Samantha Young

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...

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... Etched On My Heart was previously published under the title Black Tangled Heart.

A steamy fake engagement romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Samantha Young. Faking it has never been so hard... Breaking up with my fianc 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 fianc . 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...

A steamy fake engagement romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Samantha Young. Faking it has never been so hard... Breaking up with my fianc 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 fianc . 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...

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 #1 International bestselling author of On Dublin Street is back with this emotional and steamy sports romance in which ambitious entrepreneur, Beth Carmichael, meets her match in the grumpy football captain who moves into the apartment above hers.Imagine my surprise when my new neighbor turns out to be one of Scotland's most famous (and hottest) professional footballers, Callan Keen. I'm even more shocked to discover that the brooding player is still holding a grudge for something that happened (or didn't happen) between us years ago.Too busy trying to take my social media management company to the next level, I don't have time for this gorgeous blast from the past. Or at least I shouldn't. Yet whenever I see him, I can't help but engage in a battle of wits with the grump upstairs.When a huge client opportunity arises, circumstances force me to enlist Callan's help. I require a fake date and Callan needs me to facilitate a meeting with my dad to further his own business interests.The deal between us should be simple. Except, of course, the blazing chemistry we've shared since the moment we met. We can't deny it, we can't control it, and soon we're agreeing to six weeks of no-strings-attached, mind-blowing, steamy shenanigans.I told myself I was too smart to catch feelings. But when Callan finally finds out the truth about our past, he becomes the guy I used to know. And that man is way too easy to fall for.The problem is that Callan has vowed to never let another person close enough to break his heart again.It just might prove impossible to show my stubborn Scotsman I'm worth the risk, especially when old wounds are re-opened and threaten to wreck any chance of a future together...

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.

He's her brother's best friend. She's totally off-limits. But when life takes an unexpected turn, she's the only one he wants at his side...Fyfe Moray raised himself. His only real family is his best friend, Lewis Adair. For that reason, Lewis's sister Eilidh is totally off-limits. Fyfe is in deep denial about their intense attraction. Thankfully, Eilidh is a famous actor living in London while he runs his cyber security company from the Highlands. They're worlds apart. Until one day, Eilidh reaches out asking for a lifeline and Fyfe can't bring himself to turn her away.Acting isn't what Eilidh Adair expected. As a kid, she wanted to be just like her famous uncles. But the double-edged sword of fame cuts deeper than expected. Afraid to admit she's made a mistake, Eilidh is spiraling. The only person who knows the truth is Fyfe, but her childhood crush has developed into a love he won't return. Yet when she comes home intent on starting over, Fyfe can't seem to stay away. His confused feelings might just be the end of them. Until a woman from Fyfe's past abandons the baby daughter he never knew he had.Now a single father, Fyfe needs support. He just never expected Eilidh to be the one he needed most. Fyfe can't believe how quickly he falls for his child and how rapidly his world view changes. He's ready to admit the truth: he's madly in love with his best friend's sister. And Fyfe's done wasting time.But someone else believes Eilidh belongs to them. Someone who has been watching her far longer than she realizes. Just when she thinks she might have everything she wants, Eilidh finds herself caught in the crosshairs of a person intent on destroying everything she holds dear.

She's the girl he left behind. He's the boy she tried to forget. But after seven years apart, one passionately reckless night will tie them together forever ... As teenagers, Callie Ironside and Lewis Adair were inseparable. So much so, Lewis still can't work out where it all went horribly wrong, or why he's spent the last seven years in London away from the love of his life.Callie knows exactly where it all went wrong and while she tried to move on-learning pastry techniques in Paris and dating French men-returning home to Ardnoch to work in her mother's bakery only reminds her of the future she lost with Lewis. But when a visit to London brings them unexpectedly together, the passion, pain and animosity between them leads to a one-night stand. For Lewis, it's the beginning of winning Callie and his life in Ardnoch back. For Callie, it's a mistake that's shaken up the devastating heartbreak she fought hard to forget. However, Lewis is determined to fight for her, and proves it when their night together results in more than just unresolved feelings. As they come to grips with impending parenthood and the mistakes they've both made, Callie and Lewis will not only have to decide to fight for a love that has endured so many years apart, but a mysterious adversary who seems intent on destroying the future they're building together.