Cupid and author, Bonnie Edwards, shares her ideas on the most basic, sexiest, and most romantic of all clothing – underwear.
Don’t forget to catch her new single-author anthology, Thigh High, released by Aphrodisia 1 Feb 08.
With the release of my anthology Thigh High, I’m given to pondering under garments. I hope this is a suitable blog topic for Valenduckie Week, because well, underwear *is* universal, not to mention romantic, which is what Valenduckie Week is all about.
Given that I used to sell lingerie and was once able to judge bra sizes at a glance, it wasn’t too far a stretch for me to come up with a link for the three 
novellas in Thigh High. It’s nice to have a link running through your stories when you pitch an anthology idea. Many anthologies have exciting themes: shape shifters, BDSM stories, mystical legends or what-have-you. I’ve even been one of three in an anthology about men in toolbelts.
But me? On my own? I do underwear. Even I have to admit it’s mundane, and on the surface, doesn’t even seem romantic.
Until I got to wondering about men’s underwear for the ghost story, Parlor Games. I’ve got a bachelor auction happening in a haunted former bordello. Once I figured out that the underwear these guys wear is actually a hidden code for the bachelors’ predilections then mundane flew out the window. There’s some hot stuff out there in the male underwear department. Who knew?
Most times, when we think lingerie we think ‘merry widows,’ or garters and stockings. For women. We think silky, slinky, sexy…for women! A quick Google search proved me wrong. For men, we’ve got lace up pouches, g-strings, body strings. (ouch!) That’s just for starters. I’m not getting into the rubber! (Not ever)
Which brings me back to the other stories: Thigh High (my sexy bet novella) and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Thong, which centers around a diamond-studded thong. I swear, I came up with that all by my lonesome. I even pitched the idea before hearing about one such item of clothing being auctioned at a famous auction house in NYC. How much did it sell for? $50K When I heard that on the radio, I knew I had a winner in this mundane, goofy idea. So, natch, when my heroine thinks of the value of the thong, she thinks 50K.
And since I rarely take myself seriously I thought I’d share this all with you. Why? Because sometimes in the mundane, we find the truly lovely.
So, readers, what scrap of silk, lace, latex, or cotton trips your trigger, or your significant other’s trigger?
Bonnie is offering up a copy of any one of her releases to a lucky commenter!
I think hiding a little something behind a scrap of whatevah is always sexier than full out nekkid. At least for a while…
Sexiest thing on a man? Gotta be gray boxer briefs on a tight ass – shows all the contours. Love them!
Bonnie, I got a kick out of the fact that you used red silk boxers in one of the Thigh High stories. I have silk boxers in all four of the Awesome Foursome books. It started out in Champagne Rules when Suzanne gave Jaxon red silk boxers. Then in Hot in Here, Jenny gave her firefighter Scott black silk boxers with flaming red hearts. Well, after that, of course Touch Me and She’s on Top had to have silk boxers too.
The lingerie our heroines wear is also really symbolic. Like, my ultra-conservative lawyer Ann (in Touch Me) wears very sexy teddies under her buttoned-up business attire – and you just know there’s a passionate, feminine woman dying to get out!
It’s great fun deciding what undies our heroines and heroes should wear – and give to each other! I loved the way you did it in the Thigh High novellas. (And I’m so glad she never actually wore the diamond-studded thong. Ouch!)
Susan Lyons
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Boxer briefs…sigh…grey = serviceable. And manly. Yeah, manly.
Like I said, Gwen, sometimes we find lovely in the mundane.
I am not sure men’s underwear is romantic per se… but by golly it can be quite an erotic sight!
I mean, pretty wrapping? Always a win-win, no?
Sexy underwear on a man? None, thanks. Those tiny briefs look silly! But how about a wet suit unzipped really slowly by a beautiful guy with cold nipples who’s shaking the water out of his dark hair on a Northern California beach and he doesn’t even know you’re looking? (Yes, I was.) Especially after that same guy was bodysurfing on booming waves next to a very happy seal (true story, saw it) who I suspect was a girl seal.
ayup…I’m seeing Daniel Craig in his last James Bond flick in that scrappy little bathing suit.
And I recall *very* fondly the shot of Liam Neeson in Rob Roy as he walked to shore.
Oh, my,
I like the idea of the heroine wearing the top half of flannel pj’s and the guy wearing the bottom half. In fact, there’s a scene in WIMBLEDON where Paul Bettany stands in the kitchen doorway with flannel pj pants on. YUM!
Hey Alexis, great scene. I loved that, too. Paul Bettany looked very nice. YUM! me too.
I have to admit, I’d never really thought of men’s underwear. Well, other than boxers, briefs, or boxer briefs. Generally we all prefer not to talk or think about man thongs- or as one of my friends said to me a few days ago “banana hammock.” – He’s a funny one.
Exactly…you can imagine my surprise when I did the internet search.
so, ok, is this where I admit my dh goes commando? Always has, so body slings? Banana hammocks (that’s a hoot!) ? Hysterical,
Bonnie
Well, must say that I am partial for men in boxers, I don’t know why since they aren’t particularly revealing and if they are very soft fabric all the better.
My husband wears the boxer briefs, and I gotta say, they are quite attractive. Luckily he’s got a great butt to start with.
Honestly, I think I’d be rolling on the floor if he wore a thong or something one day.
Um, my poor husband is sadly lacking in the butt department, so no thongs PLEASE! Not even the ridiculous “mankini’s”. Actually, when you started talking underwear for men, I started thinking of Borat in that bannana hammock…yech…
But then there’s Becks for that Armani add…yum!!
Hey Devon – are you rolling around laughing or rolling while wrapped around him?
Two totally different, but valid reactions to a man in a thong.
🙂
Just askin’…
For me, it is boxer briefs. For my husband, he loves lace/satin lingerie.
Hi Bonnie,
I would say boxer briefs, but he has to have a great butt.
Best underwear ever? Those humongous cotton panties Hugh Grant discovered–then removed–from Renee Zellwegger in Bridget Jones’ Diary. I still laugh when I think of that scene.
EC
For me, it would probably be cotton underwear, but not thongs. I need something to cover up. LOL! For guys, I’m not sure.
Actually, I love what she’s wearing on the cover of Thigh High. And I think my guy would appreciate it too!
I wondered when someone would mention the THIGH HIGH cover. Ya know…I used to have a butt like that. Honest. Believe me? (I write fiction, ya know)
Anyway, I just want to remind folks that with my contest here, I’m offering a copy of any of my releases…so please wander by my website for some fun excerpts. Adults only please.
Have a fab Presidents Day…enjoy your time off and read a good book,
Bonnie