Book Genre: Adult Contemporary

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…

The Truest Thing (Hart’s..

Posted June 22, 2020 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

Nine years ago, Emery Saunders moved to Hartwell to start her life over as a bookstore owner. Her inability to trust people made it hard for her to find a place in the small community until Jessica Lawson moved to town and befriended the shy beauty.

But there was one person in Hartwell who tried to befriend Emery long before Jessica arrived…

Jack Devlin has his secrets. One of them is that he fell hard for Emery the moment she appeared in Hartwell. Another is that his father blackmailed him into covering up a dark family tragedy. It forced Jack to sever his relationships to protect the people he cared about. Yet, staying away from Emery has not been easy throughout the years and he hasn’t always succeeded. When Jack’s mixed signals hurt Emery once again, she puts him out of her heart for good.

Until the Devlin family secret is finally revealed, freeing Jack from his father’s machinations. What Jack wants more than anything is to repair his relationships, starting with Emery.

However, Emery isn’t ready to forgive and Jack’s not ready to give up.

And when the town’s latest scandal ties Jack and Emery together, Jack is not above using their new reality to prove to Emery once and for all that their love is worthy of the legend of Hart’s Boardwalk.

Out August 18th 2020 in digital and paperback edition.

Half-Light Harbor: Alternative..

Posted July 2, 2025 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…

On Dublin Street: The Bonus Ma..

Posted June 24, 2020 by Samantha Young in / 0 Comments

Throughout the years, fans of the International Bestselling On Dublin Street Series have received behind the scenes bonus material as part of series promotions. Finally, all of those bonus scenes are now available in one novella. On Dublin Street: The Bonus Material includes:

Joss and Braden
Two shorts - An On Dublin Street Christmas and An On Dublin Street Halloween.
Five fan-favorite scenes from On Dublin Street re-written from Braden's perspective, two of which have never before been published.
A never before published Braden "Before Jocelyn" scene.

Jo and Cam
A fan-favorite scene from Down London Road re-written from Cam's perspective.
The never before published cut prologue.

Olivia and Nate
Two fan-favorite scenes from Before Jamaica Lane re-written from Nate's perspective.

Hannah and Marco
A fan-favorite scene from Fall From India Place re-written from Marco's perspective.

Shannon and Cole
A fan-favorite scene from Echoes of Scotland Street re-written from Cole's perspective.

Grace and Logan
A fan-favorite scene from Moonlight on Nightingale Way re-written from Logan's perspective.

Hart Street Lane – Alter..

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

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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…

Hero

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

Alexa Holland’s father was her hero—until her shocking discovery that her mother and she weren’t his only family. Ever since, Alexa has worked to turn her life in a different direction and forge her own identity outside of his terrible secrets. But when she meets a man who’s as damaged by her father’s mistakes as she is, Alexa must help him.

Caine Carraway wants nothing to do with Alexa’s efforts at redemption, but it’s not so easy to push her away. Determined to make her hate him, he brings her to the edge of her patience and waits for her to walk away. But his actions only draw them together and, despite the odds, they begin an intense and explosive affair.

Only Caine knows he can never be the white knight that Alexa has always longed for. And when they’re on the precipice of danger, he finds he’ll do anything to protect either one of them from being hurt again....