by Philip Eliot | Apr 14, 2026 | Historical Romance |
Their marriage began as a promise to another, but became a love story all their ownHARRISON . . .Once his fortune in silver mining is secured, Harrison Carter finally sends back home for his fiancée. It’s been four years since he’s seen Jenny.But it’s Retta Pierce, Jenny’s sister, who arrives by stagecoach with young daughter Adeline in tow. When she brings devastating news and a written plea from Jenny to marry and care for Retta and little Addie, what’s a good man to do?RETTA . . .Fulfilling her dying sister’s request, Retta travels across dangerous territory to marry a man she barely remembers. But the hard miner who meets her at the stagecoach surely isn’t the same one her sister claimed was kind and honorable, a gentleman who’ll embrace her and her daughter as if they were his own. Has she made a mistake she’ll pay for, the rest of her life?TWO PEOPLE . . .Thrown together in shared sorrow, Harrison and Retta struggle to forge a life in the brand-new state of late-nineteenth-century Colorado.
by Philip Eliot | Apr 14, 2026 | Historical Romance |
He’s predictable. She’s a mystery. Can love bridge all that separates them?Raised to believe the world is open to her, Lady Phoebe Winters reads periodicals and newspapers with growing upset. Everything within her world is shaped by a man’s point of view. Why must women stand idly by, being told what to do and how to do it? It seems to be accepted within their society — until she decides to do something about it. Using her inheritance, she begins a small publication, written by women, for women. It’s a risk, but one for which she is willing to sacrifice.Jeffrey Worthington, the Marquess of Berkley, has held a position of responsibility since the death of his father at a young age. He is a man who enjoys the constancy of life. Despite the fact that his four sisters and younger brother are forever demanding his time and attention, his maintains order and control of all other aspects of life.The Women’s Weekly begins to cause a stir amongst women of the nobility, and the peerage determines it must be shut down before it causes consequences from which they could never recover. Jeffrey is tasked with finding the perpetrator and halting production of the publication. He reluctantly agrees, despite the fact that it will detract from his attempt to court the lovely Lady Phoebe, and causes growing controversy between the two of them. When he finally determines the publication’s owner, what will he put first — love or duty?This is the second edition of Lady of Mystery.
by Philip Eliot | Apr 14, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
She never forgot her first love.Her daughter just found him on a dating app.One unforgettable summer in New York City, Gillian Horton fell hard for Alex Garcia—the boy who made her believe in forever. Then tragedy tore them apart, and their love story came to an end.Fourteen years later, Gillian has built a quiet life in Willet Cove, raising the niece she loves as her own.But when her teenage daughter secretly signs her up for a dating app… everything changes.Because the first match?Alex.Now a widowed single father, Alex is back—and seeing him again shakes Gillian to her core. Old feelings rise fast…But so do painful questions, including whether the man she loved was hiding a life she never knew about.As their kids play matchmaker and the past begins to unravel, Gillian and Alex are forced to face the truth:What they had wasn’t just first love.It was unfinished.But second chances aren’t simple. Not with grief, secrets, and years of unanswered questions between them.And blending their families?It’s complicated.Because it’s not just their hearts on the line anymore.It’s their children’s, too.
by Philip Eliot | Apr 14, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
When Sarah Rawlings fell for her best friend’s older brother in high school, she knew he was trouble. But she couldn’t resist his pull and the sweetness she sensed underneath his protective bad boy persona. Their relationship was everything she had ever dreamed of, until she was rocked by his painful betrayal. Eleven years later, Sarah must return to Whidbey Island following her beloved grandmother’s death. She knows she must stay away from Ian, but he’s not making that easy and every time she sees him, she’s reminded of what might have been.
One look at Sarah stirs up memories regrets that still linger in Ian McLaughlin’s heart. She was the love of his life and he still can’t understand how he blew it and how she could have also hurt him so badly in return. He plans to steer clear of Sarah while she’s on Whidbey Island, but that’s impossible when she’s often at his family’s pub. Thinking to indulge in a little casual seduction for fun, neither is prepared when the embers burst into flames.
So many years and secrets separate them. Can their powerful attraction also include understanding and forgiveness?
Previously titled Good Girl Gone Plaid
by Philip Eliot | Apr 14, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
Clementine McKinnon stopped thinking about her high school sweetheart years ago. Why wouldn’t she? It ended badly, and now that she’s a forest ranger in a small Montana town, it’s not like she’s ever going to see him again. Until she does. His firefighting crew turns up at a town potluck, and when their eyes meet over the dinner rolls, the last eight years evaporate.Hunter Casden thinks about his first love all the time. His post-marines career as a wildlands firefighter keeps him busy, and he’s hardly ever lonely, but he’s never quite managed to get over Clementine. And now he’s not only in her town, but staying next door? There’s no chance.Torch is a high-heat standalone romance. It’s for fans of firefighters, small towns, great banter, and anyone who loves a second chance. The hero is a former military fireman who’s never forgotten his first love — who happens to be a forest ranger in the town where he’s sent to fight a wildfire. It’s steamy as heck, has a dog named Trout (the dog doesn’t die), and of course there’s an HEA.
