Dee Tenorio | The Silent Hero and Why I Love Him

I’m a sucker for a thinking man, especially when it comes to writing characters. Pretty is nice, but give me a guy with deep, intelligent thoughts any day. Why? These guys tend to be intense and for some reason, I really love intense characters. Maybe it’s a bit more fun when I’m in his head and not left guessing, like the heroine, but I find they also tend to be pretty straightforward.

Heroine in danger? Save her.

Villain in the house? Find and destroy it.

Something needs to be done. Get up and do it.

How do you not love someone who cuts through all the red tape and just takes care of business?

Not always the best communicators, I admit—which is why I prefer to write them. But under all that coolly calculated thinking, I also find that they feel intensely. Their loyalty is unwavering. Their desire is explosive—hey, a guy that contained is gonna go off SOMEwhere, right?—and the best part, when they love, it’s no holds barred.

This isn’t to say they are easy to live with, by any means. Any woman who takes one on has to be strong willed and determined not to get steam-rolled. Which makes her fun to write too, lol, but that’s a totally different post.

My current hero, Undersheriff Rick Trelane, is one such silent—and deadly—guy. Former Marine turned small town sheriff, he’s got intense down to a science. He’s also a hunter, studying a killer and trying to unravel a disturbing string of murders and clues—all of which point to his childhood best friend, Whitney. On the inside, he’s locked down, scarred and determined not to inflict himself on others. On the outside, well, some folks find him forbidding and dangerous and probably not going to welcome them to a fun barbecue at his house. Basically, he needs a friend. The best kind of friend. And right now, that best kind of friend needs him, too. He’s just got to find the words, find the way, to keep them both alive.

Maybe one day I’ll write a chatty hero again. (They do have their moments of fun) But right now, I’m all about those heroes who resonate with emotion and strength. What about you? What kind of hero draws you in and makes you want to purr?

About Dee Tenorio

Dee Tenorio has a few reality issues. After much therapy for the problem--if one can call being awakened in the night by visions of hot able-bodied men a problem--she has proved incurable. It turns out she enjoys tormenting herself by writing sizzling, steamy romances of various genres spanning paranormal mystery dramas, contemporaries and romantic comedies. Preferably starring the sexy, somewhat grumpy heroes described above and smart-mouthed heroines who have much better hair than she does. The best part is, no more therapy bills! Well, not for Dee, anyway. Her husband and kids, on the other hand...

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About WANTED

Some secrets are worth dying for…

Undersheriff and former Marine Rick Trelane had one constant his entire life— his friendship with Whitney Peterson. Through thick and thin, she has never faltered. Never blamed. But when her former lover turns up dead, Rick must look past the walls he’s built to the woman he thought he knew inside and out… and discover he was wrong.

Whitney has secrets, deadly ones. The deeper he digs, the more he sees her as a woman he desires. And suspects. But as bodies start turning up, so does the evidence against her. Now the air is thick with secrets and shadows and giving into the longing could turn both their worlds upside down. Because this killer is just getting started…