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    Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
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    Image of electriklights electriklights
    06/25/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    That looks like Jake Ryan's house in the background. This doesn't happen in Shermer does it?
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    Image of Maulleigh Maulleigh
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    This is great! More please. I never read these Harlequins as I was more of a bodice ripper type. If I had to read these shorter books, I'd read the regency romances. But I kind of got over my romance novel phase in highschool.


    I was only interested in the bodice rippers until they had sex for the first time. Then they have to argue for another 100 pages before he rescues her and they have sex again.

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    Image of rocknrollunicorn rocknrollunicorn
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    Wow, this is an excellent feature.


    I kinda think he can't win. I've been involved with two men who were adopted. They both, it turned out, were narcissistic assclowns.


    Now, this could be a coincidence. Like, I looooooooove assholes and I looooooooooooove orphans.


    Or it could be that orphans are totally fucked in the head. I think we have to give poor old Jay the benefit of the doubt here.


    p.s. to anyone who is adopted, I am totally joking. I just have very bad taste and I guess some kind of weird need to bed adopted men.

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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    "Stop talking woman and let me make love to you."


    We made this part of our wedding vows, right after he said, "I guess you didn't lose that ten pounds, huh?" and "You know you want me." Sigh, memories.


    PS that is a joke. A joke.

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    Image of Whitney's Black Best Friend Whitney's Black Best Friend
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    What is it with the virgin thing? My mom is into these and out of curiosity and boredom I chose about 4 at random and read them. They all were set in vastly different times and places but yet I distinctly remember all the women were virgins.
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    06/22/09

    @Whitney's Black Best Friend: There's a growing segment, esp in contemporary romance, for more realistic, non-virgin heroines. In my contemporary manuscript, the heroine is over 30 and has definitely gotten it on before the hero comes along. In historicals, usually the heroine, if not a virgin, is a widow or there's some "explanation" as to why she is not pure and lily white.
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    Image of andiwa andiwa
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    I jeez Louise, you should do Sweet Savage Love next. It is so my guilty pleasure.
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    06/22/09

    @andiwa: YES Sweet Savage Love. Oh, Rosemary Rogers, you introduced me both to ecstatic sex with a savage man and to gang rape :(
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    Image of deeemer deeemer
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    For a peek at true awesomeness, read this satire:


    [www.scribd.com]

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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    06/22/09

    @deeemer: BABY FOOD MAGNATE! Holy crap I loved this.
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    Image of BeckySharper BeckySharper
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    "Beautiful and clever," he murmured softly, "the dove fleeing from the hawk, not knowing that her very flight promotes his pursuit, unlike you, who I am sure knows very well the effect she has on the male sex."


    Footballers talk like that ALL THE TIME, right?


    (as for the rest of it, Jesus H. Christ. The writer should be sued for malpractice)

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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    06/22/09

    @BeckySharper: well! CLEARLY you never watch the pre-game show on Fox. Jimmy Johnson is a poet.
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    Image of BeckySharper BeckySharper
    06/22/09

    @bluebears: He's nothing compared to that silver-tongued bard, Terry Bradshaw.
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    Image of porto-hottie porto-hottie
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    Oooo, "shut up" are the magic words to open my vagina.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    06/22/09

    @porto-hottie: LOLOLLLZZZ! I wish it wasn't too late to nominate that for COTD.
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    Image of Bryn Bryn
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    This story makes me feel less terrified of looking at the edits that came from my editor today. I've never had book edits before and I'm so scared. But hey...at least my hero isn't a ginormous asshole.
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    Image of littlemissvan littlemissvan
    06/22/09

    @Bryn: Dude(ette), congrats on getting published! And also, edits ain't no thing, just remember, they wouldn't have accepted your book if they didn't think it was awesome.
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    06/22/09

    @littlemissvan: @Bryn: What littlemiss said! :)
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    Image of ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox) ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    Palmer Courtland is all I can think of, thank you babysitter without standards circa 1985. Thank you.
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    Image of TheFormerJuneBronson TheFormerJuneBronson
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    I swear, I've read at least ten romances where the hero was named Jay Courtland.
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    Image of Bryn Bryn
    06/22/09

    @TheFormerJuneBronson: A hero in a Harlequin Presents that just came out last month is named my PEN NAME!! Hahahahaha! Bryn sounds a bit girly to me, but whatevs.
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    06/22/09

    @Bryn: Jeebus, all the heroes nowadays have an extra y in their name. Give me a Bob over a Cheyt or a Laynce any day!
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    Image of thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe. thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    That. is. horrifying. Who gets off on that?
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    Image of RosemaryF RosemaryF
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    Holy Jesus. I'm glad I started reading this genre after they moved away from the rape-requirement.
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    Image of TheFormerJuneBronson TheFormerJuneBronson
    06/22/09

    @RosemaryF: Those Kathleen Woodiwiss novels from the 70's were pretty rapey, too.
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    Image of Ipomoea Ipomoea
    06/22/09

    @RosemaryF: Seriously. Plotlines like this and heroes like this give the genre a bad name.
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    Image of Dodgergirl Dodgergirl
    06/22/09

    In reply to Worst 80's Romance Hero, Contestant #1: Jay Courtland, Rules Of The Game
    I think Bewitched did the identical cousins thing much better.
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