by Philip Eliot | Mar 6, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
Is it the chance of a lifetime or his biggest mistake?When former hotel manager Alex Kirkland, his sister and their best friends pooled their money for an unusual lottery prize—a historic, dilapidated inn on the Maryland shore—as a last-ditch attempt to escape rotten circumstances, they never expected to win. But they’re all looking for a fresh start and a second chance, so Alex convinces everyone to move in and repair the building in time for the spring wedding season.Sydney Darrow never planned to return to her hometown. But her family needs her and Sydney can endure anything for 90 days—including making sandwiches and serving coffee with a smile until she returns to her jet-setter career. When her grandma mistakes a handsome customer for the “fiancé” Sydney created when she thought her grandma was on death’s door, well…Sydney will do anything to keep her spirits up during treatment. She can persuade him to keep up the charade for a few months, right?But when Alex agrees to play along, will they both fall for their own fiction?Perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey, Meghan Quinn, and The Love Hypothesis, this laugh-out-loud romance brings heat, heart, and a fake fiancé who just might be The One.
by Philip Eliot | Mar 6, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense |
The supernatural isn’t hiding in the woods. It’s getting recruited into the FBI.Their first case could break them both…Eleri Eames thought her career as an FBI analyst was over after her last case got her committed for psychiatric help. When she’s offered a chance to be an agent with the secret NightShade division, it feels like a second chance. But her new partner may be hiding more than she is, and he and NightShade are both not what she expected.Donovan Heath was content in the morgue, his uncanny abilities making him a sought-after medical examiner. When his wins start drawing unwanted attention, that offer from the Bureau starts looking like a solution. NightShade needs the unusual edge he brings. Donovan understands what he is makes him a target, but Eleri might just figure him out before he can decide if he even trusts her.Thrown together on their first assignment, they’ll have to track a charismatic cult leader, solvea high-profile kidnapping, and navigate a world where nothing is as it seems. As NightShade’s mysteries grow darker, the line between what they hunt and what they are blurs.Will their secrets save them or destroy them? Under Dark Skies is the first book in the NightShade Forensic FBI Files, an award-winning paranormal thriller series that blends supernatural FBI investigations, atmospheric suspense, procedural suspense, and developed character arcs. This series opener has earned multiple book awards and critical acclaim, launching a fan-favorite world that only grows darker and more dangerous with each installment. From USA Today Bestselling Author AJ Scudiere, Under Dark Skies is perfect for readers who crave twist-driven series storytelling that will keep you signing up for the next case and the next…
by Philip Eliot | Mar 6, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense |
Small Town Thriller!When K9 Renegade finds a high-heeled shoe with a blood-red sole, he and his handler, Deputy Caitlyn Reed, locate its twin—on the foot of a dead woman floating face down in a mountain lake. The death appears to be a suicide, but when Caitlyn and Sheriff Colt Branson search for the woman’s identity, they come face to face with a ruthless killer.If you like unexpected twists and nail-biting thrills, you’ll love Maverick ~ Book 2 of the Tin Star K9 Series.
by Philip Eliot | Mar 6, 2026 | Mystery |
“A taut, suspenseful, and complex murder mystery with gorgeous period detail.”—Susan Elia MacNealThrough her exquisite prose, sharp observation and deft plotting, Mariah Fredericks invites us into the heart of a changing New York in her remarkable debut adult novel, A Death of No Importance.NEW YORK CITY, 1910. Invisible until she’s needed, Jane Prescott has perfected the art of serving as a lady’s maid to the city’s upper echelons. She works for the Benchley family, who are dismissed by the elite as “new money,” and who cause outrage when their daughter Charlotte becomes engaged to notorious eminent playboy Norrie Newsome. But when Norrie is found murdered at a party, Jane discovers she is uniquely positioned to find the killer—she’s a woman no one sees, but who witnesses everything; who possesses no social power but that of fierce intellect. Jane also knows that in both high society and the city’s underbelly, morals can become cheap in the wrong hands; scandal and violence simmer just beneath the surface—and can break out at any time.*BONUS CONTENT: This edition of A Death of No Importance includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide
by Philip Eliot | Mar 6, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
A Good Hanging is packed with twelve remarkable, gritty mystery stories starring DI John Rebus, “probably the most interesting man in detective fiction,” in his home city of Edinburgh, as only international #1 bestselling author Ian Rankin can portray it (Kirkus Reviews).Not just the tearooms and cobbled streets of the tourist brochures, but a modern urban metropolis with a full range of criminals and their victims—blackmailers, peeping Toms, and more than one kind of murderer. It’s a city like any other, a city that gives birth to crimes of passion, accidents, and long-hidden jealousy, and a city in which criminal minds find it all too easy to fade into the shadows.As dedicated readers of the series well know, nobody is better equipped to delve into Edinburgh’s back alleys and smoky pubs than Rebus, and no one better able to illuminate his world than Ian Rankin.Praise for A Good Hanging and Ian Rankin”The king of tartan noir puts his popular Scottish ‘heart attack material’ supersleuth to work investigating arson, a ghostly vision, a converted ex-con and the ‘perfect murder’ in A Good Hangings’ fast-paced mini-mysteries.” —Publishers Weekly”Ian Rankin is a genius.” —Lee Child
