6 Simple steps to looking like the quintessential romance hero

Step 1:

Acquire a mullet

Step 2:

Spend an uncommonly long time working on the style, shine, and bounceability of that mullet.

Step 3:

Don't let anyone but the heroine touch your mullet. (That is not a euphemism. No, wait, it could be.)

Step 4:

Maintain a state of partial undress wherein your shirt is unbuttoned but still tucked in.

Step 5:

Ensure that the wind is buffeting your manly chestular landscape in as flattering a manner as possible.

Step 6:

Be careful of your strategically placed weapon. Sometimes, OK, a lot of the time, there is a gun pointed business-end-down in the waistband of your pants. Or, perhaps there's a sword, unsheathed, of course, alongside your femoral artery. All I'm saying is, be careful. You'll put your eye out. 

Adapted from Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell