(3 of 3)
Still, the uniformed men of contemporary romance are far more earthbound--and more accessible--than their vampire-aristocrat counterparts. Anne Marsh, the author of Burning Up, used to write about near immortal warrior lovers (the tagline of her website is "Sexy Paranormal Romance"). Then she switched. "The immortals were wonderful," she says. "But the odds of you and I meeting that kind of man are pretty slim."