Sarah Castille on the uber alpha romance male
Sarah Castille, author of Full Contact, book three in her Redemption Series, explores the überness of über alpha male romance heroes and shares some examples from favorite romances.
Sarah: Much sought after, but rarely seen, that rare entity, the über alpha romance male, can be found doing billion dollar deals in the city's highest skyscrapers, chasing villains on the most dangerous of missions, stoking passion in the most secret clubs and fighting opponents in the most vicious of fight rings.
Part man, and rumoured to be part beast, this über alpha is sinfully over-the-top, the definitive primal male. He is aggressive, territorial, dominating, possessive and protective. Driven by the most basic of primal instincts, he is the ultimate predator, and once his prey is in sight, he will never let her go.
"Is it romantic or psychotic when I say I'll never let you leave me?" — James in R.K. Lilley's Grounded
"I'll come back," she promised. "I'll always come back to you."
"I know," he said with cold, calm arrogance. "If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't let you go." — Soren in Tiffany Reisz's The Angel
"I can't let you go, Eva… I wouldn't let you if you tried." — Gideon in Sylvia Day's Bared to You
Do not expect the über alpha male to wax poetic in the bedroom. Not that he is lacking in sentiment — far from it — but he is driven to succeed in everything he does, and success does not come from wasting time.
"Now, forget everything else," he said. "And Get. On. That. Bed," — Lucien in Kitty French's Knight & Play
Protective and possessive to the extreme, the über alpha is known to reassert his claim at every opportunity.
"You don't know this yet. But you are Mine." — Wrath in J.R. Ward's Dark Lover
"You're mine. No one touches what's mine, gets close to what's mine, they don't even think about it." — Knight in Kristen Ashley's Knight
And, boy, can the über alpha kiss:
But never, before this moment, had there ever been a kiss that stole my will to pull away, that devoured my capacity for thought, that removed my ability to resist, to feel anything but the kiss. — Jasinda Wilder's Alpha
"It was just a kiss —"
"Yeah, and King Kong was just a monkey." — Linda Howard's After the Night
"I want to make you faint. I will make you faint. You've had this coming to you for years. None of the fools you've known have kissed you like this—have they?" — Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind
But for all his blustering and swagger, the punishing kisses and the bossy behavior, the über alpha romance male is a good guy, a strong man, a leader and protector, respected for his passion in everything he does. Although he will never talk about his feelings, he will never be cruel or physically harm the heroine. At heart, he has the same needs and fears, desires and motivations as other men. He has a lot to give, and an über capacity to love.
"I knew you loved me when you wouldn't fight Tag," I say. "That meant everything to me."
Ray slants his mouth over mine and kisses me so deeply I feel it in my toes.
"I loved you a lot longer than that. Just took me a while to realize it." — Sarah Castille's Full Contact
Here's the blurb about Full Contact:
Ray wraps his arms around me and holds me tight as if something terrible has happened and he doesn't want to let me go.
Full Contact. This is how Ray speaks when his emotions overwhelm him. I melt into his stillness. His body is hot and hard, his breath warm on my neck. He smells of leather and sweat, sex and sin. Nothing can tear me away.
When you can't resist the one person who could destroy you...
Sia O'Donnell can't help but push the limits. She secretly attends every underground MMA fight featuring The Predator, the undisputed champion. When he stalks his prey in the ring, Sia is mesmerized. He is dominant and dangerous and every instinct tells her to run.
Every beautiful thing Ray "The Predator" touches he knows he'll eventually destroy. Soft, sweet and innocent, Sia is the light to Ray's darkness-and completely irresistible. From the moment he lays eyes on her, he knows he's going to have to put his dark past behind him to win her body and soul.
Find out more about Sarah and her books at www.sarahcastille.com.