After the Wanting
Rachel escapes to Virginia’s Eastern Shore as her online following grows. All she wants is love and safety. But a relentless pursuit brings terror to her doorstep.
Suspense · Danger · Romance
Every heart
has its secrets.
Enter the world of Elmer Seward, where danger draws near, the past refuses to stay buried, and love offers a way forward.
The novels
Stories that stay with you.
Coastal settings. Complicated lives.
Suspense with a beating heart.
Set You Free
A quiet Chesapeake Bay village. A journal full of secrets. Deena thinks she’s escaped her past, until its shadows threaten everything she holds dear.
Hearts in the Storm
As a hurricane bears down on the Outer Banks, Trista and Duck confront loss, regret, and the storms within their own hearts.
Dreams of the Sleepless
Joe, Molly, and Eli are bound by troubled pasts. When nightmares erupt into violence, a new beginning may be their only way through.
Reader reviews
Just one
more chapter.
“Elmer Seward’s Hearts in the Storm is a hauntingly macabre, romantic novel…”
Daily Press Review
“Seward’s capability for creating characters that you want to get to know is spectacular.”
The Moral of Our Stories
Meet the author
Rooted in the Chesapeake.
Drawn to the unexpected.
Born and raised along the Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia, Elmer Seward brings familiar coastal landscapes and the complexities of the human heart to his novels.
For book clubs
Let’s talk about the story.
Bring Elmer into your next book-club conversation. He welcomes discussions of his books by phone or Zoom, at no charge.