Samantha Allen Books in Order

Allen travels through conservative American states to meet LGBT people who build communities where they already live. Reporting from clubs, political gatherings, and everyday meeting places, she explores belonging, local activism, and the chosen families supporting queer life.

Renee reaches the final four of a television dating competition and travels to a remote island for the closing episodes. Rivalry and staged romance give way to fear as contestants discover that the island's hidden threat makes elimination dangerously literal.

Ghostwriter Adam accepts a closeted actor's memoir assignment, only to discover his client is literally a ghost. With a month before Roland's body is found, their struggle to tell his story becomes an unexpected romance between two very different men.

Reality-show producer Puck arrives at a friend's forest-resort wedding convinced the marriage is a mistake. Secretly rearranging the couples becomes harder when an organized maid of honor resists their plans and an appealing bridesmaid distracts the self-appointed matchmaker.