{"id":3158,"date":"2010-05-05T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2010-05-05T05:00:19","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05T09:00:19","slug":"vanessa-kelly-sex-and-the-single-earl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/05\/vanessa-kelly-sex-and-the-single-earl\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Kelly ~ Sex and the Single Earl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have to admit, I&#8217;m totally looking forward to reading <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>Sex and the Single Earl<\/strong>.<\/em><\/span> Did I also mention it&#8217;s <strong>The Season&#8217;s May Book Club Pick<\/strong>? Well yes, it is.<\/p>\n<p>I love Vanessa&#8217;s post today. I&#8217;m definitely the one who would call the hero an alpha male and not a jerk. It&#8217;s fiction so I can say this, because it&#8217;s not true for real life, but I love a hero who many might consider a bit of a jerk if you defined jerk: arrogant, sarcastic, cocky, brooding&#8230;and sexy. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Vanessa thanks a bunch guest blogging today and the fabulous topic. I&#8217;m looking forward to reading the responses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~*~<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is One Reader\u2019s Alpha Male Another One\u2019s Jerk?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/vanessakelly.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3159\" title=\"vanessakelly\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/vanessakelly.jpg?resize=176%2C268\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a>I\u2019m so happy to be here at The Season, celebrating the release of my Regency-set historical romance, <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>Sex And The Single Earl<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 With a title like that, it\u2019s pretty obvious that my hero, Simon St. James, is going to be that special kind of guy, the Alpha male.\u00a0 Personally, I love the Alpha hero, the stronger the better.<\/p>\n<p>The defining characteristic of the Alpha male\u2014hero or villain\u2014is confidence.\u00a0 He has a calm conviction that he can and will overcome any problem, no matter how difficult.\u00a0 And he\u2019ll do it, too, with a combination of physical strength, intellectual smarts, and unwavering determination.\u00a0 He\u2019s a natural leader who generally expects everyone to fall in line with his plans.\u00a0 If you get in his way, watch out!\u00a0 He\u2019ll either go around you or over you, whichever is easier.<\/p>\n<p>And therein lies the rub.\u00a0 Confidence can easily bleed over into arrogance, and it doesn\u2019t take much of that to turn off a reader, especially if that arrogance is directed too forcefully at the heroine.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>In Sex And The Single Earl<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, my hero is an uber-alpha.\u00a0 Simon is supremely confident and sometimes more than a little arrogant.\u00a0 Not that he means to be a jerk\u2014he doesn\u2019t.\u00a0 But as the head of the family, he\u2019s used to both calling the shots and taking care of everyone else, and over time he\u2019s grown convinced that his methods are always best.\u00a0 He especially feels that way about the heroine, Sophie Stanton.\u00a0 Simon has basically grown up with Sophie, and he\u2019s very protective of her.\u00a0 But since he has known her for so long he\u2019s not in the habit of treating her with kid gloves\u2014especially since Sophie never has any trouble giving Simon the gears whenever she thinks he needs it.\u00a0 Which is often.\u00a0 In fact, when she was a child, she never thought twice about giving him a good kick in the shins whenever he annoyed her.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie hasn\u2019t changed much over the years, at least when it comes to Simon.\u00a0 Given that he\u2019s an Alpha male, Simon doesn\u2019t like that.\u00a0 He\u2019s not above laying down the law in the hopes that Sophie will finally do what he wants her to do.\u00a0 And it\u2019s exactly that kind of bull-headed determination that can come off as arrogant.<\/p>\n<p>How, then, to keep the Alpha hero from being so arrogant and controlling that he comes off like a jerk?\u00a0 The answer lies in emphasizing his heroic qualities.\u00a0 The true Alpha hero, of course, has a strong need to protect those he perceives as weaker than he is, or those needing his care.\u00a0 The heroine usually brings out his tender qualities, even though he often resists this part of himself (a great source of conflict, by the way).\u00a0 He may be manipulative at times or come off as a little domineering, but it stems from his desire to protect those he loves.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3160\" title=\"sexandthesingleearl\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/sexandthesingleearl.jpg?resize=204%2C328\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"328\" \/>Most importantly, the Alpha hero has to learn that the heroine is a strong, independent person in her own right.\u00a0 He has to learn to respect her.\u00a0 That\u2019s certainly the case in <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>Sex And The Single Earl<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 Simon would love it if Sophie did everything he wanted her to, but there\u2019s not a hope in hell of that happening.\u00a0 They clash frequently over that which, by the way, often leads to interesting situations in the bedchamber.\u00a0 But, ultimately, Simon will learn to respect her judgment, and realize that Sophie is every bit his equal.\u00a0 Even more importantly, he comes to realize that he wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n<p>Readers often have very different reactions to the Alpha male hero.\u00a0 For some, the more outrageously masculine and arrogant the hero is, the better they like him\u2014as long as that core quality to defend and protect the heroine is always 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