by Philip Eliot | May 17, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
If Steel Magnolias broke your heart, this emotional second-chance romance will stay with you long after the final page.Gabby Sullivan never planned to return to Sweet Haven. Not after heartbreak drove her away years ago.Now, devastating family news brings her back to the small town—and back to Brock Carter-Banks, the man she once believed she’d spend forever with.Brock knows he doesn’t deserve another chance. One mistake cost him the love of his life, and regret has haunted him ever since. But seeing Gabby again awakens feelings neither of them ever truly left behind.As old wounds resurface and family pressures mount, Gabby must choose between the future she built far away and the home—and love—she thought she’d lost forever.Sometimes going home means facing the past.And sometimes it means fighting for the one person your heart never forgot.Perfect for readers who love emotional small-town romance, family-centered women’s fiction, and unforgettable stories about forgiveness, healing, and second chances.
by Philip Eliot | May 17, 2026 | Fantasy |
A trader of secrets. A king’s demise before his time. The dragon god threatening to consume the world…In a city divided by schemes and treachery, Airene the Finch is a penniless commoner scraping a living through a trade in valuable secrets. Despite coming from a debt-ridden family, she has claimed a sliver of notoriety through her relentless ambition and ingenuity.But Airene has always yearned for more. She wishes to be a Verifier of Truth, part of an ancient order that uncovers corruption at the highest echelons of society. She longs to bring justice to an unjust world.So when her nation’s figurehead ruler dies under suspicious circumstances, Airene seizes her opportunity. Her search for the truth behind the ruler’s death will bring her into conflict with outlaw sorcerers, underground societies, corrupt politicians — and far deadlier dangers.Can Airene uncover the plot and stop the forces behind it, or will the price of victory be too high to pay?Whispers of Ruin is the first book in the epic fantasy series The Famine Cycle. Perfect for readers who like political intrigue, hard magic systems, awakening gods, and seedy medieval cities, or love books like The Lies of Locke Lamora and Mistborn.Read the complete trilogy today!
by Philip Eliot | May 17, 2026 | Romantic Comedy |
Who said high school love doesn’t last?Everyone with a functioning brain. Especially when the breakup came via a glittery “Dear Jane” greeting card featuring the single worst poem ever written inside.Jane Willoughby squashed that card – and her feelings for Chance McGovern – the day she read it. Ten years later he’s back in Pineville: sexier, broader-shouldered, and now the assistant fire chief, complete with a cute kid and a messy divorce. Forgiveness? Hard pass. Even her cat, Cyclops, gives Chance his one-eyed murderous glare.To be fair, Cyclops hates everyone. Jane is just choosing to see it as emotional support.Chance is once bitten, twice shy. All he wants is a quiet life, stability for his son, and definitely no reminders of the stupid teenage mistake with the girl he never quite forgot.But life, and some small-town meddlers, have other plans for them. Forced together to plan the annual Fireman’s Ball, Jane and Chance have a hard time keeping their relationship strictly professional. Chance is great at putting out fires… but the one they’re sparking? He might just decide to let it burn.Author’s Note: All of my books are 100% written by human quasi-intelligence. Never AI.
by Philip Eliot | May 17, 2026 | Erotic Romance |
What happens when one forbidden night turns into something impossible to forget?I came to the lakehouse to escape. To clear my head. To get over my divorce and figure out my next move.Not to end up in bed with a sexy, younger musician.But after a few too many glasses of wine… one song on his guitar… and the way his rough, calloused fingers felt on my skin…We crossed the line.Now? We’re pretending it never happened.? I never kissed him.? I never moaned his name.? I never had the hottest, most toe-curling night of my life.But there’s one problem…You don’t choose who you fall in love with.Maddox Brewer is a rockstar, a decade younger, and completely off-limits. But love? It doesn’t care about rules.And neither does he. A steamy, addictive, and deeply emotional romance about taking risks, breaking rules, and falling for the one person you never saw coming.
by Philip Eliot | May 17, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
Hannah Martin thought she was about to have an empty nest . . . until the illegitimate daughter of her late husband shows up on her doorstep.Five years after her husband’s death, Hannah Martin runs a successful inn and serves the needy in her community. Despite a house full of guests, she’s worried about the loneliness that will come with an empty nest. Now that no one needs her for anything other than serving her famous five-course breakfasts and retrieving fresh towels, she throws herself into winning Camden’s Hospitality Grant. With the help of the grant, the bed and breakfast will bring in even more customers and Hannah won’t have time to think about what she’s missing.But when a handsome lumberjack named Kevin moves in next door, Hannah’s attraction to the widowed bachelor knocks her off-kilter. Just as she begins to think about dating again, a young woman arrives at the bed and breakfast claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Hannah’s late husband.When the Orchard House’s chances at the Hospitality grant is threatened, Hannah’s children oppose her “new” daughter moving in, and Kevin’s problems start to bleed over into her own, she must decide what matters most—before she loses the grant, the bed and breakfast’s reputation, and perhaps, her second chance at love.This is Book 7 in The Orchard House Bed and Breakfast Series, a contemporary twist on the well-loved classic, Little Women. Readers will fall in love with the Martin family—Maggie, Josie, Lizzie, Bronson, Amie, and their mother Hannah—each trying to find their own way in the world and each discovering that love, home, and hope are closer than they appear.
