UNIQUE Book Boyfriends

Do you have book boyfriends? What makes a good one?

Here are mine.
I decided instead of posting the blurb I would post excerpts of scenes that tell a little more about the characters, and might explain why I picked these particular males as my book boyfriends. I hope some of these excerpts make you want to pick up one of the books. But be aware some of them are quite unconventional kind of BBFs.

UNIQUE Book Boyfriends

MAGIC BITES (KATE DANIELS #1)
by Ilona Andrews

Mass Market Paperback, 260 pages
Published April 1st 2007

I still remember the first time I picked up Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews, I was NOT entirely certain how I felt, but what I knew immediately was that I NEEDED to know more about Curran Lennart. He was the Beast Lord and the first scene between him and Kate captivated my imagination like none other.

DIPLOMACY WAS NEVER MY STRONG SUIT AND MY PATIENCE HAD RUN DRY. I CROUCHED AND CALLED OUT, “HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY.”

TWO GOLDEN EYES IGNITED AT THE OPPOSITE WALL. A SHAPE STIRRED WITHIN THE DARKNESS AND ROSE, CARRYING THE EYES UP AND UP AND UP UNTIL THEY TOWERED ABOVE ME. A SINGLE ENORMOUS PAW MOVED INTO THE MOONLIGHT, DISTURBING THE DUST ON THE FILTHY FLOOR. WICKED CLAWS SHOT FORTH AND WITHDREW. A MASSIVE SHOULDER FOLLOWED, ITS GRAY FUR MARKED BY FAINT SMOKY STRIPES. THE HUGE BODY SHIFTED FORWARD, COMING AT ME, AND I LOST MY BALANCE AND FELL ON MY ASS INTO THE DIRT. DEAR GOD, THIS WASN’T JUST A LION. THIS THING HAD TO BE AT LEAST FIVE FEET AT THE SHOULDER. AND WHY WAS IT STRIPED?

THE COLOSSAL CAT CIRCLED ME, HALF IN THE LIGHT, HALF IN THE SHADOW, THE DARK MANE TREMBLING AS HE MOVED. I SCRAMBLED TO MY FEET AND ALMOST BUMPED INTO THE GRAY MUZZLE. WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER, THE LION AND I, OUR GAZES LEVEL. THEN I TWISTED AROUND AND BEGAN DUSTING OFF MY JEANS IN A MOST UNDIGNIFIED MANNER.

THE LION VANISHED INTO A DARK CORNER. A WHISPER OF POWER PULSED THROUGH THE ROOM, TUGGING AT MY SENSES. IF I DID NOT KNOW BETTER, I WOULD SAY THAT HE HAD JUST CHANGED.

“KITTY, KITTY?” ASKED A LEVEL MALE VOICE. I JUMPED. NO SHAPECHANGER WENT FROM A BEAST INTO A HUMAN WITHOUT A NAP. INTO A MIDFORM, YES, BUT BEAST-MEN HAD TROUBLE TALKING.

“YEAH,” I SAID. “YOU’VE CAUGHT ME UNPREPARED. NEXT TIME I’LL BRING CREAM AND CATNIP TOYS.”

“IF THERE IS A NEXT TIME.”

Ever since, I’ve been a faithful follower and Kate and Curran have been my most favorite couple EVER. There is nothing that compared to Illona Andrews writing, witty dialogues, and just hilarious situations they put their characters in. I lost count the times I laughed tears and reread scenes to be sure I read correctly. I’ve been in love with this UF series for almost 10 years now.

It’s the one series I’ll read again, and again. My annual ritual is to reread the entire series in preparation for the newest release. I can’t imagine a life without Kate and Curran and I’m incredibly grateful that I found them.

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KISS THE SKY (CALLOWAY SISTERS #1) by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

Paperback, 442 pages
Published February 20th 2014

Connor Cobalt

My LOVE!!!!

I started out with the Calloway Sisters series first, I know that’s like starting in the middle, but it worked for me, because I met my favorite couple right then and there. When I met Connor he already was Rose’s boyfriend. And from the very first moment I was intrigued.

I’M ATTRACTED TO PEOPLE.

TO THE WORDS THEY SPEAK, TO THE ACTIONS THEY TAKE, TO THEIR FULL-BODIED MANNERISMS AND SOULFUL GAITS. I AM ATTRACTED TO PEOPLE. TO IMPASSIONED HEARTS THAT BEAT OUT OF SYNC, THE ONES THAT SKIP A MEASURE, HEARD IN HUSHED PLACES AND VIOLENT SPACES—I AM ATTRACTED TO PEOPLE.

THERE IS NO OTHER TRUTH I CAN YELL AS LOUD AS THIS ONE. AND IT WON’T HELP. THEY’LL WANT A LABEL TO UNDERSTAND ME, AND I’VE NEVER TRULY DEFINED MYSELF WITH ANY.

