Love Between the Lines in Seagull Bay
(2026)(Book 12 in the Love in Seagull Bay series)
A novel by Michelle Hill
❤️Welcome to Seagull Bay❤️
An English seaside romance series brimming with friendship, community and heart. Familiar faces return time and again as new romances blossom, following townsfolk of all ages as they discover that love can find you when you least expect it.
Rebecca has always been happier between the pages of a book than at the centre of her own story.Working at the local library suits her perfectly, but when she is forced to use up weeks of accumulated annual leave, Rebecca suddenly has far too much time on her hands. Her parents soon solve that problem by putting her to work at Bell, Book, and Table, their cosy little homeware shop in Seagull Bay. Surrounded by candles, pottery and autumn displays, Rebecca can’t help wondering when her life became quite so predictable.
Then James arrives.
James has come to Seagull Bay for a temporary stay, helping out at Seagull Store while supposedly taking some time to decide what comes next. Charming, observant and surprisingly knowledgeable about romance novels, James is unlike anyone Rebecca has met before. Before long, chance encounters turn into coffees, autumn walks and conversations Rebecca finds herself looking forward to far too much.
What she doesn’t know is that James has a secret.
Under a carefully guarded pen name, he is the bestselling romance author whose books Rebecca has been devouring for years.
James has built a career writing the kind of love stories readers dream about, yet the romance he creates so easily on the page has always eluded him in real life. Worse still, his latest novel has completely stalled—until an intelligent, book-loving librarian with an ordinary life she believes isn’t worth writing about begins to inspire him again.
As autumn settles over Seagull Bay, Rebecca starts to wonder whether perhaps her life isn’t as dull as she thought.
But when she discovers James’s true identity—and realises his new heroine bears more than a passing resemblance to her—Rebecca is left questioning everything.
Was James really falling for her?
Or was she simply the inspiration he needed for his next book?
James knows the truth.
Rebecca didn''t become part of his story because he needed a heroine.
The story came back to life because he fell in love with her.
A sweet and wholesome small-town romance filled with autumn charm, books, hidden identities, familiar Seagull Bay faces and the reminder that sometimes the greatest love stories aren’t found between the pages—they happen when you finally step into your own.
Genre: Romance