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Cecile M. Sheff

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Born

in Windsor, Ontario, Canada

April 26

Website

https://cecilemsheff.ca/

Genre

Contemporary, Romance

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January 2025

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Cecile M. Sheff found her own Happily Ever After over 40 years ago and has built both a home and a life with her partner in Southern Ontario over the many years they've been together. It's this relationship that informs her romances and helps her to write believable and heartfelt happy endings (or continuings) for her characters.

But real life happens in the course of any romance, and without the challenges and traumas that come into a life, the happy endings don't hold the same gravity. Which is why she is always delighted when she's told that she is "mean" to her characters.

Cecile retired as an Admin Assistant several years ago and now focuses her time on writing and publishing, spending time with family (at home and afar), reading, atten ...more

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Average rating: 4.64 · 22 ratings · 17 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Jumping in Puddles 4.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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First Down (Thorndale Hearts #0.5)

by D.L. Croisette (Goodreads Author)

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In the Shadow of Secrets (Shadows & Secrets #1)

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Dropping in to let everyone know that In the Shadow of Secrets is now available for sale. I hope you'll join Glory, an artist who's starting to make a name for herself in her hometown of Toronto, and Lucas, a movie star heartthrob origi ...more "

Jun 02, 2026 08:22AM · see review

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Jumping in Puddles

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Cecile Sheff said: " Dear Readers,
I am beyond excited to have you read my debut novel and give me your thoughts! Laurel has been a favourite character of mine since I put pencil to paper. Having raised three children myself with a dedicated partner, I can't imagine tryin ...more "

Aug 01, 2025 12:20PM · see review

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This was a very hard book to read for me as my grandmother suffered much the same malady as Esther and got much the same treatment. I had heard stories over the years about my grandmother's illness and her treatment at an asylum (although, the family ...more
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