CHARACTER INTERVIEW WITH KHRISTINA ATKINSON

          Character Interview with Khristina Atkinson
 

1. Character Name:  I’m Katherine Hollingsworth-Collins, but my parents shortened my name to Kate when I was a baby.
2. Role in your story (protagonist, antagonist, side character, etc.):  I’m definitely the protagonist.  How to Capture Kate follows me from my birth to January, 2016.  Obsession of Mine picks up my story where the prequel left off and ends in 2017.
3. Age:  I turned thirty on October 11, 2016.
4. Description:  I’m a former FBI employee and sole heir to my grandfather’s fortune until my children are born.  I believe I find my soulmate and one true love with Special Agent Nathan until he’s unfaithful, and our marriage falls apart.  I become engaged to Leo Kensington, partially for revenge.  He’s the grandson to my grandfather’s best friend.  Of course, Grandfather believes Leo’s better suited for me.  I eventually reunite with Nathan, but trouble ensues from the beginning of our reconciliation with both of our exes.  
5. Nickname:  Nathan began referring to me as Angel before we were even officially a couple.  He claimed I remind him of an angel when I’m sleeping.  Leo’s nickname for me is Princess.  This started out as joke, because I was shocked at the early hour he wanted me to run with him.
6. Occupation:  I quit my job as an intelligence analyst at the FBI to be a stay-at-home mom when I realized I was pregnant.  At the time, I falsely believed I’d botched my first field assignment.  I hated returning to my desk job.  After I left Nathan, my grandfather started training me to be the future CEO of Hollingsworth Enterprises.
7. Location:  My grandfather’s mansion is located in the gated community of Prominence, where only the rich and elite reside, near the town of Jaeger Cove, Connecticut.
8. Goal in life:  I’d like to say a calm existence, free from danger, but I kind of crave excitement.
9. Motto:  I’ll steal this one from Grandfather.  “Impossible isn’t a word that exists in the vocabulary of a Hollingsworth.”
10. Family:  My parents, Julia and Travis Collins, were killed in a tragic accident when I was eleven.  I had to live with my grandparents, Elizabeth and Edward Hollingsworth, who I’d never met.  I lost my dear, sweet grandmother after she suffered a heart attack shortly before I turned eighteen.  My oldest son, Julian Travis Reed, is named after my parents.  My youngest son, Cameron Thomas Reed, is named after Nathan’s father and grandfather.  Elizabeth Violet Reed is my baby daughter, but Nathan isn’t her biological father. 
11. Best friend:  I met Clay Carlisle when I accosted him with a kiss in the hallway of a hotel to keep my cover from being blown.  I married him to dupe a Russian mobster and protect his life.  He’d do anything for me.  He was the one I called when I needed a shoulder to cry on, or just someone to listen to me.
12. Current conflict:  Nathan swore there was nothing going on between him and Melanie Wilson again, but I followed them to a hotel.
13. Favorite Food:  Spaghetti and meatballs even though our personal chef, Marcel, prepares the finest meals for my family.
14. Addictions:  Danger, and I have to add Nathan.  No matter how hard I try to resist him, he has a way of getting to me.
15. Pet Peeve:  Lies
16. Favorite Hobby:  I still like to keep up with my martial arts training.
17. What do you do for fun?  Spend time on the beach.
18. Favorite childhood memory:  The special dance with my father the evening he died.  My mother helped me put on make-up and let me borrow her jewelry, so I’d look pretty for him.
19. Dream job:  I wanted to be a spy after my parents died.  Before that, I dreamed of becoming a lawyer.   I could present a very compelling case to my parents even as a small child.
20. Favorite part of your day:  Playtime with the kids after dinner that leads up to reading them bedtime stories and tucking them into bed safely.
21. Pessimist, Optimist, or Realist:  I consider myself a pessimist because of the traumatic events in my life.  I wanted so badly for my mother to survive after the accident, but she died on me when I needed her the most in my life.  My grandmother left me too.  Nathan swore he loved me, and then had an affair with another woman while I was having difficulties with the pregnancy of our second child.  Bad things always seem to happen to me.
22. Beverage of choice:  Thanks to Nathan’s influence, Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 1999.  I’d never tasted alcohol until I met him.
23. Most annoying person in your life:  Nathan’s mother, Meredith Carlisle,
24. Taken or single? Any love interests?  Taken at the moment.  I can’t say who he is.  I can narrow it down to Nathan Reed, Leo Kensington, or Howard Kensington if that helps.
25. Pets:  None, but I’d love a dog for the kids.
26. Biggest Fear:  Losing another child.  I had a miscarriage that greatly affected me when Julian was around five months old.
27. Guilty Pleasure:  Watching old black and white movies with Leo in his home theater, even though I know he’s not the man I truly love.  He’s so damned romantic. 
28. Most embarrassing moment:  I launched into self-defense mode and threw Nathan to the floor when he tried to kiss me the first time.     
29. Greatest Strength:  My courage.  I’m not really afraid of anything.  My training over the years has enabled me to be capable of handling pretty much any situation. 
30. Greatest Weakness:   Love has let me down over the years.  I lose the people I love the most, or they betray me.
31. Who do you most admire?  I never believed I’d say this when I moved into his home nineteen years ago, but my grandfather.  It took some effort on my part, but I finally found a heart under his gruff exterior.  He’s a man of morals and integrity, a pillar of the community, and has never let me down.
32. Are you keeping any secrets?  Yes.  I’d tell you, but I’d have to kill you.  By the way, that’s a joke.
33. Where do you see yourself in ten years?  I don’t want to ever lose Grandfather, so I’ll say helping him run Hollingsworth Enterprises.
34. Advice for the reader as they follow you through your journey?  Try to keep up.  The story of my life is fast-paced.  One reader described it as having “so many unexpected twists and turns.”