by Philip Eliot | Apr 29, 2025 | Biography & Memoir |
“Imagine waking up in a hospital, paralyzed and unable to speak, only to learn you’ve been shot in the head in a horrifying act of domestic violence.
This is the story of Chris Smith, a 50-something-year-old contractor from rural Illinois, who was shot in the head while on a first date with a woman he met online. He was the lucky one because his date was murdered, both shot by her ex-boyfriend who was stalking her.
Chris’ story is a remarkable tale of resilience and, believe it or not, humor. With a bullet still lodged in his brain, Chris, affectionately nicknames himself ‘Bullet Boy,’ as he battles through a continuing recovery, reclaiming his voice and mobility with the unwavering support of his family.
Fatal First Date takes you on a raw, inspiring journey as Smith navigates the physical and emotional challenges of rehabilitation, shares his strategies for overcoming anger, and reveals how his love for gardening and his faithful dog, Tiki, became crucial to his healing.
A testament to the human capacity to persevere against seemingly insurmountable odds, this is a story that will leave you amazed and motivated to never give up.
As Chris would be the first one to tell you—he’s no angel but it’s his down-to-earth humor that makes him unique. He’s been a sinner many times over, but the Lord looked down and saved him and he knows how lucky he is.
A great read.”
— Paul La Rosa, author and television producer for the CBS News true crime broadcast “48 Hours”
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by admin | Apr 29, 2025 | Literary |
It’s 1976, and MK Farnan’s family is unraveling.
After one sister dies and another takes off in the middle of the night, MK Farnan is left to search her small Connecticut beach town while trying to make peace with her grieving mother. All the Names I Know is a tale about the bonds between women, the weight of guilt and mental illness, and the power of storytelling.
Readers are calling it “elegant,” “well-observed and evocatively written,” filled with “exquisitely realized characters.” “Reminded me of Kate Atkinson’s best.”
by admin | Apr 29, 2025 | Science Fiction |
Everything is connected. Each event happens for a reason.
If you could remote view worlds beyond your own, where would you go?
How far could you reach?
And what would a nefarious organisation do with your abilities?
Tahra Mamoun has always known she was different. When she discovers powerful remote viewing abilities, the enigmatic businessman, Max Richardson, rescues her from a miserable existence to work at The Institute. She discovers her ikigai in the form of brilliant physics professor, Dr Paul Eldridge, seizing a unique opportunity to play a major role in a mind-bending project.
Tahra must navigate worlds beyond as a chosen one, pitting her wits against aliens with agendas in a series of quests that challenge her faith and her deepest fears.
Written in the style of a TV series, Seven Point Eight has a twist of sci-fi intrigue which combines love, betrayal and ambition with psychic powers, stunning alien worlds, ancient secrets and quantum physics in a soap opera for the soul.
by Philip Eliot | Apr 28, 2025 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
A FIGHT FOR LOVE, AND A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL!GET LOST IN A WORLD OF SHIFTER PASSION AND DESIRE WITH THIS IRRESISTIBLE SIX BOOK STEAMY PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES.Books included in this series:A Mate for Seth – Book 1Sarah, as drawn to Seth as he is to her, can’t understand why the kind, generous hottie next door is so secretive. She’s never known someone to be so desperate to know her while also throwing up so many roadblocks. With a complicated family history of her own, Sarah has to decide whether Seth is worth all the secrets. And when his secret is blown, she has to decide if she’ll be able to live outside the law with the love of her life.A Mate for Raphael – Book 2Natalie Chalk has been best friends with Raphael since elementary school and it hurts her to see him so lonely. When she gets unceremoniously dumped by someone she bet the farm on, Nat finds herself just as lonely as Raphael is. One weird night, the same idea occurs to both of them. What if they could be less lonely… together? They initiate a friends-with-benefits plan to assuage their feelings with one another, but neither could have predicted what would have come next.A Mate for Jackson – Book 3Kaya Chalk doesn’t hate men. She’s just constantly annoyed by them. They fawn over her, pursue her, make fools of themselves for her. What she wouldn’t give for a little peace and quiet! With her sister paired off and in love, Kaya becomes determined to live a peaceful, solitary life. That would be possible if only Jackson Durant weren’t suddenly a part of her life again, rescuing her and scowling his way into her heart.A Mate for Phoenix – Book 4Ida knows better than to ever get involved with a client. Especially one with daggers for eyes and whose jawline could slice a girl in half. But there is something about Phoenix Wolf that won’t stop tempting her. Something magnetic. Something so tempting she can’t pull away. When a sinister presence threatens to separate them, they have to decide, will they bad together or fall apart?A Mate for Orion – Book 5As Diana and Orion get closer and closer, they begin to notice the strange behavior of someone in their lives. Little do they realize, they’re falling in love on borrowed time. There is something dangerous barreling toward Orion and his siblings and Diana might be the only one who can stop it.A Mate for Quill – Book 6Quill is given the mission of recruiting her. But Dawn’s emotional connection to the world, to her shifted form, to the natural world opens up something inside him that he didn’t know existed. He’s drawn to her delicate nature. Like a flower that shouldn’t be picked. But all is not what it seems and Quill will be forced to make some hard choices. A fight for love, and a fight for survival!GRAB YOUR COPY NOW AND GET READY FOR A WILD RIDE.No cliffhangers and HEA guaranteed.
by Philip Eliot | Apr 28, 2025 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
She’s the daughter of the Chief of Royal Police. He’s the ruthless leader of a magical street gang. Now they’re married, and they both have ulterior motives.For years, Contessa has wanted nothing more than to bring her mother’s killer to justice. However, Nathanial Woodrow’s high society façade has kept him from being convicted for the crimes he commits as the Beast—the leader of a magical street gang called the Lions.When he suddenly asks Contessa’s father, the Chief of Royal Police, for her hand in marriage, she hatches a plan to take her mother’s murderer down from the inside. Now, Contessa must enter the lion’s den and protect herself—and her heart—from the kind-hearted man beneath the mask of a hardened gang leader.Dive into this fairy tale reimagining set in industrial revolution-era London with magical street gangs… the first book in a complete trilogy!
