Naima Simone
Author Interview - Naima Simone
Author of Back in the Texan's Bed, TCC: Heir Apparent, Book 1
Will they ever learn…
that giving in to desire is playing with fire?
After discovering he has a secret son, oil heir Ross Edmond isn’t letting Charlotte Jarrett walk away again. He proposes they move in together—to share their son…and a bed. But Charlotte has secrets, and Ross doesn’t know the real reason his family’s former chef left town three years ago—and they still have a powerful enemy who could bring them both down…
Author Interview - Naima Simone
Author I draw inspiration from: Oh wow, there are so many and for several reasons. At any given day. LOL! But right off the top of my head, I have to say Nalini Singh, Brenda Jackson and Maisey Yates. All three women have amazing work ethics, write such emotional, captivating, wonderful books (I swear, I learn something new from them every time I read one of their books!), are always willing to share their knowledge with other writers, are kind and have astounding longevity in this business. They're who I aspire to be.
Author Interview - Naima Simone
Favorite place to read a book: My bed, under blankets with some crime show on TV.
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Because I just finished this five-plus-plus-plus-star read for me... Priest from DEAD MAN WALKING by Giana Darling.
Author Interview - Naima Simone
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: So I always wanted to write--ever since I realized no one else was going to pen the epic romance between me and Ralph Tresvant from New Edition. But the moment I knew I wanted to become a published author--at least had the courage to admit it to myself and to other people--was many years later when I visited home (NJ), had dinner with my father at our favorite diner and told him that I visited a local RWA chapter meeting in Birmingham, AL. And that I wanted to pursue being a published author. And he didn't try to dissuade me, or tell me to get my head out of the clouds. He ordered me to go back to the next meeting, join RWA and finish my book. That gave me the courage to get on the path of publishing.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Oooh. Ebook. 'Cause I can carry a bookcase in my purse.
The last book I read: Dead Man Walking by Giana Darling. Ah-freaking-maziiiing!
Pen & paper or computer: Computer to write. Pen & paper to plot.
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Sascha Duncan from Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh.
Author Interview - Naima Simone
If I weren’t an author, I’d be: Dr. Phil
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1970s!
Place I’d most like to travel: Narnia
My signature drink: Pina Colada in the pouch--from Walmart :-)
Favorite artist: Imagine Dragons
Number one on my bucket list: The Making of Harry Potter Tour in London! Followed by hugging Jason Momoa!
Anything else you'd like to add: Thank you for having me! I've enjoyed this!
Author Bio: Published since 2009, USA Today Bestselling author Naima Simone loves writing sizzling romances with heart, a touch of humor and snark. Her books have been featured in The Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly, and described as balancing “crackling, electric love scenes with exquisitely rendered characters caught in emotional turmoil.”
She is wife to Superman, or his non-Kryptonian, less bullet proof equivalent, and mother to the most awesome kids ever. They all live in perfect, sometimes domestically-challenged bliss in the southern United States.
