There are literally hundreds of uber-sexy undead male protagonists in fantasy fiction. Who could forget Anne Rice’s Lestat de Lioncourt and Louis de Pointe du Lac or Eric Northman from Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire saga or Laurell K. Hamilton’s Jean-Claude from her Anita Blake series or Jeaniene Frost’s Bones or Kim Harrison’s Kisten (R.I.P.) or J.R. Ward’s Zsadist… the list goes on and on. When it comes to the kind of edgy, dangerous sex appeal that makes knees weak and hearts race, the male vampires of paranormal fantasy are in a league of their own. Who knew bloodsuckers could be so wildly erotic? Read more...

Okay. I admit it. I’m a reality television fanatic – Big Brother, The Amazing Race, The Biggest Loser, The Pick-Up Artist, even Tool Academy (which arguably has the cheesiest elimination line ever: “I’m sorry. You’re just a tool.”) But the granddaddy of all reality television shows has to be Survivor, which is just beginning its 19th season ­(this time the castaways are on the tropical islands of Samoa). Read more...