The Ultimate Hot, Hunky Hero
In honor of Valentine’s Day, Kensington Books is looking for
the Ultimate Hero. They’ve pitted thirty-two author’s characters against one
another until an ultimate hero emerges. The winner from each round moves on to
the next round until only one man is left standing. My hero’s turn comes up on
Thursday, February twelfth. I do hope you’ll vote for him!
For my hero, I chose Wolf, from Alanna, book two in
my When Hearts Dare series. He first appeared out of nowhere in Celine,
book one. Not only did I fall head over heels for him, so did my readers. They
demanded his story, and boy, did he deliver.
Here’s a little bit about him and a short excerpt:
My hero roams the west in the late 1850’s as a relentless
tracker of lost persons. He can locate anyone anywhere…for a price. A
formidable, solitary man with nothing to lose, he is known only by the name of
Wolf. A legend across the land, no one knows much about him other than he is
the best at what he does. But beware—he can be ruthless if crossed.
At thirty years of age, Wolf stands over six feet tall. He’s
lean-hipped and broad across the shoulders. He wears his sun-streaked, tawny
gold hair clubbed at his nape, exposing a chiseled face reminiscent of a work
of art. Beneath thick, gilded lashes, his startlingly blue eyes shimmer with
pure sin. Despite his hardened demeanor, he moves across a room with a fluid
grace, his muscled hips rolling seductively, his long legs stretching out in a
slow, purposeful glide. Fascinating to watch, the man could pass for a fallen
god.
But there is more to Wolf than he lets on in public. Beneath
his worldly hardness beats a wild and lonely heart that yearns for more than
the bad hand life dealt him. An enigmatic man who can command a room simply by
walking through it, when it comes to bedding a woman, his heart turns tender.
One look into those magnetic blue eyes filled with the promise of delicious
sin, one feather-soft slide of his fingers across her skin, and the air grows
thick with passion. The way he speaks soft and low in her ear, as if they were
already making love, and desire, hot and gripping, threatens to capture her
soul.
One other thing: He wears a woman’s garnet earring in his
left earlobe. It’s all he has left of his mother after watching her brutal
murder when he was only six years old. In the story, Wolf finally goes hunting
for her killer. On his journey aboard a clipper ship from San Francisco to
Boston, he meets Alanna Malone, a high-spirited, enigmatic woman intent on
shedding a fiancĂ© handpicked by her social climbing parents. She sets Wolf’s
heart ablaze. But life isn’t easy for him once he lands in Boston and the
mystery surrounding his mother’s death deepens—someone wants him dead.
I often use visuals to get my stories started. If I were to
have to name a celebrity to use as a visual for Wolf, I’d have go with Brad
Pitt back in his role of Tristan in Legends of the Fall.
Here’s a little excerpt from Alanna:
Wolf pulled his head back and studied Alanna through lazy
lids. “Every time you took care of me back in Boston, every time you bent over
me to change my bandages, every time you shaved me, or bathed me, you drove me
wild. I wanted to do wicked things to you. Did you know that?” He took her by
the shoulders and gently turned her around. “I’m going to undress you now.”
The event is being hosted on Tumbler: http://kensingtonheroes.tumblr.com/
The price drops on all the participating books can be found here: http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/catalog.aspx/category/313258
Bio:
Kathleen Bittner Roth creates evocative stories featuring characters forced to draw on their strength of spirit to overcome adversity and find unending love. Her own fairy tale wedding in a Scottish castle led her to her current residence in Budapest, Hungary, considered one of Europe’s most romantic cities. However, she still keeps one foot firmly in Texas and the other in her home state of Minnesota. A member of Romance Writers of America®, Kathleen was a 2012 finalist in their prestigious Golden Heart® awards. You can find Kathleen on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Pinterest, and on her website www.kathleenbittnerroth.com.
3 comments:
Kathleen,
I envisioned Wolf as Brad Pitt when I was reading ALANNA...one of my favorite heroes. I love his wry sense of humor and intelligence as much as his courage. What a great hero! Can't wait to vote on Thursday!
I loved Wolf (and Alanna.) He's definitely a hero to capture the heart-and the imagination. I'll be by to vote for him.
Thanks for voting! I think Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall is the closest I can get to a real live Wolf!
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