Lexxie Couper Welcome one and all to the Hot Spot, your new interview zone where you'll be snooping with Sierra, asking your favorite Changeling authors the questions you REALLY want answered!

How long have they been writing? BAH! Who cares?! We want the naughty, the juicy, the REAL inside track*! Give us dirt, give us details! That's what the Hot Spot's for!

*All my interviewees have promised to be absolutely honest, but you know writers and their imaginations…

So who's in the Hot Spot this month? Our own (http://www.changelingpress.com/author.php?uid=62) Lexxie Couper, fresh off a run of fabulous reviews for her latest release, (http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=317) Shifting Lust 2: The Warlord's Vengeance! How fabulous, you ask? Well…

"Lexxie Couper made my legs twitch and my heart race with the scenes in this book. I couldn't put it down to save my life." - Phoenix, Realms of Love

"I didn't want to eat, be social, sleep, or do anything until I had raced through this book to its ending. THAT is how fast-paced this novella is." -- Annie, Euro Reviews

So welcome the Changeling's own Down Under wild woman, Lexxie Couper!

Sierra Dafoe: All right, Lexxie, give. What's with the 'u'?

Lexxie Couper: Geez, do you really want me to reveal that sordid secret, Sierra? *sees Sierra waving her whip around* OK! OK! I'll tell! Way back in the very perverted past, my Great-great-great-great (and then some more greats) grandma was a distinguished Lady of King Louis XIV's court. Isabeau was a woman of high distinction… during the day, and France's most in-demand and expensive courtesan by night. Not many people know it, but the term, Couper (with the 'u') has very sexual connotations. The word coup not only means to overthrow someone, but to deliver a mighty blow. From what I understand, Grandmama Isabeau was very, very good at delivering mighty blows… When a jealous suitor demanded Isabeau cease her nocturnal activities she fled to England, establishing herself as a businesswoman of the highest morals. But, because she was a cheeky woman, she decided to pay homage to her deviously delicious past with the new name of Madam Belle Couper… roughly translated into French as Lady Good F*#k.

I'd like to think she would be proud of me.

Sierra: In the Shifting Lust series, your heroine Kyra is a body-decoy, a Chamelyon who can take on other people's forms. Who would you impersonate, if you had Kyra's skills? C'mon, we won't tell…

Lexxie: Hmmmm, what a choice…. I'd go with Angelina Jolie first (pre baby-bump). I'd love to taste … err, I mean, see Brad Pitt's… bits.

Then I'd 'shift' into Brad for a while. Angie pushes certain buttons for me that I'd really like to investigate…

Sierra: And who was the inspiration for Raiven?

Lexxie: Truly? OK, I took a bit of Roland of Gilead (the gunslinger from Stephen King's Dark Tower series), a bit of Clint Eastwood and a lot of my husband (who looks like an angry Colin Firth with a goatee)… shook 'em all up in a cocktail shaker and poured them into a martini glass with a dash of Corbin Dallas (i.e., Bruce Willis from The Fifth Element) thrown in for spice.

*smacks lips* Damn, now I'm thirsty

Sierra: So, of all the steamy sex scenes you've written, which one is your favorite?

Lexxie: Whoa, that's a hard one…. I love the shower scene in Shifting Lust 2 but the glass dildo scene in Crooked Triangle has its own appeal …. Do I have to settle on one? I do? *sigh* OK, thinking about it, I'd probably have to go with the ménage in Batteries Not Included… The twin brothers and Kiana the malfunctioning sex-bot looking for love. There's something to be said for two pairs of hands doing the work of one… and that's usually "Oh, do it to me again! Don't stop! Either of you!!"

Sierra: Which one is something you'd love to try?

Lexxie: You know 'they' always say to write what you know, don't you… And I'm very thorough when it comes to research. Just ask my DH…

Sierra: And while we're on the subject, what's one scene you've researched personally? (alternate question: how much research do you do for your books? :)

Lexxie: I've researched them all! Mwhahahahahah. Yes, I'm that much of a sexual deviant. If my mother knew half of what her little girl has done in the pursuit of her craft she'd keel over. Interestingly enough, I think my dad would be proud.

Sierra: Shifting Lust 3: The Bounty-Hunter's Prize comes out this month -- give us a sneak peek! What hot new situations do Kyra and the oh-so-sexy Raiven find themselves in?

Lexxie: A sneak peak? How's this…

Raiven's tongue plunged into her pussy. Flooded her cunt with wet heat even as the shard of ice he'd placed there moments earlier melted between her constricting lips.

Kyra arched, feet planted on the narrow bunk beside Raiven's hips, cunt pressed to his face. She fisted the sheets under her head, liquid fire and ice threading to her core as his tongue delved deeper into her pussy. Gods, what a way to prove he was alive!