NOTHING WILL FIX THIS BUT A LIE.

IT’S NOT A LIE TO ONE PERSON, WHICH IS EASIER TO SWALLOW. LIT’S A DECLARATION TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. IT’S CONDEMNING A BELIEF THAT I’VE LIVED BY, ONE THAT MAKES ME ME.

Hands down he is so smartest fictional character I’ve ever met. He’s always ten steps ahead. He understands everyone on a scarily deeply level, and the only one that can go toe to toe with him is Rose.

I’ve been truly infatuated with him ever since I laid eyes on him. His unique brand of smarts and intellect is a turn on and his bone deep loyalty to his friends/family is extremely appealing to me. He is in one word the WHOLE ENCHILADA!!!!

My DREAM man!!!

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WORTH THE FALL (THE MCKINNEY BROTHERS #1) by Claudia Connor

Kindle Edition, 312 pages
Published September 9th 2014

There is something extremely sexy about a guy that is amazing with kids. In Worth the Fall I fell in love with Matt McKinney and never looked back.

For me, this book was as close to perfection as I’ve ever gotten.

Matt fell in love with a highly pregnant woman who already had four kids. FOUR!!!!! And a fifth’s on the way. Matt was a dream come true – honestly for any single mom out there there should be a Matt. I was glowing and smiling and just the happiest I could have been while reading this book. It was truly the most heart-warming story of all times.

IT WASN’T HIS USUAL MO TO SHARE DETAILS ABOUT ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, BUT HE WOULDN’T DENY WHAT SHE WAS TO HIM, WHAT THE KIDS WERE. AND WITH THAT THOUGHT, THE WORDS JUST SPILLED OUT.

“HER NAME IS ABBY. SHE’S SWEET AND SMART AND FUNNY.” WITH EYES THAT DANCE AND SPARKLE WHEN SHE LAUGHS. “JACK IS FIVE AND CAN’T CATCH A FOOTBALL TO SAVE HIS LIFE, BUT WE’RE WORKING ON IT. GRACIE’S THREE. SHE’S GOT CURLS AND DIMPLES AND CAN TALK ME INTO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.” EVEN DRESSING UP LIKE A PRINCESS.

THE MORE HE TALKED, THE HARDER IT WAS TO CONTROL THE SMILE SPREADING ACROSS HIS FACE. “CHARLIE IS TWO AND A HALF AND STICKS TO ME LIKE A TICK. ANNIE’S ALMOST SEVEN AND MOST OF THE TIME I’M NOT SURE SHE LIKES ME.”

Matt truly stole my heart, and I don’t even want it back. I read this book at least once a year, whenever I’m in a reading slump I’ll pick it up – as I’m doing tomorrow, because just talking about this book makes me want to start reading right NOW!!!!

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FALLEN CREST HIGH (FALLEN CREST HIGH #1) by Tijan

Kindle Edition, 375 pages
Published October 31st 2012

Mason Kade was an asshole when I met him in Fallen Crest High. Privileged, cocky, self-assured. Popular, controlling, and leading the pack wherever he went. Nothing really changed except that he found love and his way of keeping it was SEXY as hell.

But even though there was more drama in FCH than pages, his enduring love for Sam was unshakable and that’s why he is one of my most favorite book boyfriends.

Throughout the years, his bond with Sam was a beacon of hope, everlasting love, maturity, loyalty, and faith. He impressed the heck out of me. I never thought that out of the drama that FCH was famous for would emerge a character that was as steadfast as a mountain. He was SOLID, dependable, Sam’s ROCK at all times and my favorite.

YOU PROTECT. YOU TAKE CARE. YOU SHIELD THOSE YOU LOVE. YES, YOU’RE RUTHLESS. YES, YOU GO TO LENGTHS OTHERS DON’T, BUT YOU DO IT SO THAT NO ONE — AND I MEAN, NO ONE — CAN HURT YOU OR EVEN TRY TO HURT YOU. THAT’S WHY YOU DO WHAT YOU DO. LTHAT’S WHY YOU’RE WHO YOU ARE AND WHY YOU’RE LOVED BY ME AND WANTED BY SO MANY OTHERS. THAT’S WHY YOU’RE RESPECTED. YOU PROTECT AND YOU LOVE AND YOU DON’T LET ANYONE TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU.”

For me, Mason Kade will always be my #1 Tijan character and one half of an amazing couple that is hard to top. Tijan wrote a masterpiece and Mason, Sam (and Logan) are her crown jewels.

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KISS OF SNOW (PSY-CHANGELING #10) by Nalini Singh

Paperback, 432 pages
Published May 31st 2011

Hawke has been my favorite from the very begging. It was always just Hawke. Maybe because of his animal so close to the surface, or maybe because the build up was so intense. He denied himself Sienna since the very first moment they met. She was too young and he wouldn’t go there, but his wolf and especially Sienna had different plans.

