The Proust Questionnaire – Winter 2014 Series, Week 3 – Samantha Chase
This past winter I had the immense pleasure to work with Samantha Chase (along with Noelle Adams and Rachel Curtis) on the Love For the Holidays Christmas box set. Samantha had two holidays stories in that set, including her breakout hit The Christmas Cottage. She is one of the sweetest, most fan-friendly authors in contemporary romance, and I’m thrilled to add her interview to the Zoe Q collection.
Join me in welcoming Samantha today!
What is your favorite word?
Really. Usually said in the form of a (sarcastic) question. When I’m sleep deprived and feeling ridiculous, then my favorite word is poop. I don’t know why.
What turns you on?
Sense of humor, strong hands and nice abs
What turns you off?
Liars
If you had to choose one word to describe yourself, what would it be?
Ridiculous. Really. Life is always crazy and I tend to go from being super intense to just a complete idiot in the blink of an eye.
If you could live anywhere in the world, other than your home town, where would you be right now?
Disney World. Or Montana. I have a weird obsession with Montana and I’ve never been there.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Theme park engineer
What profession would you not like to do?
Anything that involves math. Just to be straight, when I said “engineer” in the above answer, I really meant “ride designer”. NO MATH!
What was the last thing you had to eat and drink?
Chinese food – Hunan beef, fried rice, crab rangoon and water. I miss my Coca Cola…
If you died, and came back as a person or thing, who or what would you be?
Somebody with great metabolism so that I can finally be skinny!
What is your favourite curse word?
Just remember, you asked! Fuck! Fuck! Fuckety-Fuck. It’s a sentence enhancer!
New York Times and USA Today Bestseller/contemporary romance writer Samantha Chase released her debut novel, Jordan’s Return, in November 2011. Her second book, a holiday novella titled “The Christmas Cottage” hit #10 on Amazon’s Overall Best Seller List on Christmas Eve.
More titles quickly followed: “Catering to the CEO”, “Wait for Me” (Montgomery Brothers book 1), “Trust in Me” (Montgomery Brothers book 2), “In the Eye of the Storm”, and “Stay With Me” (Montgomery Brothers book 3) which hit the USA Today bestseller list upon it’s debut. “Catering to the CEO” was included in the romance bundle “Loving the CEO” – a five-book package – that made the New York Times and the USA Today Bestseller list.
When she’s not working on a new story, she spends her time reading contemporary romances, blogging, playing way too many games of Scrabble on Facebook and spending time with her husband of 24 years and their two sons in North Carolina.