Sheila O'Flanagan Books in Order

In 1920s Dublin, ordinary office worker Winnie O’Leary meets Joseph Burke, a rebel deeply involved in the fight for Irish independence. Drawn into a dangerous world of safe houses and secret missions, she has to balance love, loyalty and the safety of her own family.

Five years after losing her firefighter husband, Eden has rebuilt a careful life with her young daughter and her in-laws constant support. When a new relationship tempts her toward happiness, she must choose between her own future and the expectations of the family who helped her cope.

Delphie loves her coastal home, her work and her deliberately uncomplicated love life. Over one summer filled with family weddings and sudden bad news, she is forced to reconsider what security really means, and whether keeping her options open is still what she wants.

Deira never planned to steal a car and drive to France, but heartbreak pushes her to break all her own rules. Grace is following a route her late husband mapped out. Thrown together on the road, the two women share secrets and slowly reshape their futures.

At the White Sands resort in the Caribbean, guests arrive hoping the sun will fix problems they left behind. A weary singer, a conflicted bride, a couple hiding a failing marriage and a writer seeking inspiration all discover that paradise brings its own challenges.

After learning the deadly truth behind the Runners, Kaia can no longer accept a glorious sacrifice, and Joe is determined to help. As they move between Carcassia and Earth, they risk everything to expose a web of lies and save future Runners.

Roxy believed her marriage to Dave was solid until she comes home early and finds him in bed with their neighbour. As she juggles teenagers, money worries and an unexpected chance to drive her late father’s taxi, Roxy has to decide how much forgiveness she owes.

This collection, originally published as Destinations, centres on passengers sharing a train journey. A PR girl whose big night goes viral, strangers overhearing each other’s calls and a wife confronting hidden danger all show how a single encounter can redirect a life.

Back in 1980s Dublin, Lola Fitzpatrick falls for charming, entitled Philip and is pushed into a devastating choice that changes everything. Decades later, her daughter Bey makes dangerous decisions of her own, and the truth about that one night finally demands to be faced.

Radiographer Juno Ryan thinks she has found love again after divorce, until a shocking news report exposes her boyfriend’s double life. Fleeing to a friends villa in Spain, she tries to heal among orange groves and new friends, only to discover yet more secrets.

Returning to Sugar Loaf Lodge at Christmastime, this expanded collection gathers festive stories of guests arriving with broken hearts, guilty secrets and awkward families. Amid snow, roaring fires and thoughtful hosts, some find romance, others forgiveness, and all leave altered by the season.

Chased by bullies in Dublin, Joe dives through a mysterious portal and finds himself in Carcassia, where teenage Runners like Kaia are trained to die to protect a powerful shield. Together they question the system and race to survive their first mission.

To outsiders, Imogen Naughton has a perfect marriage, but behind closed doors she feels controlled and afraid. One day she vanishes and begins a quiet new life in a French seaside town, while those she left behind are forced to confront who she really was.

This short e-book offers a chatty peek behind the scenes of Sheila O’Flanagan’s writing life, mixing personal essays, thoughts on family parties, a reader Q and A, a complete short story and a first-chapter taster of My Mother’s Secret.

Steffie and her siblings plan a surprise ruby wedding party for their parents, expecting an easy celebration. Instead their mother Jenny finally reveals a secret she has carried for forty years, shaking the entire family and reshaping how her children see their past.

Engaged and apparently settled, Carlotta O’Keefe travels to Seville on business and unexpectedly meets Luke, the first love who once broke her heart. As old chemistry resurfaces, she must choose between the safe future she has built and the life she might have had.

Abbey Anderson’s boyfriend walks out and her distant mother offers no comfort. When an Irish stranger appears in California with startling news about her family, Abbey flies to Dublin, colliding with the wealthy but dysfunctional Fitzpatricks and a legacy full of buried secrets.

Sports reporter Sheridan Gray loses her job, her flat and her boyfriend in the same week, and blames powerful tycoon Paudie O’Malley for it all. Taking a temporary post in his hometown, she digs into the mystery of his late wife while rebuilding her own life.

Pippa Jones seems to have everything a high-flying career woman could want except love. When she keeps bumping into the same handsome stranger around town, she wonders if fate is nudging them together, but risking her precarious job for romance feels dangerously reckless.

Lainey is a popular TV weather presenter who can predict storms on screen but not in her own life. As her latest relationship falters and her formidable, estranged mother returns to Dublin, long-buried family secrets push Lainey to rethink love, success and happy endings.

