Samantha Cole | Updates

BookCon NYC

Samantha Cole — Sat, 7 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Jacob Javits Center, New York City - April 18th & 19th

Find me in the new Indie Alley!

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RARE26BERLIN

Samantha Cole — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Saturday 16th May 2026

Estrel Congress Centre (ECC) – Sonnenallee 225, 12057 Berlin, Germany

Romance Authors and Reader Events Website

Facebook Group

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SaSS in St. Louis (St. Charles), MO

Samantha Cole — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

St. Charles Convention Center
May 30 from 11am to 4pm CDT

SaSSy In St. Louis (A Sexy and SaSSy Signing Event)

Join us for a Sexy and SaSSy Signing in the Midwest! SaSSy in St. Louis will be our 10th signing for SaSS but the FIRST EVER in the Midwest!

TICKETS

FACEBOOK GROUP

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Knockout Book Bash Signing

Samantha Cole — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 13, 2026 - Lexington, KY

WEBSITE and TICKETS

FACEBOOK GROUP

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SaSS: Richmond

Samantha Cole — Sat, 7 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

10th Anniversary of SaSS - Sexy and Sassy Author Signing

July 24-26th

Richmond, VA

Facebook Group

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Southern Belle Book Event: Mermaid City

Samantha Cole — Sat, 7 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hilton: Norfolk, VA

Tickets

Facebook Group

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RARE - Florence

Samantha Cole — Sat, 7 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Florence, Italy

Facebook Group

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Indies Invade Philly

Samantha Cole — Sat, 7 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Pennsylvania Convention Center - 1101 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA

Join the Facebook Group for ticket information.

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Charm City Romanticon

Samantha Cole — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Ellicott City, MD - Turf Valley Resort

April 10-12, 2026

WEBSITE

FACEBOOK GROUP

Spend a weekend with indie romance authors, narrators, and readers. Charm City Romanticon is a small, intimate, exclusive event that puts readers in the same room as their Romancelandia favorites. Experience informative panel sessions, a book signing, and a celebratory banquet PJ party, with the additional opportunity to attend engaging industry-based workshops on Sunday.

Held at the beautiful Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City, Maryland (25 minutes outside Baltimore), attendance is limited to create an atmosphere that encourages interaction and limits overwhelm. This is the perfect event for first-time book-event attendees as well as individuals looking for a way to connect with others in the indie romance book community that just doesn't happen at large signings.

Event tickets include lunch and dinner on Saturday in addition to admission to all panel sessions on Friday and Saturday, the Saturday afternoon signing, and the Saturday evening PJ party.

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Romance-Landia Author Signing

Samantha Cole — Sat, 7 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Romance-Landia Bookstore, 204 Banjo Ln, Centreville, Maryland

Join Willow Winters, Vanessa Zian, DD Lorenzo, and me for a few hours at this intimate signing from 1 pm to 4 pm.

Details on Facebook

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The Olympics are Here!

Samantha Cole — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Winter Olympics kicked off last Friday, and I'll spend the next several weeks watching some of the world's greatest athletes compete for medals, including Paralympians. Of course, I'm cheering on Team USA, but I also love seeing smaller countries earn their very first podium finishes—it gets me every time.

My must-watch events are figure skating, speed skating, luge, bobsleigh, and curling. And even though I'm not a huge hockey fan, I'll still be rooting for the U.S. team. Oh—and did you see they added ski mountaineering this year? That one sounds intense, so I'll definitely be checking it out too.

Okay, book world stuff—that's why you're here, right? I have great news! Her Savior: Malone Brothers Book 3 is almost ready to go to my editor! I swear, Brian fought me tooth and nail for years, committed to being a professional bachelor… but he finally fell. And when he fell, he went down hard.

I plan to move the book's release date up, so watch for next week's newsletter for all the details and the cover reveal!

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Massive snowstorm and an opinionated dog!

Samantha Cole — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Wow! That was a heck of a snowstorm we had this past weekend. In lower NY, we got 18 inches (that's what she said)! Poor Milo (my 13-year-old Lhasa Apso/poodle mix) was not a happy camper. The snow was taller than him, so he had to use the indoor puppy pads. He's not a fan, but will use them if he must. Since the alternative was digging a tunnel, he dealt with it lol. It looks like we're getting more snow this weekend, so he may not see the grass again until Spring!

