Author Interview Questions – Celeste Granger
1. Can you, for those
who don't know you already, tell something about yourself and how you became an
author? Hello everyone. I’m Celeste Granger, USA Today Bestselling
Author of Black Contemporary Romance. I’ve been writing professional for the
past two years. Unlike some authors, I didn’t know I wanted to be an author
since I was a child. I knew I always enjoyed writing, and written expression. I
understood the power and potency of words, but I didn’t know I wanted to be the
one authoring them. I have written a lot, as a means of personal expression for
a while, but it wasn’t until a very good friend of mine read some things I
wrote and encouraged me to pursue it and consider writing professionally. I
considered it, studied the self-publishing journey, and decided two years ago
that I would give it a chance. I’ve been writing ever since.
2. What are you passionate about
these days? My
peace. This last year has been a tumultuous time for so many people with Covid
quarantine, civil unrest, and the ramifications of those things combined with
economic hardship for so many. My peace has become critical. Sometimes I have
to unplug from information overload and retreat into my own headspace where my
characters live and be a part of the fictional world for a while. It’s much
more peaceful there.
3. Which of your novels can you
imagine made into a movie? I
think the entire Ali series would make a fantastic movie series. The characters
are so dynamic and intriguing and lovable. The characters experience real
situations that many people can relate to. I think the Ali’s as a series would
be a hit!
4. Do you have any “side stories”
about the characters? There
are two additional stories that accompany the Ali Brother’s series. Even Me,
focuses on a character from Tareef’s story that I felt compelled to write
because Jennifer deserved her own story. She deserved a chance at her own happily
ever after.
Jennifer Williams faces the hardest battle of
her life. She is incarcerated in maximum security prison behind the death of
her husband, sentenced to life. She resigns herself to the hand fate has dealt
her. Jennifer killed her husband. That fact is indisputable. Yet, some things
happen that are completely unexpected. A higher court decides to hear her legal
case on a clemency petition. Attorney Tareef Ali fights to protect Jennifer in
the courtroom. Prison guard, Quinton Miller enters her life. He’s seen her
before, even though she’s never seen him. He’s drawn to her even though she’s
behind bars. Quinton fights to love her even though Jennifer feels she doesn’t
deserve it. A romance begins to brew that neither can deny. But breaking
Jennifer’s barriers isn’t easy when she feels love isn’t within her reach.
This is a standalone novella with a HEA.
Trigger warning: Gratuitous profanity, some
violence, detailed sexual encounters.
Basel
The
Brothers Ali Book 1
by
Celeste Granger
Genre:
African American Contemporary Romance
From
USA Today Bestselling Author, Celeste Granger.
Singapore
brought them together and almost tore them apart.
Textile
specialist, Aya Masters, travels the world negotiating in high
powered board rooms and bridging the economic divide between the poor
and the wealthiest of the wealthy. The only absence in her life is
the love of family. Basel Ali, international finance manager for Ali
International, crosses the globe seeking out new investments for his
family’s millions. Private jets, board rooms and five-star hotels
are the accommodations that signify his life. For Basel, honoring his
family and the family name are everything.
A
chance encounter in Singapore brings Aya into Basel’s orbit. He
finds himself lured by her exotic beauty, brilliant mind, and
sophisticated allure. Aya notices Basel, too, and finds herself not
only intrigued by him but willing to take a risk with the one thing
she’d always protected, her heart. The uncanny magnetism between
the two shifts the world on its axis and throws Basel and Aya into a
whirlwind romance neither could have anticipated.
This
book is a standalone and has a happily ever after. This book is
interconnected to the Brothers Ali Series.
Israel
The
Brothers Ali Book 2
World-renowned
archaeologist, Dr. Cairo Davis spends most of her time digging in
dirt uncovering secrets, hidden things that remind us of a past long
since forgotten. Although famous, Cairo is not one for the glitz and
glam that infamy offers. She’s not impressed by private jets and
five-star hotels. She likes to keep things simple.
