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.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
A USA Today Bestselling NovelA single moment is all it takes to shatter Sloane Monroe’s life forever …On a still, snow-covered morning, twenty-year-old Shelby McCoy sets out for home along a wooded path she’s walked a hundred times before. Her surroundings are peaceful, blanketed in white. Nothing seems out of place—until it is.A branch cracks in the distance. Then another.At first, she brushes it off as an animal, or maybe the wind, until she hears footsteps behind her. Slow. Intentional. A man’s voice follows—low and haunting—whispering her name.She turns.He’s there.And he’s carrying a gun.What begins as a terrifying chase through the forest ends in a moment that will ripple across lives—including that of private investigator Sloane Monroe.When Sloane is called in to investigate, she quickly realizes this is no random act of violence. The deeper she digs, the more tangled the mystery becomes—and the more dangerous. As Sloane pieces together the truth, she finds herself face-to-face with a chilling predator, one determined to get to her before she gets to him.A pulse-pounding mystery filled with heart-stopping suspense, buried secrets, and a heroine who won’t quit until justice is served. Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Lucy Foley, and Karin Slaughter.Praise for Gone Daddy Gone:”The best in the Sloane Monroe series to date! Bradshaw grabs your attention in the first paragraph.”- Reader ??????????”An amazing book that kept me on the edge of my seat.” – Addicted to Books, Amazon Top Contributor ??????????”You won’t put it down for long before you pick it back up again.”- Warren A. Lewis, Amazon Top Contributor ??????????”A heart-wrenching, great story that’s very hard to put down.”- Thomas, Amazon Vine Voice ??????????”I hadn’t read more than three or four pages before I realized I wanted to read the entire series, so I did just that.” -Robin L. Taylor, Amazon Top Contributor ??????????”Bradshaw does what she does best. She takes the reader on an incredible journey that’s emotional, suspenseful, and thrilling at the same time.” – L. Smith, Amazon Top Contributor ??????????Sloane Monroe Series in Order: 0. Silent as the Grave (prequel to series)1. Black Diamond Death2. Murder in Mind3. I Have a Secret4. Stranger in Town – Shamus Award Finalist5. Bed of Bones – USA Today Bestseller6. Hush Now Baby – USA Today Bestseller7. Gone Daddy Gone – USA Today Bestseller8. Smoke and Mirrors – USA Today Bestseller9. Shadows of Silence – Coming Soon!
by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Mystery |
The secrets of an English country estate offer a potent mix of romance and suspense in this classic mystery featuring retired governess Maud Silver. When Anthony Colstone inherits an ancestral estate that dates back to Elizabethan England, there is one ironclad condition: The property is never to be excavated and the ancient stones known as the Coldstone Ring removed. Anthony arrives at Stonegate in the bucolic village of Ford St. Mary with many questions: Why did Sir Jervis Colstone bind him to such a promise? Why does no one know exactly how many stones the Coldstone Ring contains? And why are the superstitious villagers so frightened? Anthony is convinced that he’s being watched. Then one night in the library, he sees a panel behind a family portrait move. He’s soon surrounded by shadowy figures looming in and out of his vision. With the help of Susan Bowyer, the great-granddaughter of the oldest village resident, Anthony starts to uncover the secrets of the stones. But the closer Anthony and Susan come to the truth, the closer they move toward a dangerous enemy determined to possess a long-buried treasure at any cost. The Coldstone weaves mystery and danger with an exciting love story in the sparkling style of beloved British crime writer Patricia Wentworth.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
THE PERFECT PREDATOR DOESN’T JUST KILL. HE PRESERVES…To catch this killer, Augustine Carver must beg for help from the man who murdered his daughter in front of his eyes.He’s stalking particular women. Slaughtering their families. Carving ritualistic marks on them and taking something from each victim—their faces.The FBI doesn’t know why. They don’t know who’s next. And there’s only one man who can get inside a mind this twisted.Once brilliant, now broken. Carver buried his daughter and his career on the same day. Now he leads a team of outcasts banished to the basement alongside Dr. Kelly Sandling, a psychologist haunted by her father’s unsolved murder and her own crippling fear.To stop the murders, Carver must consult the only psychopath who understands serial killers better than he does. The one who took everything from him. The only monster who ever made him truly afraid…The Taxidermy Killer has already chosen his next victim.The only question is, will Carver sacrifice his team to stop him?”A masterclass in suspense. For fans of Thomas Harris, Jeffery Deaver, and John Sandford. If you like Criminal Minds meets The Silence of the Lambs, you’ll love this.” ?????Grab your copy now—and lock the doors tonight.
