The Billionaire Sheik’s Dyslexic Virgin’s Secret Baby…
Monday, March 5, 2007Posted in: Harlequin Presents Are The Shnizzle Ma Wizzle
I decided to become a member of the Harlequin Presents blog.
I can see the potential for lots of interesting ‘discussions’. There’s nothing I love more than being the dissenting voice. It’s great to have fresh meat to work with. *evil grin*
Today’s topic is about the type of alpha heroes that authors should avoid.
Shit, where do I start?
Note to self: Remember to ask who the hell comes up with the book titles.
Bev (BB)
March 5
9:58 pm
Heh, yeah, I put that one in my blog subscriptions and then the first thing I saw was you in them comments and thought, oh, boy, now there’s a match made in heaven. ;p
This should be fun to watch if I don’t go cross-eyed first.
Karen Scott
March 5
10:08 pm
Hey, I’ve been good thus far, and my list of the types of heroes to avoid, were quite sensible I thought. (Heheh)
Eve Vaughn
March 5
10:54 pm
Uh oh, does this mean Harlequin has to stay on their toes?
Shiloh Walker
March 6
12:03 am
they are in so much trouble….I haven’t read a HP in ages but I do remember the Sheik, Amnesiac, I didn’t realize I was even pregnant (okay, that’s an exaggeration) storylines… have fun Karen.
Anne
March 6
12:33 am
Yikes. I pity those Harlequin-ites. *G*
I don’t read HP, but I do read Sheik books from SSE and S-Desire, mainly Susan mallery and Kristi Gold, so don’t be dissin’ my sheiks
LOL
Kat O+
March 6
7:39 am
Oh, Karen, you make me laugh! 😀
I couldn’t be bothered creating an account so I’ll comment here instead. Do you think that some of the problems readers have with alpha males (treating the heroine like a doormat, among other things) is really an underlying problem with the way the heroine is written? That maybe the author doesn’t give her enough of a backbone to stand up for herself and challenge the hero? Because I would think that one of the best ways to expose the tough-on-the-outside-with-a-creamy-chocolate-centre thing is show that the hero reacts very differently to the heroine than he would with anyone else.
Sarah McCarty
March 6
2:26 pm
LOL! Karen, not only does your post crack me up, but the whole mental image of you regally strolling into the middle of the HP forum with your unique brand of humor has had me chuckling all morning.
Amie Stuart
March 6
3:53 pm
Karen reading your comments was definitely worth the trip over there *g*
SpecRom Joyce
March 7
1:52 am
Dude, I did not even know there was a sub-sub-genre of Harlequin Sheikh books.
I could have gone on merrily with my life avoiding that knowledge.
Hope you’re happy now. I’ll probably need therapy.
sybil
March 7
2:43 am
Does that make you the anti-rabid fangrrl… seeking out places you know you will disagree to cause trouble?
That so needs a button.
Bad karens, bad, bad
And I am gonna go join now cuz I happen to like a few of those books. Shut up 😛
Karen Scott
March 7
6:50 am
Does that make you the anti-rabid fangrrl… seeking out places you know you will disagree to cause trouble?
Oh Sybil, you wound me!
My thing is, I just don’t see the point in having a blog that encourages frank and honest discussions, but only as long as it’s a lovefest.
I bet you anything more readers come out and air their dissatisfaction with some of the HQ Presents characteristics than previously.
There’s an author who’s already tried to argue that bastard alpha heroes who blackmail the heroine into marrying them, are the kind of plots that makes up the backbone of Presents books. Also that as women we were brought up on grand fairy tales like Snow White, Sleeping beauty etc.
I (diplomatically) reminded her that Snow White’s prince never called her a whore, and blackmailed her into marrying him.
Bev (BB)
March 7
2:58 pm
I (diplomatically) reminded her that Snow White’s prince never called her a whore, and blackmailed her into marrying him.
Well, no, but then she was asleep . . . alas, that’s another grip entirely.
Ahem.
I actually almost snorted my coffee when Sybil showed up here. Hey, Sybil, should I mention the washing machine part to Karen, too? 😀
Marilyn Shoemaker
March 8
3:08 am
Great blog…..and I’m a Presents reader and love Susan Mallery and her sheikh books.
The Sheikhs and Desert Love is a great site, lots of info, however, they had so much spam on their forum it shut down for awhile. That’s when I decided to start my own blog, maiinly to promote the authors I read who write “sheihk” books. I hope you join in, it’s fairly new and I really haven’t invited other to comment. You have a voice so please stop by:
http://romancing-the-desert—sheikh-books.blogspot.com/