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Samara Knight

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Romance, Historical Fiction, Suspense

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Samara Knight writes romance about spies, thieves, Vikings, and people with too many secrets. She illustrates her own books, hand-sprays her edges, and narrates her audiobooks, which either makes her a Renaissance woman or a cautionary tale.

Her stories span spy thrillers, portal romantasy, and the occasionally catastrophic English village. Beneath all, two common thread remain: intense chemistry and the thrill of secrets unraveling under pressure.

In her previous life, Samara was a journalist and a manga artist. She was born on the equator and now call the Canadian prairies home.

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Average rating: 4.33 · 215 ratings · 137 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bishop's Gambit (Shadows & Secrets #1) 4.19 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Bishop's Capture (Shadows & Secrets #2) 4.65 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Viking Wanderer (Rift Odyssey #1) 4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2023 — 7 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 Flowering Knight (Rift Odyssey #2) 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Bishop's Endgame (Shadows & Secrets #3) 4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Deep Cover (Shadows and Secrets, #3.5) 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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
	Nox Rising (Shadows and Secrets Legacy #4) 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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
	Keeping Up with the Richters 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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 Last Goodbye: An erotic spy encounter 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Shadows and Secrets (4 books)
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“I have no right to be jealous," he confessed, the admission reluctant, "but you deserve better than to be a man's second choice.”
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“Vér þurfum að tala." His Viking words hung in the air, heavy with tension that seemed to draw every eye in the room toward them. We need to talk.”
― Samara Knight, The Viking Wanderer

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“Two more nights," Yeojin confirmed with a soft kiss on Ai's cheek, his arm wrapping around her. "I'm all yours till then.”
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“Vér þurfum að tala." His Viking words hung in the air, heavy with tension that seemed to draw every eye in the room toward them. We need to talk.”
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“If it weren't for this new law forbidding bigamy," Zhao Yuan had mused aloud, "I would have made you my second wife, Mei.”
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“I have no right to be jealous," he confessed, the admission reluctant, "but you deserve better than to be a man's second choice.”
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“With a playful chuckle, Ai responded, "I see you more as a peacock. Divine, beautiful, powerful."

Yeojin smiled. Did she just call him 'beautiful'?”
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“Two more nights," Yeojin confirmed with a soft kiss on Ai's cheek, his arm wrapping around her. "I'm all yours till then.”
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