THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE ALPHA BAD BOYS...

Hi Divas!

We're THRILLED to have guest blogger Rita Herron here today chatting about BAD BOYS and why we love 'em! And read on - Rita is running a contest to win copies of her books!

by Rita Herron

Bestselling author of : DARK HUNGER (Book 2 in Demonborn series)

What is it about bad boys that we love so much?

They don’t always coddle us. Show affection. Talk about their feelings. Act considerate or romantic. In fact, they can be stubborn as hell. Selfish. Loners. Commitaphobics. They make us angry. Make us cry. Turn sullen and brooding. Forget to call us. Refuse to say those three little words we want desperately to hear. And leave us alone on a Saturday night.

Yet they still stir our blood.

Make us lust.

Make us want to be wild.

Make us hungry to feel their lips on ours, their hard bodies sliding against our flesh.

Make us ache to have them whisper our name in the heat of passion, and take us to blissful erotic places that we can only fantasize in our minds.

So again, why are these elusive hunky alpha guys so damn sexy?

First of all, the obvious -- they’re big, masculine, strong hunks. They’re raw, primal, tough, assertive, daring, drive fast cars/motorcycles, jump into dangerous situations, and do whatever the hell they want.

For the typical good girl, they’re everything we want to be.

They have the confidence to fulfill themselves. They possess the power to make choices without worrying incessantly over recriminations. Without second guessing themselves.

Without fear.

As women, we rarely do that.

We’re the caregivers, the nurturers, the listeners, the supporters, the quiet strength that everyone else leans on. There’s nothing wrong in that, but it tends to be the role we most often fall into. Call it Mars/Venus. Call it genetics. Call it learned behavior. And that quiet strength, that insight and emotional depth we have, is another fact in drawing us to these bad boys.

How often do we realize that the bad boy does have insecurities? That he’s a tortured soul? Misunderstood? That he’s sullen and brooding because he has suffered quietly himself. That he needs a good woman to save him, and tame him. And to teach him that she, too, can be wild in bed!

The heroes (Valtrez brothers) in my Demonborn series are not only bad boys, but they are part demon, part evil, so they are very very bad. Yet there’s something about those bad boys, those demons that is irresistible.

In Dark Hunger, Quinton is not only a tough alpha guy but an assassin, a cold-blooded killer. But he only kills evil beings. And a new brand of evil, demonic killers, have flooded the earth and Quinton rises to the challenge. But a tenacious reporter is on his tail, out to expose his secrets. Will she be able to tame the demon in him and save his soul, or will he succumb to the dark hunger inside him?

Tell me who your favorite bad boy characters is. What do you love about him, and how you would you go about taming him?

Leave a comment or question for Rita today and be entered in a contest for a copy of Rita’s first book in The Demonborn Series: Insatiable Desire. But don’t stop there! There’s a second contest for today’s readers. Visit Rita at her website www.ritaherron.com and sign up for her newsletter to be entered in a contest to WIN a copy of BOTH books in The Demonborn Series: Insatiable Desire and Dark Hunger. And, by singing up for Rita’s newsletter, you will also be automatically entered in Rita’s regular monthly contests. You can also find extras on the Demonborn series at www.thedemonborn.com. And visit Rita on Facebook, Myspace.com/ritaherron, and Twitter.com/ritaherron!

ABOUT RITA HERRON:

Multi-published, award-winning author Rita Herron cut her teeth on mystery books and television shows like Alfred Hitchcock, The Outer Limits and the Twilight Zone. More recently, she’s added Medium, The Ghost Whisperer, and Dead Zone to her list of favorites.

She currently writes paranormal romantic suspense for Grand Central Publishing and category romantic suspense for Harlequin Intrigue.

With her new series THE DEMONBORN, she blends her love of dark, steamy romantic suspense stories with her other love -- the paranormal.

Set in the contemporary world, she explores the age-old battle of good versus evil, and that battle as it rages within each person. And of course, the ultimate question for the romantic – can love conquer all?