A UK based writer, with short stories published in various magazines and anthologies, including the new Edit Red anthology, Late Night River Lights. Samantha’s first novel, Despite Losing it on Finkle Street, has recently been chosen as the launch title for the new imprint Pioneer Readers, released by Fygleaves publishing and is out now.
Rachel is living a lonely village life in the Lake District in the shadow of the memory of her grandparents. When she finds a young man who connects with her, she wonders if she may have at last found the new start she is looking for, despite the opposition she faces from his family. But is Will hiding a secret, or is it just that the emotional holes in his life go to a depth that will stretch her beyond her limits? It is up to Rachel to put together the pieces of his past, and to decide whether she is still committed enough to stand by him.