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Playing For Keeps
Series · 5 books · 2023

Books in series

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#1

Offside

2023

When I was younger, my best friend’s little sister betrayed me, she destroyed me. Turning my whole world upside down leaving me no choice but to ghost her and rebuild myself in a whole new image, a darker, sinister new version of me. She ruined me and everything I had planned in one night, she didn’t even have the balls to admit what she did when I caught her red handed. Now, two years later she turns up at the house I share with her brother and our three other best friends. Seeing her again after all this time has me determined to ruin her and make her pay. I’m going to burn her world to the ground, use her weaknesses against her. I know she still wants me, I plan to use that want against her and make her bend to my will. Leah Williams thinks she is above me, untouchable because her brother has no idea we were ever together. Here at CHU we are the kings, we rule over everyone and I plan to have her kneeling before me in no time.
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#2

Touchdown

2023

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#3

Endgame

2023

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#4

Hail Mary

2023

Alexa Karma … People say she can be a real b\tch I plan to embody her and make sure Corvin Williams gets a taste of his own medicine, his lack of commitment to my sister is the reason she’s dead. Following him across the country was easy, stealing his car and trashing it was fun until I got caught and thrown in jail for the night. With only one phone call and not knowing anyone else around here, I have no choice but to call him. When the conditions of my bail state I have to live with the person I blame for my sister's death, anger takes hold of me until a new plan formulates. I’m going to make the Reaper fall in love with me and then I’m going to rip his heart out and destroy him, just like I promised my sister I would. The problem is, I need to make sure Karma doesn’t bite me in a\s and I end up falling in love with my sister’s ex. Corvin I watched the life leave her eyes. The image of her dying in my arms haunts me daily. I fled from CHU and started a new life in North Carolina, alone and without my boys. I was fine to wallow daily in my grief until I started receiving text messages at 11:42am every day, that's the exact time Cody died in my arms. One phone call was all it took to change my plans of living in isolation, Alexa forced her way into my life and turned it upside down. Her living with me was supposed to be a good thing, I thought we could help each other heal. Jail Bait is what she is, sexy as hell with a mouth that can do sinful things. She gets me to open up, forces me to live again, I finally start to feel something other than pain. I made the worst mistake, I let her in. She kept her promise to her sister, Alexa Sutton broke me and this time, I don’t think is there is a way for me to survive this loss…
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#5

Blindside

2023

Them… Nothing hurts more than your favorite person becoming a life lesson… Closure is a scam! Accept what they did to you and move on, or try to. We manifested our goals into a reality, everything we wanted was within reach… everything but her…Not even being drafted into our dream teams could fill the void she left. Her absence caused a wedge between us, we tried to close that gap by falling into bed together… She turned her back on us and left us reeling. Now that we’ve found her, we plan to seek the revenge we are owed. She hid the truth from us, Katie Turner is going to learn just how ruthless we can be when we’re wronged and believe us, she fu\*king did us real dirty. You can’t change someone by loving them harder… Her… Having a soft heart in a cruel world takes courage, not weakness. Months away from them lulled me into thinking I was able to move on, Crue Hastings and Saint Morgan aren’t the types of guys you can just get over. They forced me to need them, to love them and all that got me was them turning their backs and leaving me on the floor in a pool of my own blood. They found me and now they plan to exact their revenge. I screwed up, I made the worst mistake of my life. They hate me and want to see me fall, they may just get their wish if I can’t convince them to help me save her from the devil himself. If you don’t heal what hurt you, you’ll bleed on people who didn’t cut you

Author

Samantha Barrett
Samantha Barrett
Author · 33 books

Samantha Barrett is a dark romance, PNR author who loves to write out-of-the-box stories. She is originally from the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand. She is totally fluking her way through this whole author gig, if she isn't writing you can find her kicking back with her kids and husband with a bag of chips and glass of wine in her hand. Sam loves Twilight and is a TWIHARD proudly. You can stalk her on – Instagram - @author.samantha.barrett Facebook – author.samantha.barrett Tiktok - @samanthabarrettauthor Twitter - @author_sbarrett You can also visit my website at www.authorsamanthabarrett.com

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