And I was hooked!!!

Hawke, was everything a leader of a shifter pack should be. Domineering, that a glance alone was enough to silence anyone that dared to cross him after a meeting with Sienna. His wolf already accepted his mate, it was just Hawke that was slow on the uptake – which was so not him. But Sienna was the only one that could make him loose his control.

As seen in one of my most favorite scenes.

MARIA, CADIE, AND THE REST WERE OUT FRONT, CHEERING.

AT SIENNA.
WHO WAS DANCING ON THE BAR.
IN FUCK-YOU BOOTS AND A SHIRT THAT BARELY CONTAINED HER BREASTS.

EYES GOING WOLF, HAWKE BEGAN TO STRIDE THROUGH THE CROWD. A FEW AGGRESSIVE YOUNG MALES TURNED TO GIVE HIM A TALKING-TO . . . AND FROZE, THEIR GAZES JERKING AWAY WHEN THEY MET THE DOMINANCE IN HIS OWN. EVEN THE HUMANS UNDERSTOOD, GOING PALE AS THEY MOVED OUT OF HIS PATH AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

HE REALIZED PART OF THE REASON FOR JOSÉ’S CALL WHEN HE SAW THE HUMAN MEN LINED UP ALONG THE BAR, ALL OF THEM WITH A LOOK IN THEIR EYE THAT SAID THEY’D SPILL BLOOD TO POSSESS THE WOMAN WHO DANCED WITH SUCH WILD, SENSUAL GRACE. THE SNOWDANCER MALES WOULD, OF COURSE, HAVE DEFENDED HER WITH FISTS AND CLAWS THE INSTANT ANYONE TRIED TO TOUCH HER.

AND JOSÉ’S BAR WOULD’VE BEEN TRASHED IN MINUTES.

THEN THERE WERE THE LEOPARD AND WOLF MALES GIVING EACH OTHER DIRTY LOOKS AS INTERPACK FLIRTING TOOK PLACE. RIORDAN WAS BEING WATCHED BY AT LEAST THREE CATS WITH VIOLENCE ON THEIR MINDS, WHILE LAKE AND AMOS WERE CURRENTLY GLARING WITH INTENT AT EBONY’S DANCE PARTNER.

THE ENTIRE THING HAD THE MAKINGS OF A CLUSTERFUCK.

SHOVING AWAY THE HUMANS AT THE BAR WITH ROUGH HANDS, HE REACHED OUT AND GRIPPED ONE LEATHER-COVERED ANKLE.

SIENNA STOPPED MOVING.
“DOWN,” HE GROWLED, MEETING BROWN EYES SO MUCH LESS EXTRAORDINARY THAN THE TRUTH OF HER CARDINAL GAZE. “NOW.”
MUSIC STILL PUMPED BUT THE BAR HAD GONE SILENT.

SIENNA DIDN’T IMMEDIATELY OBEY, AND THAT JUST INFURIATED THE WOLF. “LAST WARNING, BABY.”
HOLDING HIS GAZE, SIENNA SAID, “I’M NOT BREAKING ANY OF THE PACK RULES.”
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE BAR SUCKED IN A BREATH.

HAWKE DIDN’T PAY THEM ANY ATTENTION. HE’D HAD ENOUGH. A SINGLE, PRECISELY TIMED TUG AND HE TILTED HER OFF BALANCE. AS SHE FELL, HE CAUGHT HER, THROWING HER OVER HIS SHOULDER. “OUT!” HE ORDERED THE OTHER WOLVES AS HE LEFT.

SIENNA, HAVING APPARENTLY RECOVERED FROM THE LOSS OF BREATH CAUSED BY HIS SUDDEN MOVE, BEGAN TO WIGGLE AND TWIST. “LET ME GO!”

HE TAPPED HER BEHIND, A SHORT, SHARP SHOCK THAT HAD HER FREEZING. “DON’T MAKE ME ANY MORE PISSED THAN I AM RIGHT NOW.”

“BULLY.” IT WAS MUTTERED UNDER HER BREATH, BUT HE HEARD IT.

I’ve read dozens of shifter books and none other than Hawke made it to my favorite characters. He was the ultimate pack leader and everything an alpha should be. My #1!!!

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SURVIVING RAINE (SURVIVING RAINE #1) by Shay Savage

Kindle Edition, 351 pages
Published May 19th 2013

I think I couldn’t have picked a more depraved and foul mouthed book boyfriend with Sebastian Stark. He was everything a book boyfriend should not be, but on the other hand he was the most logical choice. He saved the day!!!

If you were stranded on a life raft you would want Sebastian to be there. Alone on an island? All you need is Sebastian. He was a survival expert additional to a raving lunatic, an alcoholic, a whoremonger, and sex fiend – and all together he was just about perfect.