Dominique Domino Delahaye has reinvented herself as the glamorous wife of high-flying businessman Brendan. When he suddenly disappears, leaving financial chaos behind, Domino is left to protect their daughter, rebuild her life and decide whether she will ever stand by him again.

At Christmas, the owners of Sugar Loaf Lodge in rural Ireland welcome guests who would rather not be at home. Across a series of linked stories, heartbroken, angry and hopeful visitors face old hurts and find small, surprising chances for change.

Britt has sworn off love after one painful mistake, yet somehow has written a bestselling romance called The Perfect Man. Her sister Mia still believes in soulmates. A Caribbean cruise forces both women to confront past heartbreak and decide whether they dare love again.

Written for the Open Door series, this short, easy-to-read story focuses on adult relationships under strain, as love, marriage and the arrival of a third person unsettle old certainties and force the characters to decide what – and who – really matters to them.

Romy Kilkenny has built a sunny, independent life in Australia, far from the Irish family she never quite fit with. Summoned home at short notice, she faces old tensions, a complicated half-kiss with best friend Keith and the question of where she truly belongs.

Darcey and Nieve were inseparable friends until Nieve stole Aidan, the man Darcey loved and planned to marry. Ten years later an invitation to their lavish wedding drags old wounds into the open and tempts Darcey toward revenge, closure or something in between.

Impatient newlywed Iona is desperate for a baby, certain it will complete her perfect life. Long-married Sally is shocked by an unexpected pregnancy that upends her careful plans. When their stories collide, both women must reassess what commitment and family really mean.

Set in the luxurious White Sands resort, this collection of interconnected stories follows holidaymakers escaping to the Caribbean. Anniversary trips, secret affairs, strained marriages and new flirtations all unfold under the sun as guests discover that running away does not stop real life catching up.

Claire Hudson lost her childhood sweetheart Bill in a tragic accident and has focused solely on raising their daughter Georgia. Now that Georgia is a teenager asking about boys, Claire steps nervously back into dating and learns that love can strike twice.

When recently widowed Cora returns from a cruise with a handsome younger boyfriend, her adult daughters Andie and Jin are horrified. As they scheme to manage their mother’s love life, each woman is forced to examine the cracks in her own relationships.

Air-traffic controller Carey Browne heads to New York for a shopping break and a little breathing space from men. A chance seatmate, Ben Russell, turns into a whirlwind Vegas marriage, leaving the couple to face doubtful families, old flames and nagging second thoughts.

Romantic daydreamer Jane O’Sullivan believes marriage to Rory will deliver the life she has always imagined. As reality proves far messier than her fantasies, she has to decide whether to keep drifting along or take charge of her future for the first time.

A collection of linked short stories that follows women on journeys around Dublin and beyond. From chance conversations on trains to long-delayed family reunions, each tale captures a pivotal moment when a characters ordinary route suddenly leads somewhere unexpected.

Nessa Riley thinks she has the perfect husband and home, until rumours of Adam’s affair shake her faith. As her sharp-tongued sisters Cate and Bree weigh in with their own relationship dramas, all three women must decide which men are worth keeping.

To her younger sister Tessa, Caroline O’Shaughnessy seems to have it all: looks, charm and a devoted boyfriend. An unplanned pregnancy and one reckless night send shockwaves through both sisters’ lives, forcing them to confront loyalty, desire and the cost of keeping secrets.

Ash O’Halloran is happily single, running her catering business and keeping love at arm’s length. Hired to cook the meal at which Dan plans to propose to his girlfriend, she gets drawn into someone else’s romantic mess and starts questioning her own rules.

Two weeks before her lavish wedding, Isobel’s perfect fiancé calls the whole thing off. Fleeing to Spain for a fresh start, she builds a new career and falls for charming Nico, but unfinished business at home refuses to stay buried.

Gemma Garvey ended her marriage to work-obsessed David and chose life as a single mother. When he remarries glamorous Orla, Gemma spirals into jealousy while insecure Orla struggles with the comparison, and David refuses to see that the trouble is only beginning.

When Alix Callaghan’s long-term boyfriend dumps her in favour of a sensible life without her, she is left reeling. As she navigates heartbreak, bad dates and new friendships, Alix slowly discovers that being single might offer more freedom than she imagined.

Maggie is forty-three, devoted to her husband Dan and grown children, but starved of romance. Her family think she is too old to want more. A chance encounter awakens long-dormant desires and forces her to weigh her own needs against the ones she has always met for others.