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Happy New Year!
Hello Readers, welcome to my New Year newsletter. I want to explain why you haven’t heard from me in such a long time. You see, the past year has been difficult for me and my family, but somehow we got through it…
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The New Beamer Street Novel
Family Ties On Beamer Street #FamilyTiesonBeamerStreet #NetGalley #BoldwoodBooks Family Ties on Beamer Street: A BRAND NEW thrilling instalment in Sheila Riley’s heartbreaking saga series for 2025. Set against the backdrop of The General Strike, difficult lines have to be crossed… Liverpool May 1926 Peggy and Dar Tenant’s dream of security and respectability has been their…
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Coming soon!
Hello Lovelies, It has been ages since I’ve been here because I have been so busy writing my next Beamer Street novel, which is out in January and available to order now on Amazon (or any other good book site) In Family Ties on Beamer Street we meet Peggy Tenant and her family. Peggy longs…
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My interview with Karen King
I am delighted to share this interview with the wonderful, best-selling author, Karen King, who hosted me on her Friday Reads Blog! Friday Reads – A Safe Haven on Beamer Street by Sheila Riley “Welcome back to my Friday Reads blog. My guest this week is popular historical fiction author Sheila Riley. Sheila has popped by to talk…
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YAY! PUBLICATION DAY.
My latest book A SAFE HAVEN ON BEAMER STREET, published on 9th May, tells the story of my main character Elodie, a herbal healer, who in 1916 dreams of owning her own apothecary. Her life is not easy after she finds her mother dead on the day of the summer solstice – her sixteenth birthday…
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I received a wonderful gift.
Hello Lovely Readers, Welcome to my website. It seems strange, but very satisfying, to look out of my window and not see glistening wet pavements, drenched birds and soggy little animals trying so very hard to keep warm and dry. In fact, this dry weather is giving me some hope for a glimpse of summer.…
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Book 2 in the Beamer St series.
Hello Readers, I just want to remind you, A Safe Haven on Beamer Street, the second in the Beamer Street trilogy will be published on the 9th May 2024, so not long to wait now to find out how the residents, Molly, Mary-Jane, Peggy and viper-tongued Ina are all faring in Beamer Street. 24-year-old Elodie…
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Hello Readers,
Welcome to my not very consistent updates. Well then, what will you be doing with your spare time over the Easter holiday? A bit of gardening perhaps? There is nothing I like better at this time of year than bimbling around the local garden centres and nurseries, dreaming of all those luscious flowers and plants…
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And so…
Hello Lovely Readers! Remember when I said, the next Beamer Street book is set in the run up to WW2? Well, I might have been a bit hasty on that one, because, although that novel has been written, we – my wonderful editor Caroline, and I, decided that it would be a good idea to…
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Hi There,
I hope all is good in your world. I have been really busy over the summer, writing the second book in the Beamer Street series, which I cannot wait to talk about, but more of that in future posts. Back in May, I was delighted to join fellow authors and publishing friends at the fabulous…

