Spotlight & Giveaway: One More Moment by Samantha Chase

Posted September 11th, 2018 by in Blog, Spotlight / 35 comments

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Samantha Chase to HJ!
Spotlight&Giveaway

Hi Samantha and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, One More Moment!

 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

Julian Grayson is taking a break
…from his cheating fiancée
…from his band
…from his life in the spotlight

Charlotte Clark is devoted to her work
…to save the world
…to help the homeless
…to get a broken man back on his feet

When Charlotte Clark offers to pay for Julian Grayson’s coffee, the world-famous drummer assumes she wants something from him. But Charlotte has no idea who he is, and Julian can’t resist keeping up the charade—being incognito is a novelty and a relief. He’ll have to tell her…eventually. But as Charlotte cheerfully undertakes to transform his life, Julian realizes there’s something about her that gives him what he hasn’t felt in years: hope.
 

Favorite Quote from One More Moment:

First, let me set this up. Julian and Charlotte don’t get off on the right foot. They meet in a coffee shop, he doesn’t have his wallet and she offers to buy his coffee. This completely offends him. Charlotte is completely baffled by his reaction and tells him to just pay it forward.

 

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

  • Music is my muse and every book I write usually has at least one song that either inspired the entire story or at least one scene. For One More Moment, the song that really got things going (and I’m still shaking my head on this one) was “After the Lovin” by Englebert Humperdink! SERIOUSLY??? I cannot tell you how long that song was in my head while I was writing and it wasn’t until I hit a certain point in the book that it was replaced by other songs. Thank God!
  • ONE MORE MOMENT was probably one of the fastest full-length books I’ve ever written. I started writing it at RWA last year in Orlando. I was sharing a condo with a friend and knew I wanted to start it and had a mini-plotting session with her that just exploded. Over the course of the week – and with all the conference stuff going on – I still managed to write a third of the book while I was there! Once I started, I couldn’t stop!
  • Back to the music, once the whole Englebert thing was done, the music in my head was much better and much more relatable for me. Actually, it became a Bon Jovi’s Greatest Hits collection! Which to me is MUCH better! So you’ll see in the dedication, that the book is partially dedicated to that music – which was really a soundtrack to some of the greatest times in my life.

 

If your book was optioned for a movie, what scene would you use for the audition of the main characters and why?

I just thought this was a fun little scene with their bantering and where he’s finally starting to trust her.

“If paying for my coffee will put an end to this, you can just give me five bucks and go,” she said, but her lips twitched as she said it and that’s when Julian knew he had her.
“Uh-uh-uh. For all I know you’ll spend that money on something you don’t need. Face it, you’re going to have to let me buy it for you myself.” He took a sip of his coffee and felt victorious. When he lowered his cup, he grinned at her.
“Why are you like this?” she asked, but there was no heat behind her words.
“Like what? Friendly? Considerate?”
Her eyes went wide. “There are many words that come to mind when I think of you, Julian, and friendly and considerate aren’t two of them.”
“But you do think about me.”

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

 

Giveaway: Print copy of ONE MORE MOMENT (Shaughnessy Brothers: Band on the Run) by Samantha Chase

 

To enter Giveaway: Please complete the Rafflecopter form and Post a comment to this Q: Tell me the most random (and maybe embarrassing) song on your iPod or playlist!

 
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Meet the Author:

Samantha Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller of contemporary romance. She released her debut novel in 2011 and currently has more than forty titles under her belt! When she’s not working on a new story, she spends her time reading romances, playing way too many games of Scrabble or Solitaire on Facebook, wearing a tiara while playing with her sassy pug Maylene…oh, and spending time with her husband of 27 years and their two sons in North Carolina.

Buy link:
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Apple: https://apple.co/2KYRzEy
 
 
 

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35 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: One More Moment by Samantha Chase”

  1. Sonia

    The most random/creepy song I have would be Tip Toe Through The Tulips by Tiny Tim 🙂

  2. Mary Preston

    I actually prefer the quiet to listening to music. No iPod or playlist.

  8. kermitsgirl

    I am probably the most old-school young 30s person out there. I still use CDs! No playlists or iPods for me! My most embarrassing CD is probably the 35th Anniversary CD of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Something about those old songs (like Bette Davis Eyes) in a high-pitched voice is just charming to me.

  9. Teresa Williams

    I don’t have an iPod but I have the 50 shades CD I play in my car.

  11. rachael

    there’s afew Disney songs on there. one is called ‘feminity’ (from an old Disney film).
    the lyrics are a bit cringe worthy
    “You must walk feminine, Talk feminine, Smile and beguile feminine, Utilize your femininity
    That’s what every girl should know, if she wants to catch a beau

    Dance feminine, Glance feminine, Act shy and sigh feminine, Compliment his masculinity
    That’s what every girl should know, if she wants to catch a beau

    Let him do the talking, Men adore good listeners, Laugh, but not too loudly (Haha)
    If he should choose to tell a joke, Be radiant, but delicate, Memorize the rules of etiquette
    Be demure, sweet and pure, Hide the real you”

    just afew of the verses there. really educational
    lol

  12. Amy R

    I haven’t updated my playlist in years but I have everything from Frank Sinatra to Five Finger Death Punch. I also have some Miley Cyrus that could be embarrassing.

  18. Caro

    TBH, it’s been years since I’ve had a playlist. I just listen to random things on the radio, mostly 80’s and 90’s, but also some modern stuff.

    I can’t say I’d be embarrassed by a specific song, since even if they were, well, it’s my mood, lol. 😛

    I’m actually more embarrassed by getting caught singing! LOL.

  21. Glenda M

    No iPod or playlist. At work we have a bit of almost everything on the QuickMix – no rap or dub step

  23. Terrill R.

    What’s embarrassing is that I have absolutely no songs on my iPod anymore. Audiobooks are the only thing audible on my iPod and iPhone.

  24. erinf1

    I actually don’t have any music playlists. I just listen to whatever is on the radio 🙂 thanks for sharing!

  28. Lynne Brigman

    I don’t have a iPod or playlist. I listen to country music on the radio.

  32. ndluebke

    I don’t have an ipod or list. but I have some real funny Christmas songs in my collection.

  33. Jana Leah

    I rarely listen to music, but I do like some of those cheesy songs from the 80s.

  35. Joy Avery

    I’m rarely embarrassed by the music I like. I’m also a die hard 80s fan.