Book Genre: Adult Contemporary

Things We Never Said

Posted May 5, 2020 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

Local metalsmith and gift shop owner, Dahlia McGuire, likes her quiet life in Hartwell, Delaware. It's the perfect place to hide from her family and the tragic events that led to their estrangement. However, when her father, the person she loves most in the world, needs her Dahlia has no choice but to return to Boston to face her ghosts. One of those happens to be her ex-boyfriend's best friend, Michael Sullivan. The man she was never supposed to fall in love with.

Michael Sullivan has never forgotten Dahlia McGuire. Some might say he’s never gotten over her. For years he lived with the anger of her desertion, and now, newly-divorced, he’s finally ready to move on. That proves impossible when Dahlia returns to Boston and reawakens their explosive connection. Despite everything, Michael wants her back, but Dahlia can’t seem to let go of the tangled emotions of the past. When she flees home to Hartwell, Michael follows, determined to do everything in his power to convince her they belong together.

However, when the unthinkable hits the quiet seaside town, Michael finds himself trying to unravel more than the mystery of Dahlia's broken heart. It's time for truths left unsaid to finally be spoken or Michael and Dahlia might find themselves torn apart forever…

Half-Light Harbor: Couple Cove..

Posted October 23, 2024 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

I went to Scotland looking for answers about my past. The last thing I expected was getting trapped on a private island with my stoic, brooding, gorgeous contractor.

Ramsay McRae is a man with secrets. He prefers the company of his dog to people and silence to any semblance of politeness. He says I’m too young, too sweet, too innocent.

Only he doesn’t know the truth. That I’m haunted by a crime that tore my life apart two years ago. I’ve come to Half-Light Harbor not just to start over, but to bring the monster who killed my parents to justice.

The last thing I need is a tortured Scot distracting me from my mission. But when his restraint snaps and my walls crumble, the results are explosive.

We say it’s only a no-strings-attached affair. A temporary moment to burn out this fire between us.

However, when my search for the truth brings danger to my door, it’s Ramsay stepping in to protect me. But it might be the secrets from his past that tear us apart forever…

Until Fountain Bridge

Posted May 5, 2020 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

Ellie has been in love with Adam Sutherland for as long as she can remember. What started as a childhood crush on her older brother’s best friend soon bloomed into full-blown infatuation. Unfortunately, it also meant full-blown heartache, as Adam refused to fall for Braden’s little sister.

But it took a crisis to make Adam realize he’s wasted too much time denying his feelings for her. Unwilling to waste a second more, he decided to make Ellie his, no matter the consequences. Now happily settled with the woman he’s pined after for years, he’s about to find out what their ten year courtship was like for her, through the journals she kept during their ups and many downs. And though Adam may have Ellie now, he has no idea how close he came to losing her…

Posted December 9, 2024 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

This special paperback edition of A Highlands Christmas Plus Bonus Material includes:

A Highland Christmas (A Highlands Series Novella)
Single dad Dr. Haydyn Barr will do anything for his son, Michael, including hiring Kenna Smith as his nanny. Even though he’s undeniably attracted to her.
After a traumatic year, Kenna Smith is looking for a safe place to land, and no place feels safer than with Haydyn and his son. When Haydyn allows Michael to spend his first Christmas with his mother, he finds himself all alone with Kenna. Snowed-in together on Christmas Eve, the temptation is just too much and they give in to what’s been sparking between them for months. But come morning, they’ll have to decide if what they have is just for Christmas… or forever.

The Bodyguard (A Highlands Series Novella)
When a dangerous stalker violates her home, famous Actor Cassidy Ward escapes to the privacy and safety of Ardnoch Castle & Estate along with her bodyguard, Scotsman Brock McIntosh. Brock is the only person who makes Cassidy feel safe, but he seems determined to maintain a professional distance. Until an insensitive prank during the estate’s Halloween party forces Brock to admit that his feelings for Cassidy run deeper than mere client/bodyguard protectiveness…
But can Cassidy convince her emotionally guarded Scot that what they have is worth risking both their wounded hearts?

Bonus Scenes:
A compilation of bonus scenes from each book in the Highlands Series.

Valentine

Posted May 5, 2020 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

It’s Valentine’s Day! How do Joss & Braden, Ellie & Adam, Jo & Cam, Olivia & Nate, Hannah & Marco and Shannon & Cole keep the fire burning in their relationships while trying to juggle busy careers and the joyful chaos of parenthood? Find out in VALENTINE, six sexy and emotional short stories, one for each couple in the On Dublin Street series so far.

