Hi, I’m Sam 🤍
A nurse, a wife, a mum to a teenage boy, and far closer to forty than I care to publicly acknowledge.
🐾 The furry gremlins
I’m a cat person to my core, and we share our home with two furry little chaos gremlins: Nico — my grumpy old man who’s seen every high and low over the last 14 years — and Kiara, our feral little live wire.
🩺 The day job
By day, I’m a nurse. I get the joy of waking people up after anaesthesia and reassuring them that yes, they are in fact alive, and no, they didn’t confess their deepest secrets to me… (even though they possibly did). Nursing is challenging, exhausting, emotional — and I truly love it.
📚 Reader first, always
I’ve been a reader for as long as I can remember, but I found my way back to books while studying for my nursing degree. Binding 13 and Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh re-ignited something in me that I didn’t even realise I’d lost, and they remain my favourite books to this day. I’m still forever chasing the way those stories made me feel.
🌊 How South Havens was born
At the beginning of 2025, I reached the lowest point I’ve ever been at with my mental health. I took some time off work, slowed everything down… and somewhere in that quiet, I started writing. That’s when Ellie and Kieran appeared. Then came the whole South Havens gang. And suddenly I had a world I couldn’t stop thinking about.
I have so many stories I want to tell, and I’m endlessly grateful to have found this new passion — one that gives me purpose, comfort, and connection in ways I never expected. If my books make you feel something, even just a little of what those stories once gave me, then I’m doing exactly what I set out to do.
Thank you for being here. 🤍