Who are your favorite types of heroes?

http://www.loveromancepassion.com/the-top-10-hero-types/

1. Bad Boy Hero
2. Alpha Hero
3. Brooding Hero
4. Rogue Hero
5. Nerd Hero
6. Tycoon Hero
7. Protector Hero
8. Daredevil Hero
9. Warrior Hero
10. Paranormal Hero

Which are your favorites? Are there any you dislike? Any not mentioned?

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Maggie

Very tough decision. I think some of these types overlap a bit, like the alpha hero can also be part of the tycoon hero, the paranormal hero, etc. I don't think I have a favorite, but I do enjoy reading about alpha heroes. I do, also like to read about nerd heroes--actual nerds and not just beta heroes!

I only regularly like two types as described in the original post: the Brooding Hero and the "Nerd" Beta hero. The others all turn me off, at least as described (I don't think of "protector" heroes necessarily as being military or in law enforcement and for me heroes in those professions, at least in contemporaries, are an almost automatic "won't read").

I think what the OP is missing is what I'll call the "Responsible Hero" and the "Reluctant Hero".

The "Responsible Hero" is the man people turn to when a crisis looms, when they face a difficult decision, or even just for sound everyday advice. He is dependable, even-tempered, socially adept, open-minded and ethically and morally as close to irreproachable as any human can hope to be. He may or may not have "alpha" qualities but he never lets his desire for status or personal power get in the way of doing the right thing and serving those who depend on him. Marcus in Kleypas' It Happened One Autumn (as well as the books preceding it in which he appears) is a good example of a slightly alpha version of this hero and Carla Kelly's James Gatewood in Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career and Captain Jesse Randall in The Wedding Journey are more "beta versions of this type. This is actually my favourite type of hero and I wish more current authors regularly wrote this type.

The "Reluctant Hero" is pretty much exactly what his name implies. He doesn't want to fall in love and he doesn't want to be heroic, mostly he'd just like to get out of whatever situation he currently finds himself in as the book opens but his conscience, circumstances, or most often, some combination of both require that he take on a hero role. He's not a rogue and he rarely broods, he's frequently witty and sometimes hides more depth than either the reader or the heroine initially realizes. I think Hartford Goodnight in Betina Krahn's Book of True Desires is a fabulous example of this kind of hero. Freddie in Heyer's Cotillion is a more low-key but equally interesting example. And we get glimpses of the same dynamic (albeit only from the heroine's POV) in Lord Kestrel in Joan Smith's Memoirs of a Hoyden. The Reluctant Hero is probably my second-favourite type of hero. There are few things more heart-warming than watching someone move into a bigger, better role than they thought themselves capable of-I love following that emotional journey!

I think my favorite hero is definitely marietherese's 'Reluctant Hero' - or maybe just an unlikely hero. I like heroes who are funny and charming, who were never particularly responsible before but who find themselves maturing to help/protect/be worthy of his heroine. But that's because I love light-heartedness in my romances along with an emotional arc. And I don't like angst and brooding much...

I'm also a huge fan of marietherese's 'Responsible Hero' - especially when he ends up loosening up a bit because of the heroine. (No wonder the two of us seem to enjoy the same romances!).

I am a fan of all kinds of heroes, but I particularly love the responsible hero a la Marcus in It Happened One Autumn and also Ross Cannon in Lady Sophia's Lover, my two favorite Kleypas heroes. But then I also love the Scottish alpha hero who calls his lady love "mine." They're used to getting their way, take charge, no nonsense, but completely turn to marshmallow inside once they meet their mates. My favorites are Alec Kincaid in Garwood's The Bride and Iain Maitland in The Secret. And of course, there is the combination of the two, responsible, noble, heroic and Scottish - Jamie Fraser from Outlander.

In addition, I love the lordly aristocratic duke or earl that's in just about every Regency, though I'm not a particular fan of the reformed rake heroes, though in some case I make the exception. I do prefer the titled hero over a self made man that Lisa Kleypas prefers to write about so often. I guess I'm somewhat of a snob in that respect :D.

My favorite would be

3.Brooding Hero:
Our poor tortured lonely Brooding Hero, how we love to torment him! Aloof, angry, wounded, and ultimately one of the most vulnerable heroes out there, the Brooding Hero has captured the most hearts in very recent history with Angel and Edward Cullen. (The Brooding Hero is a perfect foil for the Paranormal Hero.)

Judith James' "Libertine's Kiss" and "Broken Wing" has one of the best Brooding Heros EVER!

"The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie" by Jennifer Ashley is one of my all time favorite books.

"The Duke's Captive" by Adele Ashworth is AWESOME!

I never got into the Paranormal books, so I would say those would be the ones i don't like.

Alpha, bad boy, alpha oh and did I mention alpha. :D

OK, just throwing this out there . . .

I don't think Paranormal Hero should be a separate category. Paranormal isn't really a personality type - it's more of a description. I guess the same would go for Tycoon (which I don't read). It would be like having categories for Lords, Cowboys, Pirates (yum), Men in Kilts, etc. That type of category is more about the story and setting than the hero.

My favorite type would have to be the Brooding Hero. A lot of the paranormal romances I read have brooding heroes.

The types I don't like would be Beta, Tycoon, Nerd, Protector, Daredevil.