USA Today Bestselling Author and Award-Winning Author  Samantha A. Cole is a retired policewoman and former paramedic. She’s lived her entire life in the suburbs of New York City and is looking forward to becoming a snow-bird between New York and Florida someday. Her two fur-babies, Boomer and Bella, keep her company and remind their mom to take a break from writing every once in a while, to go for a walk, which is the best way to deal with a stubborn case of writer’s block.

An avid reader since childhood, Samantha was often found with a book in hand and sometimes one in each. After being gifted with a stack of romance novels from her grandmother, her love affair with the genre began in her teens. Many years later, she discovered her love for writing stories was just as strong. Using her life experiences and training, she strives to find the perfect mix of suspense and romance for her readers to enjoy.

Her standalone collection of short stories, Scattered Moments in Time, won the gold medal in the 2020 Readers’ Favorite Awards in the Fiction Anthology genre. Her standalone novel, The Road to Solace (formerly The Friar), won the silver medal in the 2017 Readers’ Favorite Awards in the Contemporary Romance genre.

Samantha has over thirty books published throughout several different series as well has a few standalone novels. A full list can be found on her website listed below.