Israel
Ali, Director of Acquisitions for Ali International, his family’s
business, is two sides to the same coin. He enjoys the perks of being
one of the hottest eligible bachelors in the Southwest region, women
dying to be on his arm, red carpets, five star everything. Yet,
Israel is just as happy on an excursion to unearth buried
treasure.
An
expected encounter brings the two personalities together on a
collision course destined for love. Yet, Cairo has a secret she would
much rather keep to herself. Israel is determined to unearth the
treasure that lies inside Cairo. She resists his pursuits sending the
duo into an emotional entanglement that nearly costs them, real love.
Khalid
The
Brothers Ali Book 3
Racquel
Alexander, Owner of Charles’ Barber Experience, is consumed with
extending her father’s legacy by expanding the Barber Experience
into new markets. Losing her father changed Racquel’s worldview,
narrowing her focus to only those things that help her father live on
and not just in her memory.
Khalid
Ali, Director of Investments for Ali International is all about the
business of conquering new territories, investing in new ventures,
and expanding his family’s legacy. He is persistent, determined,
and focused.
A
thunderstorm, a flat tire, and a knight in shining armor coming to
save her changes the course of Racquel’s existence, but not in a
good way. That accidental encounter brings her nemesis, Khalid Ali,
into her orbit, rocking Racquel’s foundation and disturbing every
preconceived notion she ever had of him. Holding on to old things is
easy. Accepting new things is hard. Khalid dares Racquel to accept
new things like how his nearness compels her soul to swoon and her
heart to thunder in her chest; and how their undeniable magnetism
seismically shifts the atmosphere and causes the earth to quake under
their feet.
When
enemies become lovers, it's tumultuous and passionate and confusing
and incredible. When enemies fall in love, it’s unpredictable.
Tareef
The
Brothers Ali Book 4
Naomi
Singleton is a woman on a mission. As the Public Relations Director
for the Barber Experience and starting her own public relations firm,
Naomi has her hands full. But there’s something else that consumes
Naomi, her desire for a man, Tareef Ali, who doesn’t seem to return
her affections.
Tareef’s
cold shoulder makes Naomi wonder if finding love is a thing out of
her reach, until another man is more than willing to fulfill Naomi’s
romantic desires, Attorney Malcolm Bridges.
As
Director of Legal Affairs for Ali International, Tareef dispenses the
law with expertise and vigor. His billionaire status doesn’t keep
him from working for the people. When a wrongful conviction case pits
Tareef against his nemesis, in a court battle, he soon finds it’s
not the only fight on his hands. It’s the battle for Naomi’s
heart.
Ameer
The
Brothers Ali Book 5
Ameer
Ali, Director of Engineering for Ali International, is the youngest
of the Ali brothers, and the one who took after his mother, majoring
in both mathematics and environmental engineering. Ameer’s academic
prowess, business accouterment and undeniable good looks, makes him
one of the most eligible bachelors in the southwest. He was single
and happily so, until his accidental encounter with Siobhan Greer.
Something about Siobhan moved Ameer in a way that piqued his
curiosity and drove his intentions.
Siobhan,
owner of Move with Me Dance Studio, is a woman with very clear goals
and lofty ambitions. Yet hauntings from her past keep Siobhan
battling old demons that interfere with living in the present. It’s
a battle that has kept her mentally entangled and unable to love past
her pain until she meets a man who titillates her imagination and
challenges her to dream even bigger dreams.
But
it’s not just the two of them. There are other players in the game
who can determine whether what Ameer and Siobhan feel for each other
is enough.
This
is a standalone and ends in a HEA/HFN.
USA
Today Bestselling Author and lover of Love. It is a many splendid
thing, isn’t it? Yet, it’s not a straight path from one heart to
another. Most often, love is a tangled mess that challenges our
thoughts, beliefs, and challenges us to prove over and over that we
are more than enamored with an individual. Love is a tangled
conglomeration of what the mind thinks, what the soul feels, and what
the heart knows. And I write about it...
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