As romance readers, or even just readers, we come across heroes that are larger than life and make us swoon and wish that they can step off the page and be real.

I want to know who are the onesthat linger in your memory long after you have read their books.

Without thinking too hard, make a list of your top TEN favorite romantic heroes. It doesn't matter what genre, and whether they might be familiar names to us, or just known to you.

C'mon let's share the men that we secretly fantasize about. *grins wickedly*

Note: The challenge here is too limit yourself to 10. I'm sure we can come up with more, but stick to your top 10. Don't think too hard!

*saving this spot*

At random, and without thinking too hard, here is my list.

1. Gabriel "Sully" Ross Sullivan from Linnea Sinclair's Gabriel's Ghost and Shades of Dark

2. Vishous from Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood (any of the Brothers would actually do...LOL)

3. Jason Bourne from Robert Ludlum's Bourne trilogy (the book character...not the movie)

4. Christopher Seton from Woodiwiss' A Rose in Winter

5. Lord Anthony Malory from Johanna Lindsey's A Gentle Rouge

6. Francisco D'Anconia from Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged

7. Sinjin St. John from Susan Johnson's Sinful (actually I'll take any rake hero of hers)

8. Bones from Frost's Nighthuntress series

9. Sam Starett from Brockmann's Troubleshooter series

10. Judd from Singh's Caressed by Ice

I'm sure if I think more, my list will change..LOL

I'm not gonna think too hard about it, either. I'm just gonna name 10 off the top of my head.

1. Rochester from Bronte's Jane Eyre
2. Bones from Frost's Nighthuntress series
3. Nicholas Brisbane from D. Raybourne's Silent series
4. Zsadist from Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series
5. Nicholas Stafford from Deveraux's A Knight in Shining Armor
6. Sam Starett from Brockman's Troubleshooter series
7. Cabel from Lisa McMann's Wake series
8. Gilbert from Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series
9. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice
10. Reyes from Showalter's Lords of the Underworld series

This one was easy, because I already keep a favorites list. Here are my current top 10:
1. Jamie Fraser - Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon
2. Edward Cullen - Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
3. Zsadist - Lover Awakened by J. R. Ward
4. Clayton Holland - Always to Remember by Lorraine Heath
5. Vishous - Lover Unbound by J. R. Ward
6. Julian of Macedon - Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
7. Bentley Rutledge - The Devil You Know by Liz Carlyle
8. Sebastian Ballister - Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
9. Camden Rutledge - Beauty Like the Night by Liz Carlyle
10. Christopher Seton - A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Heh, it is really a challenge to limit yourself, heh...


1. Jamie Fraser from Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
2. Roarke from In death series by J.D. Robb
3. Jules Cassidy from Troubleshooters series by Suzanne Brockmann
4. Xypher from Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon
5. Nicolas Stafford from A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
6. Lestat from Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
7. Ian from The Host by Stephenie Meyer
8. Vishous from BDB series by J.R. Ward
9. Lucas Cortez from Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong
10. Eric Northman from Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris

1. Gus McRae from Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
2. Eric Northman from Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
3. Jamie Fraser from Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
4. Constantine from Sunshine by Robin McKinley
5. Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
6. Baltona from Pulpecja by Małgorzata Musierowicz
7. Robin from Większy kawałek świata by Joanna Chmielewska
8. Rudy from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
9. Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
10. Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë


Something like that, I used to crush much more when I was younger. **Sighs** The good times.
And the worst thing is: I keep forgetting my crushes once I'm done with a book. What a shame.

Hmm, in no particular order & for reasons I can't explain...

