Authors Show Us Their DIKs (Desert Island Keepers)

And Yes. Batman is so effing HOT.



A bunch of insane women have been playing a game now for 2 weeks. Desert Island (Hero) Keepers. The ideas is that we each get ONE turn per round to choose a romantic hero for our hut on a desert island paradise (or in my case, a 5 star cabana...class all the way at Club Nose). Once that hero is nabbed by a player, he is gone forever. BUT if you are savvy, you can outwit your friends and then make tradesies. There are 7 rounds....and that's as many turns and mens as you are permitted. Who knew how addictive this thing would become?

The other morning I was driving home from Hartford, 2 large coconut coffees from D&D under my belt..mmmm...and my mind began to race. A little. Bit. I was thinking of Ally Blue, who got dissed and left in the dirt after round one, and of Samantha Kane, who is having a ball playing along. I wondered if anyone else out there in bloglandia, particularly authors, would be interested in playing.

Hi,


Currently 20 women (readers/writers) are involved in a death match over favorite heroes from romantic fiction. It's been going on for about a week and a half and has grown into a behemoth: 20 bloggers; 7 blogs; spectators; pot stirring fiends; 100's of comments a day; squabbling; back stabbing; threats. It's a wicked good time. I know that many of them are curious about who their favorite authors would choose to take with them on their own Desert Island.

I'd like to do a post of Author DIK's (Desert Island Keeper's) as part of the festivities. I'm inviting authors who have either been part of the MLM/NIAB experience (I'm such a dork) or are active participants in my ridiculous site. Monday James Buchanan and I are discussing qualities that make for a good hero in romance...so this will be a prelude to MLM. If any of you are interested in sending along 5 heroes (character,book, author), I'll post them on Friday and link back to your site. Easy Peasy. It's fun. I swear. And best of all, it's requires no work.

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Of course I emailed this out. I'm beyond control these days...and here is the excellent response...and a heap of books to give away.. that I received.

In no order what so ever cuz at 11:30 last night I lost this entire em effing post. NOT KIDDING. At 2 am, G said...er..Leeece? It's 2 am! Doh.

My comments are in blue...again, I have no self control.


Laura Baumbach's List

Adrien from the Adrien English Mystery series by Josh Lanyon. He needs cuddled.
Jake from Adrien English Mystey series by Josh Lanyon. He needs talked to, slapped and loved. (and tied down and have kitchen utensils applied to his ass. No?)
Sam Spade, Maltese Falcom by Dashiell Hammett.
Nick Charles, The Thin Man, by Dashiell Hammett.
I know it's weird, but I've fallen in love with Antonio Lorenzo from the story I'm writing right with Josh, Mexican Heat.



Sarah McCarty's List

Phillip from the Lightning that Lingers by Laura London
Wolf from Mackenzie's Mountain Linda Howard (oh. I love this boooook. Love it. Oh Kristie (J) loves it tooo.)
Keegan from Keegan's Lady by Catherine Anderson
Johnny from the Outsider by Penelope Williamson
Alec from The Bride By Julie Garwood (oh how we adore old school romance)





Pepper Espinoza's List
Rhett Butler—Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Father Ralph de Bricassart—The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough (omg my original manlove crush. lmao richard chamberlain!!)
Nick Andros from The Stand
Bruce Wayne—Because he's freaking BATMAN (so true)
Matthew Spain—Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon

(and her own heroes)

Jesse Madding from the Master Chronicles (ok he's a very sweet man)
Jefferson Dering from A Hidden Beauty
Teo Mendez from Fortune's Return
Nathan Pierce from Chasing Silver
Jason Squires from Mad World (Pepper Espinoza)

Vivien Dean's List

My pics of men I didn't write or have a hand in writing:

Jamie Fraser from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander books (sula!!)
Harry Dresden from Jim Butcher's Dresden Files
Corwin from Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber
Rob Fleming from Nick Hornby's High Fidelity
Heathcliff from Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (mmm....ralph fiennes)


My pics of men I had a hand in writing:

Gideon Keel from The Master Chronicles (Oh my my my my. My my.)
Nathan Pierce from Chasing Silver
Macaulay Jensen from Time in a Bottle
Mathias Larsen from Mercy of These Bones
Jason Randolph from Under a Rogue Moon

The last two on that list are Vivien Dean titles. And Macaulay is the hero in a short novella we have coming out in July, though we've just started a novel-length story that will follow up on it. That's probably why I'm so in love with him right now, lol.


Treva Harte's List

Wolf Mackenzie -- Mackenzie’s Mountain by Linda Howard (he's fricken awesome)
Kyle Donovan – Jade Island by Elizabeth Lowell
Michael Fury – Finding the Dream by Nora Roberts
Cain, Lord of Radnor -- Bond of Blood by Roberta Gellis
Frisco – Frisco’s Kid by Suzanne Brockmann (and these seals, they are for you, Treva)

All oldies, but have definitely stood the test of time for me.