Was that OK? I tell you, I was so mean to Raiven and Kyra this time. The Bounty Hunter's Prize is the final in the Shifting Lust series and I gotta say, it's much darker than the first two. Kyra is once more in the hands of the Murukhan Warlord, Mur'dek, whose obsession for her has almost destroyed the Six Systems, and Raiven has fought Death itself to save the woman he loves from life as an imprisoned sex-slave. Added to that, the residue psyches in Kyra's head are controlling her actions, none more so than the insatiable Princess of the Five Moons, who lusts after anything with a cock. And likes her sex very rough and brutal.

Sierra: Now it's time for the profile part of the interview -- all those intimate details we loooove to hear!

General:

Favorite beverage? Bailey's on Ice

Favorite food? Tim Tams. And Vegemite sandwiches on fresh white bread. Yes, I know the rest of the world thinks Vegemite is disgusting, but nothing (with the exception of Tim Tams) beats a Vegemite sandwich. I'm an Aussie girl through and through

Favorite self-indulgence? When the house is mine and I'm totally alone… Lying on my bed with Buzz-Joy (I'll let you all figure out who Buzz-Joy is and why 'he' only comes out when I'm alone… remember I have a two year old daughter )

When I'm not alone, but left in peace for a while… a warm cup of tea, a very good book and a ridiculously comfy armchair. Oh, and a packet of Tim Tams.

Favorite place for a weekend tryst? Oh, there's the most beautiful bush retreat located in a tranquil valley in the foothills of the Barrington Tops (a coastal mountain range in NSW) where the views are breathtaking and just 25 guests share 2000 acres (800ha) of forest and wilderness teeming with wildlife. The private cottages are completely secluded with cosy fires and king size spa baths, canopy beds and zero contact with the outside world. My husband and I spent our honeymoon there. It's the perfect place to work out any tension in the body and the four-poster beds are just perfect for silk ropes…

Men:

Blond, brunette or redhead? Brunette. So dark it's almost black

Smooth or hairy? Hairy, but not too hairy. I go crazy for a dark snail's trail on a six-pack. Do you all know what I mean or is snail's trail an Aussie saying?

Oh, I think we're getting a pretty good visual… Muscly or thin? Both. Muscly and lean just pushes ALL my buttons.

Sub or Dom? Dom. I'm a closet sub. Whoops! Not so closet now! Spank me, Mistress Sierra! Spank me harder!!

Sex:

Lights on or off? Off, but with the blinds and curtains wide open so the distant street light casts the room in a pale glow that highlights the curves and planes of our bodies, turning the little beads of perspiration slicking our skin into tiny drops of glistening diamonds… Besides, I really get off on the idea someone might walk down our street and see what's going on in our room

You would. Rope, silk scarves, or handcuffs? All three. We've got a pair of lambs wool lined cuffs in the drawer beside our bed. Peanut brought them out into the lounge room one day when my mother-in-law was visiting. She's never looked at me the same way…

On you or on him? Both, but I love it when he throws me on the bed, ties me down and 'teaches me a lesson'.

Quantity or quality? Quality. Short and sweet beats long and bland any day. Long and sweet on the other hand….

Strangest place you've ever done it: Now I'm going to sound boring, but the best I can do is mid-Pacific on a United Airlines flight to Los Angeles from Sydney… but not in the loo. The plane was in 'sleep' mode and we had the whole row to ourselves. The blanket provided the cover and I can be completely silent if the need arises

Strangest place you'd like to do it: On the steps leading up to the Sydney Opera House during a midnight performance of Othello at the Playhouse. It's an Aussie/Shakespeare fan thing. Yes, yes, I know I'm weird.

Writing:

Favorite writing apparel? My husband's Wolverine boxer shorts and my favourite Bonds singlet (Bonds make the most comfy range of underwear you'll ever find in the world. Trust me.)

Favorite writing implement? An emu quill dipped in blood… OK, I'm kidding. My kick-ass MacBook Pro. (My husband is an IT guru so my laptop pretty much is the fastest thing in the house. Except maybe Buzz-Joy on full speed…)

Favorite form of inspiration? Wild sex with my husband or watching Will Smith run around looking sexy-cool in I, Robot.

Favorite part of writing? Losing myself in the worlds and lives I've created. Definitely. Followed by the absolute high of seeing my book - my words - out there in the real world. I mean, holy wow! I did that!!!

And now, the down, the dirty, the REAL nitty-gritty:

Sex, or chocolate? God, must you really ask? Chocolate, of course!

All right, Lexxie. You've been very very good. So I'll get out the mink-lined paddle now, just like I promised...

Until next month, all, this is Sierra Dafoe, your Hot Spot super-snoop, asking the questions you really want to know! Make sure to check out (http://www.changelingpress.com/author.php?uid=62)Lexxie Couper's hot, hot, HOT (buy link TBA) Shifting Lust 3: The Bounty Hunter's Prize coming June 23!