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Samantha Tonge

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Samantha Tonge lives in Manchester UK with her husband and children. She studied German and French at university and has worked abroad, including a stint at Disneyland Paris. She has travelled widely.
When not writing she passes her days cycling, baking and drinking coffee. Samantha has sold many dozens of short stories to women’s magazines.
She is represented by the Darley Anderson literary agency. In 2013, she landed a publishing deal for romantic comedy fiction with HQDigital at HarperCollins. In 2015 her summer novel, Game of Scones, hit #5 in the UK Kindle chart and won the Love Stories Awards Best Romantic Ebook category. In 2018 Forgive Me Not, heralded a new direction into darker women's fiction with publisher Canelo and in 2020 her
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Samantha Tonge Hi Mina - thanks for asking. Not at the moment but who knows in the future... Gemma is one of my favourite characters. And Blade :) Samantha
Samantha Tonge Hi Nancy, fine thanks, hope you are too :) Sorry to say I couldn't commit to reviewing, as I am bogged down with work due to taking a month off (a rar…moreHi Nancy, fine thanks, hope you are too :) Sorry to say I couldn't commit to reviewing, as I am bogged down with work due to taking a month off (a rare thing). I have one book to rewrite, another to promote and another to start - and that's without looking at my current tbr list! You know what it's like.
All the best with it though - I'm sure it will be a great success!
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OCD is the toxic friend that’s so hard to get rid of because it convinces you it knows your deepest, darkest secrets, and that it’s protecting you and your loved ones from an unsafe world.

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“What a precious gift I'd been given, to no longer have that constant internal narrative wondering if I fitted in - a narrative that I'd done my very best to hide, all these years. It made me feel somehow taller. Stronger. Proud of myself. More honest. I mean, what a waste of a life to spend it lying to everyone - and worst of all, to yourself.”
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“I guess all anyone wants is to be loved for their true self. And to find the strength to ignore the inner soundtrack that tells us to pretend to be something we aren't, otherwise we'll be on our own.”
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“I am a down-to-earth gentleman who will never, under any circumstances, resemble some sort of romantic hero like Mr Darcy. ”
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Christine Hatfield Ok that's fine


Samantha Tonge Sorry, Christine, it is e-book only at the moment, ie digital version. Thanks for the interest though :)


Christine Hatfield Samantha I was wondering if you can send me your autographed book called mistletoe mansion in the mail for me please


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