Sometimes
fantasies turn out better than expected
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?
Wild
Women Authors
is delighted to welcome back Wild Rose Press author Anita Kidesu with
Surprise
Me Again,
a sequel to her fabulous Candy Hearts short story out of the Scarlet
Rose line, Surprise
Me.
This time she's brought Eric Stenson, the third party to this
threesome, with her. First up is Eric.
Where
are you from? South Padre Island
Tell
us a bit about Surprise Me Again. I met Carson and
Josie Sandberg in the short story, Surprise Me, at a bar. I
had actually seen them while I was fishing off my private beach. They
had trespassed on my land and found a place to . . . well, you can
guess what they were doing. My sister called the police and had them
arrested. I meet them again when they return to South Padre Island to
attend court.
What
did you think the first time you saw Josie Sandberg? She
was gorgeous.
Works
for us. And your second thought? I thought she was cheating on
her husband, which ticked me off. Then Carson came in, and I realized
they were playing a pick-up game with each other.
Was it love at first sight?
More like I was intrigued. Love came later.
What
do you like most about Josie? Her commitment to her husband and
marriage. Then her commitment to both of us.
How
would you describe her? Funny. Smart. Sexy. Lovely inside and
out.
How
would she describe you? I think she thinks or thought I was
lonely. I hope she thinks I’m sexy.
What
made you choose writing as a career? I think it chose me. I can’t
even tell you how it all came about or where the idea came from. I
just know that after my wife left me, I needed an outlet and writing
seemed to be that for me. I was able to make her an evil person in
the story and it seemed to help me cope.
What
is your biggest fear? That Carson and Josie will leave me.
How do
you relax? I love to fish, swim, read, and spend time with Josie
and Carson
Who is
your favorite fictional character? Tom Sawyer. As a kid I loved
his adventures and pretending I was him.
What
is the best piece of advice you ever received? Don’t worry what
others think about me and my writing.
This has
been great, Eric. You've given us and our visitors new insight to
relationships of more than the usual one man-one woman and we thank
you for that. Now it's time to chat with Anita.
What
movies or books have had an impact on your career as a writer?
There are so many authors that I love reading: Kathleen Woodiwiss,
LaVyrle Spencer, Susan Wiggs, Jude Deveraux. Their stories are so
life-like, so real. I hope my writing evokes that in my readers. I
don’t watch many movies.
What
event in your private life were you able to bring to this story and
how do you feel it impacted the novel? I remember when our
children were middle-schoolers. We were so busy with our jobs and the
kids, I felt my husband and I were losing ourselves as a couple. I
decided to try and spice things up.
In
“Surprise Me,” there are two scenes that came from real life. The
one where Josie and Carson are trying to find a place to park and end
up at the end of their driveway. One night my husband and I went out
and decided to go parking. We were so nervous about getting caught,
we ended up at the end of our driveway. The other one is when Josie
greets Carson at the door by throwing open her coat wearing next to
nothing beneath it. Luckily in real life I hadn’t opened my coat as
soon as I opened the door, because it was the neighbor boy.
What
project[s] are you working on now? I just finished and sent off
Carson and Josie’s twin sons’ story to my editor. I’m waiting
to see if I get a contract.
What's
up next for you? While I was writing the twin’s story, a female
character popped up. I would like to write her story. Both the twins’
and her story are also menages.
Anita brought an excerpt from
Surprise Me Again:
"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."
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