either RED or THE BETTER TO SEE YOU to introduce you to my handsome hotties. Just check out the info below!
And make sure you stop by the other blogs in the hop to see who they’d love Cupid to send their way! 😀
Ohhhh Rhage is one of my BDB favs and Aric and Misha together, OH YEAH!!! haha!
Nate and Seth is anothe nice sandwich.
Thanks for participating! 🙂
Woot! Thanks for the shout-out! And quite a few of your dirty dozen make my dirty dozen list, too. *swoon!*
Oh, boy. I read a lot of m/m, so a few of these choices are futile, but most of these listed characters do date women sometimes. I fell hard for Griff in Damon Suede’s HOT HEAD (redheaded Scottish hockey-playing fireman, EEEE!) and Blaze in Lori Toland’s THE REPLACEMENT GUITARIST (Japanese-Hawaiian rock guitar god!). I also love Tara Lain’s Jake and Roan (they’d come as a pair, and I wouldn’t complain!) and Tommy (just adorable!), as well as Clare London’s Admael (an m/m angel, but trust me, he’s irresistible).
Daemon Black
Caleb from Captive in the Dark!
My list is so long, Acheron from the Dark Hunters heads the top of the list, Lucan is on mine too, all the BDB because I can’t choose one though Wrath tends to hold my heart (it’s this book that got me hopelessly addicted), Bowen from IAD, Maddox from LOTU . I know I am missing a bunch more.
@Jenese – re: Nate and Seth = A girl can dream… 😉
My pleasure, Jules! You know I love those sexy BKI guys of yours! 🙂
@Trix – All hotties are welcome here! 🙂 And the ones you’ve listed sound smokin’ hot! I mean, a readheaded Scottish hockey-playing fireman? Whaaaat?!? Totally need to check that out.
thank you for this giveaway!!
i want dean holder!!!!
@Margay – Ohhhh, good one! I’ve been meaning to add this series to my TBR list. Will go do that right now!
@Dawna – Sounds like you need a harem, too. 😉 I had a really tough time choosing my list, that’s for sure!
I’d pick Vane from Dark Hunters. 🙂
Ramsey from Avoiding Commitment
Harry Dresden.
Well clearly I have some reading to do! With the exception of BDB and Transplanted Tales why have I never heard of these boys before?
I must research, in the name of hot boys everywhere! 😉
Thanks for the giveaway, I’d like Cupid to aim his arrow at Seth from Jennifer. L. Armentrout’s Covenant series and Camden from Karina Halle’s Sins & Needles!
Happy Hopping!
I would agree, Mr. Darcy is my cupid.
All great choices! I love Rhage, but Zsadist is definitely my favorite out of the BDB boys. And you know that all three of those Transplanted Tales guys have me tapping my foot waiting for them to arrive 😉 I don’t know why, but I’m drawn to Nicky Blue. Yum, there is just something about a bad boy gangster type. Yes please! Lol
A hard choice.. maybe a vampire like Damon from Vampire Diaries? 😀
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Oh my! I have to agree with you on Aric and Misha. *sigh* They are dreamy! And a lovely duo if they were so determined to hate each other. lol.
And Nate!! Ahhhh…Nate is a dream! Nicky is sweet too. And Seth, well, I need to spend more time with him. 😉
Great list!
Mr. Darcy, please. 🙂
I think I would add Anson Mount, star of AMC’s Hell on Wheels and Damien Lewis, star of Homeland.’
I agree with Mr. Darcy, all the way! But I also find that I’m particularly partial to all the guys from the Dark Sword/Dark Warriors books. And Rhage is my favorite from the BDB but he’s closely followed by Butch and John Matthew.
Lucas from Easy by Tammara Webber.
Dimitri from the Guild Hunter series.
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Thanks for stopping by everyone! There is a whole lot of hotness going on here. Looks like I’m going to be adding to my TBR list! 😀
Caleb from the Dark Duet series!!!
Barrons from the Fever series! He is so yummy! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sin from Kenyon’s Devil May Cry
I would pick Gavin Blake, Brian Sinclair, James Cavendish, Gideon Cross. These guys just ooze sexiness, confidence & charm. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Damon from the vampire diaries.
Thanks for the giveaway! If I could shoot anyone with Cupid’s arrow, it would be, in this order: Alexander Skarsgard, Henry Cavill, Joel McHale, and James McAvoy. Yum.
As for fictional men, it would be, in this order: Jamie Fraser from “Outlander,” Christian Grey from “50 Shades,” Travis from “Beautiful Disaster,” and Lucas from “Easy.”
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Travis Maddox from Beautiful Disaster!
Jeaniene Frost: Bones, Vlad, Ian
Charlaine Harris: Eric
JR Ward: V & Z
Kresley Cole: Lothaire
Sherrilyn Kenyon: way too many to name
Gena Showalter: Pretty much all the Underworld men and William
Plus many more 🙂
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
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Acheron from Dark Hunters, Matthew Crowley from Downton Abbey along with Dimitri from the Guild Hunters. Hmmm, that’s this weeks hotties.
Eric from True Blood!
I always have a hard time picking a favorite hero, I love them all & hate to hurt any one of their feelings. (ok, I’m also a bit fickle & it changes regularly, often to a recent hero that I’m reading or recently read) 😉 thanks for the giveaway
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Barron’s from the Fever series.
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I do love Mr. Darcy! He is definitely one of my favorite romantic heroes! Go ahead, send him my way, I’m sure my husband won’t mind 😉
This would indeed be an all-male harem:
Drustan AND Dageus MacKeltar (yes, BOTH brothers) from Karen Marie Moning’s Highlander series
Thomas Raith from the Dresden Files
Mircea and Louis-Cesare from Karen Chance’s two series
+ Others that I can’t think of off the top of my head
Barrons from KMM’s Fever series. 😀
Barrons and Jamie Fraser.
I’d make a classic choice – Fitzwilliam Darcy.
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Adila (from Azerbaijan)
Bones and Vlad
Wrath,V and Tohr
Ethan Blackstone and Mason Langley
I would have to pick to Eric Northman! Love me some Viking Vampire!! Yummy!!
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Eric Northman!
I will take any of the McKay cowboys from Lorelei James’ Rough Riders series. Thanks for the great giveaway!
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Rehv from BDB
I would be more than happy with either of the sexy Doms from either Cherise Sinclair or Kallypso Masters’s stories 🙂
Damon from the Vampire Diaries!
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I love all of the brothers from the BDB series by JR Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunters and Christine Feehan’s Dark series men.
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Zadist from Lover Awakened by JR Ward!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Adam Hauptmann from Mercy Thompson novels and Eric from True Blood.
Oh, there are so many! 😉
One of my new favorites is Caden Macbain from Heather McCollum’s Captured Heart! Sexy Highlander hero.
Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!