Comments on: The Alpha Hero: Home Is Where His Heart Is

By: In Search of the Alpha Hero | Romancing the Blog | Romance Authors and Readers Who Blog

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:25:25 +0000

[...] Amy Wilkins, of the I Heart Presents blog, says that as an author she likes to imagine the alpha hero at home, because of â€œthe insight [...]

By: In Search of the Alpha Hero

In Search of the Alpha Hero — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:23:57 +0000

[...] Amy Wilkins, of the I Heart Presents blog, says that as an author she likes to imagine the alpha hero at home, because of “the insight it [...]

By: Sabrina Philips

Sabrina Philips — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:44:09 +0000

Thanks Sharon – it can’t possibly be a crime to be inspired by P&P, it’s just fab isn’t it? Elizabeth certainly can’t help but lust over Pemberley whether she wants to or not, and I just love Presents heroines who do the same… the girl who knows it’s obscene for the hero to buy them a designer wardrobe/have his own private jet/live in a palace…and yet she she’d secretly as bowled over by the luxury as we all would be!

Loving the sound of your chambermaid heroine’s idyllic garden on this gorgeous sunny day! xx

By: Sharon Kendrick

Sharon Kendrick — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:42:38 +0000

Hello, Sabrina – I confess (or does that make it sound like a crime?) to being inspired by Pride and Prejudice as well….I LOVE Mr. Darcy! And of course, the significance of Pemberley is huge. Doesn’t Elizabeth lust after the house before she admits to loving him? Easy to see how a gold-digger accusation could be levelled at her. Perhaps it could be repackaged with a title of Arrogance and Acquisition!

Since everyone’s been talking about gardens – am just finishing up a book where the chambermaid heroine has created a haven of place in her tiny garden. It’s full of scent and soft colour and soothes the senses – and brings peace to a Prince who is a stranger to the concept of inner peace….

Happy reading everyone,
from Sharon – who is gazing out at an endlessly blue sky and listening to the sound of birdsong.

By: mulberry

mulberry — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:38:19 +0000

Hi redlighting, how are things going for you now?
I love all those nature sounds, birds, frogs, the wind in the trees, and some of the tapes are just beautiful.
LOL on “am I going to publish?” I hope so, and I’m working on my writing, but still unpublished at the moment. My hero Luk is definitely passionate and sensual- but he’s locked that side of himself away for many years since the death of his wife. He may have just met the woman who will force him to feel again.

By: Sabrina Philips

Sabrina Philips — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:27:23 +0000

Thanks for sharing redlighting – I think you’re right, childhood experiences definitely shape what home means to all of us. The image you’ve evoked of those amazing trees and wildlife is lovely, and what a lovely memory of your Dad.

Mulberry, I’m glad the post gave you some food for thought for your current work in progress! It sounds great – and you’ve made a good point that places we avoid literally or avoid thinking about say a lot about a person too. I’d love to visit Sydney!

It’s really interesting how you’ve both pointed out the importance of nature and gardens to ‘home’ too. That’s definitely true of Dante’s attachment to Tuscany. The other day I was listening to a radio phone-in asking people to give the main reason why people bought the house they are currently living in – so many people said ‘because they liked the garden’ and it’s the reason my husband and I bought our house too (even though it is also tiny!)

I hope Dante lives up to your expectations if you do get to read him Christina! And good luck with finishing the book. I fear our new kitchen being fitted will coincide with my next deadline too, although I hadn’t thought of the upside of all those strapping alpha males in the house!

By: Christina Hollis

Christina Hollis — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:59:19 +0000

I love Dante already, Sabrina! A small garden can often be a blessing in disguise, redlighting. You know what they say – ‘A garden is a place that everywhere you look, something needs doing.’
Speaking of which, my own house is currently a palace of fluff inhabited by feral children wearing un-ironed clothes as I’ve been struggling to finish a book. On the upside, during weekdays the bathroom is overflowing with strapping Alpha males.
Yes, we’ve had to call in the builders again!

By: redlighting

redlighting — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:08:52 +0000

hi, Mulberry. Are your going to publish a book? I always liked you & look forward to reading it! Please let Luk be passionate & sensual even if he’s cold.. a vampire on the outside but a lustful inferno inside!
I love to hear those frogs. I go outside & listen to the chorus at times & have cd’s of those sounds I play before going to sleep.
My garden is also small & a recent visitor asked me about the nice dog lot I had (my garden!) but its all I can do for now.
Have a great week.

By: mulberry

mulberry — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:03:43 +0000

Ah, interesting post, Sabrina, and it’s given me some more insight into my current hero, Luk, who I’ve been struggling with a bit. He has three “homes” – the minimalist New York apartment he lives in, his big noisy family home back in the Old Country, and then there’s the home he refuses to let himself think about, where he lived with his wife.

My ideal is close to the home I grew up in, just north of Sydney, surrounded by a garden and acres of bushland, a big rambling house built by my grandfather with wide verandahs and odd rooms leading off each other and a glimpse of the sea through the hills.

LOL, our current home is tiny, modern, and has a garden smaller than most people’s bathrooms. I’ve still managed to plant a tree, grow some flowers, and make a small wildlife pond that was full of frogs last summer!

By: redlighting

redlighting — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:33:08 +0000

hi, Sabrina, I read your book as I always like to read new authors & Dante certainly was cold at the outset of the story. That created a lot of tension in the story & kept me going.
My “home” would have to have oak, cedar, & so on certain trees & plenty of wildlife. In fact if I ever came into tons of money, I’d still live near a forest. My earliest yrs were spent with my dad explaining plants/animals to me & its in my deepest most cherished memories.
I think some people are grounded in their earliest environments & go back to where they started & love what they experienced as kids even if there were some negative events in that place.
Good luck with your writing on the new book.