Surprise Me Again by Anita Kidesu

Give a big welcome to Anita Kidesu, author of Surprise Me Again. Have a seat and grab an insulated mug. I’ve got hot chocolate, hot cider and coffee. Choose your pot, they’re labeled. Pick your choice of a Snicker-doodle, Chocolate Chip or frosted heart shaped sugar cookie from the plate. Yep, I baked them myself. Thanks for joining us!

Tell us a little about writing this story Anita. “Surprise Me Again,” actually started out as a short story called “Surprise Me, for the Candy Heart Series with The Wild Rose Press.  As I was working on it, I realized Josie and Carson’s story couldn’t be told in a few pages, so I knew there would be a continuing book.  I struggled with Surprise Me until one day, as I was sitting on my deck, Josie and Carson screamed at me what they wanted. When I did what they said, the story flowed like a river.

I write by the seat of my pants. I do plot out my characters, know the setting, and have a good idea where I want the story to go. But those darn characters don’t always listen to me. If I were a plotter, I think I would go crazy when the story didn’t go as I wanted.

I see you brought Erik with you. Got time for a couple of questions?

“If they’re quick, I need to get going. Carson is expecting me.”

What event in your past has left the most indelible impression on you? “When my ex-wife and I were trying to have children and we found out I was the problem. She left me for “a real man who could father her children.” It was as if I’d been kicked in the heart by a horse. I was willing to adopt, she wasn’t.”

What do you most value? “Family. I wanted a family so badly. It didn’t matter if the child was of my blood or not.”

What is the type of woman you want to spend the rest of your life with? “I believe I found her. She’s funny, caring, smart. And most of all, she accepts me for who I am, not what I can or can’t give her.”

What do you consider most important in life? “Love. Without love, we’re all lost.”

What is your biggest secret?” Hmm. That’s a tough one. I’m not a secretive kind of guy. In fact, growing up, my siblings never told me secrets because I couldn’t keep them.  Now I really got to go, nice meeting you!”  Erik waves and hurries out the back door into the parking lot.

The front door chimes.  Josie, nice to see you! Got time for a few questions before heading out with Anita?

“Sure, I guess so.”

Who were the biggest role models in your life? Without a doubt it would be my parents. They had a solid marriage, are hard-working, supported my brothers and sisters and myself in whatever we chose to do – unless it would harm us. They were quiet in their reprimands. In fact, I wish there had been times when they’d just yell at me.

What kind of man do you want to spend the rest of your life with? A man who supported me in my goals. One who wanted to be with me, and I with him, but let me be my own person. Someone with a sense of humor, smart, caring. I think I just described my husband.

What kind of man would you never choose? That’s easy. One who thinks he knows what a woman wants and needs to tell her what to do. You know – the man is always right.

What is most important to you in life? My family. My husband, sons, parents, siblings.

What is your biggest fear? Losing my husband of one of my children.

Thanks so much Josie.  Anita, how about a teaser for Surprise Me Again?

Charged with trespassing and indecent exposure on Erik Stenson’s private beach, Carson and Josie Sandberg return to South Padre Island to take care of the ticket. However, their reunion with Erik is not what they expected. An invitation for a drink turns into a weekend of passion that fulfills fantasies and leaves all parties wanting to explore a threesome outside the bedroom. Will time, distance, and family issues stand in the way, or will they be surprised again?

Where can we find Surprise Me Again?

The Wild Rose Press  Amazon   Barnes & Noble

Any chance we could get a sneak peek into Surprise Me Again? “Of course.”

 

 

“What about you?” Josie said. “Have you ever been married?”

“I was. Years ago. It didn’t last.”

A flicker of sorrow passed over Josie’s eyes. “Can you tell us what happened?” She frowned into her drink. “That is, if you want to.”

“It’s okay. I married Jessica about…” Hell how long had it been? Where had the time gone? “I guess nearly twenty years ago. Like you, we met in college, fell in love, married. Things were good for a few years.”

Josie leaned to her side, allowing the waiter to place a plate before her. Ignoring her food, she folded her hands under chin and kept her attention on him. “What happened?”

“We wanted children. Jessica ached for children. It became an obsession.” Eric took one of the large shrimp from the platter in the middle of the table and began peeling it with trembling fingers, giving him a chance to get his emotions under control. Lord, how he’d wanted children, but not enough to end his marriage.

“After a few years when we didn’t conceive, we looked for answers. By that time Jessica was convinced she was the problem and fell into a deep depression. Nothing I did helped. She wouldn’t agree to see a counselor. My mother finally convinced us to seek a fertilization doctor.” Eric threw the shrimp on his plate and took a long swallow of beer. “Turns out I was the problem, not her. Seems those mumps I’d had as a kid did a number on my little swimmers. Killed them all.”

