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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 ...more

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	Under One Roof 4.11 avg rating — 2,206 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Lost Luggage 4.25 avg rating — 1,275 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Summer Secrets at Streamside Cottage 4.25 avg rating — 1,024 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Summer Island Swap 4.29 avg rating — 915 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Game of Scones (The Little Teashop, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 1,009 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Doubting Abbey (Doubting Abbey, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 933 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The New Beginnings Coffee Club 4.12 avg rating — 760 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Breakfast Under a Cornish Sun 3.83 avg rating — 629 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Christmas Calendar Girls 4.24 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Winter We Met 3.96 avg rating — 577 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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The joy of Wabi-sabi 侘寂 #MentalHeathAwarenessWeekWhat is Wabi-sabi? As a character in my new story, The Memory of You explains: ‘It’s a Japanese way of thinking about the natural cycle of life and how it’s imperfect, impermanent, incomplete. It encourages you to find beauty in imperfection…’Wabi-sabi is about seeking the beauty in the simple life, about accepting the changes that the passage of t Read more of this blog post »

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Samantha Tonge rated a book it was amazing Life and Otter Miracles by Hazel Prior (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
It's always very exciting getting my hands on a new Hazel Prior story, she's an author who delivers time after time and I wasn't disappointed with the beautiful early copy I received of Life and Otter Miracles. The setting is beautiful and, like Phoeb ...more
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Samantha Tonge rated a book it was amazing Heartburn by Nora Ephron	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
Love, loved the wit of this novel.
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Love, loved the wit of this novel.
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Samantha Tonge rated a book it was amazing Beach Read by Emily Henry (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
I loved the pace of this novel, it slowly sucked you in. Funny and moving.
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Samantha Tonge rated a book it was amazing Death at Castle Cove by Mary Grand (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
An eclectic cast of dog-walking characters that keeps you guessing until the end. Loved the island setting. Loved the unusual collection of clues that Susan tries to piece together, to solve the death of her lodger, young Colette. Another compelling ...more
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Samantha Tonge rated a book it was amazing The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
A wonderful story, full of hope and humour.
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Utterly wonderful. Brilliant characterisation and life lessons subtly threaded through. I LOVED this.
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A fantastic book I could hardly put down. Gripping characters and such a page-turning plot. I felt fully invested in the story. A compelling read that will move the hardest heart.
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Brilliant read, excellent characterisation, couldn't put it down. ...more
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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.”
― Samantha Tonge, The New Beginnings Coffee Club

tags: honesty, honoring-yourself, transformation, transparency, true-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.”
― Samantha Tonge, The New Beginnings Coffee Club

tags: being-true-to-yourself, inner-strength, true-self-worth

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“Abbey was born to sophistication, whereas I was more Barbara than Buckingham Palace Windsor.”
― Samantha Tonge, Doubting Abbey

tags: romance-comedy

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“Abbey was born to sophistication, whereas I was more Barbara than Buckingham Palace Windsor.”
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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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