Love Stories Novella Collection by Samantha Young-review tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 6, 2021.
A collection of contemporary romance novellas from New York Times Bestselling Author Samantha Young.
This volume includes novellas previously only available exclusively to newsletter subscribers. They have now been collated into this romantic collection of modern love stories.
Includes: The Forbidden Christmas Gift: New Year’s Eve:Loving Valentine: Ember in the Heart
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REVIEW:LOVE STORIES by Samantha Young is a collection of erotic novellas and short stories previously released to the author’s newsletter subscribers but have now been made available in one romance collection.
THE FORBIDDEN CHRISTMAS GIFT focuses on the forbidden relationship between twenty three year old PA Evan Monro, and thirty five year old businessman Reid Shaw.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Evan and Reid) Evan Monroe is Reid Shaw’s PA, but more importantly Reid’s best friend Patrick’s little sister, and therefore is off limits in more ways than one. A disastrous string of failed relationships finds Reid wondering if he will ever find his own HEA, a HEA he is considering with Evan Monro. With the approach of the Christmas holidays Reid and Evan are busier than ever but the possibility of one night together is abruptly halted, and Reid considering letting Evan go.
THE FORBIDDEN CHRISTMAS GIFT is an age-gap, best friend’s younger sister/work place romance that quickly develops into something more. The fast paced premise is captivating; the characters are feisty; the $ex scenes are energetic and seductive.
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REVIEW: NEW YEAR’S EVE follows another age-gap forbidden romance between twenty-four year old advisor Ryan Baillie, and forty year old, renovator Joe Colchester.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Ryan and Joe) Ryan Baillie’s younger sister married Joe Colchester’s son, therefore Joe’s attraction to Ryan is strictly off-limits but a drunken Christmas Eve make out session between Joe and Ryan left Ryan heart broken in the face of rejection but Ryan’s night went from bad to worse, and in the ensuing week Ryan struggled to move on with her life. An invitation to spend the New Year with her sister and her husband at the family cabin meant spending time with the man who had broken her heart.
NEW YEAR’S EVE is another fast paced, age-gap, forbidden romance. The premise is engaging; the $ex scenes are edgy and intense; the characters are energetic and determined.
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REVIEW: LOVING VALENTINE follows twelve years in the life of Micah Green and Valentine Fairchild.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Micah and Valentine) LOVING VALENTINE follows the acrimonious relationshp between Micah Green and Valentine Fairchild. At sixteen years of age, Micah Green was abandoned by his mother, and taken in by attorney Caroline Fairchild and her husband Jim where Micah would meet their daughter, fifteen year old Valentine aka Cupid. Valentine’s life wasn’t easy; her mother expected perfection, and her only solace was her friendship with the young man her parents raised as their own. Twelve years would pass- words said in anger, misunderstanding, miscommunication and life, meant Valentine and Micah were more like strangers than two people who had loved one another from afar. One final attempt to prove he was worthy, Micah set on to seduce the woman he never stopped loving, a woman who had never stopped loving Micah in return.
LOVING VALENTINE is an emotional novella that covers twelve years in the life of two people torn apart by anger and pain. The fast paced premise is heart breaking and captivating; the characters are broken but energetic; the romance struggles in the face of misunderstanding and diverging paths.
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REVIEW: EMBER IN THE HEART twenty-five year old, single father and real estate investor Foster Darwin, and thirty-six year old massage therapist/business owner Ember Bonet.
Told from first person (Ember) and third person (Foster), Foster Darwin met Ember Bonet at his best friend and partner’s engagement party, an engagement to Ember’s sister Jade but the meeting between Ember and Foster didn’t go according to plan, and Ember would soon discover that her new neighbor was none other than Foster Darwin. Foster Darwin is a snob, and constantly looked down his nose at our story line heroine but when he needed help with daughter, Ember was quick to jump in and help. Falling for his daughter’s temporary ‘nanny’ was out of the question but fall he did, if only for a short period of time.
EMBER IN THE HEART is an age-gap romance wherein Foster Darwin is unable to let go of his snobbish upbringing, and in doing so, hurt the woman with whom he would fall in love. The premise is emotional and heart breaking; the romance is seductive; the characters are feisty and energetic.
LOVE STORIES: A Novella Collection is a wonderful addition to any romance lovers library of wonderful reads.
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Reviewed by Sandy
Samantha Young is the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of adult contemporary romances, including the On Dublin Street series and Hero, as well as the New Adult duology Into the Deep and Out of the Shallows. Every Little Thing, the second book in her new Hart’s Boardwalk series, will be published by Berkley in March 2017. Before turning to contemporary fiction, she wrote several young adult paranormal and fantasy series, including the amazon bestselling Tale of Lunarmorte trilogy. Samantha’s debut YA contemporary novel The Impossible Vastness of Us was published by Harlequin TEEN in ebook & hardback June 2017. Play On is an adult contemporary romance and the first in a brand new series set in Scotland. Villain is a companion novella to the New York Times bestselling romance HERO.
Samantha has been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award 2012 for Best Author and Best Romance for On Dublin Street, Best Romance 2014 for Before Jamaica Lane, and Best Romance 2015 for Hero. On Dublin Street, a #1 bestseller in Germany, was the Bronze Award Winner in the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2013, Before Jamaica Lane the Gold Medal Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2014 and Echoes of Scotland Street the Bronze Medal Winner for the LeserPreis German Readers Choice Awards for Best Romance 2015.
Samantha is currently published in 30 countries and is a #1 international bestselling author.
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