I live in a house full of dudes. One hubby and four sons (two of whom are teens) and we have enough testosterone to last forever… and then some. Often times the conversation will sway to, “Oh man, she’s hot”—especially if it’s Megan Fox. I don’t get the appeal of her, granted I’m a thirty-muffled-something mom (breast implants and that lip thingie, no–appeal), but my teens are not to be unconvinced. I am not so prude I don’t find women attractive. For instance I have a girly crush on Sandra Bullock (If there is anything not real on her, I don’t wanna know, ‘kay!).

In books, I tend to gloss over the descriptions when I read. I am not too shy to say, I ALWAYS picture myself as the heroine—unless she’s really whiney and TSTL, then I have someone else in mind. For the men though, I have my own hunk-de-jour I have in mind for the “face” of the Hero. I have very broad, but decided visual tastes. Not overly buff, but not overly skinny. And if he’s funny, super. Throw in an accent and I melt. (And don’t get me started on a uniform—not like the Good Humor man or anything, but some armed force and yowza.) But still that’s not what makes up sexy.

It’s the character of the character I focus on, though. That’s what makes me as the reader fan myself and turn page after page.

Sexy in a female: I want a gal who is not too prissy and not too butch who can ask for help when she really needs it and is right there to help kick butt when someone needs her. That’s not too much to ask is it?

When it comes to men, sexy to me is the way the man carries himself. If he’s assured and strong (be it physically and/or mentally) then to copy Paris, “That’s hawt”. The way he interacts with the heroine, touching (but not necessairly in a sexual way), and protective. I can’t think of a specific, that everyone would know from a book, but a lot of folks have seen Speed, right? Think of the scene where Jack (Reeves) covers Annie’s (Bullock–I really like her… LOL) body when the bus explodes… that is sexy to me!

What do you find sexy? Are there certain characteristic you find sexy? What in a H/H turns you on? OR do you just go for the looks? And that’s okay too—how many studies have seen where they talk about the aesthetics in finding mates and whatnot.