Freebie Friday ~ All about the Hotties!

Hello, everyone!

Well, since it's my turn for our first Freebie Friday here at the Nocturne author blog and I don't have a release out yet, not to mention we've already had some great craft and book posts this week, I thought I'd go the *ahem* "inspiration" route and post some of my favorite hotties.  But first, I'd like to introduce myself!  My name is Meagan Hatfield and my dark paranormal dragon-shifter book, DRAGON FIRE, will be released by Nocturne next year!  Yay!

Here is a quick blurb:

Declan Black is one of the last dragon lords.  The vampire horde, ruled by their evil queen is on the verge of winning their century's long battle.  When an item is discovered that when wielded against his dragon kind it can enslave or destroy them, Declan risks going into the bowels of the hordes catacomb hell to retrieve it.  However, when he finds an angel in the shape of his enemy’s daughter, will he be able to resist the fire of lust she kindles within him?  Or will he risk everything to quench the burning desire?

I hope you'll all keep an eye out for it! 

Now, a lot of authors I know use images of celebrities, models or random people they find in magazines, as inspiration for their heroes and heroines.  I am completely guilty of this.  In fact, I have a corkboard wall in my office, overflowing with cut-outs, print-outs, post-it notes and sharpie'd reminders for all of the dragons and vampires in my latest series.    

That said, 80% of the time I don't go looking for these pictures.  Usually, I'll have the hero or heroine firmly set in my mind.  Then one day, I'll be surfing the internet or flipping through a magazine at work...err, I mean at home...and go, "Ohmigosh, that's my hero!" promptly rip it out and nail it to my cork wall.

However, the other 20% of the time...  Well, what can I say?  *shrug*  I'm a sucker for a pretty boy just like any other girl out there, and sometimes I already have it in my head that I want to use a certain celebrity or model as inspiration for a hero.  I mean, how can one help it?  There are so many great pictures across the web, movies and media.  It's like Hotties-R-Us!  But I'm not selfish.  I'll share some my top five favorite hero inspiration pics with you.    

And yes, they are in order.  

Wentworth Miller: 

Because no one ever made prison look so good

Hugh Jackman: 

Because no one ever made the Oscar opening number so good. 

Really.  It was awesome!

Henry Cavill:

Because no one ever made Tudor England so dang sexy

Michael Fassbender:

Because no one ever made a demon look more heavenly

And last, but not least....Orlando Bloom:

Because no one else made Middle Earth look so...clean.  I mean it!  The elf never got dirty!   I still have no idea how he managed that one...

So, those are my top five hottie pics for hero inspiration.  What do you think?  Do you agree?  Disagree?  Do you have any favorites? Please feel free to share!

Until next time...I hope you all have a great weekend!  Oh, and a huge shout-out to all you mom's out there!  Happy Mother's Day!! 

Meagan~
http://www.meaganhatfield.com