Would You Like Some Hair With That?

I have a confession to make. I like my men with nice, smooth, hairless chests. I don't know why....I just do. Most of the heroes I write have smooth chests. And the ones that do have hair its always just a smattering. Or just that fascinating little trail of hair that heads south from the belly button.

We all know that one, right?


And then I wrote a character who I just knew was a really solid, muscular (as opposed to muscly which I think are two different things) manly, hairy, man's-man, testosterone infused dude. I really wasn't sure why he had to be so but I just knew he did so I went looking for a guy to base him on and I came across this one.

I've always had a thing for Mark Ruffalo so he ended up being perfect for Dashiell Dent, the hero in my upcoming May 8th release (Limbo). By about half way through the book I knew why Dash had to be hairy and solid because he had to be the absolute opposite of Joy's ex who is a skinny, waxed, metrosexual kinda guy. I didn't know that at the beginning. I didn't even know it as I was writing both of them. I'm not sure when it clicked. Doh! We writers can't see the wood for the trees some times!



So, score one for hairy men. Merely an abberation (along with my schoolgirl crush on the very hairy Tom Selleck) I told myself. And then this happened -

It's a hard job but somebody's got to do it.....

And now I'm a convert..... Poldark and Ruffalo ruining me for smooth men everywhere.....


Are you a smooth or hairy gal? And do you have any examples of hairy men you'd like to share? Have mouse will travel :-)

PS - If you're keen to find out more about Dash Dent my hairy hero you can pre-order it here and read its first review on Goodreads which is just up here.