Ally Blue's List

Swamp Thing, naturally. It's not drugs, it's POTATOES! Kind of...(tater tots!)
Edward from the Anita Blake series. I would SO spread for Edward. My GAWD the dangerous-killer thing makes my girl-parts all tingly. Is someone bringing Jean-Claude? Because those two are just gagging to do each other. (i heart u)
Ford Prefect (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). He's not only The Smart One (relatively speaking), he's The Fun One. So, yeah. I always kind of wanted to be Ford Prefect, with the towel and the book and the slightly skewed world view. Hey, did you know there's HGTTG slash out there??? Very eye-opening, that O_O (lmfao)
Hell from Jet's Heaven Sent books. He's so awesome! I swear I want to keep him in my basement and pet him and brush his hair and dress him up in little outfits. Why are you looking at me that way???
The Doctor. Hey, if Jules can have a Torchwood guy, I can have THE Dr. Who guy. He and I will escape in the Tardis if the island gets boring :D

Josh Lanyon's List

Ralph Lanyon, The Charioteer by Mary Renault ( I need to read this book!!)
Donald Strachey, Ice Blues by Richard Stevenson
Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (well, I want to get off this desert isle alive, after all) ( such a swinger)
Belimai Sykes, Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale (I need to read this book!!!)
Sir Anthony Fanshaw, The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer

Hey, I'm trying to be eclectic here!



Jet Mykles' List

Damn, that's a hard list to come up with. Here's my shot

Luc from my Purgatory (ok. Totally dig this dude.)
Radin from Dark Elves (what can I say, I LIKE my guys!)
Bruce Wayne/Batman (soooo popular)
Jean Claude and Nathaniel from the Anita Blake series ( hey.is that cheating?)
Nathaniel and Galen from the Merry Gentry series are a toss up.

Meljean Brook's List

Daemon Sadi, The Black Jewels Trilogy, Anne Bishop
Nicholas Daventry, NO GREATER LOVE, Katherine Kingsley
Batman ( I DID NOT SEE THIS ONE COMING! heh. mwha)
Joscelin, KUSHIEL'S DART, Jacqueline Carey
Ysidro, THOSE WHO HUNT THE NIGHT, Barbara Hambly

Bam's List
LMAO



Jules Jones' List

Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy Sayers
Miles Vorkosigan, Barrayar series, Lois McMaster Bujold (though he might be just a bit too *bouncy*) (bouncy can be good)
Ianto Jones, Torchwood (and before anyone says anything, let me point at the tie-in novels) (heh.heh. heh.)
Jack Fleming, the Vampire Files, PN Elrod

And I'll pick one of my own -- Richard from Spindrift, who is an absolute sweetie (unlike some of my heroes, whom I'd probably end up throttling within the week if I was trapped on a desert island with them).

J.L. Langley's List

Khan and Sobehk from Morgan Hawk's Fallen Star~(totally no brainer) 2 cocks a piece one pierced all to hell, both dominant alpha males (oh my god. that's a lot of pole dancing for our island. JL's going to need some sunscreen.)
Reese from Jet Mykles Purgator~he can do mathematical equations to try and get us off the island (of course with all those guys I'm not sure we'd wanna leave) and he can paint and make the place pretty
Leon from Ally Blue's Untamed Heart~he's a bad ass and can kill people so easily. So no one would piss me off with him around
Devon from LM Prieto's After Dark and After Midnight~I love his sense of humor and he's a werewolf. and I love ww's.


OK so there you have it folks.
I'd like to welcome JenB to bloglandia. Today is the grand opening of her new place. And I have a bag of treats to distribute at will. I'm so excited! I'm just going to randomly distribute books. Like the book fairy! See my wings!


Thanks to all my author pals for playing and thanks to Sam Kane who totally gave me this idea. She's my new bff. But not really (that's Adrien).
Books Up For Grabs:
Jules Jones winner's choice out of Dolphin Dreams, Lord and Master (which are the two recent novels), or both Spindrift books
Meljean Brook, Demon Night, (and may I add that Charlie is one of the best ever female characters. Ever)
Jamie Craig has two books to give away:a print copy of Chasing Silver and a print copy of Master of Obsidian
Sarah McCarty's HOT OFF THE PRESS Running Wild that Lisabea covets. Covets.
Josh Lanyon's collection....which means I have one of each to give away.The Adrien English Mysteries,The Hell You Say, Arresting Developments, Snowball in Hell, Partners in Crime, Man Oh Man, and Dangerous Ground. Heh.

Now leave a comment!