Author & Storyteller 🐦‍🔥

I write stories where hearts are tested by chaos — where love endures in the unlikeliest places, and the world always hangs on the edge of something extraordinary.

From modern-day myths to worlds reborn from fire, my fiction blends romance, adventure, and the kind of magic that lingers long after the last page.

Welcome to my world — equal parts heartbreak, hope, and a little smoke.

About my writing...

The stories I write:

"Epic adventures, stitched together with yearning and heartbreak."

That’s how I’d describe the worlds I create — stories where love and loss intertwine, where the world might be ending but the heart still dares to hope.

I write romantic fantasy and dystopian fiction — tales of impossible choices, slow-burn love, and the quiet courage it takes to keep going when everything falls apart.

The moments that change us — the kind that start as a whisper and end as a wildfire.
My stories live where love meets chaos, where destiny gets messy, and where the human heart refuses to give up.

Whether it’s a lost soul chasing echoes of the past, or two strangers bound by something greater than coincidence — every tale I write is a reminder that even in the wreckage, there’s always light.

I weave romantic adventure and emotional depth, often with a touch of myth, history, or mystery. The worlds might shift — from dystopian ruins to sun-drenched cities — but one thread remains: love that asks us to grow.

My novels blend emotion and adrenaline: heart-wrenching romance, vivid world-building, and a pulse of adventure that keeps the pages turning.
Expect battles and betrayals, yearning and redemption — and characters you’ll miss when the story ends.

My writing journey.

I’ve been telling stories for as long as I can remember — rewriting my favourite TV shows as a kid, spinning fanfics as a teen, and filling notebooks with half-finished worlds.

But it wasn’t until my twenties that I realised this wasn’t just a hobby.
After completing several NaNoWriMo marathons (and winning three), I understood that writing wasn’t something I wanted to do — it was who I was.

Now, in my thirties, I’m ready to bring those stories out of the drawer and into readers’ hands.

How my stories begin...

Every book starts with a spark — a single scene that refuses to leave me alone.
From that one moment, the world unfolds: the characters arrive fully formed, the setting breathes, and the “what if” question starts to whisper.

I write intuitively — letting my characters lead me through their chaos.
Sometimes, they surprise me by steering the plot in directions I never planned. And honestly? That’s where the magic happens.

“It always starts with one spark — and never ends the way I expect.”

Why I write,

because stories matter.

Because love — in all its messy, painful, beautiful forms — is worth writing about.
And because somewhere, out there, someone needs to read the stories I’m aching to tell.

“I write the stories I’ve always longed to read — fierce, fragile, and full of fire.”

I write because stories remind us we’re never alone — that even in chaos, connection survives. They show us that heartbreak can spark healing, and that every ending can still become a beginning.

Each book I write begins with a spark — a single image, a feeling, a question that refuses to leave me — and soon it becomes a world I can’t stop exploring.

Here’s what’s next on my journey…

What am I writing?

Right now, I’m editing my debut novel, Up in Smoke, a romantic adventure that starts in Rome, where myth meets modern day.

Beyond that, there’s a queue of stories waiting to be told:

🕯️Battle of the Angels — a historical fantasy where witch hunts are real, and a forbidden romance could change everything.

🔥 When Hell Freezes Over — a dystopian war novel tangled in enemies-to-lovers and exes-to-lovers chaos.

And dozens more ideas that sit (not so) quietly in notebooks and voicenotes, waiting to be written.

About Up in Smoke

A romantic adventure set in modern-day Rome — where myth, memory, and destiny intertwine.

When Ember visits Rome, she takes part in one of the city’s oldest superstitions — tossing a coin into the Trevi Fountain and making a wish. She laughs it off… until the dreams begin.

Visions of gladiators, ancient timelines, and one man she’s never met but somehow knows. Back home, that same man appears on a dating app. Coincidence? Destiny?

Just as their love begins to bloom, he vanishes — and every trace of him disappears with him. Their messages are gone. No 'match' in her dating app. Her friends don’t even remember him. But Ember does...

And she is certain it was real.

Determined to uncover the truth, she sets off on a journey that blurs the line between past and present — following clues, chasing echoes, and learning that the greatest discovery might not be her dream guy at all, but everything she needed to know about herself.

Up in Smoke is a story about trust, fate, and the kind of love that burns across lifetimes — even when the universe has other plans.

Behind the story:

Rome has always held a certain kind of magic for me — the way time folds in on itself, how every stone feels like it remembers.

The spark for Up in Smoke came from my own trip to Rome: I found myself at the Trevi Fountain, tossing in a coin and whispering a wish — without expecting anything to change. Yet a few days later, I got the first message from a man and inspiration for a story that refused to stay unwritten.. Three years later, that same man proposed to me in that very same city.

At its heart, this book is about trusting the universe, finding strength in uncertainty, and remembering that love — and creativity — always find their way home.

What's next?

Up in Smoke is currently in editing and I am preparing to query literary agents for representation.

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Sam Michelle is a UK-based author of romantic fantasy and dystopian fiction, crafting stories of love, loss, and courage set in worlds that demand the heart to grow.