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Actually Alpha Male in Romance
Kiss of Snow (Psy-Changeling, #10) - Nalini Singh
Derik's Bane - MaryJanice Davidson
Serpent Moon - C.T. Adams,Cathy Clamp
The Accidental Werewolf - Dakota Cassidy
Omega Mine - Aline Hunter
Beauty Dates the Beast - Jessica Sims
Dragon Bound - Thea Harrison
Coyote's Mate - Lora Leigh
A Hunger Like No Other - Kresley Cole
Magic Burns - Ilona Andrews

These heroes are leaders of packs, prides, and clans.  They are really ALPHA.

 

Who is your favorite?  Let me know!

 

Here is my best of the best of the real Alpha Male:

 

My lists are never in any particluar order. 

 

1. Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh

 

Since her defection from the PsyNet and into the SnowDancer wolf pack, Sienna Lauren has had one weakness: Hawke

Alpha and dangerous, he lost the woman who would've been his mate long ago. Now he walks alone. But Sienna stirs his primal heart, even as he tells himself she is far too young to handle the wild fury of the wolf. 

Yet as they strip away each other's secrets, a deadly enemy is striking at everything the pack holds dear...but Sienna's darkest secret may savage the pack that is her home, and the alpha who is its heartbeat.

 

2. Derik's Bane by MaryJanice Davidson

 

Derik's a werewolf with alpha issues - and a body to die for. Sara is the personification of unspeakable evil - and smells like roses. Now if they could just stop lusting after each other long enough to save the world. It's always good to have a psychic around - except when she tells you the world will soon end unless you do something about it. For werewolf Derik Gardner that means heading to sunny California and destroying the reincarnation of possibly the most powerful sorceress in history: Morgan Le Fay. But the beautiful - and slightly ditzy - Dr Sara Gunn has no idea that she is Morgan Le Fay. Her masses of wild red curls and crystal blue eyes make killing her an unpleasant prospect for Derik ... and his half-hearted attempts don't meet with much success. So if he can't kill Sara, he'll join her, on a cross-country odyssey to change her fate, confront a medieval evil - and hopefully get lucky...

 

3. Serpent Moon by C. T. Adams

 

ric Thompson's wolf howl can ruin electronics and send aircraft tumbling from the sky. Considered dangerous even by his fellow Sazi, Eric has become a lone wolf, living in self-imposed isolation. Yet when the very foundations of Sazi life come under attack, Eric knows he must defend his fellow shapeshifters at any cost.

 

Attacked by a band of vicious Sazi, Holly Sanchez should have died. Instead, she survives, emerging as a powerful Sazi healer. Sent to return Eric to the Sazi world he rejected, Holly finds herself by his side as the lone wolf tracks the monster that is killing the Sazi. Holly soon realizes she must make a choice--between a Sazi life with Eric, and life as a "normal" human being. But first, she must survive long enough to make that choice--and she must save her people, and the world, from evil.

 

 

4. The Accidental Werewolf by Dakota Cassidy

 

When Marty Andrews gets bitten by a mutt, the hair on her legs starts growing at an alarming rate and her mood swings put her dream job as a cosmetic sales rep in serious jeopardy. Then a drool-worthy man shows up at her door claiming that he accidentally bit Marty. And since he's a werewolf, that means she is now, too...

 

5. Omega Mine by Aline Hunter

 

Graced with the ability to shift into any form, Diskant Black is the absolute authority when it comes to New York shifters, and as the Omega of the city, his word is law. Protecting the shifter races is more than a job, it's a predisposition ingrained since birth--nothing is more important. Until a chance encounter with a tiny female sets fire to his blood, brings him to his knees and turns his world upside down. Ava Brisbane is more than he bargained for in a mate--beautiful, fragile...human. If he wants to keep her by his side, he'll have to sacrifice a portion of his soul to establish a bond that can never be broken. 

Unfortunately, the timing couldn't be worse. Shepherds--hunters of all the shifter races--have arrived in New York. To protect the woman he can't live without, Diskant will have to stand against those who have come to start a war.

