Valentine’s Day. The day of hearts and chocolates. The day of romantic dinners and diamond rings. The day of everything pink and red. If you think that is what you’re getting on Feb. 14, 2015, think again, because next year, it’s all about Grey.
Christian Grey will be hitting the big screen and millions of women all over the planet will be biting their lips and holding their breaths. Whether you are a fan of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy or not, it is undeniable that the broken alpha male character has left the ladies crazy in love.
Many believe that Mr. Grey is extremely desirable to women because he provokes their inner nurturing goddess. Supposedly, women naturally just tend to fix anything that is broken. Of course, it doesn’t hurt (that bad) if the broken piece is an enigmatic, tormented sensual billionaire with a dark past.
As much as we all look forward to the day when Christian Grey is flesh and bones on an enormous screen right before our eyes, we have to start preparing ourselves for the fifty shades of withdrawal symptoms that will hit us hard when we see those closing credits.
I hereby announce seven broken book boyfriends that are worthy of your TLC:
1. Jesse Ward from ‘This Man’
Ava O’Shea has an appointment for an interior design consultation at the Manor, a hotel owned by a young billionaire. The last thing she expected was to meet a mind-bogglingly handsome, charming and confident owner. Throughout the novel, it becomes clear that the lord of the manor is anything but mundane.
He is an arrogant, self-indulgent playboy who knows no boundaries. Ava tries to stay away from him to protect her heart and sanity. but she just can’t seem to resist the overwhelming power he has over her.
Jesse Ward is obsessive, possessive, needy, temperamental, has more secrets than the CIA and takes being a control freak to another level, yet you’re guaranteed to be riding on “Jesse Cloud Nine” for a long time after you finish this book. Please, Mr. Grey, step aside, there is a new alpha psycho in town. His name is JESSE WARD.
2. Remington Tate from ‘Real’
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Remington is the king of the underground fighting circuit. He is beautiful and intense, with a flawless muscular physique. He is easily the best piece of eye candy any woman will find. In one of his fights, he meets Brooke and hires her as his physical therapist just to keep her close.
Brooke falls head over heels for the possessive beast with animal magnetism. Remington struggles with his love as he has a dark secret. He refuses to let her see the real man beneath the fighter and reveal his inner demons as he is terrified of losing her. Remington is simply the uber alpha male who just needs to be loved and cuddled.
3. Anthony Rawlings from ‘Consequences’
Claire, a young independent waitress, meets a captivating, stunning mysterious man at work. The next thing she knows, she is abducted and held captive in a mansion owned by the benevolent businessman she met earlier. Anthony Rawlings may appear to the world as a mega successful, self-made billionaire, but in reality, Claire knows her abductor is a cunning, cruel monster with control issues and no tolerance for public failures.
Anthony starts toying with her heart and mind, but the captor falls for the captive. Anthony Rawlings is one of the most infamous anti-heroes of all dark romances, yet the more you understand his reasons, the more you fall in love with him.
4. Q from ‘Tears of Tess’
When it comes to BDSM, Q without a doubt puts Christian Grey to shame. This is a captivating story that starts with Tess and Brax, a young couple enjoying a romantic getaway in Cancun when things take a turn to the worst. Tess is kidnapped, drugged and forced into a world of sex trafficking.
After going through a horrific ordeal to be prepared as the perfect slave, she finally meets her new master, Q, a wealthy Frenchman living in a chateau somewhere in France.
Q is a dashing businessman who has issues beyond any psychiatric help. His darkness is always under control and his inner beast is tamed and lurks in the deep pits of his soul. Yet Tess, with her stubbornness and refusal to submit, brings his demons to life. He warns her of the monster inside, but it is too late. Q will forever be my all-time favorite disturbed book boyfriend.
5. Caleb from ‘Captive in the Dark’
Caleb is a man with one goal in life: vengeance. Kidnapped as a young boy and tortured by his owner, he has thought of nothing but searching for the one man he holds ultimately responsible. The plan was to kidnap a beautiful girl to train her to be all that he once was and use her as a weapon against his enemies.
But his scheme crumbles around him as he gets closer to Livvie. This story has no prince charming who saves the damsel in distress or a happily ever after. This is a story where the captor becomes the tormentor and the solace.
6. Tristan Vega from ‘Bad Things: Tristan & Danika Trilogy’
Tristan is the typical charming bad boy, club promoter, rock star with tattoos who doesn’t believe in love until he met her. Danika is the sassy heroine who hasn’t had an easy life and decides to focus on the future, but falling in love with the wrong bad boy threatens to ruin everything.
As the story goes on, you can see that Tristan is a troubled young man with anger management issues, commitment failure and extremely jealousy nature that will leave you on an emotional roller coaster. If dysfunctional relationships are your guilty pleasure, this book is for you.
7. Professor Gabriel Emerson from ‘Gabriel’s Inferno’
Professor Gabriel Emerson is a well-respected yet arrogant, pretentious Dante specialist by day. But at night, he leads a selfish life of pleasure. Julia Mitchell enrolls as his student and they start a forbidden professor/student love affair that threatens both their careers.
Gabriel is the epitome of the tormented soul with a dark past. He believes his mistakes have left him unworthy of love or redemption. This book is delicately written and truly is a gratifying experience. The one thing that is absolute perfection about this story is that Gabriel Emerson became an Internet sensation when fans compared Gabriel’s physical appearance to the supermodel David Gandy. Need I say more?
WE SAID THIS: Enjoy your boys, everyone!