Samantha Turner

Samantha Turner
First appearance: TEMPTATION CALLS

Birthplace: New Orleans, LA, of Creole descent
Date: July 23, 18something (Like Ryder, Samantha stopped counting birthdays a long time ago)
Past life: Servant girl and housewife.

Eyes: Deep deep blue Height: About 5’5″
Distinguishing Features: Samantha is mixed race and has a tattoo of Artemis, the huntress on her thigh (this was added to the Harlequin cover of TEMPTATION CALLS, but is never mentioned in the book!)

Books in which Samantha has appeared:

Samantha Turner was the heroine in TEMPTATION CALLS. She also appears in DEVOTION CALLS as she is friends with Ricardo Fernandez.

Samantha Turner’s first husband beat her, causing the death of her unborn child and making it impossible for Samantha to have more children. If not for Ryder Latimer, she might have died from the beating. When Ryder helped her secure a position tending to the Danvers’ family new baby, Samantha thought her life had taken a turn for the better — until she is grabbed on the way home, raped and turned.
Samantha’s trust in Peter lets her give her heart to the tough detective
When the band of maurading vampires who keep Samantha under their control attack a group of doctors tending to wounded soldiers, Samantha discovers that one of the fatally wounded soldiers is Ryder Latimer. Samantha cannot bear to watch Ryder die and turned Ryder to repay him for his earlier kindness.

Samantha makes a decision that night to leave the vampire group and survives so that she can help others avoid a similar fate to the one she experienced. She has spent time in numerous cities, but settled in Spanish Harlem in New York City where she runs a shelter for battered women. The name of the shelter is the Artemis Shelter.

Survival will lead her to Peter Daly, who teaches her that not all men hurt and that love is possible, even after nearly 150 years.