 

6. Beauty Dates the Beast by Jessica Sims

 

WANTED 

Single human female to join charming, wealthy, single male were-cougar for a night of romantic fun—and maybe more. 

 

Me: The tall, sensuous, open-minded leader of my clan. 

You: A deliciously curvy virgin who’s intimately familiar with what goes bump in the night.

 

Must not be afraid of a little tail. Prefer a woman who’s open to exploring her animal nature. Interest in nighttime walks through the woods a plus. 

 

My turn-ons include protecting you from the worst the supernatural world has to offer.

 

Ready for an adventure? Give me a call. 

 

Vampires and doppelgangers need not apply.

 

7. Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison

 

Half-human and half-wyr, Pia Giovanni spent her life keeping a low profile among the wyrkind and avoiding the continuing conflict between them and their dark Fae enemies. But after being blackmailed into stealing a coin from the hoard of a dragon, Pia finds herself targeted by one of the most powerful-and passionate-of the Elder races.

 

8. Coyote's Mate by Lora Leigh

 

For six years Anya Korbin worked with Del-Rey Delgato—the genetically altered rebel known as the Coyote Ghost—to free a group of coyote women kept in her father’s lab. As Anya matured into a woman, she and Del-Rey grew close…but then he broke his promise and killed her father. Now she must deal with her animalistic desire for the one who betrayed her.

 

9. A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

 

A mythic warrior who'll stop at nothing to possess her . . .

 

After enduring years of torture from the vampire horde, Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, is enraged to find the predestined mate he's waited millennia for is a vampire. Or partly one. This Emmaline is a small, ethereal half Valkyrie/half vampire, who somehow begins to soothe the fury burning within him. 

 

A vampire captured by her wildest fantasy . . .

 

Sheltered Emmaline Troy finally sets out to uncover the truth about her deceased parents -- until a powerful Lykae claims her as his mate and forces her back to his ancestral Scottish castle. There, her fear of the Lykae -- and their notorious dark desires -- ebbs as he begins a slow, wicked seduction to sate her own dark cravings. 

 

An all-consuming desire . . .

 

Yet when an ancient evil from her past resurfaces, will their desire deepen into a love that can bring a proud warrior to his knees and turn a gentle beauty into the fighter she was born to be?

 

10. Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews

 

As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels knows how waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow across Atlanta like a tide. But once every seven years, a flare comes, a time when magic runs rampant. When Kate sets out to retrieve a set of stolen maps for the Pack, Atlanta's paramilitary clan of shape shifters, she quickly realizes much more is at stake. The stolen maps are only the opening gambit in an epic tug of war between two gods hoping for rebirth, and if Kate can't stop the cataclysmic showdown, the city may not survive.

 

Vote for the best of the best on my Goodreads list: Actually Alpha Male in Romance. 

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text 2014-09-03 16:13
Shy Heroines of Paranormal Romance
A Hunger Like No Other - Kresley Cole
Wild Invitation - Nalini Singh
Omega Mine - Aline Hunter
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward
Love Potions (Entangled Covet) - Michelle M. Pillow
Big Bad Wolf - Christine Warren
Entropy - Viola Grace
Rogue - Cheryl Brooks
Dangerous Gifts - Mary Jo Putney
By Jove (Entangled Select) - Marissa Doyle

Paranormal women as a rule as pretty bold and kickass but nobody said you couldn't be kickass and shy. Why not? Shy Paranormal Heroines make for great reading! Bravery comes in all sorts of wonderful forms as does love. 

