by Philip Eliot | Jan 17, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
A secret three decades in the making… Claire Cooke lost her sisters in a plane crash thirty years ago. She adopted her three nieces and built a life as best she could, and at 52, the girls’ distant uncle surprises her with a six-million-dollar inheritance. Claire decides to take a risk and buy The Grand Madrona Hotel on beautiful Orcas Island to start a new chapter in her life. Chip Douglas didn’t put in ten years as manager of the hotel just to watch a stranger run it into the ground. So imagine his surprise when Claire turns out to be the exact opposite of what he’d expected. She’s charming, wise, and beautiful – someone he could easily see himself falling in love with. If only his divorce hadn’t convinced him that falling in love again was impossible… When the FBI comes knocking at the hotel, it’s not long before Claire is forced to face her history or lose her potentially happily ever after with Chip. Will she make the right choice? Sunset Cove is a sweet and wholesome, romantic women’s fiction story with romance, mystery, and the joy of second chances. Jump on the ferry and get ready to fall in love!
by Philip Eliot | Jan 17, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
He came back to help his brothers—but he discovered a secret baby and a chance at love. Maverick I never intended to come back to Bent Creek. There was nothing for me there, and I refused to let Flannery Jacobs reject me again. But I can’t say no to my brothers when they need my help. It’s not long before I run into Flannery, but something’s changed. She has a daughter—one who would be the right age from the only other time I was in town. The time that Flannery let me know, in no uncertain terms, that it would never work between us. I just want to do the right thing. I want to be a dad. But I can’t fall for Flannery again, and the danger coming to Bent Creek is something that’s out of my control. I won’t rest until my family— all of my family—is safe, and Flannery and I can raise our daughter on the same land where I grew up. Flannery Letting Maverick Harker into my life almost two years ago was a huge mistake. It broke my heart to reject him, and I see his face every time I look at our daughter. Sometimes I wonder if I made the right decision. But now he’s back, and I have to confess the truth to him. His reaction is a surprise—he wants to help, to be a part of our daughter’s life. And mine. Maverick’s family needs him, and all I want to do is make up for everything I did wrong. But first I have to forgive myself for the past. When I receive something entirely unexpected, I make a decision I never thought would change everything for Mav and his brothers. Marybeth My brother Luke shut me out when I got together with Gabe. I told myself it didn’t matter. I may have lost the family I was born into, but I’d gained family with the Harkers. Now there are men in town who want answers, and the only way to keep the past from destroying Bent Creek is for our two families to work together. To my surprise, Luke agrees. I just hope it works before this town ignites in the tensions that have been simmering for years. Come home to Bent Creek . . . A small town in Montana where everyone knows everyone, and secrets live in the shadows of the mountains. One by one, the Harker brothers return home to reclaim their ranch, face their family’s past troubles with the Nobles, and find love. I f you love cowboys, Yellowstone -style family drama, small western towns filled with secrets, and sweet romance with a touch of suspense, this book is for you!
by Philip Eliot | Jan 17, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
Twelve years gone… Sarah Schmidt went out for a hike a month before heading to college on a cross-country scholarship. She never came back. In the twelve years she’s been gone, the local police have done little to help the family, leaving them with the desperate knowledge that Sarah could still be alive, somewhere, somehow… The family hasn’t given up their hope for revenge, or at least answers. Emily Tizzano, a former Chicago PD cold case detective suffering from painful skeletons in her past, holds the hope of the family in her hands. Can she overcome her own history in order to help them find Sarah and get the justice they need? Twelve Years Gone is the first novel in the Detective Emily Tizzano vigilante justice thriller series. If you like Dean Koontz, Robin James and L. T. Ryan, you are going to love this fast-paced suspense thriller series.
by Philip Eliot | Jan 17, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
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by Philip Eliot | Jan 17, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
A femme fatale with an axe to grind. Marla Dotson is used to getting what she wants, and what she wants is Dwayne Morrow—both on and off the case. Convincing an old acquaintance to grant him an apprenticeship had been hard enough, yet the initial assignments were proving to be anything but rewarding for Dwayne Morrow. Crawling through garbage to snap photos of awful people doing awful things was not the exciting career choice he had envisioned. Finishing another such job in a seedy neighborhood on Columbus’s south side, Dwayne finds himself caught in the middle of someone else’s drama as a mysterious damsel-in-distress bursts onto the scene fleeing a hail of gunfire. Whisking her to safety was the worst decision Dwayne could have possibly made… Abduction, blackmail, murder— nothing is off the table when retribution must be served. Retribution is the third thrill ride in the Dwayne Morrow Mystery series!