“Hell, that’s awful, man,” Carson said while Josie placed her hand on Eric’s.

Their sympathy nearly did him in. He swallowed around the lump in his throat and squeezed his damp eyes.

After all these years, the pain was still buried under his heart only to surface on dark, lonely nights and like now as he recounted the story. They were the first ones he’d opened up to. None of the other people in his threesomes had even cared to ask.

Carson took a sip of his beer. “What happened then?”

“I wanted to adopt. Wanted to create a family with Jessica. It didn’t matter if the children were of our blood or not. The doctors had talked about in-vitro. Turns out Jessica didn’t feel the same way.” He took deep breath and tried to calm his pounding heart. He wiped his palms on his shorts.

“I came home one day with information on adoption and some on in-vitro fertilization only to find her and her stuff gone. She had left me a note, telling me she wanted children from her own body. Wanted to create them naturally. Didn’t want to be married to a man who wasn’t a man.”

“The bitch,” Josie said, her eyes filling with tears. “Oops, sorry. I shouldn’t have called her that.”

“Don’t worry. I’ve called her that and worse.”

“How the hell did you handle it?” Carson asked. “I would have been devastated if Josie had done that to me.”

“I drank and buried myself in my writing. I wrote my first novel during this time.”

“If I recall, that book was rather cutting against women,” Carson said.

Eric shook his head and chuckled. “Yeah. I enjoyed killing off my heroine. Coincidentally, she closely resembled my ex.”

“Did you get in trouble for it?” Josie asked, peeling her third shrimp.

“Since I use a pen name, I don’t think she even knows I write. Besides, she was too busy finding another husband to father her eight children.”

Carson choked on his beer. “Eight?”

“Yeah. She really did want kids, but I’m not sure I would have agreed to that many. I was also told she’s gained about a hundred pounds.” Under Josie’s quiet scrutiny, he dropped his gaze to his plate.

“It still hurts, though, doesn’t it?” Josie asked.

Eric shrugged. “It’s not as bad as it was. I sometimes think about how I could have kids in college or be a grandfather by now.”

Where can we find Surprise Me Again?

The Wild Rose Press  Amazon   Barnes & Noble

Now Anita,  a little about you and just a few questions before you are off and running with Josie.

: From the time she was a teenager, Anita would sneak her grandmother’s romances and read them until all hours of the night. She never thought about creating one herself, but fell into it with a few friends. On a long road trip, they started talking about their favorite authors and why they like their books. To kill time, they started making up their own characters and plot.

From that point on, Anita had story ideas and characters filling her head. Finally, to shut them up, (or so she thought), she started writing them down, surprised at how erotic her characters wanted to be. Her first book with The Wild Rose Press, “South Seas Seduction,” was published in March, 2015. Her short story, “Surprise Me,” part of the Candy Hearts Series, was published in January, 2016. The continuing story, “Surprise Me Again,” was released on February 10, 2017.

Now, in between being a pharmacist, taking care of her two cats, and spending time with her family and friends, she writes. Her stories are about love and romance on the edge.

Speed round, shout first thing that comes to your mind. 

Who is your favorite character of all the books you’ve written and why? I think it would be Eric Stenson from “Surprise Me Again.” All he ever wanted was a family of his own. After being rejected by his wife because he couldn’t give her children, he felt he was a reject. When he found Josie and Carson, his life seemed on track again. But when they rejected him, his heart was broken.

Do you find it easier to write from a male or female point of view? Why? When I first started writing, I had an easier time writing from the female POV. But lately , it’s been the male’s POV that I have fun with. I’m not sure if it’s because as I get older, I’m learning that men have the same insecurities, same dreams, same desire for love that women have. They just have a different way of processing it and letting us know what they want.

What do you do when you’re not writing? I love photography, hiking, biking, camping, and of course reading. Even though I have a full-time job besides writing, I can still read at least one book a week. Sometimes it’s more if the book is shorter. I can understand people who say they don’t have time to read. There is always time to read.

You’ve got a time machine, a cloak of invisibility, and one hour. Where would you go, and what eavesdropping would you do? My first reaction would be to go back and eavesdrop on Abraham Lincoln as he was writing the Gettysburg Address. I can’t imagine the emotional pain he was going through during this turbulent time in our history.

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Anita, it was wonderful having you with us today.  Please feel free to stop by anytime. Good Luck with Surprise Me Again!

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