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Laminated Five Heroes

by Tara Lain

I’m delighted to have been asked to blog here today because I do love Naughty Boys. In fact, I tell people that when they read my books they get to meet “The Beautiful Boys of Romance”, and that’s what I’d like to talk about today.

Do you remember in the old Friends TV series, they had the “laminated five”? These were the five men (or woman) that you could have sex with and your significant other could not object. It’s kind of a popular expression with some of my friends. “Who’s on your laminated list?” Year after year, Johnny Depp makes it to one of my top spots. Adam Lambert is on there too, (not that he’d be interested).

But what about book characters? We don’t usually think of them for the top five list since, after all, they aren’t “real”. But then again nether are Johnny or Adam in my world, so why not book characters? In fact, that’s what I try to do when I’m writing. Create at least one hero in every book that is worthy of your laminated five list. A guy so dreamy, so drool-producing, that he surpasses all the rules. These are my “beautiful boys of romance”. I write them, first, because I love them , and I hope you will too.

In my novel, Genetic Attraction, you only have to read a few chapters to know the special relationship I have with Roan Black. He’s not the central character of the book. Em is the main POV character, and Jake is the principal man. But Roan? He’s just special; gentle, charming, sexy, wise and thoroughly yummy. You can tell he captured my heart and a top place on my list. In my recently drafted sequel to Genetic Attraction called Androgynous Dreams, I’m crazy for the complex, reclusive, and very androgynous Elijah who has Shirley Temple curls. I hope you’ll meet him this year.

But I can’t hog all the top spots with my own characters. I haven’t written enough books yet. So I will share a few of my other favorite heroes (five plus a bonus!)

Shasertai in Jet Mykles steampunk story, Sursein Judgment, is one of my all-time favorites. Complex, beautiful, flawed, he’s definitely on my list.

Edward in Lynn Lorenz’ marvelous Edward Unconditionally is clearly someone on her top list (and mine) because he’s written with such love. Funny, sensitive, bright and, we have to say it, flaming gay, he captures all hearts.

Jean Claude from Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series is my vote for top sexiest vamp of all time. Of course, I love pretty men, and he’s the prettiest. He’s a marvelous combination of ruthless and loyal, cool and loving.

Matthew from Sloan Parker’s More is the heart of the novel , and becomes the reader’s emotional anchor in the story. You have to love him.

A new love of mine is Boone in Ethan Day’s Sno Ho, and its sequel Life in Fusion. He’s funny and captivating.

I can’t forget Adin in Z.A.Maxfield’s Notturno and Vigil. Few humans can out-do a vamp for fascination, but this one does.

Now it’s your turn. Who are your “laminated five” heroes? They don’t just have to be from romance novels. Movies? General interest books? Do you have a secret crush on Mr. Darcy or Hawkeye? Share.

About the Author:

Tara Lain never met a beautiful boy she didn’t love – at least on paper. A writer of erotic romance, mostly ménage and male/male, Tara loves all her characters, but especially her handsome heroes. A lifelong writer of serious non-fiction, Tara only fell in love with EROM in 2009 and, through perseverance and lots of workshops, had the first novel she ever wrote accepted for publication in 2010. She’s now on book four. After an exotic life of travel all over the world and work in television, education and advertising, Tara settled in Southern California with her soul-mate husband and opened her own small marketing business. She paints, collages, and started practicing yoga “way before it was fashionable”. Passionate about diversity, justice, inclusion and new ideas she says on her tombstone it will read,  “Yes”.

Check out Tara Lain’s new book!!!

Genetic Attraction

by Tara Lain

Publisher: Loose Id

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Synopsis:

At a conservative Long Island University, renowned researcher, Dr. Emmaline Silvay, has two great loves – her life-saving work, and her younger research partner, Jake Martin. The romantic love is impossible. She’s his boss and he lives with his girlfriend. The the “girlfriend” is actually a boyfriend, the beautiful and infamous supermodel, Roan Black.

Resigned to a platonic relationship, Em accepts a weekend invitation to their home, but the men have a menage on their minds. She can’t resist, doesn’t even want to. But their intentions go far beyond passion. They want her to “be a part of them”. Their three-way love defies propriety and the standards of the University that funds their work. The supermodel’s fame makes secrecy impossible. Their ménage threatens to crumble all she’s worked for. What will give way to make room for genetic attraction?