I Need a Hero

My reading lately has consisted of a couple of new-to-me authors, all of whom take what I term a rather different approach to what comprises a hero. Not that the books I read don’t have heroes, but the guys have either come across as anti-hero or wish-I-knew-more-hero. I enjoyed all these books, but they did make me question my requirements in a hero. Have I used the word ‘hero’ enough yet?

The first book was Anne Stuart’s Ritual Sins. I’ve not read Anne Stuart before which is probably some so...