The Bronzed Hunky Warriors Strike Back

The revisions started picking up again yesterday. Which is wonderful, except I found myself chained to the thesaurus again. I’m beginning to wonder how multi-published authors manage to consistently come up with interesting ways to describe a hunky warrior. How many ways can you describe a sun-bronzed warrior with hardened muscles? Those hooded eyes, blazing with desire. You can’t toss around the same old cliche’s, but at the same time, how do you convince the reader that YES, this man is HOT, and you will want to nibble him all over. I needed some new ways, so off I trotted to Rodale’s Synonym Finder:

Bronze: metallic-brown, rust, rust-colored, copper, copper-colored, henna.
Hooded: cowl, capuche, mantilla, veil, coif, wimple, cap, bonnet, hat, kerchief…etc.

Okay, here we go. Shouldn’t be too hard if we toss in a few new descriptions.

Patrick stood before her, his rust-colored muscles flexing in the firelight. His bonneted eyes hungered with desire.

Doesn’t quite work, does it? Of course, I could say:
Patrick leaned against the wall, his warrior’s body so hard and delectable, she wanted to lick him like the last bite of cookie dough in the bowl.

Something tells me this won’t work for a medieval.

I was tagged a few days ago, so I guess I’d better get around to answering the questions:
Number of books I own: I’ve never counted, but probably in the neighborhood of 400-500, mostly romance.
Last Book I Bought: A Loving Scoundrel by Johanna Lindsey
Last Book I Read: When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
5 Books that Mean a Lot to Me: Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel; A Vision of Light by Judith Merkle Riley; Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer; A Place To Call Home by Deborah Smith; and Born in Fire by Nora Roberts. I’ve probably read them about 30 billion times each.
I’m not going to tag anyone because some people get annoyed, but if you want to share your own answers, feel free!