Recently, I was cruising around Twitter and spotted a tweet to me from one of my readers. The tweet read:
“Um, what are “hot hung heroes?“
Say what, now? My immediate thought was that the reader’s account must have gotten hacked by a porn site and the hackers were trolling Twitter using her account to find new followers..
Then my email started going crazy. Literally. That little alert box started popping up rapid-fire—bing-bing-bing—on my screen. With my curiosity getting the best of me, I hopped over to Outlook and saw a stream of messages from a few of my best buds. I went to the first one from my author pal Nancy Naigle. The message started with “Oh. My. Blog!”
I knew that couldn’t be good for Nancy, so I took a deep breath and dove in to see what had happened. In the message, she explained that in her well intentioned efforts to praise my books, she’d made the mother of all Freudian slips on her blog. What was that slip? Glad you asked. Here it is:
“Adrienne Giordano writes fantastic contemporary romantic suspense with hot hung heroes that’ll stick with you (and invade your dreams!) Her Private Protector series has done really well and I dare say that if you read the first one, you’ll order the rest.”
I stared at the word “hung” for a solid ten seconds. One thing I can promise is that I’ve never referred to one of my characters as being “hung.” Suddenly, the realization hit that the tweet I received about hung heroes must be referring to Nancy’s post. Despite the initial shock, I burst out laughing.
As Nancy scrambled to take the “hung” out of her post, a hilarious string of tweets and emails about her Freudian slip ensued.
I should probably explain that Nancy has a thing for Vic Andrews, the hero in Man Law. Let’s assume for one minute that Vic Andrews is a real person and Nancy needs to get to him. 
Let’s also assume there are a few hundred women standing in her way. Honestly, this would not deter my pal Nancy. She loves Vic so much that she’d load up on weaponry and carve through those women in record time.
And it would be bloody.
Bloody in a way that would make Attila the Hun look like a Boy Scout.
As a writer, this “hung heroes” thing might be the best twisted compliment I’ve ever received. We all have favorite characters, don’t we? Give me Suzanne Brockmann’s Jimmy Nash and I’ll swoon. I simply cannot get enough of him. Cal from Jennifer Crusie’s Bet Me is another favorite of mine.
I’ve decided that’s why I read romances. I want to fall in love with the characters as they fall in love with each other. I want to take that emotional journey with them. If they’re chasing a bad guy, even better.
I’ll enjoy Nancy’s Freudian slip for a long time because it means she’s emotionally invested in one of my characters and, as a writer, there’s not a whole lot more I can ask for.
Readers, who are some heroes you’ve fallen in love with?
Bio: Adrienne Giordano is a Jersey girl at heart, but now lives in the Midwest with her workaholic husband, sports obsessed son and Buddy the Wheaten Terrorist (Terrier). She is a co-founder of Romance University blog and Lady Jane’s Salon-Naperville, a reading series dedicated to romantic fiction. For more information on Adrienne’s Private Protectors series please visit www.AdrienneGiordano.com. Adrienne can also be found on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/AdrienneGiordanoAuthor and Twitter at http://twitter.com/AdriennGiordano.
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LOL. You and Nancy are too much. I want to hear her say “hot hung heroes” in her southern accent. I also think Nancy could give Vic a run for his money. For me, my favorite hero seems to be the hero in whichever book I am currently reading. I do like the ones with a smart mouth and quick wit, though. The silent, brooding ones aren’t as fun. Congrats on your series!
Hello, Amy! I will never forget when I saw that tweet. I about died! Too funny.
I’ve recently started reading Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series (I’m way behind!) and Reacher is definitely going on my list of favorite characters.
Thanks for coming by!
Hi Adrienne,
You had me at “hung”! Too funny! I can just picture Nancy’s face when she realized what she’d posted
Although it goes without saying these hot heroes would be generously endowed with brains and brawn and…well, you know what I mean 
As for favorite heroes, I’d have to say my absolute favorite of all time is Gerard/Captain Doom in Teresa Medeiros’ Thief of Hearts. Wow, talk about swoon-worthy! Harrison in For the Roses is another hero etched in my heart…not to mention the name alone makes me think of Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Indiana Jones. Wow, I think I’m hyperventilating now
Deep breath, Tara! I will have to check out this Captain Doom. I love a good swoon.
And yes, we all had a good laugh over Nancy’s slip. Thanks for popping by.
Ken ‘Wildcard’ Carmody and Izzy Zanella are my two favourite Suzanne Brockmann heroes.
Well, you know who I love! VIC! Although I’m going to admit (don’t tell Vic! He gets so jealous) that the last Adrienne Giordano novel hero is always my favorite. I’m gearing up for Billy in Restless Pursuit now.
I think I’ll leave it at that before I type myself into trouble again!
Hugs and happy reading~
Adrienne, I came to this blog post from a FB post from Nancy Naigle. I must admit, I haven’t read your work but will have to ply myself with a good dose of whatever it is about VIC that drives Nancy crazy! LOL. She has my curiosity peaked, to say the least.
I am working on the first novel of my romance/mystery series…The Candace Kane Chronicles. The book itself doesn’t have a name and I am pounding my head against the desk as we speak for want of a title as clever as Nancy’s books!! I am a huge NN fan and aspire to write as well! I think it’s safe to say that my most recent male heart throb would be the country western character in her book Out of Focus. I swear he’s every bit the man that Toby Keith is! Swoon BIG time!!!
So happy I popped on to read what all the fuss was about. My eyes still have tears! Thanks for the chuckle and a new author to follow. Ask Nancy, I’m a loyal reader and FB, Twitter fanatic!
Hi, Nicole. I’m an Izzy girl also, but Jimmy has my heart.
Thank you for playing!
Hi, Nan. Vic says he can’t have you talking about the other guys in the series. He has a reputation to protect. Plus, he’d never live it down that they stole his girl. That’s all he’s saying on the matter.
You know he loves you.
Thanks for always making me laugh!
Hi, Jerri. Thank you so much for coming by to chat with us. I totally agree about Cody. He is swoon worthy!
And, yes, Nancy is slightly (maybe more than slightly) obsessed with Vic. I think Billy may give Vic a run for his money where Nancy is concerned. Billy has a wicked playful side.
I’m so glad you came over to say hello. Thank you!
Hmmm….I’m up for a little battle for my heart!!
Congrats on the new release! Laughing at the slip, but it is priceless. I have to admit that I’m a Sam Starrett fan all the way, but Michael Taylor runs a close second. LOL.
Very fun post. I like Sebastian from The Devil in Winter.
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Dee, that Sam Starrett is definitely a keeper. I’m still sticking with Jimmy though. He’s my guy.
BN, I haven’t read The Devil in Winter. I will add it to my TBR list!
Thanks for saying hello.