The
Anti-Hero
By
N.
J. Walters
Heroes
come in all shapes and sizes. There is the brave hero who will stand
side-by-side with the heroine to face down any foe. He’ll use
whatever weapons he has at hand—a clever wit, sword, gun, tire
iron—to rescue the heroine and vanquish the villain. Then there is
the everyday hero, the man who does what needs doing whether it’s
taking out the garbage, changing a tire, or helping the single mom
with her kids. Maybe it’s the corporate raider who reforms for just
the right woman. There are all kinds of heroes and each of them has a
place in romance literature.
I
don’t know about most readers, but I’m partial to the anti-hero.
An anti-hero is a
central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional
heroic attributes. It’s that
brooding, dark male who is reluctant to help but does it anyway. In
spite of his penchant for being a loner and not caring about the
world, he is drawn to the heroine and into her life. He may grumble
and complain, but he does it because of his own code of honor, and
not because of anyone else’s idea of right and wrong.
This
guy is a hero in spite of himself. He doesn’t think of himself as a
hero. He doesn’t want to be a hero. Yet, somehow, it happens as he
becomes more and more entangled in the heroine’s life.
I’ve
written a lot of these men. What can I say? I can’t help myself.
These men are fascinating to watch as they evolve. Tienan—the male
lead in my post-apocalyptic, futuristic novel Embracing Silence—fits
the bill of the anti-hero. He’s a genetically and computer enhanced
assassin who has escaped his creators and only has one thing on his
mind—vengeance. He doesn’t trust anyone and certainly won’t let
anyone stand in the way of his goal. When he realizes some is
tracking him, his immediate thought is to kill them. Then he meets
Silence and everything changes…
EMBRACING
SILENCE
In the
erotic first installment of the Project Alpha trilogy, a violent
wasteland becomes the backdrop for two assassins who arouse in each
other much more than fear and suspicion
Earth 2133
The
hunter becomes the hunted
Tienan is
Alpha One, created by the privileged few who live shielded from a
lawless land. He's been honed into the perfect involuntary
weapon—vengeful, adaptable and ruthless. Finally free of the evil
organization that created him, he's on the run with one option to
survive outside the Gate: avoid recapture, even if that means killing
again. But the sexy little stalker following him is too delicious to
take out.
The
captive becomes the captor
Silence is
a tracker with the Resistance, a rebel force amassed to end the reign
of terror. For Silence to trust Tienan is a risk, but to resist his
brutal prowess is impossible.
Enemies
become lovers
As raw
sexual need takes over, alliances will shift and treachery could
become as potent—and as lethal—as desire.
Previously
published, newly revised by author
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
N.J.
Walters is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who has
always been a voracious reader, and now she spends her days writing
novels of her own. Vampires, werewolves, dragons, time-travelers,
seductive handymen, and next-door neighbors with smoldering good
looks—all vie for her attention. It’s a tough life, but someone’s
got to live it.
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2 comments:
Thanks for having me as a guest, Jess. :)
No problem! You are welcome back anytime!!
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