Samantha Ward-Smith Writer
@samwardsmithwriter.bsky.social
Bestselling Author. Historian. Raven lover.
PhD in early modern letters.
Debut novel 'Tower of Vengeance' out now on Amazon. 13th Century historical fiction set in The Tower of London.
WIP 'Ravenscourt' Victorian Gothic.
Www.samanthawardsmithwriter.com
PhD in early modern letters.
Debut novel 'Tower of Vengeance' out now on Amazon. 13th Century historical fiction set in The Tower of London.
WIP 'Ravenscourt' Victorian Gothic.
Www.samanthawardsmithwriter.com
If you have read #Ravenscourt please don't forget to leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads - reviews really help authors and if you don't the House will remember....it never forgets! #Reviews #Book #HistoricalFiction #GothicVibes #ThankYou
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you have read #Ravenscourt please don't forget to leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads - reviews really help authors and if you don't the House will remember....it never forgets! #Reviews #Book #HistoricalFiction #GothicVibes #ThankYou
https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/post/authors-you-can-meet-at-our-author-fair-on-29-november
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/post/authors-you-can-meet-at-our-author-fair-on-29-november
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
Today is the final #BlogTour stop #TheCoffeePotBookClub for #Ravenscourt:
https://themysteriousuniverseofbooks.blogspot.com/
https://deborahswift.com/blog/
Thank you to all the wonderful hosts who have shone a light on my #Gothic #book these past two weeks! What fun it has been!
#HistoricalFiction
https://themysteriousuniverseofbooks.blogspot.com/
https://deborahswift.com/blog/
Thank you to all the wonderful hosts who have shone a light on my #Gothic #book these past two weeks! What fun it has been!
#HistoricalFiction
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Today is the final #BlogTour stop #TheCoffeePotBookClub for #Ravenscourt:
https://themysteriousuniverseofbooks.blogspot.com/
https://deborahswift.com/blog/
Thank you to all the wonderful hosts who have shone a light on my #Gothic #book these past two weeks! What fun it has been!
#HistoricalFiction
https://themysteriousuniverseofbooks.blogspot.com/
https://deborahswift.com/blog/
Thank you to all the wonderful hosts who have shone a light on my #Gothic #book these past two weeks! What fun it has been!
#HistoricalFiction
Today's stops on #TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour for #Ravenscourt are:
https://historicalfictionblog.com/
https://ruinsandreading.blogspot.com/
Thank you for hosting me!
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
https://historicalfictionblog.com/
https://ruinsandreading.blogspot.com/
Thank you for hosting me!
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today's stops on #TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour for #Ravenscourt are:
https://historicalfictionblog.com/
https://ruinsandreading.blogspot.com/
Thank you for hosting me!
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
https://historicalfictionblog.com/
https://ruinsandreading.blogspot.com/
Thank you for hosting me!
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
Today's stops on #TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour for #Ravenscourt are:
https://sarandipitys.com/blog/
https://www.rachelelwissjoyce.com/rachels-blog
Many thanks to both for hosting me.
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
https://sarandipitys.com/blog/
https://www.rachelelwissjoyce.com/rachels-blog
Many thanks to both for hosting me.
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today's stops on #TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour for #Ravenscourt are:
https://sarandipitys.com/blog/
https://www.rachelelwissjoyce.com/rachels-blog
Many thanks to both for hosting me.
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
https://sarandipitys.com/blog/
https://www.rachelelwissjoyce.com/rachels-blog
Many thanks to both for hosting me.
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
I will be at the #MedwayRiverLit Author Fair on 29th November selling both #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengeance - perfect Xmas presents for the book lovers in your life! Click on the link to find out more:
https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/post/authors-you-can-meet-at-our-author-fair-on-29-november
https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/post/authors-you-can-meet-at-our-author-fair-on-29-november
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I will be at the #MedwayRiverLit Author Fair on 29th November selling both #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengeance - perfect Xmas presents for the book lovers in your life! Click on the link to find out more:
https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/post/authors-you-can-meet-at-our-author-fair-on-29-november
https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/post/authors-you-can-meet-at-our-author-fair-on-29-november
Today's stops on #TheCoffeePotBookClub #blogtour for #Ravencourt are:
https://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/
https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/hist-fic-chickie-blog
Many thanks to both for hosting me.
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
https://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/
https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/hist-fic-chickie-blog
Many thanks to both for hosting me.
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Today's stops on #TheCoffeePotBookClub #blogtour for #Ravencourt are:
https://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/
https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/hist-fic-chickie-blog
Many thanks to both for hosting me.
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
https://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/
https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/hist-fic-chickie-blog
Many thanks to both for hosting me.
#HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Books #Blogs
My 2nd week on tour with #thecoffeepotbookclub - today's stops :
https://maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/
https://mythslegendsbooks.blogspot.com/ - guest post
https://thewhisperingbookworm.blogspot.com/ - I have done an interview for this blog!
https://marysbookcase.blogspot.com/
#Ravenscourt #Gothic
https://maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/
https://mythslegendsbooks.blogspot.com/ - guest post
https://thewhisperingbookworm.blogspot.com/ - I have done an interview for this blog!
https://marysbookcase.blogspot.com/
#Ravenscourt #Gothic
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My 2nd week on tour with #thecoffeepotbookclub - today's stops :
https://maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/
https://mythslegendsbooks.blogspot.com/ - guest post
https://thewhisperingbookworm.blogspot.com/ - I have done an interview for this blog!
https://marysbookcase.blogspot.com/
#Ravenscourt #Gothic
https://maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/
https://mythslegendsbooks.blogspot.com/ - guest post
https://thewhisperingbookworm.blogspot.com/ - I have done an interview for this blog!
https://marysbookcase.blogspot.com/
#Ravenscourt #Gothic
If you are looking for a mystery that lingers long after the final page then #Ravenscourt is waiting for you. A haunting tale of secrets and redemption, a house that won't stay silent and a woman who won't let go. #GothicFiction #HistoricalFiction #ghosts #hauntedhouse
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you are looking for a mystery that lingers long after the final page then #Ravenscourt is waiting for you. A haunting tale of secrets and redemption, a house that won't stay silent and a woman who won't let go. #GothicFiction #HistoricalFiction #ghosts #hauntedhouse
https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/post/authors-you-can-meet-at-our-author-fair-on-29-november
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/post/authors-you-can-meet-at-our-author-fair-on-29-november
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
Next stop for #Ravenscourt on #CoffeePotBookClubBlogTour:
https://www.wendyjdunn.com/blog/
https://www.brookallenauthor.com/blog
Well that was a fun week - more stops next week! Do let me know if you are enjoying it too!
#HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
https://www.wendyjdunn.com/blog/
https://www.brookallenauthor.com/blog
Well that was a fun week - more stops next week! Do let me know if you are enjoying it too!
#HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Next stop for #Ravenscourt on #CoffeePotBookClubBlogTour:
https://www.wendyjdunn.com/blog/
https://www.brookallenauthor.com/blog
Well that was a fun week - more stops next week! Do let me know if you are enjoying it too!
#HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
https://www.wendyjdunn.com/blog/
https://www.brookallenauthor.com/blog
Well that was a fun week - more stops next week! Do let me know if you are enjoying it too!
#HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
Today's stops on #Ravenscourt the #blogtour are:
https://crowvusbookblog.blogspot.com/ - my guest post is all about the Victorian Gothic Tradition
https://mjporterauthor.blog/
Thanks once again to my hosts on #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
https://crowvusbookblog.blogspot.com/ - my guest post is all about the Victorian Gothic Tradition
https://mjporterauthor.blog/
Thanks once again to my hosts on #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Today's stops on #Ravenscourt the #blogtour are:
https://crowvusbookblog.blogspot.com/ - my guest post is all about the Victorian Gothic Tradition
https://mjporterauthor.blog/
Thanks once again to my hosts on #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
https://crowvusbookblog.blogspot.com/ - my guest post is all about the Victorian Gothic Tradition
https://mjporterauthor.blog/
Thanks once again to my hosts on #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
I am doing an #authortalk on Friday at Shoe Lane Library, London, EC4A 3JR - tickets are free for in person or online just book via the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/madwomen-moors-and-masks-a-talk-tickets-1710737163909?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
#historicalfiction #Ravenscourt #Gothic
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/madwomen-moors-and-masks-a-talk-tickets-1710737163909?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
#historicalfiction #Ravenscourt #Gothic
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I am doing an #authortalk on Friday at Shoe Lane Library, London, EC4A 3JR - tickets are free for in person or online just book via the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/madwomen-moors-and-masks-a-talk-tickets-1710737163909?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
#historicalfiction #Ravenscourt #Gothic
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/madwomen-moors-and-masks-a-talk-tickets-1710737163909?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
#historicalfiction #Ravenscourt #Gothic
Our third stop on #CoffeePotBookClubBlogTour for #Ravenscourt are:
https://www.linneatanner.com/blog/
https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/ - my guest post here is all about Alexander my MMC.
Thanks to both hosts! #HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
https://www.linneatanner.com/blog/
https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/ - my guest post here is all about Alexander my MMC.
Thanks to both hosts! #HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Our third stop on #CoffeePotBookClubBlogTour for #Ravenscourt are:
https://www.linneatanner.com/blog/
https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/ - my guest post here is all about Alexander my MMC.
