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.
by Philip Eliot | May 17, 2026 | New Adult Romance |
Matthew Caldwell is NYC’s most eligible bachelor.But good looks and a great job don’t hide the fact that he’s broken.Sixteen years ago he lost everything. He made a vow to never love again. But suddenly everyone in his life is acting like a matchmaker. He can’t help but wonder if a broken vow is better than a broken heart.There’s just one problem. Only one woman in the city has caught his attention. And it’s the only woman he can’t have.
About the Author Connor Crais is a formally trained stage and television actor who has been narrating commercials, audiobooks, and explainers for well over a decade. When not narrating, he can be found writing, power-lifting, and boxing. He currently resides in Michigan with his wife, daughter, and rescue greyhound.Laurie West is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting.Ivy Smoak is the internationally bestselling author of The Hunted series. When she’s not writing, you can find her binge-watching too many television shows, taking long walks, playing outside, and generally refusing to act like an adult. She lives with her husband in Delaware.
by Philip Eliot | May 17, 2026 | Womens Fiction |
**Don’t miss the SALE on the NEXT BOOKs in the SERIES!**Footsteps in Time: B004KAB9GUhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KAB9GU/Time travel to medieval Wales!When Meg slips through time and into the arms of the last Prince of Wales, she must navigate the shifting allegiances that threaten the very existence of Wales–and create her own history that defies the laws of time. Open the door to a world of princes and castles in the prequel to the After Cilmeri series!Complete series reading order: Daughter of Time, Footsteps in Time, Winds of Time, Prince of Time, Crossroads in Time, Children of Time, Exiles in Time, Castaways in Time, Ashes of Time, Warden of Time, Guardians of Time, Masters of Time, Outpost in Time, Shades of Time, Champions of Time, Refuge in Time, Unbroken in Time, Outcasts in Time, Hidden in Time, Legacy of Time, Renegades in Time. Also, This Small Corner of Time: The After Cilmeri Series Companion.
