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As most of you know, PEOPLE magazine has just annointed George Clooney as their “2006 Sexiest Man Alive” which means it’s time for our own official Squawk Poll again!  As resident hot guy expert (it’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it), I’ve been elected to get this year’s nominations rolling.  Last year we ended up agreeing with PEOPLE and voted Matthew McConaughay (whose last name I won’t ever be able to spell no matter how many books I write) as SQUAWK RADIO’s choice.

As devoted romance readers, I like to believe we’re all experts on what makes a man sexy.  (Picture me wailing to my husband--"Of course I have to have 340 pictures of Russell Crowe as my screensaver.  It’s my JOB!!!) But we also have vastly different tastes in both books and men, which is what makes the selection process so fascinating...and so much fun! 

So this is how it works.  Just go into the COMMENTS of this blog and nominate your favorite guy.  Feel free to discuss the delicious merits of all your favorite guys and Comment as often as you like but TRY to narrow down your selection to your absolute favorite.  You may nominate more than one person but don’t nominate the same person more than once.  (And no, it doesn’t count as multiple nominations if you write GERARDBUTLERGERARDBUTLERGERARDBUTLER 35 times in the body of your Comment although I will admire your ingenuity and your excellent taste in men.) Later this week, I’ll total the nominations and we’ll choose our TOP TEN SEXIEST GUYS. Then we’ll run an official poll on Wednesday morning and let YOU choose the winner.  (Sigh...so many men, so little time...)

I’m going to start things rolling by adding a brand new nominee this year--Daniel Craig, the new James Bond from CASINO ROYALE.  I highly recommend both this man and this movie.  We can all agree on Pierce Brosnan’s debonair yumminess as James Bond but I have to say that Daniel Craig brings a muscular, dangerous edge to the role that I haven’t really seen since Sean Connery.  We all heard the complaints when he was chosen for the role--he’s too blond, he’s not good-looking enough, blah blah blah.  But I have to say that his photos don’t really do him justice.  He has the kind of electric charisma you have to experience on-screen.  And what’s doubly amazing about the movie is that it gets almost all of the romance details right in scenes that could have come straight from the pen of Anne Stuart.  (But alas--I can’t promise you a happy ending since it is a James Bond movie, not a Teresa Medeiros novel!  Loving James Bond is dangerous business--a lot like loving Captain Kirk or one of the Cartwright boys.) What I can promise you is that Daniel Craig with his piercing blue eyes and amazing physique is a delightful addition to the Bond family!  (And I’m happy to report that he spends much more time with his shirt off than the heroine does )

So let the nominations for Squawk Radio’s “2006 Sexiest Man Alive” begin!  And if any of you have seen the new Bond movie, I’d love to know what YOU thought about it!

And don’t forget to sign up for our Membership List if you haven’t already and check back in late this afternoon when I’ll be giving away two ARC’s of Christie Ridgway’s NOT ANOTHER NEW YEAR’S, two ARC’s of Jenna Petersen’s DESIRE NEVER DIES and 2 ARC’s of Julianne MacLean’s SURRENDER TO A SCOUNDREL to kick off our SQUAWK RADIO HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY!!!  One of these will be going to a new member of the Squawk Family who has joined after December 10th! 

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Per request, here is the infamous Daniel Craig/James Bond in Speedo pic.  Wouldn’t you much rather see him come strolling out of the ocean dripping wet than Ursula Andress?