It’s almost Halloween! Halloween is my favorite holiday!
Can’t wait for next year when I can throw a Halloween party in my new house.
Just not ready for that yet. Still unpacking. I love Halloween because I love
dressing as someone else. Okay, I’m also a sweet-aholic so that does add to the
appeal ;-)
Some people like the scariness of the holiday. Skeletons,
and witches, and vampires, oh my! Or in today’s day, Zombies, and Shifters, and
Demons, oh my! Especially if you are reading Romances. My most recent release,
PASSION OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, was inspired by the tale of the headless horseman
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
Today we think of a headless man going around with an ax to
cut off people’s heads. Yup, that’s scary. But for my book, I went back to the
original story where the most dangerous item the horseman carried was a
jack-‘o-lantern. That’s because the story wasn’t supposed to scare anyone. In
fact, the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a cautionary tale about listening to
ghost stories and letting your imagination run away with you! I guess we’ve
done that right well enough ;-)
I let my imagination runaway with me when I wrote PASSION OF
SLEEPY HOLLOW. I kept the original ghost story of the headless horseman, added
a more recent headless horseman ghost, then invoked a curse that would only
allow Sleepy Hollow village to appear one weekend a year in our time and gave
it an overly strong hero (curse) from the present who falls for the original
Katrina VanTassel (1790s) and a dozen or so busybody, superstitious neighbors.
Of course, it wouldn’t be a love story without some major attraction and a few
hot scenes between Braeden and Kat, so I included that as well ;-)
If that sounds interesting check it out:
Amazon http://amzn.to/2b41CCW
And in the spirit of Halloween and being someone else for a day…or a night, I’ve brought along a couple hand-decorated Venetian masks made in Italy like the ones worn in my story MASQUE. So be sure to enter the rafflecopter below for a chance to win one of these beauties.
Now to decide on my costume. Hmmm…
Always, Lexi
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Recluse Braeden Van Brunt is not happy to be the Headless Horseman…until he meets Katrina Van Tassel, owner of the Sleepy Hollow Inn, whose allure bewitches him from the front desk into the bedroom. When he discovers Kat and the village of Sleepy Hollow are cursed to exist only in the present day for one weekend a year, he realizes the sacrifice he must make if he wants to keep her.
Recluse Braeden Van Brunt is not happy to be the Headless Horseman…until he meets Katrina Van Tassel, owner of the Sleepy Hollow Inn, whose allure bewitches him from the front desk into the bedroom. When he discovers Kat and the village of Sleepy Hollow are cursed to exist only in the present day for one weekend a year, he realizes the sacrifice he must make if he wants to keep her.
Katrina Van Tassel lives between slivers of time. She
thought she was through grieving her betrothed’s death, but her dreams flare to
life when his mirror-image arrives requesting a room.
Drawn to Braeden,
she is taken to greater heights of intimacy than she ever imagined, but she
can’t be sure if her heart is with him or with the love from her past.
Knowing he must conquer both time and ghosts to keep the
only woman he’s ever loved, Braeden must put the past to rest. But the dead
won’t rest in Sleepy Hollow.
Lexi Post is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of romance inspired by the classics. 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 so she married her two first loves, romance and the classics. From hot paranormals to sizzling cowboys to hunks from out of this world, Lexi provides a sensuous experience with a “whole lotta 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, Sue! :-)
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ReplyDeleteIt is an excellent read!
DeleteWonderful book. Thanks for a chance. ❤️
ReplyDeleteRead all your books 💃💃. Ready for the next one
ReplyDeleteWow, sounds like a great read! And as always, the mask is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful masks and one of the best books to go with the season! Such an amazing, amazing story!! :)
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