Embrace Your Inner Groupie

Kate Willoughby here. You know, there are certain male professions that just “do it” for me. I meet some friends every week at Starbucks and whenever a firefighter wanders in, I have to struggle not to stare. There’s something about that uniform! Yes, I know it’s a grungy pair of mustard yellow baggy pants and suspenders of all things, but shoot, the sight of a man in that outfit slaps my hormones upside the head. Even in this picture you can’t see what these guys really look like, but you just know under that asbestos suit there’s a Real Man who could toss you over his shoulder and carry you off to his bunk at the firehouse.

Same with guys who work construction. No, not the potbellied ones whose butt cracks you’d pay NOT to see, but the buff ones, the ones who, if they made eye contact with you and pulled off their hard hat, would only have to crook a finger at you to hop into his bed. Can you picture him? He’s in a pair of well-worn jeans, kick-ass boots, and tool belt that hangs at a slant around his lean hips. His muscular build is a result of sweaty, physical labor.

That’s why the hero of my new book, Losing It, is in construction. Ben doesn’t wear a hard hat, but he has an impressive, ah, set of tools. In another manuscript of mine, the heroine has a thing for firefighters, like me.

I asked a group of women this question: When fantasizing about your perfect lover, which occupation most appeals to you? What's sexy to you? For instance, do you fantasize about a prince or a hunky firefighter? List any that appeal to you. I ask you the same question. Post your answers in the comment section here. Then come on over to the "Behind The Scenes" section of my website to find out what were the top five ranked sexy male professions were. The results surprised me.