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The leader of Cadogan House takes on the Beast Lord in Round 11 of the Alpha Showdown. Both have defeated one foe, but who will advance? Ethan Sullivan edged out a victory over Atticus O’Sullivan, a druid with some seriously powerful skills. Will Ethan’s cunning get him past Curran? Curran knocked out wolf shifter Hawke. Will the claws come out against the vampire? You get to decide. Read the pitches,...
And you thought these battles were difficult before. Two of the most ruthless of the vampires in the Alpha Showdown 2012 are pitted against one another in Round 10. Kresley Cole’s Lothaire managed to escape the silver stakes of Night Huntress’ Cat in his first battle, leaving him extra bloodthirsty. Nalini Singh’s Dmitri’s cunning helped him take crafty assassin Gin Blanco last round, but will he be able...
After a little more than a week of grueling battles, we finally have our first match-up in the second level. Bones straight-up crushed witch Rachel Morgan. Then Charles Cornick took our King Dorian. Will the master vampire sink his fangs into the werewolf? Will being an alpha enforcer make it easy to stake the vampire? As always, that’s up to you. Read the pitches, then make the call. Who should advance...
Round 8 of the Alpha Showdown 2012 puts a human in the ring, but if anyone can hold their own amid the weird stuff it’s Terrible. Drug enforcer Terrible knows a thing or two about magic and ghosts — it goes with the territory of being a part of Stacia Kane’s Downside Ghosts world — while Kate Daniels has plenty of experience with supernatural types of all flavors as the heroine of Ilona Andrews’ series of...
My gut says Round 7 of the Alpha Showdown 2012 is going to be another close call. Two vampires — always favorites here at VBC — and they both have huge followings. Things will get bloody. I’m okay with that. Today we see Eric Northman, the Viking vampire from Charlaine Harris’ ultra popular Sookie Stackhouse books, take on Tohrment, one of the beloved members of J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood. Will...
Sure, Round 6 of the Alpha Showdown 2012 pits shifter against shifter, but these are the kind of shifters that wouldn’t agree on anything. We have a lion lord and a wolf leader ready to scratch and claw their way to the Showdown title. Curran from Ilona Andrews’ Kate Daniels series enters the battle against Hawke from Nalini Singh’s Psy/Changeling series. Two shifters go in. One comes out. Read the... 
Round 5 of the Alpha Showdown 2012 has the back-from-the-dead leader of Cadogan House of vampires Ethan Sullivan taking on Atticus O’Sullivan, a 2,100-year-old druid with a death goddess backing him up. We expect blood — Ethan looks thirsty — and magic — Atticus can pull from the earth. But most of all we expect a serious fight from the two alphas with Sullivan in their last name. Read the pitches, then...
There’s no question both the characters in Round 4 of the Alpha Showdown are lethal. Vampire Dmitri is ruthless and had a long time to hone his skills. But he’s up against The Spider. Gin Blanco from is an assassin, who can kill you with a paperclip, and she can flex some elemental magic. Two tough alphas this time, and I’m rather pleased you are the ones making the call. Read the pitches, then make the...
Round three of Alpha Showdown 2012 brings together our first vampire-on-vampire match. The ancient villain (and now quasi hero) Lothaire from Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark series against the Red Reaper, Cat, from Jeaniene Frost’s Night Huntress series. Both have enhanced vampire skills. Hell, Cat sometimes has a heartbeat. Who is quick enough to stake the other? Your votes decide. Also, a quick...
We just don’t see werewolves and faerie kings duke it out often enough. Luckily, we’ve pitted the dangerous and possessive werewolf Charles Cornick against the powerful, creative and quick King Dorian in Round 2 of the Alpha Showdown 2012. Read the pitches, then make the call. Who should advance to the next round in the Alpha Showdown? The poll at the end of this post will be open for two days. Remember,... 
