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Today marks the beginning of the fifth annual Alpha Showdown here at Vampire Book Club, and we’ve brought out the big guns. The bracket is stacked with the most badass, lethal, charismatic alphas we could find including plenty of first timers. The opening match exemplifies this as we pit the dangerous mage Mad Rogan from Ilona Andrews’s Hidden Legacy books against the young assassin princess Celaena...
The fifth annual Alpha Showdown is slated to begin May 18. Are you ready? Your votes selected all 16 of our alphas, and we loved seeing new faces this year! We have fresh blood in the bracket this year including Kaleb (Nalini Singh), Mad Rogan (Ilona Andrews) and Celaena Sardothien (Sarah J. Maas) alongside long-time favorites like Ethan Sullivan (Chloe Neill), Jane Yellowrock (Faith Hunter) and Vlad...
Can you believe it’s already time to start talking about the Alpha Showdown? We’re ready to start playing favorites, are you? For those uninitiated—hi, new subscribers!—every may VBC hosts a little battle royale with your favorite alpha characters with tons of giveaways and lots of fun. Here’s how it works: VBC readers nominate their favorite characters who exemplify alpha status—male or female, leaders,... 
Her Sexy Sentinel Jenn Burke Published: Jan. 26, 2015 (Entangled: Covet) Purchase: Amazon Review Source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars When things in Callie Nobel’s life get frighteningly complicated, she runs back to Ottawa—a place where she spent significant time while in school. Unfortunately, Callie can’t avoid trouble... 
Gray Bishop (Cornerstone Run #2) Kelly Meade Published: Oct. 21, 2014 (Intermix) Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Margaret Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While review will be spoiler free, it does make reference to previous books in the series. The McQueen brothers, Bishop, Knight and Rook (I love their names!) are the sons of the... 
There are six people that make the Execution Underground series. (Check out VBC’s review of Twilight Hunter.) Six fierce, strong, muscled and handsome people that I thought I would introduce readers to in this post: the six hunters of the Rochester division of the Execution Underground. 1. Damon Brock Occupation: Vampire Hunter and Leader of the Rochester Division of the E.U Height: 6’4” Ethnicity:... 
Wow. This year was the biggest Alpha Showdown we’ve seen. There were more votes, more comments, more traffic and even more bribes from authors. Everything was bigger. So perhaps it is fitting this year’s Alpha Showdown champion is larger than life. He’s friends—we use that word loosely—with the original Alpha Showdown champion Jericho Z. Barrons. Yes, I’m talking about Ryodan. We may not know him well... 
The Alpha Showdown is my favorite event here at VBC, because readers get so involved. And they’re good-natured smack talk. Well, you will be happy to know it’s time to start the preliminary work for the third annual Alpha Showdown. A quick explanation for those unfamiliar with our annual May shenanigans (Alpha Showdown 2011, Alpha Showdown 2012). We pit sixteen characters from novels published in the... ![Prepare to fight! It’s time for Alpha Showdown nominations [Giveaway]](http://vampirebookclub.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Showdown-500px-300x183-21571_200x183.jpg)
OK, I don’t expect you to fight. But we need to determine who’s making it into this year’s battle to be the ultimate alpha. Last year, Jericho Z. Barrons won. Rightfully. However, JBZ can’t be in the running this year. Leaving things open for other kickass characters to claim top honors. This is where you come in, dear readers. We’re doing open nominations this year. (And bribing your participation with a... 
Beauty Dates the Beast (Midnight Liasons #1) Jessica Sims Published: Oct. 25, 2011 (Pocket Star) Purchase at: Book Depository, B&N or Amazon Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Sometimes you just need something a little lighter, a bit sexy and really fun to perk up your week. Jessica Sims’ Beauty Dates the Beast did it for me. Bathsheba works for a dating service for the paranormal elite. The patrons of Midnight... 
