by Philip Eliot | Sep 23, 2026 | Science Fiction |
What if every choice was optimized and every need anticipated?For fans of Black Mirror and speculative fiction that hits too close to home.Jordan Reese is the role model others aspire to be. She has the apartment. The access. The status that comes with an exceptional score. In a world where an algorithm measures every decision and rewards compliance with comfort, she is exactly what the system was built to produce.Then she starts asking questions.Not loudly. Not yet. But in this world, doubt is data and even quiet questions leave a record. Jordan is beginning to wonder whether the life she has optimized for is actually the one she wants, or just the one the system decided she should have.THE ALGO is Book 1 of the three-book THE ALGO Series, a speculative thriller about what it costs to think for yourself when the algorithm has already decided what you’re worth.? “An engaging cautionary tale of what could lie ahead in a tech-saturated world.” — Kirkus Reviews, GET IT verdict? “A wake-up call to humanity… impossible to put down.” — IndieReader, IR Approved
by Philip Eliot | Sep 23, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
“Leah Rochelle breathes new life into an old Greek myth and turns tragedy into triumph.” –Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of Our Rogue FatesWhen Oenone, a Princess of Troy, wakes up in modern day St. Louis, her last memories from ancient Troy are of dying. She’s alone, confused, and reeling from her own death as well as the guilt at having refused to help her husband, Paris, who’d been shot by countless Greek arrows.Aphrodite, who caused the Trojan War and the downfall of Paris, arrives to explain why Oenone has been brought back to life. Aphrodite feels remorseful for Oenone, an unintended victim, and decides to offer a second chance at the happiness she was robbed of 3,000 years ago. But as always with the gods, there is a catch.While Paris has been reborn, he has no memories of his previous life, whilst Oenone remembers everything, but has no knowledge of the new and modern world she now exists in. Aphrodite instructs her to figure it out for herself, warning her not to waste the opportunity she has been given. She must somehow find her husband and make him love her again.The cultural disparities and the losses she’s faced are a struggle. Divine retribution may strike with failure. Newfound friends and a budding attraction help her learn more about herself, but as she gains independence and a sense of self, she begins to wonder if another relationship with Paris is what she truly wants.But how can she turn away from a mission given by a Goddess?Fans of “Love and Other Conspiracies” by Mallory Marlowe and “A Touch of Darkness” by Scarlett St. Clair will enjoy “Oenone” by Leah Rochelle.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 23, 2026 | Science Fiction |
At sixty, Johnny Pope thought he was taking one last road trip across America with his best friend Billy.Instead, a stop in Lubbock leads to alien seduction, a missing Great Dane, and a very bad morning on a space station fifteen quintillion miles from Earth.Now Johnny and Billy are stranded in a galaxy full of lizard princesses, smugglers, warrior races, strange monks, vampire assassins, dog cults, and an invasion that may be about to swallow the stars. If they want to get home, they’ll have to find Johnny’s dog, survive the Vorgarths, and stop a powerful old god from destroying the galaxy.Interstellar Road Trip is a funny, fast-moving comic space opera packed with friendship, danger, snarky banter, heroics, and a very long road home. Can they make it? I have my doubts.Take the journey with them. Read today.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 23, 2026 | Horror & Paranormal |
Each time the globe turns, murder strikes…1597, London. When Beatrice’s husband returns from exploring the New World, he comes home with unexpected company: a mysterious woman, and an enormous painted globe.As Hugh refuses to explain who their female guest is, Beatrice’s foreboding grows. The unwieldy globe now strikes her as sinister – a reminder of the world of secrets pervading her household.Then one night, the great, hulking globe begins to turn of its own accord. Terrifying new illustrations appear on its face – and when untimely deaths ensue, Beatrice is convinced that the drawings are connected.Desperate to prove that she is not paranoid, Beatrice risks everything to uncover the truth. What sinister force is behind these killings? What really happened on Hugh’s excursion to the Americas? Who is the strange woman who won’t leave her house? And on this otherworldly map of murders, who will be painted as the final victim?***‘Deliciously gothic and twisty’ LUCY ROSE‘Will make your head spin’ ANNIE GARTHWAITE
by Philip Eliot | Sep 23, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
Forced into a loveless marriage due to a business deal, Emerson has always done what was expected of her. Even if that means submitting to her controlling husband and his vindictive family.Yet when she is ordered to oversee a car restoration at a shop on the other side of the country – she meets mechanic, Donovan Bradley. The chemistry between them is instant and undeniable. Beneath his rough exterior and bad boy ways; Emerson finds a kind-hearted man, full of compassion and a protective nature she’s never experienced before. It doesn’t take long for him to become everything she never knew she wanted.But can their love survive the wrath of her husband? Or will his family’s malicious agenda destroy their chance at happily ever after?Fans of forbidden romances sprinkled with the spiciness of opposites attracting are sure to love Beautifully Restored by Trisha Madley!Beautifully Restored is the first book in the Lake Haven Series and can be read as a standalone.
