Mystery Heroes to Take to Bed
In honor of Valentine’s Day I’m creating this list of my favorite mystery heroes to take to bed--quirky, tough, funny, smart, profane, and all sexy each in his own way. Of course, the stereotypical mystery hero is an alcoholic loner incapable of sustaining a relationship, but most of my favorites actually have a track record of romantic success (with one notable exception).
Lee Child’s Jack Reacher: Women love the unattainable, and no one is more out-of-reach than Reacher. He blows into town with nothing but the clothes on his back, solves the crime, beds the girl, and rides into the sunset. Still, he’s unfailingly tender and often sweetly shy with the ladies. My only problem with Reacher—he doesn’t even own a toothbrush or a change of socks. Eeew!
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles’ Bill Slider: Bill has lately settled into domestic bliss with his violist second wife, but the books in which he struggled to choose between his loyalty and responsibility to his first wife and his passion for the musician he never intended to pursue were fraught with tormented romance.
Dennis Lehane’s Patrick Kenzie—Patrick is the ultimate bad boy saved by the love of a good woman. His unwavering devotion to the feisty Angie Gennaro is what we ladies all secretly crave.
Julia Spencer-Fleming’s Russ VanAlstyne—No one does forbidden love better than married cop Russ and risk-taking Episcopal priest Clare Ferguson. The “will they or won’t they” is sustained over quite a few books (some might say too many) but the sexual tension is what makes their love so hot!
S.W. Hubbard’s Frank Bennett—Well, come on—I had to put my main man on the list! Still recovering from the sudden loss of his wife, Frank stumbles endearingly through the uncharted waters of mid-life romance. After resisting other people’s efforts to match him up with the safe and the dowdy, Frank’s romantic prospects are finally looking up at the end of Dead Drift
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Happy Valentines Day! Even if your bed is already occupied with your real-life hero, I hope you make room for these noble fellows!
Tell me, who are your favorite mystery heroes?
Lee Child’s Jack Reacher: Women love the unattainable, and no one is more out-of-reach than Reacher. He blows into town with nothing but the clothes on his back, solves the crime, beds the girl, and rides into the sunset. Still, he’s unfailingly tender and often sweetly shy with the ladies. My only problem with Reacher—he doesn’t even own a toothbrush or a change of socks. Eeew!
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles’ Bill Slider: Bill has lately settled into domestic bliss with his violist second wife, but the books in which he struggled to choose between his loyalty and responsibility to his first wife and his passion for the musician he never intended to pursue were fraught with tormented romance.
Dennis Lehane’s Patrick Kenzie—Patrick is the ultimate bad boy saved by the love of a good woman. His unwavering devotion to the feisty Angie Gennaro is what we ladies all secretly crave.
Julia Spencer-Fleming’s Russ VanAlstyne—No one does forbidden love better than married cop Russ and risk-taking Episcopal priest Clare Ferguson. The “will they or won’t they” is sustained over quite a few books (some might say too many) but the sexual tension is what makes their love so hot!
S.W. Hubbard’s Frank Bennett—Well, come on—I had to put my main man on the list! Still recovering from the sudden loss of his wife, Frank stumbles endearingly through the uncharted waters of mid-life romance. After resisting other people’s efforts to match him up with the safe and the dowdy, Frank’s romantic prospects are finally looking up at the end of Dead Drift
.Happy Valentines Day! Even if your bed is already occupied with your real-life hero, I hope you make room for these noble fellows!
Tell me, who are your favorite mystery heroes?
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