“WHY DON’T YOU LIE DOWN?” I ASKED. 
“I’M NOT TIRED.”
“WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH IT?”

“DON’T SAY THAT WORD!” RAINE CRINGED.
“WHAT, C**T?” I LAUGHED. “WHY NOT?”
“IT’S FOUL.”
“SO AM I,” I REMINDED HER.” 

“I WANTED TO FUCK YOU THAT FIRST NIGHT ON THE RAFT, BUT THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET OFF AND YOU WERE THERE. I STILL WANT TO FUCK YOU, BUT THE REASONS ARE ALL DIFFERENT. I’VE NEVER FELT LIKE THIS AFTER SLEEPING WITH SOMEONE…OR DURING IT…SHIT. THIS DIDN’T FEEL LIKE I WAS FUCKING YOU…IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS. I WANT TO BE WITH YOU, AND TOUCH YOU, AND HOLD YOU. I HAVE THIS OVERWHELMING DESIRE TO PROTECT YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU’RE SAFE. EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOU, IT’S LIKE MY CHEST GETS CRUSHED, AND I JUST WANT TO STARE AT YOU AND HOLD ON TO YOU AND TELL YOU EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS IS, RAINE. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO ME.”
I FELT HER FINGERS AGAINST MY JAW AND GLANCED DOWN INTO HER OPENED EYES. FUCK. SHE HADN’T BEEN ASLEEP AFTER ALL. HER MOUTH TURNED UP INTO A BEAUTIFUL SMILE, AND HER RESPONSE ENDED ME.
I LOVE YOU TOO, BASTIAN.”

I loved him dearly, and I go back and read Surviving Raine again and again, just to get a dose of an asshole and jerk, that became putty in his woman’s hands. I love when that happens. But even more so, if those jerks stay true to themselves without giving up their personality. Sebastian would always be Sebastian, and that’s why I love him.

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HEAT
by R. Lee Smith

Kindle Edition, 617 pages
Published January 21st 2009

CAUTION ANTI-HERO!!!

Kanetus E’Var is not your regular book boyfriend. Honestly, staying away from him would be smarter and safer. But he is my reason why i’m reading this book again and again.

He is evil. Mean. The worst kind of alien. An abductor, a drug lord, and someone that sees humans as a means to and end. But I LOVE him!!!

I don’t think the author ever meant for him to be someones #1 but for me he was so much more than meets the eyes.

HE MOVED OVER HER, PRESSING HIS MOUTH RIGHT AGAINST HER EAR, AND BREATHED, “I DON’T LIKE YOU, HUMAN.” HIS HAND RUBBED SLOWLY, DELICIOUSLY, AT HER BELOW. THE MUSCLES OF HIS ARM FLEXED AND UNCOILED AS HE MOVED, EXACTLY IN TIME WITH THE RISE AND FALL OF HIS BREATH. “AND I DON’T TRUST YOU. I DON’T WANT YOU HERE AND I KNOW MY RAVEN DOESN’T WANT YOU HERE, EITHER. BUT THIS, NOW, THIS IS INTERESTING.”

“YOU SAID SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY.” KANE PILLOWED HIS HEAD WITH ONE ARM AND LET THE OTHER REST ON HIS STOMACH, SEEMINGLY RELAXED AND UNCONCERNED WITH HER AS HE WATCHED RAVEN WRITE. “YOU SAID YOU’D BEEN A BITCH LONGER THAN MY RAVEN. YOU KNEW HOW TO DO IT BETTER. THAT’S NOT A USE FOR THAT WORD THAT I’M FAMILIAR WITH, BUT I THINK I TAKE YOUR MEANING. WE HAVE A WORD FOR THAT, TOO. THAL. I THINK OF YOU AS MY THAL… WHEN I DON’T THINK OF YOU AS MY ICHUTA’A.” HE SMILED THINLY AND MOVED HIS EYES TO HER. THEY WERE UTTERLY WITHOUT HUMOR.

SUE-EYE RESISTED THE URGE TO SHIFT. SHE HELD HIS GAZE AND WAITED.

“DO YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN DO WITH THALAN?” HE ASKED.

“ANYTHING YOU WANT,” SHE SAID.

“THAT’S RIGHT. I CAN FEED THEM. I CAN EAT THEM. I CAN FIX THEM. I CAN BREAK THEM.LI CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT.” HIS VOICE NEVER RAISED. HIS WORDS REMAINED CALM AND EVENLY MODULATED. HIS BLACK-FATHOMED GAZE NEVER DIMMED.

So, yeah – he is not traditional. Not human, not someone you would ever want to meet in the dark, but he stayed with me and he is the reason why I’ve read HEAT already a dozen times.

So, Kane was my last book boyfriend for today. I really had fun with this post, and I’m going to reread a few of these books just to catch up with my favorite fictional book boyfriends.

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