I don't think I'm the only reader who wants to be surprised. It is quite boring to know after a few pages how the story will end.
As I told you before the problem with Preferred Rewards lies in the cover conjuring the stereotype expectation of romance as you described it. Yes, there are a lot of readers for the hot alpha-male who'll save her, who want to get aroused reading and dream of their own knight in shining armor. They'll feel deceived.
But that's not your readership. You want your readers to think not to dream.
As I told you before the problem with Preferred Rewards lies in the cover conjuring the stereotype expectation of romance as you described it. Yes, there are a lot of readers for the hot alpha-male who'll save her, who want to get aroused reading and dream of their own knight in shining armor. They'll feel deceived.
But that's not your readership. You want your readers to think not to dream.