 

 

1. Wild Invitation  by Nalini Singh 

 

Declaration of Courtship, Grace, a shy submissive wolf, finds herself pursued by the last man she ever would have imagined: a SnowDancer lieutenant said to be "mad, bad, and dangerous to know

 

2. Omega Mine by Aline Hunter 

 

Graced with the ability to shift into any form, Diskant Black is the absolute authority when it comes to New York shifters, and as the Omega of the city, his word is law. Protecting the shifter races is more than a job, it's a predisposition ingrained since birth--nothing is more important. Until a chance encounter with a tiny female sets fire to his blood, brings him to his knees and turns his world upside down. Ava Brisbane is more than he bargained for in a mate--beautiful, fragile...human. If he wants to keep her by his side, he'll have to sacrifice a portion of his soul to establish a bond that can never be broken. 

Unfortunately, the timing couldn't be worse. Shepherds--hunters of all the shifter races--have arrived in New York. To protect the woman he can't live without, Diskant will have to stand against those who have come to start a war.

 

3. Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

 

Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard living, ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world- to engage in the turf war with the lessers. He's got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league. If he can't have her, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers...Fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers, he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead, found by a miracle, the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back, though even her love may not be enough to save him..

 

4. Love Potions by Michelle M. Pillow 

 

Erik MacGregor, from a clan of ancient Scottish warlocks, isn't looking for love. After centuries, it's not even a consideration...until he moves in next door to Lydia Barratt. It's clear that the shy beauty wants nothing to do with him, but he's drawn to her nonetheless and determined to win her over.

Lydia Barratt just wants to be left alone to grow flowers and make lotions in her old Victorian house. The last thing she needs is a demanding Scottish man meddling in her private life. Just because he's gorgeous and totally rocks a kilt doesn't mean she's going to fall for his seductive manner.

But Erik won't give up and just as Lydia let's her guard down, his sister decides to get involved. Her little love potion prank goes terribly wrong, making Lydia the target of his sudden embarrassingly obsessive behavior. They'll have to find a way to pull Erik out of the spell fast when it becomes clear that Lydia has more than a lovesick warlock to worry about. Evil lurks within the shadows and it plans to use Lydia, alive or dead, to take out Erik and his clan for good.

 

5. Big Bad Wolf by Christine Warren 

 

Missy Roper’s fantasies have revolved around Graham Winters since the moment they met. But the imposing leader of the Silverback werewolf clan always seemed oblivious to Missy’s existence. At least he was, until Missy collides with him at a party and then abruptly runs away—arousing Graham’s interest…and wild desires.

Lupine law decrees that every Alpha must have a mate, and all Graham’s instincts tell him that the sensual, beguiling Missy is his. Trouble is, Missy is human—every delectable inch of her. Convincing his clan that she’s his destined mate, and keeping her safe from his enemies, will be the biggest challenge Graham has ever faced. And now that he is determined to have her—as his lover and as his mate—Missy’s world is changing in ways she never imagined…

 

6. Entropy by Viola Grace 

 

Alia Morgan is a geothermal specialist assigned to the ice planet Yana, but she experiences a disruption to her routine when her best friend's brother arrives to invite her to participate in Ember's wedding, in two days. They are halfway to the main city when Symon drops the bomb. For Ember to have a covenant marriage, the most binding and formal of arrangements, she needs a virgin to be deflowered on her wedding night. The problem is, Ember is pregnant and no longer
qualifies. Alia was the only virgin she knows.

Symon then has to break the news that he is the one she will be coupling with, and despite her urge to jump into the snow and run for it, part of her is intrigued. Symon is tall, handsome, and has long fingers that she can't take her eyes from, how bad could the wedding night be?

 

7. Rogue (The Cat Star Chronicles) by Cheryl Brooks 

 

Enslaved for years, Tychar belongs to the Queen of Darconia. His feline gene gives him remarkable sexual powers and every female on the planet is in love with him. Then, the Queen gives him to Kyra...


Or will she be just another one of his conquests? Why would he choose the modest piano teacher? Yet the two are drawn to each other with a powerful, magnetic attraction unlike any he's felt before... Then the palace is attacked in a coup, and Tychar has to choose between freedom and love...

