Welcome to my thirteenth edition of Muse Monday. It’s a chance for a character who inspires me to guest on the blog. Today, we have Hudson Suggashie, the scorned and vengeful hero from Back Where You Belong, a second-chance, m/m contemporary romance, in the interview chair. Check out what Hudson has to say.
1. First off, tell us who you are and what role you play in the novel.
Hudson: Boozhoo, everyone. I’m Hudson Swafford. I am the reserve’s nurse practitioner. I play one of the heroes in the novel. I see I was described as vindictive and scorned, but I don’t agree. I think I’m within my rights to feel the way I do, especially when Stephen finally moves his cowardly ass home.
2. Share with us your hobbies and interests, and why you enjoy them.
Hudson: I’m your typical rez guy. I enjoy hunting and fishing. Snowmobiling. Trapping. Icefishing. The typical outdoor stuff. I also love music. I guess that’s why I listen to Stephen’s internet radio show. I don’t listen because it’s Stephen’s voice I hear coming through my speakers. Seriously. I listen because he plays the music I love.
3. Tell us how you feel about being in a novel, and if you are happy with how your author presented you to readers.
Hudson: I’m a little on the private side, so I’m not sure I like my “dirty laundry” aired to the public. But I understand my author’s need to tell my story. I guess I like how she portrayed me, although she could have made me a little more sympathetic. I mean…well, ah, never mind.
4. If your author were to create another novel with you in mind, give us a quick blurb of what it would be about. And be sure to give the title.
Hudson: This is rather difficult to think of off the top of my head. Maybe “If I’d Been the One.” Hey, I like .38 Special. Of course, I’ll use one of their song titles. I think it’d be a prequel about us first getting together when we were teenagers. As for a blurb, let’s go with a tagline: He has to make a choice: family or true love.
5. Which character in the novel do you like the most, and why?
Hudson: Secondary characters are minimal in this novel, so I’ll say my boss, even though you don’t meet her LOL.
6. Which character in the novel do you dislike the most, and why?
Hudson: If you read the book, I think you’ll figure out who that person is.
7. Is there anything else you’d like to add?
Hudson: I am rather busy at work, especially after the Christmas holidays. And I am writing this on January 7th. I have a load of paperwork to go through and many patients to see. I think I’ll sign off.
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He rejected love the first time. Now he wants a second chance.
Blurb: After having his love tossed back in his face, Hudson Suggashie has eliminated the word trust from his dictionary. Since his return to his Ojibway community, his suspicions are running high, all because one man is hinting at a second chance—the too-gorgeous and sexy ball-crusher who turned Hudson’s world to black fifteen years ago.
Stephen Brandt knows he screwed up big time when he rejected Hudson’s love, and he’ll do anything to win him back, even if it means being a mere bed buddy to the man whose love he aches to reclaim.
The longer the former best friends engage in their no-strings affair, they want something more—what they lost as teenagers. But Hudson isn’t about to open his heart again, leaving a desperate Stephen searching for a way to earn back the trust he broke, or for the second time, they’ll lose the greatest love either has ever experienced.
Genre(s): LGBTQ+, M/M Contemporary Romance, First Nations Romance, Adult
Heat Rating: Level 3
Publication Date: October 14, 2022
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Maggie Blackbird 