I hope everyone caught up in that mess is safe and sound. If you were, comment on this post and let me know how much snow (or ice) you got.

Now that I've dug my car out (and an area for Milo to… well, you know), I've got a few big announcements to share!

First up—the ebook of Absolving His Sins is on sale for a limited time. If this one's been sitting on your TBR, now's the moment to grab it before the price goes back up.

Next (and I'm ridiculously excited about this)… my Shopify store is officially open! 🎉 You can now purchase bookish and branded merchandise, ebooks, and audiobooks directly from me, with print books coming soon.

To celebrate the launch, I'm offering 40% off all ebooks and audiobooks in my shop. Just scroll down for the discount code—it's valid only in my store and only through February 13, 2026.

Also, Milo insisted on having his own section in my newsletter and blog, so you'll be seeing more of him.

Finally, thank you for being here and for supporting my books—it truly means the world to me.

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My Near-Heart-Attack Moment!

Samantha Cole — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, you read that right! I nearly had a heart attack the other day, and it was all my own fault!

A little background on the incident: I use Zoho Writer to write my manuscripts. I love it because my co-authors can see everything and work in the same document simultaneously. It’s basically as if Google Docs and Microsoft Word had a baby and raised it right. My favorite feature? I can turn on a typewriter sound while I write, which thrills me far more than it should.

Okay. Now for the near-heart-attack portion of our program.

If you read my first newsletter of the year, you know I recently switched my website domain to www.samanthacolebooks.com. I set up a redirect from my old site to the new one, so anyone clicking an old link would be magically whisked to the new site. Seamless. Professional.

Narrator voice: She was very proud of herself.

Two days later, I tried to log in to Zoho using my old domain email address… and couldn’t get in.

Narrator voice: Initiate sheer panic! 😵‍💫

I currently have over 23 works-in-progress living in Zoho, with word counts ranging from “just started” to “over 60,000 words.” Including Brian Malone’s book, which I only have a few chapters left to write. And Zoho? Zoho calmly informed me they had no record whatsoever of that email address. The same one I’d used for years.

Narrator voice: Cue wanting to throw the laptop out the window or take a baseball bat to it.

I tried backup emails. I tried my phone number. That got me into an ancient Zoho account I created eight years ago, never used, and promptly forgot existed. I had recovery codes for the old domain email, but I couldn’t get past the fact that Zoho wouldn't recognize the address as a valid login.

Narrator voice: Insert tears, palpitations, hyperventilating, lightheadedness, and a lot of cursing here. 😭😭😭

I canceled the redirect and waited 24 hours for it to stop forwarding, fully expecting this to magically fix everything.

Narrator voice: It did not. Samantha is screwed. 😳

Day 3 of this cannot possibly be real: Filled with dread, I called Zoho support again. They asked me to forward any emails I’d ever received from them using the old domain address so they could investigate.

While searching for those emails—before I even forwarded any—one caught my eye.

It said I’d set up multi-factor authentication a few days before I lost access to Zoho.

Narrator voice: Hmm. Interesting.

I opened the email… and there it was. A QR code login link. Holding my breath, I scanned it.

PRESTO.

My account opened. All my manuscripts were there. Every single one. Safe and sound.

Narrator voice: She nearly cries from relief. 🥲

I immediately went into my profile settings and discovered the problem. At some point, I'd changed my login email to a new Gmail account, rather than my new domain email. In my defense, they're similar. I also apparently set up MFA at the same time and don't remember doing either. At all.

Feeling like an absolute idiot, I updated my login info, added a fingerprint passkey, and set up every possible recovery option known to mankind so this never happens again.

Narrator voice: God willing. 😇

So there you have it—my major near-heart-attack drama of the week. This was on top of building a brand-new website, updating links, blurbs, and covers, setting up my Shopify store, and untangling a brand-new newsletter system.

2026 has come out swinging. And apparently, so have I. It's a good thing I don't own a baseball bat. 🤣🤣🤣

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