Writes Gritty, Historical Family Sagas set around Mersey Docklands.

MY BOOKS

BOOK 2 in the Beamer Street Series:

A Safe Haven on Beamer Street

A SAFE HAVEN ON BEAMER STREET.

Lady Elodie Caraway and her young daughter Melissa have no choice but to escape the wrath of Lord Caraway as dark secrets begin to unfold.

Leaving the luxurious prison of Oakland Hall, for the freedom of Liverpool Dockland with a change of name to protect them, and the centuries old skill of herbal healing, passed down from her female ancestors, Ellie Kirrin finds peace with the matriarchs of Beamer Street – but for how long?

A SAFE HAVEN ON BEAMER STREET. Out on 9th May.

The Beamer Street Series: https://sheilawriter.co.uk/

Finding Friends on Beamer Street starts a new series.

Mary Jane Starling’s secret wedding to Paddy Redfern cannot take place when her fiance is brutally killed, changing her life forever. But by taking the ferry from Ireland to Liverpool, determined Mary Jane strives to make a good life for herself and her unborn child.

THE DOCKSIDE SERIES

THE RECKONER’S ROW SERIES

The Mersey Orphan

My first Sheila Riley book! 1947, the coldest winter in living memory when Evie Kilgaren must return to Reckoner’s Row to look after her siblings when their mother does a moonlight flit!

The Mersey Girls

The Mersey Mothers

1953 sees the women of Reckoner’s Row preparing for the Coronation of the young Queen Elizabeth 2, and also the wedding of Evie Kilgaren to Danny Harris – but will the wedding take place when there is a murderer walking free…

  • 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…

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  • PARTY TIME!

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  • Hi there, I hope all is well with you, and you are looking forward to the warmer spring days to come. I have been pottering – I love that word – getting everything in the greenhouse ready for the new plants to go in, like an expectant mother preparing the nursery, excited at what the…

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  • Happy New Year!

    Hello Readers! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you the very best for the coming year. Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? And do you stick to them? I’m full of good intentions and do aim to procrastinate less when I should be writing. As you may know, my latest…

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  • Coming Soon!

    Hello Lovely Readers, I have been dodging the latest heatwave, being a natural red-head with freckles – which my dark-haired brothers would tease me about saying I sunbathed under a colander 🙂 However, my time has not been wasted – more about that later. You will be pleased to hear that my latest novel, number… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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… Read more