by Philip Eliot | Feb 16, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
What if your first love was meant to be your last? Noelle Brevard can’t remember a time she didn’t love Hawkley Bennett. It didn’t matter that he was her brother’s best friend. She had to tell him. He chose someone else. And she left home with a broken heart. Tucked away in his cabin in the woods, Hawkley Bennett struggles to cope with the sins of the past. His only comfort and greatest heartache is the fact he denied himself the love of his life. After ten years, Noelle’s home. And stranded at the bottom of his driveway in a snowstorm. Locked away from the rest of the world, sparks fly and truths come to light. Until only one secret remains. And it’s tearing him apart. She’s got a choice. Protect her heart? Or give everything she has for his. A Lifetime of Afters is a small town, friends to enemies to lovers, grumpy-sunshine, surprise pregnancy, forced proximity, family saga hybrid of steamy contemporary romance and deeply emotional women’s fiction perfect for fans of Virgin River and This is Us . CW: Grief. “Hold on to your heart, reader friend, because Noelle and Hawk’s story is a wildly emotional ride.” BookAddict, Amazon Reviewer.
by Philip Eliot | Feb 16, 2026 | New Adult Romance |
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The first book in the delicious, icy-hot Campus Diaries series, a spinoff of BookTok sensations Off-Campus and Briar U, by New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy. Gigi Graham has exactly three goals: qualify for the women’s national hockey team, win Olympic gold, and step out of her famous father’s shadow. So far, so good, except for two little things. Fine–a little thing and a big, grumpy thing. She needs to improve her game behind the net, and she needs help from Luke Ryder. Ryder is six-foot five, built, opinionated, rude…and sexy as hell. But he’s still the enemy. Briar’s new hockey co-captain has his reasons, though. The men’s team just merged with a rival program, leaving Ryder with an angry roster where everyone hates one another’s guts. To make matters worse, the summer coaching spot he’s angling for with the legendary Garrett Graham is out of reach after he makes the worst possible first impression on his hero. So, really, this compromise with Gigi is win-win. He helps her make the national team, she puts in a good word with her dad. The only potential snag? This bone-deep, body-numbing, mind-spinning chemistry they’re trying to ignore. It’s a dangerous game they’re playing, but the risks just might be worth it.
by Philip Eliot | Feb 16, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
His life only makes sense in the sky. Loving her would mean landing for good. Captain Judd Harlow is happiest in the air. It’s only when he’s flying that he can leave his childhood memories behind. But when he and his brothers find themselves the guardians of their 12-year-old half-sister, he knows moving back to the small Montana town where he grew up is the right thing. When Savannah Casteele learns that a local pilot has agreed to fly her and her little boy to Chicago for a long-awaited surgery, she’s overcome with gratitude. A young, single mother, her first priority has always been raising her son the best way she knows how. But when she sees Judd for the first time, she’s unprepared for the affect he has on her heart: He’s stoic, guarded, and a little out of reach, reminding her that she’s not the only one who’s trying to put aside a broken past. As they begin falling for one another, brought together by the children in their lives, they start seeing family not just as something you’re given, but something you create. And that the heart, no matter how scarred, is always capable of a tender, new beginning. But are they both willing to take a leap of faith to get there?
by Philip Eliot | Feb 16, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
Only one word can describe Chef Jameson Fury… SHAMELESS . He parades around with that sexy smirk and those fabulous abs like he’s the king of the kitchen. Of all the places he could choose to open his new restaurant, why does it have to be right next door to mine? It’s hard enough trying to get my place up and running without having him hovering around and disrupting my business. Not to mention the way my body betrays me every time he’s close. I should despise him. But with every prank, every act of sabotage we take against each other… The tension growing between us inches closer to personal and away from professional. Things are heating up, and not just in our kitchens… All because of this shameless chef. Sinfully Shameless Chef is the third book in The Fury Family Series from USA Today Bestselling Author Gwyn McNamee. Grab this steamy enemies to lovers romance about two chefs competing to open restaurants next door to each other who are willing to do anything to win the race but aren’t prepared for what the heat in their kitchens does to their hearts.
by Philip Eliot | Feb 16, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense |
Vince Carver left the CIA w ith a dead friend and a close call . Fed up with botched intelligence, he swore he was done taking orders. Now, armed with the elite skills of a special operator, Carver leads a team of private security specialists far from the battlefield. Until p aramilitary mercenaries ambush his convoy on American soil . Their target? Bleeding-edge semiconductor technology vital to US interests. As the bodyguard of the attacked billionaire CEO, Carver is the perfect covert asset. Against his better judgment, he travels to Taipei embedded in a world of slick intrigue and fast lies. Safeguarding national security is a bloody business. Under the gun of hard target services, nobody’s above suspicion, not even his CIA handlers. But that suits Carver just fine. A private contractor to the bone, he prefers to operate alone, on his terms, and by a single timeless truth: When push comes to shove, nothing replaces the indifferent precision of a man with a gun. National Security by Matt Sloane is stunningly real. A debut espionage thriller packed with intrigue, spycraft, and blistering action. From high-stakes business deals in Taipei to a strategic installation nestled in America’s Appalachians, this instant classic doesn’t stop to breathe until the last page. Recommended for fans of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp, Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and Brad Thor’s Scot Harvath. ????? ” Sensational . A taut thriller that has a great deal more to offer than bullets and brawn.” ????? “The fight scenes are the best you’ll find in crime fiction.” ????? “Very real and very very good .”
