Goodreads asked Rafe Jadison:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Rafe Jadison I got the idea for the book I am about to publish, Seduced by Shark Shifters IV: Mark's Midlife, actually from a character in another book in the series. My whole premise with the Seduced by Shark Shifters series has been to show a variety of different men, most of them gay or bisexual, and to highlight the various differences in their sexuality. I think that people often assume that the story of a gay man is the same all around, but those stories are so different. There are men who were practically born knowing they were gay and others who didn't deal with it until they had grandchildren. There are men who never even realized they were attracted to men until they met a special someone, and there are men who, for whatever reasons, will never be comfortable with being gay. There are also a million types of relationships, and in this series I want to show a lot of them. Mark, the protagonist, has a different story than everyone else in the series, yet I can imagine a lot of people in the real world can relate to him. There is another character in the series, Stefano, who I dearly love, but he's just not right for the guy he was chasing. Mark came about as a character who would have a strong reaction to Stefano, as well as to several of the other characters. His characters is introduced at the end of the previous book, but he is not fully explored until this fourth book. I think he's an incredible character not only for the life he's led, but also for his interactions with Stefano and the rest of the crowd in Shark Beach. Did I mention that this book sets up the premise for a spin-off series?

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