1. Tony McCaffrey- Tall Tales and Wedding Veils by Jane Graves
2. Nathaniel Peck- Wanting Something More by Kathy Love
3. Sebastian Young- I Only Have Fangs For You by Kathy Love
4. Valerius Magnus- Seize the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
5. Acheron Parthenopaeus-Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
6. Bones- One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (Not just this book, but you know this one has one of my favorite scenes)
7. Wren Tigarian- Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
8. Detective Stacey Quinn- Knock Me Off My Feet by Susan Donovan
9. Vane Kattalakis- Night Play (Dark-Hunter, #6) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
10. Elrich- The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Anne Stuart- (It was written by 3 people, - Anne Stuart, Jennifer Crusie, & Eileen Dreyer- but I believe she wrote the character I like)

Wow, now that it's done, there are a lot of blondes, which is funny because I never go for real life blondes, and there is a lot of Sherrilyn Kenyon, which is because I just finished the Dark Hunter series..

Ok here we go:

1. Adam Hauptman- The Mercy Series by Briggs

2.Marc Ramos- Shifters Series by Vincent

3.Conall Viga-Feilan- Go Fetch by Laurenston

4. Zsadist- BDB series by Ward

5. Bones- Night Huntress series by Frost

6.Curran( The Beastlord)- Kate Daniels series by Andrews

7.Dorian- Dark Swan series by Mead

8.Jean- Claude- Anita Blake series by LKH

9. Lucian Argeneau- The Argeneau Series by Sands

10. Gideon- Lords Of the Underworld by Showalter

This is really hard!

1. Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
2. Curran (The Beast Lord) from the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
3. Clay from the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong
4. Roarke from J.D. Robb's In Death series
5. Dimitri from Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series
6. Eric Northman from the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
7. Jean-Claude from the Anita Blake series by LKH
8. Mircea from the Cassie Palmer series by Karen Chance
9. Ranger from Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series
10.Gregory from Christine Feehan's Carpathian series

I might change it! LOL

Oh NO! I forgot about Eric Northman! I can't believe I forgot Eric! I might have to go back and replace someone...

LOL..no changes...LOL..or else we will be changing our lists over and over.

But Yz, isn't EVERY romance hero "the one"? :D

LOL! Yeah, and what if my next book I crush on someone new and have to break up with one of my old crushes? LOL!

1) Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

There are many characters who've come and gone throughout my lifetime of reading but Mr. Darcy is my penultimate: arrogant (times infinity), intelligent, dashing, slightly flawed and rather heroic. All of the characters since then whom I have crushed on (Vishous, Leo Magozzi, Detective Stud Muffin from the Temperance Brennan books, Ranger, vampire Eric, Charles Cornick etc.) are variations on that one person - just in slightly different ways and definitely in different times. I was about 8 or 9 when I read the novel for the first time and cried when I realised Mr. Darcy was not real LOL

In no particular order, and subject to change...
1. Gen from The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner.
2. Falco from The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis (and the others in the series, of course!)
3. Jack Staple from The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer.
4. Hugo Darracott from The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer.
5. George Cooper from Alanna The First Adventure, and others in the series, by Tamora Pierce.
6. Dawsey Adams The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer.
7. Mel from Sunshine by Robin McKinley.
8. Dag from Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold.
9. Corlath from The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley.
10. The Beast from Beauty A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley.
Confession time. I haven't ever - and don't ever intended to - read Austen... haven't watched the movies/TV series... it has passed me by!
As to Gilbert - he nearly made it into my list - but would probably have been superceeded by Matthew, if I had to pick ONE male character from Anne of Green Gables. Gilbert, I think, was much stronger in the later books - particularly Anne's house of dreams. Sorry - just found the chapter's online... chapter 18 - still can't read it without choking up... and the follow chapters aren't much easier.
I blogged about this a while ago - but this has made me think of 10...
http://themadnessofhamsters.blogspot.com...

Inspired by the same blog - favourite literary pairings:
http://themadnessofhamsters.blogspot.com...

GILBERT *sigh* I read the books and couldn't really picture him, then watched the tv series and fell in crush. I wanted to visit Prince Edward Island to visit but after the programme wanted to find my own Gilbert Blythe. Thank you for reminding me of Gilbert, Annie ;) He was foremost in my mind during my Intermediate years.

I think the TV-Gilbert was WAY more crush-worthy than book-Gilbert (until he grew up...). My ultimate dream holiday is PEI...