I could hear the excited squeals of my readers for miles. Because I just delivered another alpha male in my latest novel, The Protector. Jake Sharp. Oh, Jake Sharp, how I love your moody, alpha, military bones!
But why so alpha? Why do I make all of my heroes dominant men? Men who my heroines – all strong women, it should be noted – can’t help but surrender to in the bedroom? Men who my readers fall so easily in love with. It’s ironic, since I’m a fiercely independent woman and very strong-minded. I like doing what I like, when I like. But I’m still a woman, and I still crave a strong, confident man at the end of a long day who can take the reins.
My heroines are strong-minded women, too. They take on the men that I create. There’s the inevitable play for power. There are sparks – sparks that carry over into the bedroom…where they’re perfectly happy to let the hero take over from there.
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