Peta / Sam (novel), Peta & Sam (short story), feedback thread

[StrentWriter]

You're reading something wrong here. You've got a Red H because you've got an average score of 4.5 with more than ten votes. I don't know where you've got the 4.5/5 from - the score is 4.5 from 12 votes, and you've got 6 favorites.

The score is higher now anyway from 11 votes. It has gone up as votes have been removed.

 

[StrentWriter]

I present to you: Peta & Sam, a short story following on from my novel Peta/Sam and taking part in the Valentine’s Day Contest 2026.

Peta & Sam is a short companion story that follows directly on from the novel Peta/Sam, capturing the moment when two people who have spent years almost finding each other finally choose to stay.

Reunited in London, Peta and Sam move quickly from physical reconnection to an unambiguous decision: to marry, to blend their families, and to stop running from what they’ve always known. Alongside humour, explicit intimacy, and cultural friction, the story explores grief, responsibility, and the quiet work of becoming a family.

Set around an intimate wedding in Holland Park and its aftermath, Peta & Sam closes one chapter of their relationship while opening another — a love story no longer defined by longing, but by choice and consequence.