by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Historical Romance |
No scrooges allowed! Cozy up this holiday season with three festive tales that take you to a Victorian England filled with the gifts that really matter.In “A Father for Christmas” by Carla Kelly, widow Lissy and her young son give refuge to a handsome stranger for Christmas . . . In “A Kiss Under the Mistletoe” by Carol Arens, with her reputation in tatters, Louisa lets out her manor house to captivating Hugh and his motherless little girl . . . And in “The Earl’s Unexpected Gifts by Eva Shepherd, the Earl of Summerhill is shocked at becoming guardian to young twins—but could their governess be his best present yet?From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
They’ve never had a Christmas like thisTake-no-prisoners rancher Joanna (Joey) Halligan hadn’t believed the kind of love she felt for Nash Westbrook was even possible. So, when he walked away despite still declaring his love for her, broken-hearted, Joey fled. Now she’s back, and carrying a surprise that even Santa wouldn’t have guessed. Joey is having Nash’s child. A Christmas baby!Rodeo champ come entrepreneur, Nash Westbrook, has never regretted anything in his life as much as leaving Joey Halligan. But how else could he keep her safe? The investment fraud he’d been wrongfully dragged into had destroyed so many people, and many of them wanted to extract their revenge. Now she’s back and carrying his child. A vulnerable child—and that’s a game changer.Nash is determined to prove to Joey that his love has never dimmed; that he’ll never leave her—them—again. But with new evidence against him emerging, he’ll need all the Christmas magic of the season to truly keep that promise.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
She came to Alaska searching for answers. She didn’t expect to find him.Timber Moore uproots her life for a teaching job in the remote town of Port Promise, Alaska—part escape, part mission. The town might be small, but it holds a big secret: the identity of the father she’s never known. Timber’s determined to find the truth… even if it means shaking up a few lives.Especially his.Kane Hollister has enough on his plate—raising his daughter, running his boat, and keeping his heart locked down. The last thing he needs is a gorgeous new neighbor with a thousand questions and eyes full of hope. He’s been burned by love before, and he’s not about to risk his little girl’s heart—or his own—again.But Timber has a way of getting under his skin… and maybe even into his soul.He’s the guarded single dad. She’s the woman who could change everything.In a town this small, their secrets won’t stay buried—and neither will their feelings.Fall in love with a slow-burn, heart-tugging romance where healing is possible, hope is contagious, and love might just be the biggest adventure of all.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
A GRINCH OF A GOALIENick hates Christmas. Like, really hates it. And the holidays in Chance Rapids are OVER. THE. TOP.In fact, they even filmed a cheesy holiday movie there.They do have one good thing going for them—a hockey team. The players are treated like celebrities, and the highlight of the town’s ridiculous Christmas Festival is an outdoor hockey game.That’s where Nick comes in. His mission: sabotage the game, make some quick cash, and escape this festive nightmare before he’s forced to march in the Santa Claus Parade.But as he schemes to ruin Christmas, he meets Evie, the kind innkeeper’s daughter. Her warmth starts to melt his icy heart. Life in Chance Rapids with Evie could be perfect, but there’s no way she will forgive him if he goes through with his plan. Will he choose hockey…or her?If you like grinchy goalies, horseback riding heroines, small-town dive bars, and rescue pups with floppy ears, you will love The Player Who Stole Christmas. This is a standalone Christmas rom-com that takes place in the Chance Rapids world.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
Todd Norman, cleared of his wife’s murder, returns to her small Connecticut hometown to build their dream house by the lake. Eager for a fresh start, Todd finds hopes dashed when a young woman’s body washes up on the neighboring beach.When Tracy Somerset, a divorced mother from Covenant, CT, encounters a handsome stranger late one night inside Wal-Mart, she’s unaware she’s talking to Todd Norman, dubbed “The Banker Butcher” by the New York tabloids. The next morning, another body surfaces near Todd’s under-construction lakehouse.As Sheriff Duane Sobczak’s investigates, troubling ties emerge between a local psychiatrist, a radical preacher, and a now-closed girls’ home. Set over New England’s four seasons, The Lakehouse delves into forbidden love and buried secrets within an insular community where everyone has a story to tell and a past they prefer stay buried.
