Samantha Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller of contemporary romance that’s hotter than sweet, sweeter than hot.  She released her debut novel in 2011 and currently has more than 100 titles under her belt – including THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE which was a Hallmark Christmas movie in 2017 and WEDDING SEASON which was a Hallmark June Wedding movie in 2023!

A lifelong Disney enthusiast with an unapologetic love for ’80s rock, Samantha spends her downtime devouring romance novels, playing far too much online Solitaire, and occasionally donning a tiara while hanging out with her sassy pug, Maylene. She lives in Wake Forest, North Carolina, with her husband of 35 years and their two sons—proof that real-life love stories can have happily-ever-afters, too.

• Lucky 22

  
  Twenty-two was just a lucky number. Until it wasn’t. Ella Rose Holt believes in magic. Not always the fairy-tale kind, but the quiet kind that shows up when you least expect it. On the brink of her golden birthday, chasing acting dreams in Los Angeles, Ella’s life feels full of possibility…and just a little unfinished.