 

8. Dangerous Gifts by Mary Jo Putney

 

A shy mortal girl rashly accepts a faery lord's offer of beauty and charm. Then he comes to claim a terrible price—the loss of her new love and everything she holds dear.

 

9. By Jove by Marissa Doyle 

 

For Theodora Fairchild, graduate school is a dream. The professors are fighting over her, she gets to study Latin and explore her knowledge of Greek gods with others who share her passion…and she meets Grant Proctor. He's as shy as she is, and oh so handsome.

 

As she gives in to her feelings for the man who's stolen her heart, someone seems determined to keep them apart—no matter the consequences. There are evil forces at work, and they have plans for Theo that don’t include Grant. When Grant disappears, surviving the semester becomes the least of Theo’s worries. Her knowledge of ancient mythology may be her best weapon, and relying on her wits and wisdom may be the only thing to help her save her true love.

 

10. A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole 

 

A mythic warrior who'll stop at nothing to possess her . . .

 

After enduring years of torture from the vampire horde, Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, is enraged to find the predestined mate he's waited millennia for is a vampire. Or partly one. This Emmaline is a small, ethereal half Valkyrie/half vampire, who somehow begins to soothe the fury burning within him.

 

A vampire captured by her wildest fantasy . . .

 

Sheltered Emmaline Troy finally sets out to uncover the truth about her deceased parents -- until a powerful Lykae claims her as his mate and forces her back to his ancestral Scottish castle. There, her fear of the Lykae -- and their notorious dark desires -- ebbs as he begins a slow, wicked seduction to sate her own dark cravings.

 

An all-consuming desire . . .

 

Yet when an ancient evil from her past resurfaces, will their desire deepen into a love that can bring a proud warrior to his knees and turn a gentle beauty into the fighter she was born to be?

 

 Let me know if I forget your favorite shy Paranormal, Science Fiction, or Fantsy Romance Heroine!

 

To vote for the best of the best go to the the Goodreads list: Shy Heroines of Paranormal Romance.

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review 2014-06-27 00:00
Eternity and a Day
Eternity and a Day - Aline Hunter This series is considered erotic, but there is much more here. To me this was more UF and fantasy with a side of erotica. So, I enjoyed it more than I usually do with this kind of genre. I often want more plot, more world building and not just the smexy and you get it with this book.

I did enjoy Eric (dragon shifter!) but there were times when I wanted to kick his arse. Yea, a common problem with a lot of alpha males, but he does recognize when he is an arse and he does try his best to rectify it by giving Runa control of the relationship until she is comfortable. They also have a lot of smexy times but it doesn't run over the story.

My fave characters are actually the secondary characters. In fact Runa's brother and best friend seem to have a bigger role than expected. I would love to read their stories. Still, in some ways they outshined our couple in this book but not so much I didn't enjoy Runa and Eric's romance.

I enjoyed this first book in the series and I give this book 3 1/2 stars. I recommend it to those who enjoy fantasy with a side of smexy. :)
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text 2014-03-03 18:50
There Be Dragons: Best Dragon Shifters in Romance Novels
Dragon Bound - Thea Harrison
Accidental Mates: Draco (Book 1) - Brenda Steele
Dragon Actually - G.A. Aiken
The Barbarian Prince - Michelle M. Pillow
Abandon - Viola Grace
Eternity and a Day: Desires of the Otherworld, Book 1 - Aline Hunter
Ride The Stars/Once Bitten - Autumn Dawn
Master of Dragons - Angela Knight
Up In Smoke - Katie MacAlister
Heart of the Dragon - Gena Showalter

Some of my favorite things are Dragons and Dragon Shifters are even better!

 

They fly, breath fire, ice, whatever, and horde.  They are big grumpy warrior men who shift in too even bigger, grumpier more deadly dragons. Awesome! 

 

Here are my favorite love stories featuring Dragon Shifters. A number of these are series that I recommend all of so I just noted the first book. 

