VBC’s Alpha Showdown 2015 – Vote for Raphael!

VBC-AlphaShowdownLast week, Sarah championed Charles Cornick during the Vampire Book Club blog is doing its annual Alpha Showdown. Sadly he was soundly thrashed by the Impaler, Vlad Tepes from Jeaniene Frost’s Night Prince series.

However this week, LE is championing another Alpha in the ring. When I was asked what it was about Raphael that made him one of my favorite alphas, I was like, dude…how could you not love him. He is way better than Donatello, Leonardo, or Michelangelo. Now granted, Mickey is pretty funny, but Raph is just so impulsive, you never now what he’s going to do.

Wait…that’s the wrong Raphael. I’m pretty sure Chelsea didn’t pick a teenage mutant turtle to participate in the Showdown. *headsmack* Duh…she’s not talking about a lean mean green fighting machine, but that wickedly charming rascal. Yeah, he is pretty scrumptious. I mean, the way he courted Andrea was just so hilarious. Although she did get him back pretty well. Purple shag anyone?

Wait…I think I have the wrong Raphael again. I’m definitely losing my mind, because if it’s not that particular devilish hyena in the showdown, then it must be that the most alpha of all the Raphaels, the one no woman could ignore.

It didn’t matter that she knew it was a mirage, that he was as deadly as the filleting knife she carried strapped to her thigh. No one, not even she, could deny that Raphael the Archangel was a man made to be admired. To be worshipped.  (Angel’s Blood)

NSingh-RaphaelThere’s my champion – the Archangel of New York, Raphael, from Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter series. How could I have mixed him up with a turtle or a hyena?! Granted, this archangel can be a bit of a savage warrior, but he’s no animal. He’ll need every bit of his power too, for he’s going up against the King of Vampires – Wrath from JR Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

For the next 48 hours, you can vote for Raphael in the Alpha Showdown and help him take down the Blind King. An angel who can be so infuriatingly breathtaking, it would be a crime for him to be taken out by a mere vampire.

Yes, he was beautiful, but it was the beauty of a warrior or a conqueror. This man had power stamped on every inch of his skin, every piece of his flesh. And that was before she took in the exquisite perfection of his wings. The feathers were a soft white and appeared dusted with gold. But when she concentrated, she saw the truth— each individual filament of each individual feather bore a golden tip. (Angel’s Blood)

Vote for Raphael

The winner of this cage match (warriors covered in honey…hopefully?) will go up against Kate Daniels in the next round. My bad boy angel can totally take on Wrath and Kate, but he’ll need your help. Go vote for Raphael now or he might send his seven after you.

NSingh-Guild Hunters Seven

“Members of the Seven,” he said, answering his own question. “Those vampires and angels who protect Raphael with no thought to our own advancement.”

“Why?”

“That’s for us to know. What you need to know is that we’ll get rid of anything, and anyone, who poses a threat to him, even if it means we forfeit our own lives.” (Angel’s Blood)

Guild Hunter series

NSingh-GH1.Angels BloodNSingh-GH2.Archangels KissNSingh-GH3.Archangels ConsortNSingh-GH4.Archangels Blade

NSingh-GH5.Archangels StormNSingh-GH6.Archangels LegionNSingh-GH7.Archangels ShadowsNSingh-GH8.Archangels Enigma

Plus Angels’ Flight, which is a compilation of these short stories:

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