“A” is the first letter in the alphabet for a reason: the alpha hero is the strong, often stubborn, and very swoonworthy leading man…but today, we’re celebrating beta heroes instead. What’s a beta? It’s simple: he’s a smart sweetie with a heart of gold. Here are seven we’ve fallen for.

Jane Austen has been the gift that keeps on giving—for authors, movie producers, and Colin Firth fans—for ages now. From modern day retellings, to spinoff books that focus on her tertiary characters, to mashups featuring zombies, Austen’s novels have been adapted, updated, and otherwise celebrated to within an inch of their robust lives, and fans still can’t get enough of her elegant, […]

Fun fact about Geminis: Their most erogenous zones are their hands and arms. How does this play into our literary astrological charting? Not at all! But if you’re successful in using this information to pick up a stranger in a bar, please let us know in the comments. We do what we can. Born between […]