He can be poor, grouchy, lacking in charm, without prospects, unlucky in love-Daniel Banks is nodding his head-but ideally, he will still be a true gentleman at heart. To me, that means this fellow must be honest and kind.
Make him decide whether to be publicly vindicated or privately forgiving… Delightful stuff, for an author!Īnd yet, to travel along these brilliant character arcs, our hero must have one characteristic: He must have a well-developed sense of honor.
Make him choose between avenging injustices from his past, or respecting the wishes of the pacifist woman he loves. Make the hero choose between the woman who needs him, and the military unit depending on him. My brother, without a heartbeat’s pause said, “Make him choose between the competing demands of honor.” The Joys of True Gentlemanliness… by Grace BurrowesĪbout twenty books ago, I lamented (whined) to one of my brothers that coming up with ways to challenge a romance hero into facing his worst fears and risking all to win the heroine’s heart was taxing my imagination.
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