{"id":5761,"date":"2011-01-26T11:06:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T16:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=5761"},"modified":"2011-01-26T11:06:19","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T16:06:19","slug":"the-alpha-male-my-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/26\/the-alpha-male-my-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alpha Male &#8212; My Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The problem with having an alpha male brother<br \/>\nby Kat Latham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5762\" title=\"hotassin\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/hotassin.jpg?resize=182%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" \/>My brother is my opposite in almost every way. The only things we have in common are our bad points\u2014we both have to have the last word in an argument, and we both struggle to admit when we\u2019re wrong. Most of my memories of us \u201cplaying\u201d together during our growing up years end with me bracing my body against my closed bedroom door while he launched himself at it from the other side in an attempt to hurt me. Of course, I\u2019m sure I was totally innocent of all wrong-doing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s taken us many, many years to become friends and appreciate each other\u2019s strengths, but we now get along really well and have learned how to navigate around tricky topics of conversation.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one thing I\u2019ll never be able to forgive my brother for, though: he\u2019s ruined alpha males for me.<\/p>\n<p>During my last couple of years of high school, my brother became obsessed with becoming a Navy SEAL. He bought one of their training videos and, even though he was only 14 or 15, he began preparing himself for the rigors of SEAL life. I have no idea if these are real SEAL training activities or my brother just made them up, but he apparently put scuba weights on his ankles and jumped into the deep end of a friend\u2019s pool, letting himself sink to the bottom before kicking back up, then sinking again. Repeat dozens of times until he thought he would drown, then do it once more. He also slept in a tree one night. He bought rappelling equipment and rappelled down the side of our house. I can\u2019t tell you how many times I walked out into the back yard, thinking I was alone, only to have the breath scared out of me by him leaping onto the patio behind me.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen years later, I still can\u2019t read books with SEAL heroes without picturing my brother and all those crazy things he did and talked about. And believe me, there\u2019s no bigger turn-off than reaching a hot love scene and realizing the hero looks and talks grossly similar to your brother. I\u2019ve had to put down some great books because of it.<\/p>\n<p>But now he\u2019s done something worse. He\u2019s become a fireman and paramedic. Do you know how many firefighter heroes there are in contemporary romance? About as many as there are mistresses in Regency romance. They\u2019re everywhere! And I can\u2019t bring myself to read about them. The closest I\u2019ve come is Bella Andre\u2019s Never Too Hot, which has a hero who\u2019s an injured firefighter. For some reason, that helped me separate the hero from my brother, because my brother\u2019s not injured.<\/p>\n<p>My brother\u2019s even got an alpha name, and I can\u2019t read a novel with a heroine moaning my brother\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s probably some weird, horrible, Freudian explanation for all this that I don\u2019t want to examine too closely. Fortunately, the other men in my family are not alpha at all, and they have names and careers that rarely make it into romance novels. But if you do ever hear of a book with a refrigerator-selling hero named Jim, let me know and I can get it for my dad. I\u2019m sure he\u2019d love to feel like a romance novel hero.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are there certain kinds of heroes you struggle to read about because they remind you of people you know in real life? Comment and be entered to win a copy of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jillshalvis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jill Shalvis&#8217;s<\/a> <\/em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">ANIMAL MAGNETISM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5764\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/february2011_contemp_1.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5764\" title=\"animalmagnetism\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/animalmagnetism.jpg?resize=220%2C355\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to read review and specs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Kat Latham<\/strong> has been reading romance for a couple of decades. With  degrees in English lit and human rights, she loves stories that reflect  the depth, humor and emotion of real life. When she&#8217;s not writing  contemporary romance novels, she can usually be found blogging or  tweeting overly personal information. She loves meeting other readers  and writers online, so <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/katrinalatham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow her on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/readericreatedhim.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out her blog<\/a> and say hello!<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-5761\" data-postid=\"5761\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-5761 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The problem with having an alpha male brother by Kat Latham My brother is my opposite in almost every way. 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