Rock Hudson: Alpha or beta?

Romance writers talk a lot about alpha men and beta men. Alpha heroes tend to be manly men, Navy SEALs, firefighters, cops, werewolf pack leaders, billionaires, who are arrogant and possessive and who would be horribly unlikable except for the fact they they fall for the heroine, and fall hard. Beta heroes are quieter, maybe a teacher, entrepreneur, writer who doesn’t need to machismo to get a woman’s attention–his dreamy eyes (sometimes behind a pair of glasses) and sensitivity will do that...