Thanks to both hosts! #HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
https://www.linneatanner.com/blog/
https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/ - my guest post here is all about Alexander my MMC.
Thanks to both hosts! #HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
Today's blog tour spot for #Ravenscourt:
https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/blog - my guest post here is regarding Ravenscourt the house as a setting and how Venice was a metaphor for the novel.
https://juditharnoppnovelist.blogspot.com/
Thanks to both hosts! #CoffeePotBookClub
https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/blog - my guest post here is regarding Ravenscourt the house as a setting and how Venice was a metaphor for the novel.
https://juditharnoppnovelist.blogspot.com/
Thanks to both hosts! #CoffeePotBookClub
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Today's blog tour spot for #Ravenscourt:
https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/blog - my guest post here is regarding Ravenscourt the house as a setting and how Venice was a metaphor for the novel.
https://juditharnoppnovelist.blogspot.com/
Thanks to both hosts! #CoffeePotBookClub
https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/blog - my guest post here is regarding Ravenscourt the house as a setting and how Venice was a metaphor for the novel.
https://juditharnoppnovelist.blogspot.com/
Thanks to both hosts! #CoffeePotBookClub
#Ravenscourt the blog tour with 'TheCoffeePotBookClub starts today. Check out these lovely blogs:
https://maryannbernal.blogspot.com/
https://elizabethjstjohn.com/
Thank you to both hosts for having me.
#HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
https://maryannbernal.blogspot.com/
https://elizabethjstjohn.com/
Thank you to both hosts for having me.
#HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#Ravenscourt the blog tour with 'TheCoffeePotBookClub starts today. Check out these lovely blogs:
https://maryannbernal.blogspot.com/
https://elizabethjstjohn.com/
Thank you to both hosts for having me.
#HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
https://maryannbernal.blogspot.com/
https://elizabethjstjohn.com/
Thank you to both hosts for having me.
#HistoricalFiction #GothicMystery
Love brought him to her. But something else is waiting. And it is ready to reveal its secrets.
#Ravenscourt #BestSeller #DarkRomance #GothicFiction #VictorianNoir #Thriller
#Ravenscourt #BestSeller #DarkRomance #GothicFiction #VictorianNoir #Thriller
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Love brought him to her. But something else is waiting. And it is ready to reveal its secrets.
#Ravenscourt #BestSeller #DarkRomance #GothicFiction #VictorianNoir #Thriller
#Ravenscourt #BestSeller #DarkRomance #GothicFiction #VictorianNoir #Thriller
Read the Amazon best selling #GothicFiction book #Ravenscourt if you dare. The House never forgot what she did - will you?
#DangerousWomen #RebeccaVibes #Haunted #Books #TwistedRomance
#DangerousWomen #RebeccaVibes #Haunted #Books #TwistedRomance
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Read the Amazon best selling #GothicFiction book #Ravenscourt if you dare. The House never forgot what she did - will you?
#DangerousWomen #RebeccaVibes #Haunted #Books #TwistedRomance
#DangerousWomen #RebeccaVibes #Haunted #Books #TwistedRomance
https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/post/authors-you-can-meet-at-our-author-fair-on-29-november
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
https://www.medwayriverlit.co.uk/post/authors-you-can-meet-at-our-author-fair-on-29-november
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
If you are local why not come and say hello at the Author Fair 29/11/2025. I will be selling both books #Ravenscourt and #TowerofVengenace #AuthorFair #LocalAuthor #MedwayRiverLit
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#Ravenscourt is off on tour next week! Join me if you dare! #BlogTour #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction #Gothic #RebeccaVibes #Haunted
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#Ravenscourt is off on tour next week! Join me if you dare! #BlogTour #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction #Gothic #RebeccaVibes #Haunted
If creaking staircases and cursed legacies bore you, my book will too. But if you love shadows that linger, ghostly whispers and candlelit corridors why not enter the world of Ravenscourt - read if you dare. #GothicFiction #BooksWithAtmosphere #RebeccaVibes #Haunted
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
If creaking staircases and cursed legacies bore you, my book will too. But if you love shadows that linger, ghostly whispers and candlelit corridors why not enter the world of Ravenscourt - read if you dare. #GothicFiction #BooksWithAtmosphere #RebeccaVibes #Haunted
Join me on a fabulous blog tour from 10th November until 21st November 2025! Lots of great stops and a good way to discover new blogs! I am very excited about this. #CoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour #Ravenscourt #OutNow #GothicFiction
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Join me on a fabulous blog tour from 10th November until 21st November 2025! Lots of great stops and a good way to discover new blogs! I am very excited about this. #CoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour #Ravenscourt #OutNow #GothicFiction