The Bodyguard

Posted March 4, 2025 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

When a dangerous stalker violates her home, famous Actor Cassidy Ward escapes to the privacy and safety of Ardnoch Castle & Estate, a members-only club for film and TV professionals. She’s accompanied by her new bodyguard, Scotsman Brock McIntosh. Brock is the only person who makes Cassidy feel safe, but he seems determined to maintain a professional distance. Until an insensitive prank during the estate’s Halloween party forces Brock to admit that his feelings for Cassidy run deeper than mere client/bodyguard protectiveness…
But can Cassidy convince her emotionally guarded Scot that what they have is worth risking both their wounded hearts?

The Bodyguard is set in the world of the Highlands Series but can be read as a complete standalone.

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Villain

Posted May 5, 2020 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

The sexy and emotional companion novella to the New York Times bestselling romance HERO.

Nadia Ray is not just a broadcast meteorologist. She’s Boston’s morning television It Girl. Successful and independent, she’s put a past she’s ashamed of behind her and is forging a future she can be proud of. However, when her new boss discovers her secret he blackmails her, intent on using Nadia’s popularity to make them the number one morning show in Massachusetts. He wants her to be part of uncovering the city’s biggest scandal – a secret billionaire Caine Carraway is hiding.

Soon Nadia is thrown into the path of Caine’s best friend: sexy, wealthy bachelor Henry Lexington. But she doesn’t encounter the dashing high society gentleman Henry is purported to be. Instead she’s faced with an insulting and defensive villain who misjudges her at every turn.

When Henry finally realizes the truth, and decides to make amends, Nadia wants nothing to do with him. But she underestimates his determination and charm and soon they find themselves embroiled in an intense, passionate affair.

An affair Nadia knows must come to an end before their feelings grow any deeper and he discovers her secrets.

After all, Henry Lexington isn’t the only one who played the part of a villain once…

Hart Street Lane

Posted March 18, 2025 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

A steamy fake engagement romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Samantha Young.

Faking it has never been so hard…

Breaking up with my fiancé wasn’t on my agenda this summer, neither was hiding the truth from everyone, including my colleagues at Pennington’s department store. But that tiny evasion gets me into trouble when I’m forced to play bride-to-be for our new marketing campaign. If my boss finds out I’ve lied to her, it won’t just be my reputation on the line; it’ll be my job.

Enter my new bestie, Baird McMillan. Professional goalkeeper, professional heartbreaker, and now my professional fake fiancé. Baird’s public escapades have gotten him on the wrong side of his football club’s new owner, and he needs to prove he’s settling down. A fake engagement is a win-win for us both.

There’s just one problem. It turns out there’s nothing fake about the explosive connection Baird and I share.

I may not have been looking for love, but every moment with Baird tempts me to reach for it. Yet just as I start to believe a future together could be a real possibility, our pasts come surging back with a vengeance. And with it, those who will do anything to destroy our chance at forever…

Etched On My Heart

Posted May 5, 2020 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

I fell in love with the wrong boy.

A shy foster kid, I had no one until Lorna McKenna moved in next door and decided we’d be best friends. But my new friend made me promise one thing: I vowed to never fall in love with Lorna’s brooding older brother Jamie.

How hard of a promise could that be to keep? An impossible one when the boy in question sets my soul on fire. But I had no idea falling in the love with the wrong person would lead to so much heartbreak.

I fell in love right back.

To my sisters, Jane was a friend. A pseudo-sister. The girl they adopted into our family. To me, Jane was everything. Our youthful passion consumed us. When our world fell apart, I thought our love would hold us together. But someone else had other plans.

Someone tore us apart.

For years, I’ve been plotting my revenge against the people who took everything from me. I believe Jane is one of them. Yet despite it all, we have one thing in common. We both want the people who destroyed my family to pay for their crimes.

Will we ever mend what’s broken between us?

I want justice. Jamie wants vengeance.

To save the boy I once loved, I’ll join forces with Jamie to ensure those people pay.
Lives will be changed forever, secrets revealed, deceptions unraveled, and Jamie will face a devastating choice between love and revenge…

A Royal Mile – Alternati..

Posted March 26, 2025 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

A steamy enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Samantha Young.

It’s hard to stay in the friend zone when the attraction is this hot…

Going into my senior year of university at war with a member of the British royal family wasn’t in my carefully laid plans. Sebastian Thorne might be the grandson of a princess, but it’ll take more than a royal pardon to get me to forgive him for pretending to be someone he’s not.

But Sebastian is determined to be my friend. Even if it means signing up to a psych experiment just to get me to talk to him. Who knew a sincere apology and him saying my name in that posh English accent would make me weak in the knees?

This year was supposed to be about my dissertation and graduate school. Only, Sebastian has thrown my ordered world off kilter. He makes me bolder, more confident. A braver version of me.

Yet every lingering glance and stolen touch has me realizing one thing…

I’m falling for my best friend.

There’s just one problem. Sebastian has demons, ones that make him determined to keep me in the friend zone no matter the cost.

And even when temptation sends his walls tumbling down, the beauty we’ve found might not survive against the powerful will of outside forces…