posted on October 25, 2021 by Samanthe Beck

Top Five Ways to Pass Time in Captivity

By Samanthe Beck

No, I haven’t been incarcerated (lately), or captured by Vikings, (despite my best efforts). But I am the world’s foremost expert on passing time in captivity, so long as we’re speaking of the fictional town of Captivity, Alaska, which I invented as the setting of my latest release, WILD IN CAPTIVITY.

Now, I’ve never actually been to Alaska, but I didn’t let that hold me back. As a fiction writer, I’ve put a lot of stuff on the page that I’ve never experienced. I’ve never had sex with Santa in a supply closet, had to be rescued by my hot downstairs neighbor after accidentally handcuffing myself to my bed frame, or opened my boyfriend’s front door while wearing his robe to find his mother standing there instead of the pizza guy. Done it all, and then some, in my books, but not IRL. So, when I conceived of the perfect playground for this particular love story, I gave my imagination full rein. I wanted a fun, rustic, beautiful-yet-remote location for my city-slick heroine, Izzy, to meet and fall for my bear daddy in the wild hero, Trace. And I think, if we were to ask Izzy for her top five ways to pass time in Captivity, her list would look like this:

  • A morning snowshoeing session in two feet of fresh powder—unless your burly, bearded “guide” gets impatient with the way your boot keeps sliding out of the snowshoe and decides to heft you over his shoulder and carry you downhill like a pesky sack of useless. (Unless the way he drapes you over his wide shoulder like you weigh nothing and covers the last mile without breaking a sweat sort of leaves you weak in the knees, in which case you might want to loosen the cleat yourself).
  • A visit to Seward Park, which is lovely in the spring. Budding trees, a bubbling creek flowing into a glassy pond, and plenty of split log benches to rest and admire the tranquility. Safety tip: Do NOT attempt a selfie with the resident wild geese. They will object in ways even the least nature savvy city-girl will understand.
  • A brisk mid-morning run along picturesque Main Street, past the historic wooden store fronts that combine old-West charm with Victorian flourishes…unless you’re running for your life, being chased by a gaggle of angry geese who don’t like to have their picture taken.
  • A mud bath—just not the kind that results from slipping on melting snow while running down Main Street escaping a honking, flapping gaggle of angry wild geese and sliding into a mud puddle the size of Delaware like a runner sliding into home plate.
  • An in-room massage at the Captivity Inn, especially if you can book Trace Shanahan to run his big, capable hands all over muscles strained from snowshoeing, walking to Seward Park, a brisk jog up Main Street to escape angry geese, and an impromptu mud bath. As Izzy learned, even if you’re not outdoorsy, there’s more than one way to go Wild in Captivity!

I hope you plan a visit soon!

Samanthe Beck

Samanthe Beck

Wine lover, sleep fanatic, and USA Today Bestselling Author of sexy contemporary romance novels, Samanthe Beck lives in Malibu, California, with her long-suffering but extremely adorable husband and their turbo-son, Hud. Throw in a furry ninja named Kitty and Bebe the trash talking Chihuahua and you get the whole, chaotic picture. When not clinging to sanity by her fingernails or dreaming up fun,fan-your-cheeks sexy ways to get her characters to happily-ever-afters, she searches for the perfect cabernet to pair with Ambien.

http://www.samanthebeck.com/

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