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Samantha Durante

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http://www.goodreads.com/sdur211

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in The United States

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female

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http://www.samanthadurante.com

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SamanthaDurante

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Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance

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Samantha Durante lives in Westchester County, New York with her husband, Sudeep, and her cat, Gio. Formerly an engineer at Microsoft, Samantha left the world of software in 2010 to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams and a lifelong love of writing. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, Samantha is currently working full time for her company Medley Media Associates as a freelance business writer and communications consultant. The Stitch Trilogy is her debut series. Learn more about Samantha at www.samanthadurante.com.

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Shudder Review @ Cynthia Shepp

Today on the Shudder Blog Tourwe’ve got an AWESOME 5-star review from Cynthia Shepp Book Reviews & Editing – check out this snippet:

I loved Stitch, the first book. It was blow-your-mind amazing and Shudder wasexactlythe same way. … The complexity of the plot and the dynamics have you wondering what exactly Samantha has in her mind to be able to imagine this complex world. … While reading t...

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Samantha Durante's Books

Average rating: 3.91 · 352 ratings · 203 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	Stitch (Stitch Trilogy #1) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shudder (Stitch Trilogy #2) 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stuck (Stitch Trilogy #3) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2014	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Samantha Durante

Stitch Trilogy (3 books)
by Samantha Durante (Goodreads Author)
3.914772727272727 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 352 ratings

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Providence by Jamie McGuire - Paranormal

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Ember by Jessica Sorensen - Paranormal

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Slumber by Samantha Young - Fantasy

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Inescapable by Amy A. Bartol - Paranormal

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