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Series One

Folkestone Sins

In Folkestone, the Founding Families bury their secrets. And anyone who threatens to dig them up.

Four books out · Wounded Things coming later 2026
Fragile Things — cover Folkestone Sins · Book 01 Fragile
Things
Samantha Lovelock
Book 01

Fragile Things

found family emotional trauma slow burn

Stella Bradleigh has been hiding her whole life. Raised under a false name by a mother who vanished when she was fifteen, she's spent years surviving alone. Until a letter from an aunt she never knew existed changes everything.

Folkestone is an enclave of old money and older sins. As the last heir to the Bradleigh family, Stella's return completes the circle of eight Founding Families who rule the town. She's supposed to take her place among them. Play the part. Keep her head down.

But Poe Halliday—arrogant, magnetic, and dangerously attractive—won't let her disappear. And the harder she fights to stay hidden, the more she realizes her mother didn't run from Folkestone.

She was driven out. Destroyed. Erased.

Now the people who hurt her family are coming for Stella. And they won't stop until she's gone—or dead.

Fractured Things — cover Folkestone Sins · Book 02 Fractured
Things
Samantha Lovelock
Book 02

Fractured Things

dark secrets tragic backstory protective hero

Stella knows the truth now. Her mother didn't just run from Folkestone, she was assaulted, terrorized, and driven out in fear for her life.

And Poe Halliday, the boy who broke down her walls, has been carrying a secret that will shatter Stella's trust all over again. Two months before they met, Poe found Catherine. He spoke to her. He promised her she'd come home.

But he lied.

When the man who destroyed her family dies under suspicious circumstances, Stella realizes just how deep the secrets of Folkestone go. And how much danger she's truly in.

Now Stella has to decide: Can she forgive the boy who tried to protect her? Can she survive in a town that wants her gone, or worse?

Restless Things — cover Folkestone Sins · Book 03 Restless
Things
Samantha Lovelock
Book 03

Restless Things

childhood friends-to-lovers generational trauma he falls first

Sunday Easton's older brother died. She heard the police deliver the news. She scattered his ashes. She survived the grief.

Except Charlie isn't dead, and now he's back.

Sunday's world is upside down, and she has a decision to make. Stand with Stella and fight, or walk away from the boy she's loved since childhood and the darkness that bleeds through this town.

Payne Emerson has been waiting for Sunday his whole life. He knows every scar she's tried to hide, every heartbreak she's endured. And when she had to leave, he let her go. But now she's home, and this time, he's not letting her leave without a fight.

There's just one problem. The deeper Sunday digs, the more dangerous Folkestone becomes. And when she finally admits her feelings, everything around her falls apart.

Because some people don't want the truth simply hidden. They want everyone who knows it dead.

Ruined Things — cover Folkestone Sins · Book 04 Ruined
Things
Samantha Lovelock
Book 04

Ruined Things

secret society deranged cult leader secret society

Payne is alive. Barely.

Sunday pulls him back from the edge, but the real threat is just beginning.

Pastor Jim has returned. The man who trafficked Charlie, who has been pulling strings from the shadows for years is targeting all of the Heirs. And he's not working alone.

A dead raven nailed to Sunday's door. Cavete serpentis reditum. Beware the serpent's return.

Eight eviscerated rats and a live snake in the Tweedvale pool. Nine symbols. Nine families—not eight. Someone tried to erase the ninth family from Folkestone's history. And now that family is back with a vengeance.

Sunday and Payne, and Stella and Poe think they're happy. But love won't save them from what's coming.

Because the message arrives on all four phones: a livestream. Rafferty Essex, bound and beaten in the bow cabin of the Halliday family boat. Fuel-soaked carpet. A gloved hand holding a lit Zippo lighter.

And just one word. RUN.

Folkestone Sins · Book 05 Wounded
Things
— coming 2026 —
Coming later 2026

Wounded Things

TBA trust me

The fifth (and, for now, final) book in Folkestone Sins. Subscribe to the newsletter for cover reveals, preorder links, and the occasional unhinged snippet.

Series Two · a Folkestone Sins spin-off

The Heartbreak duet

Same universe, new zip code. The side character from Folkestone Sins you loved to hate finally gets the mic.

One book out · The Sea At Dawn releasing June 2026
The Sky At Night — cover Heartbreak · Book 01 The Sky
At Night
Samantha Lovelock
Book 01

The Sky At Night

rockstar forced proximity trauma healing slow burn

Hali Torsten doesn't do redemption.

She's done worse things than most people can imagine, and she wears the weight of it like armor. Exiled to The Overlook by a mother who'd rather she didn't exist, she's not here to heal. She's here to disappear.

Ty McInnis is supposed to be healing. Grief dismantled him, and now he's at The Overlook trying to put himself back together. The last thing he needs is her.

She doesn't know who he is. He can't stop watching her.

What starts as curiosity becomes something neither of them can afford. Because Hali's past isn't just painful, it's damning. And Ty's carefully rebuilt life will crumble the moment the world finds out he's been here at all.

Two broken people. One isolated refuge. And a connection that could either save them both, or destroy what's left.

The Sea At Dawn — cover Heartbreak · Book 02 The Sea
At Dawn
— June 2026 —
Preorder · June 2026

The Sea At Dawn

friends-to-lovers opposites attract rockstar romance he falls first

Vannessa Yi knows survival isn't the same as living.

She escaped the man who stole her safety, and now she's in Los Angeles, trying to build a life that's hers. But the past doesn't stay quiet, and some scars don't fade in the dark.

Ryan Kessworth has spent years outrunning his childhood—on stage, on tour, in the arms of strangers. Silence has never been comfortable. But around Vann, it's different.

She moves with a quiet grace, slowly letting him in. He's spent a lifetime keeping people out.

What starts as friendship becomes something neither of them expected. Because Vann's past isn't finished with her. And when it resurfaces with a chilling threat, she's forced to choose: run, or fight for the life and love they both deserve.

Two broken people. One fragile hope. And a connection worth fighting for.

Series Three

Welcome to Rowthorne

Brand new world, all new characters.

Three books on the way · Cruel Darlings releasing October 2026
Cruel Darlings — cover Rowthorne · Book 01 Cruel
Darlings
Samantha Lovelock
Book 01

Cruel Darlings

romantic suspense hidden family secrets true enemies-to-lovers slow burn

Three best friends.

Two broken promises.

One deadly secret.

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