Samantha Shaye is a young adult and new adult no spice / no heat fantasy authors. Her tropes include found family, strong friendships, powerful females, morally gray characters, unique magic systems, and deep world building. No spice / no heat does not mean no flirting and no angst! You’ll find plenty of flirtation, angst, and romantic lines that will make you giddy. There’s just no explicit details and no physical romantic activities beyond sweet kisses, hugs, holding hands.
EXALTED WARRIORS
Samantha Shaye's Exalted Warriors is an elite team of readers, bloggers, and influencers who want to
help boost engagement on Samantha's posts and share her books. The requirements to join this team are as follows:
- You must have read or plan on reading at least one of Samantha's books.
- You must be active on social media for at least 5 minutes per week.
- You must have Facebook. There is a requirement to join a group where Samantha will share links to posts you can interact with.
- You must follow Samantha on one of her socials:
www.samanthashaye.com/follow
The responsibilities of Exalted Warriors are as follows and to be an Exalted Warrior you must agree to them:
- You will refrain from discussing anything that happens in this group. Exalted Warriors will receive information that is not available to the general public. Anyone found breaking this rule will be banned from the Exalted Warriors and any other teams they are on for Samantha. There is a nondisclosure agreement at the end of this form.
- You must like, comment on, and share at least one of Samantha's social media posts per day.
- You must engage with at least one post during one of Samantha's takeover spots at virtual events per month, provided she is participating in one.
- You must engage with at least two posts during Samantha's release parties.
You will be compensated in the following ways:
- e-ARCs of every book Samantha releases
- Acknowledgements in the form of team mention in Samantha's books
- Monthly gift card giveaways (maximum sum of $10) to those who are most active
SPELL CASTERS
Samantha’s Spell Casters is her group of permanent ARC readers. To stay on the team you must agree to the following:
- If accepting an ARC, you agree to not distribute the ARC in any way, shape, or form including sharing with friends who are not part of the team, uploading to websites, selling the ARC, or plagiarizing. Failure to comply will get you banned from the group.
- Understand that Samantha does not require you to leave a review but if you choose to do so, she prefers Goodreads, Amazon, and BookBub. All others are okay, too! If you post on social media, you can tag her as well!
- If leaving a review, Samantha asks that you hold any two stars or less until two weeks after release date.
- If you DNF, Samantha just asks that you let her know. DNF-ing does not get you banned :-)
Samantha
- Understands that life happens and you may not be able to complete ARCs within the first two weeks of release.
- Understands that reviews are objective and readers have different rating systems.
- Understands that not all reviews will be positive. That’s the beauty of writing.
- Values her readers’ health and their family time over her release schedule. So if you have any issues, just let her know
- Values her readers opinions and constructive criticisms. She uses reviews to learn and improve her craft.
