Welcome
Welcome! Fair warning — if you stick around, you might laugh, you might cry, and you will almost certainly burn dinner.
I'm Sheila Seabrook, and I write romantic stories full of messy families, stubborn hearts, and the kind of love that sneaks up on you when you're busy making other plans. I live on the Canadian prairies, where I spend my days writing, avoiding housework, and pretending that reading romance novels counts as professional development. (It does. I've decided.)
Have a look around and find your next great read. Your to-do list will be right where you left it.
WHAT SHOULD YOU READ FIRST?
Not Sure Where to Start? With nine books and two series, jumping in can feel a little overwhelming. So let's make it easy. Pick your mood and I'll point you in the right direction.
I want to ugly-cry in the best possible way. Start with Always Remember. A country music queen, a stubborn rancher, a seventeen-year-old secret, and a love that survived every lie told to protect it. Keep tissues within arm's reach. You've been warned.
Give me all the feels, but make it intense. A Time to be Tender is the one. A widowed cowboy drowning his grief, a kindergarten teacher hiding a nightmare she can't speak aloud, and a family pieced together from grief and grace and stubborn, reckless love. This one will wreck you — and then put you back together.
I want action, heart, and a blow-up doll. You read that right. Terms of Surrender has a crisis negotiator who'd rather face a loaded rifle than his own feelings, an ER nurse with pink toenails and fearless loyalty, and yes, an uninvited blow-up doll. It's emotional, surprising, and impossible to put down.
Make me laugh until I snort. The Caught Between series was made for you. Set on the fictional Serendipity Island, these books are packed with family hijinks, meddling mothers, con-artist dads, naughty lingerie mishaps, and love that sneaks up when nobody's looking. Start with Caught Between a Lie and True Love and meet Paige, a woman who knows every trick in the con-artist's book — because her dad taught her all of them.
I want something short, sweet, and a little bit magical. The Valentine Grinch is a novella about a woman who hates Valentine's Day, a best friend who's grown into a total hunk, and a meddling ghost of a grandpa who refuses to move on. It's quirky, romantic, and just the right length for a cozy evening.
Give me a secret marriage and a billionaire. Love Under Construction has a billionaire land developer returning to the small town he fled, a tough-as-nails contractor who happens to be his secret wife, and a grumpy grandpa who wants nothing to do with "that boy." Add a nosy small-town reporter and you've got a recipe for chaos.
Ghosts, treasure, and meddling mothers-in-law? Yes, please. Wedding Fever is the one with the ghost. A reporter, her ex-husband on a treasure hunt, two scheming mothers plotting a wedding, and a teenage daughter who happens to be dead — but has a lot of opinions about her parents' love life.
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about sheila seabrook
Sheila Seabrook writes love stories with heart and humor from her home on the beautiful Canadian prairies. Her romantic books are filled with smart, sassy women, hot men who love them, and a wild assortment of family members guaranteed to try to steal the show.
When Sheila's not writing, she can usually be found in her favorite chair doing research (code for reading romance books) or devising multiple excuses to avoid cooking, laundry, housework, and shoveling the snow. She does, however, love to shop for flowers in the spring, and spends copious hours digging in the dirt to plant them…although her marriage contract clearly stipulates that the man of the house must pull the weeds.
Her mission in life is to give readers emotional romantic stories and unforgettable characters, a relaxing treat for the end of the day. And if she can help them escape the laundry pile, she's totally on board.
Now that you know Sheila's secrets, go MEET HER CHARACTERS. Fair warning — they're louder than she is, and far less well-behaved.