 

1. Dragon Bound (A Novel of the Elder Races) by Thea Harrison

 

I am cursed with a terminal case of curiosity," he said. "I am jealous, selfish, acquisitive, territorial and possessive. I have a terrible temper, and I know I can be a cruel son of a bitch." He cocked his head. "I used to eat people, you know.”  Dragos

 

2. Accidental Mates: Draco (Book 1) by Brenda Steele Free! 

 

With temporary genetic enhancements to her body, to make her sexier, Harmony sneaks into the dragon shape-shifter’s room to either seduce him or kill him—whatever works to keep the beast from forcing her sister to marry him. The Drelconian lords were a race of the hottest men, with the “stiffest” equipment a girl could ever dream of. They descended to Earth looking for breeders in exchange for desperately needed fuel. And when Draco pinned her against a wall with an offer of all night fun as payment for releasing her sister from his bond, how could Harmony possibly refuse?

 

3. Dragon Actually (Dragon Kin) by G.A Aiken   Fergus 

 

Now. Now, Annwyl. No need to curtsy. A simple nod of your head and absolute worship will be more than enough.” 

4.. The Barbarian Prince (Dragon Lords) by Michelle Pillow

 

Going undercover at Galaxy Brides as one of the prospective mates to these Viking-like barbarians, Morrigan has no intention of getting chosen to stay. But when Ualan of the Draig picks her to be his wife with the aid of his mystically glowing crystal, it is all she can do to say no.

Waking up from a drug-induced night of torturous and unfulfilling pleasures, Morrigan discovers her spaceship has left without her and Ualan is claiming she is his wife. It's not exactly the story this reporter had in mind. And to make matters worse, Ualan refuses to take no for an answer. 

 

5.  Abandon - Half Blood Club book 3 by Viola Grace 

 

Graylin Treel is on a deadline. With only a few hours to go, she needs to put herself in the path of the dragon that she has chosen as a mate. The problem is, he thinks she is a pathetic human. When the glamour drops and their senses are aroused, can any structure of man take the heat of two dragons in the throes of passion?

 

6. Eternity and a Day (Desires of the Otherworld) by Aline Hunter

 

Dreading the one night per tide he's forced to travel between the realms, Draigen Eric Locke has only one desire on Samhain—to retrieve the fae transporting daemon relics through the realms and escort her to the Dark Court to face the sidhe king. When he mistakenly recovers the wrong fae, the dragon under his skin responds in a way he never could have predicted, and he discovers he's found the woman destined to him by the Fates—his Chosen. 

 

7. Ride the Stars/Once Bitten by Autumn Dawn 

 

Ever kissed a Drac? Careful, they bite....

Bali Itara is the daughter of a mad scientist and daddy's favorite toy. Domino is the man who can help her escape the madness, for his bite holds the cure. There's only one catch....

 

8. Master of Dragons (Mageverse) by Angela Knight

 

he last time fairy princess Nineva Morrow engaged in magic, evil forces rendered her an orphan-isolated and incapable of trusting in anyone's survival. But after years of hiding on Earth, she'll use her powers once more-and attract more knights than she can handle.

 

9. Up In Smoke: A Novel of the Silver Dragons  by Katie  MacAlister

 

“Carrie Fay always says that nothing is really horrible unless it eats away your face.” 

 

10. The Dracons' Woman (The Soul-Linked Saga) by Laura Jo Phillips 

 

One day Lariah Daniels is a beautiful but shy historical librarian on Earth. The next, she is fleeing across the galaxy from a sadistic crime lord who will stop at nothing to hunt her down and torture her for information about her sister, a psychic undercover agent for a shadowy intelligence organization. Lariah selects as her safe haven the distant, pastoral world of Jasan, known for its peaceful, rural setting, and the practice of its shifter inhabitants of mating three of their men to one human woman.

 

And one to grow on!

 

11. Heart of the Dragon (Atlantis) by Gena Showalter 

 

She stopped at the desk and held up a can for his view. "This looks like an ordinary hairspray can, right?"

 

"Of course." he said though he had no idea what hairspray was.

 

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