No, not those kind of bears. Get your mind out of the Nature channel!
"Jay pushed himself up, and took a good look at the naked man stretched out before him. A glorious dark pelt spread across Sam’s chest and stomach, turning thick and curly at his groin. Jay gave into temptation and rubbed his face into the dark chest hair."
I had something like this in my head when I pictured Sam in Last Stop. Isn't he beautiful?
At the risk of being controversial: hairy men are sexy. There is something primal, something virile about a chest covered in thick pelt and hairy limbs. Mmm…don't you just want to rub your face in it too?
Contemporary aesthetics favor the hairless. Just type "shirtless man" into the search field of any stock photo site to see what I mean. In mainstream porn women have landing strips at their groin and bowling balls stapled to their chests. Men are waxed to every inch of their lives. As if the porn industry was trying to sanitize sex by moving it as far from reality as possible. I'm against this trend. As Woody Allen said, "Sex is only dirty if it's done right."
With all that said, I like to pair my mature and taciturn bear with a smooth-skinned and chatty twink. It's like having Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Cherry Garcia in the same bowl.
You know what I mean?
In closing, let me say this: all you bears and otters out there, you're beautiful! Be proud, hold your heads up high, and say no to manscaping!
Sam Mayne’s life is as dull as the dishwater in his small-town Montana diner, and that’s just how he wants it. Quiet, uneventful, safe from his shadowy past. The breezy young drifter who answers his help-wanted ad makes him uneasy in ways he dare not examine too closely. Except he can’t help but be pulled in by Jay Colby’s spunky attitude, endless stories, and undeniable sex appeal.
Fresh off yet another romantic disaster, Jay doesn’t understand his attraction to the taciturn line cook, but there’s no fighting the chemistry that lands them in bed together. Where Sam’s subtly dominant streak takes command, and Jay delights in discovering the pleasures of his submissive side.
Safe in the assumption their relationship is temporary, neither lover holds back when the heat is on. Until Sam’s deadly past catches up with them with a vengeance, forcing him to drop the life he’s built, pick up his lover, and run. As danger cuts closer to the bone, Sam and Jay are forced to face the truth. About themselves, about the depth of their love—and the newly forged bonds that are about to be tested to the limit.
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About the author:
Under a prickly, cynical surface Lou Harper is an incorrigible romantic. Her love affair with the written word started at a tender age. There was never a time when stories weren't romping around in her head. She is currently embroiled in a ruinous romance with adjectives. In her free time Lou stalks deviant words and feral narratives.
Lou's favorite animal is the hedgehog. She likes nature, books, movies, photography, and good food. She has a temper and mood swings.
Lou has misspent most of her life in parts of Europe and the US, but is now firmly settled in Los Angeles and worships the sun. However, she thinks the ocean smells funny. Lou is a loner, a misfit, and a happy drunk.
My hubby is a bear! :D When we first got together, I asked him to please STOP manscaping. He did and it's been furrylicious ever since. I love crawling all over him, rubbing in the fur! And now I'm going to get your book, Lou, because I definitely approve that hero pairing ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Thorny. Aren't bears just sexy? We love petting furry animals, so why not furry men, right?
DeleteI only find bears attractive in winter. I think it's an inate genetic survival mechanism. When it's cold, the idea of a furry blanket is more appealing than when it's 105 in the shade. LOL Summer is time for smoothies (of all types, especially with alcohol in them). :-)
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, most of the guys I know fall somewhere in the middle, and don't manscape as a rule. Natural is fine, whatever ya got.
Snuggle with a bear in the winter. I like that.
DeleteI love me a good bear. That would be how I ended up with my husband. While my sister went the other way. She loves her nordic (hair free hubby). I say what ever turns you on!
ReplyDeleteDon't take me wrong, I don't dislike hairless men either. I just prefer them natural. :)
DeleteHi Lou, Great pics...erh post. :) I'm all for the furrier male. There's something so disappointing about unbuttoning a man's shirt and finding nothng but a hairless boy beneath the cotton. Of course, I also prefer my men to smell like men, not cologne - so perhaps my vote is for natural as well.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the release of Last Stop. It's already on my Kindle and ready to read.
Thank you! I'm afraid out culture puts too much emphasis on artificiality for both genders.
DeleteI like my men au naturel too, but naturally not too hairy. ;-)
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