MUSE MONDAY
Please welcome my guest, Lexi Post!
Brenda, thank you so much for having me! I’m
thrilled to be here on Muse Monday.
I like talking about the inspiration for my stories.
My erotic romance is inspired by classic literature and though that may sound
counter intuitive, it really works for me. My most recent release COWBOY’S
MATCH is book two in my Poker Flat series. The whole series is inspired by Bret
Harte’s 1869 short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.” I always post the
original story (or link) on my website for those who are interested http://www.lexipostbooks.com/bret-harte/
In Harte’s story, four members of Poker Flat
society—a gambler, a prostitute, a madam, and a drunk--are banned from the
western settlement when a sudden urge to be virtuous overtakes the citizens. On
their way to the next settlement, they meet with an innocent couple, a young
man and his fiancée (a tavern waitress). This cast of characters explores the
relationship between the innocent and the tainted in Harte’s story. In the
first book in my series, COWBOYS NEVER FOLD, I paired up one of the innocent, a
cowboy, with one of the tainted, a female professional poker player and owner
of Poker Flat Nudist Resort.
In book 2, COWBOY’S MATCH, I delve into a different
theme: judging who is tainted and who is innocent. Cole Hatcher is a cowboy who
became a professional firefighter to help support his horse rescue ranch. He
decided to be a firefighter because his first girlfriend in high school had
been accused of arson and then later the fire was ruled accidental. Lacey
Winters, the said girlfriend, has always been a good girl and was hurt by the
arson charge, but devastated by Cole dumping her because of it. She goes off to
college, earns a degree in accounting and then chooses to work at Poker Flat as
their bookkeeper. When Cole arrives at
Poker Flat to put out a fire and sees Lacey again, he immediately assumes the
worst. I hope by the end of the story, not only is a reader satisfied with a
happy, sexy ending, but also thinks about how we judge
COWBOY’S MATCH is currently available in the 12
ALARM COWBOYS box set that just released August 4th for only 99
cents. This is a limited time price. It’s 12 brand new cowboy firefighter stories by 11 amazing authors and myself and they are all
hot ;-) Hope you enjoy.
Always,
Lexi
Here’s an excerpt from COWBOY’S MATCH.
Finishing her last bite of taco, she took another
sip of tea and headed for the kitchen with her empty glass. She refilled her
iced tea, narrowly avoiding Rachel.
She strolled through the main room with the huge
fireplace, pondering whether to do the state taxes or the bills next. As she
turned the corner to the back hall, she walked straight into a clothed man. She
grabbed her glass with both hands as strong hands on her shoulders kept her
from falling. She didn’t need to look up to know it was Cole. His cedar scent
and his bulk told her.
“Are you all right?” The concern in his voice
mirrored that in his gaze as it roved over her face.
No, she wasn’t all right. She was a complete mess.
“Yes, I’m fine.” Her breath came out as a whisper and she cleared her throat.
Darn, but he had the most beautiful eyes. The bright green was streaked with
tiny flecks of blue, making them hypnotizing.
“Lacey?” He lowered his head, bringing those
breathtaking eyes even closer.
She could lose herself in his gaze, especially as it
turned dark and his face tensed. She remembered that look. He was going to kiss
her.
She tried to make her mouth form the word her heart
craved, but her mind triggered a warning bell as loud as a fire alarm. As he
lowered his strong chin with his firm lips toward her own, her throat finally
opened.
“No.” The word came out more like a caress than a
command, but he stilled, his lips only inches away from hers. She swallowed.
“Please don’t.”
He pulled back as if she’d slapped him. “Am I so
odious?”
She shook her head. “I can’t go there with you
again, unless you can honestly tell me you believe I didn’t start the fire in
Orson.” A glimmer of hope flamed to life in her heart as he hesitated.
Turning his hat in his hand, he met her gaze and
sighed. “I can’t, Lacey.”
That stubborn flame of hope extinguished quickly in
the pool of hurt in her chest. “Then please leave me alone.”
Indecision flashed in his eyes before he nodded.
Without saying another word, he donned his hat and strode out of the building.
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About Lexi
Lexi Post is a New York Times and USA Today
best-selling author of erotic romance. She spent years in higher education
taking and teaching courses about the classical literature she loved. From
Edgar Allan Poe's short story “The Masque of the Red Death” to Tolstoy’s War and Peace, she's read, studied, and
taught wonderful classics.
But Lexi's first love is romance novels. In an effort to marry her two first
loves, she started writing erotic romance inspired by the classics and found
she loved it. Lexi believes there is no end to the romantic inspiration she can
find in great literature. Her books are known as "erotic romance with a
whole lot of story." Lexi is living her own happily ever after with her husband and her cat in Florida. She makes her own ice cream every weekend, loves bright colors, and you will never see her without a hat.
Thank you for having me, Brenda :-)
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