[Betsy the Quilter]

The new trend now is fighters and mean guys.

And motorcycle clubs. I've seen more books lately involving dudes with motorcycles. I'm blaming it on Sons of Anarchy. (TV show.) The star of which, incidentally, was just signed to play the lead in the film version of FSOG.

Betsy

 

[Betsy the Quilter]

The funny part is all the bikers where I live look like Santa Claus. Sigh

Seriously. Our nephew is a member of an MC in Colorado and in fact had a biker wedding in June. There were definitely some Santa look-alikes...and none that look like Charlie Hunnam....

Betsy

 

[Gennita Low]

YESssssss....jotting down my Billionaire Biker Spy series right now....

 

[Alan Petersen]

There are so many billionaire books because readers gobble them up like a big bag of m & ms, but that doesn't end the craving and they search out the next one. Quality doesn't seem to matter and as long as the books sell, writers will churn them out.

It's interesting that thanks to FSOG, billions have replaced millions as the required net worth of romance heroes.

Dr Evil learned that lesson...

 

[Redbloon]

How about:

'Pregnant Mum for the Biker Billionaire's Baby'?

'A Biker Girlfriend for the Vampire Billionaire'?

'Wanted: Pretend Wife for the Greek, Vampire, Billionaire Tycoon'?

I think I need to be writing modern romance... Although my hero's are not exactly poor.

 

[swolf]

WHAT is up with all the Billionaire books?

Well, for one thing, sales are up.

The major theme in almost all of the billionaire books is domination. I guess women don't want to be submissive to hobos.

 

[Cherise]

Dracula had a hypnotic gaze. He had no need for conventional lady-bait.

The first third of the book was about how huge, gorgeous, and well-built his castle was...

 

[yomamma]

Well, for one thing, sales are up.

The major theme in almost all of the billionaire books is domination. I guess women don't want to be submissive to hobos.

I'm sorry, but this made me giggle hard.

 

[RaeC]

The Harley Davidson Chronicles: Bred and Bound By My Mean Billionaire Step-Dad While Riding Cross-country

Billionaires are just the hot thing right now in romance, it seems, although my wife says she more of a werewolf gal.  And anything with the word 'Dark' in the title, she loves that.

 

[D.L. Shutter]

I guess women don't want to be submissive to hobos.

I'm now deleting all WIP drafts of "Dominated and bred by the middle-aged delivery guy in his parent's basement."

Darn you Swolf! Darn you to heck!"

 

[Al Dente]

I'm now deleting all WIP drafts of "Dominated and bred by the middle-aged delivery guy in his parent's basement."

Darn you Swolf! Darn you to heck!"

*sifts through DL's recycling bin*

I'll write those, thanks.

 

[dianasg]

LOL this thread

So, I know that billionaires have been a trend in romance for a long time, and also that FSOG played a big role in repopularizing this trope. But I ALSO wonder if the resurgence has something to do with the economic times we live in? Where, maybe, class has jumped to the forefront of our collective consciousness again?

Thoughts?

Getting off topic, but the beautiful thing about this conversation is that it's completely true in a non-mercenary way too.

Yes!!! So true. <3

 

[Zelah Meyer]

Well, a huge number of Regency heroes were dukes.  Plus, most fairy tales feature either a prince or a princess.  I guess that when people buy into the idea of a romantic fantasy, they like having it with sprinkles on top.  

By the way - strangely enough, I actually had a dream the other night that a dictator had picked me out of the crowd at a public performance.  It wasn't romantic - it was more, "Oh sh*t!  How do I stop this guy from paying attention to me before he decides to have me executed on a whim?"

 

[Nicole Castro]

I'm sorry, but this made me giggle hard.

Me too! I love the word "hobo".

 

[JRTomlin]

It's like "dukes" in Regency romances, according to which there is a duke standing on every street corner just begging to marry some tattered waif. Now the fact that there are only 11 dukes in the English peerage and 7 in Scottish peerage can safely be ignored. (There are a handful that are in a separate "UK" peerage, 9 or so I believe) But, we'll just make up the name of another silly sounding title and someone will gobble it up because only a duke will do.  

 

[Atunah]

Nah, Earls are nothing to sneeze at either.  

Its fiction, its fantasy. I don't think there are as many serial killers running around either as have been portrayed in books.

 

[Betsy the Quilter]

It's like "dukes" in Regency romances, according to which there is a duke standing on every street corner just begging to marry some tattered waif. Now the fact that there are only 11 dukes in the English peerage and 7 in Scottish peerage can safely be ignored. (There are a handful that are in a separate "UK" peerage, 9 or so I believe) But, we'll just make up the name of another silly sounding title and someone will gobble it up because only a duke will do.

I was wondering the same thing, and so I went to google to look up the number of male billionaires (in US$) in the world who are single and good looking and of marriagable age.

Um, we're talking fiction, right? How many vampires and werewolves are there in the US? Y'all.....

*goes back to looking for billionaire biker books.*

Betsy

 

[Betsy the Quilter]

Nah, Earls are nothing to sneeze at either.

Its fiction, its fantasy. I don't think there are as many serial killers running around either as have been portrayed in books.

LOL, Atunah, I started to add that to my post but decided to stay in romance.

Betsy

 

[JRTomlin]

Nah, Earls are nothing to sneeze at either.

Its fiction, its fantasy. I don't think there are as many serial killers running around either as have been portrayed in books.

I suppose an earl *might* do even though they're very inferior. At least there are 60 or so of those.

I admit to being a purist. The thought of making up titles? I just couldn't do it which is why I don't write romances. LOL

Even though my main character falls in love in my current novel. That was because he claimed that he did though. I find it a bit embarrassing.

 

[D.L. Shutter]

*sifts through DL's recycling bin*

Be careful where you dig. Some things can't be unseen.