{"id":6017,"date":"2011-02-17T07:41:58","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T12:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=6017"},"modified":"2011-02-17T07:41:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T12:41:58","slug":"nice-guys-finish-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/nice-guys-finish-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Nice Guys Finish First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>In Praise of the Nice Guy<\/strong><\/span> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lauraleeguhrke.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Laura Lee Guhrke<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6018\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/february2011_3.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6018\" title=\"scandaloftheyear\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/scandaloftheyear.jpg?resize=249%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to read review and book blurb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have sometimes heard my father jokingly say that nice guys finish last, but having him as my example growing up, I know the opposite is actually the truth. Nice guys finish first. At least they do for me. Oh, sure, I can see the appeal of the bad boy in a romance novel, and I\u2019ve written the bad boy hero quite a few times. But even when I write the bad boy, he\u2019s always a nice guy underneath, waiting to show it for the right girl.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s probably because deep down, I\u2019ve always preferred nice guys in real life. It\u2019s so much better to have the kind of guy who brings you\u00a0 coffee in the morning and makes you soup when you\u2019re sick, and who you can count on no matter what. The kind of guy who will always stand up for\u00a0 you, even when it seems like everyone else in the world is against you. My dad is one of those stand-up guys. So is my boyfriend. So are most of the men I like and admire. Aidan Carr, the hero in my latest book, Scandal of the Year, is one of those guys, too.<\/p>\n<p>Such men often go unappreciated,\u00a0 and that\u2019s just wrong. So, since this is February, the Season for Romance, and I\u2019m on the Season For Romance blog, I thought I\u2019d ask you to join me in praise of the nice guys out there. For those of you still looking for him, don\u2019t lose heart. He\u2019s out there somewhere. To prove it, I want those of you who have nice guys in your life to tell us why nice guys are so special and why those girls still looking should hold out for one and not settle for less. <strong>What nice guys have you known and how did they show it? Which hot male celebrities do you think also seem like genuinely nice guys? 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