by Philip Eliot | Jun 7, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
She planned the perfect anniversary, but she didn’t plan for this. Natassa seems to live a charmed life—a loving husband, comfortable home, and thriving family. But when a single night shatters her perfect world, she is forced to confront the fractures in her marriage and friendships. Her journey to healing leads her to the very street where her life imploded, and to a church full of people who don’t look like her. When an unlikely new friend gives her the journal of an enslaved girl, Natassa is shaken and challenged. For ten years, she’s said yes to everything to keep the peace. But not anymore. Now she must take a stand and risk everything she thought she had for the chance of something new: Mercy.Mercy Will Follow Me is a split-time inspirational novel that will resonate with fans of Francine Rivers, Karen Kingsbury, and Lisa Wingate.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 7, 2026 | Fantasy |
Even the afterlife gets decided in a committee.The afterlife is more like a large retirement community than a fiery pit where even collecting souls has been automated. Death has nothing on his to-do list until his co-worker, the Devil, tells him she’s retiring. For years he’s relied on her to keep the ever-growing population of Patala running smoothly. After five hundred years he needs to replace the most important woman in his life.To avoid mutiny from the residents (and having to do anything), he forms a politically charged search committee. An increasingly absent Death fidgets as the process drags out for over a year. When the worn-out incumbent’s unstable powers cause a magical blackout, Death fears the living world will be overrun by the dead. Now desperate to fill the position with a fresh recruit, Death needs to make a decision.The only good thing is that the hiring process can’t kill him.If you like clever takes on familiar characters, rich worlds, and seeing Death suffer then you’ll love S.R. Marks’ sarcastic take on the afterlife. Time has almost run out for Death, but not for you to read Help Wanted: New Devil, the first book in The Enduring urban fantasy series.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 7, 2026 | Cozy Mystery |
When the obnoxious guest in the penthouse is poisoned beside his private pool, my daily planner is turned upside down. I’m Millie Wentworth, Assistant General Manager of the swanky Gulf Palms Resort and Spa and solving the murder shouldn’t be my job, but the only food found near the body is a charcuterie board sent to the victim by yours truly.The Port Sunset Police are looking my way until a shocking revelation shifts their attention to a friend. Suddenly, cracking the case moves to the top of my to-do list and it’s up to me to find the real killer and clear my friend’s name.Uncovering the truth should be a breeze with me, my pink-haired grandmother, her rescue corgi, and her crew of fun-loving septuagenarian beach bunnies on the case. What could possibly go wrong?****COZY MYSTERY OF THE YEAR FINALIST, N.N. Light’s Annual Book Awards****”Get ready to curl up with your next favorite book!” USA Today Best-selling Author Claire Marti”…one of the best cozy mysteries I’ve ever read.” N.N. Light’s Book Heaven”…you won’t want this rollicking romp to end.” 5-Star Amazon Review
by Philip Eliot | Jun 7, 2026 | Erotic Romance |
Fate is a funny little thing.It had a good laugh when I found my boyfriend of four years in bed with my best friend.It was rolling on the floor when the same backstabbing beasts stole my dream school, landing me in a different state, where I didn’t know a single soul.You’d think after all that, it’d cut me a break, right?Wrong.Enter its next jest, and this one’s a doozy.Kai Elliot. Campus womanizer. Self-proclaimed bad boy. And the new bane of my existence—but not for the reason you might think. Kai is as beautiful as the ink that mars his skin. Perfect lines. Vibrant colors. Designs as intricate as the man who bears them. I knew from the first moment I laid eyes on him that he was dangerous. A man who would destroy everything I stood for, stripping me bare for the world to see, and that’s exactly what he does.I don’t love him. Hell, I don’t even like him. But that doesn’t stop me from injecting him into my veins like he’s my own personal brand of narcotics. Nothing can top the high he gives me, which is why I keep coming back for more, even when I know I shouldn’t.And just when I think maybe fate isn’t that bad after all, it goes and gets my traitorous heart involved. Because the only thing worse than loving a man who betrays you is loving a man who will never love you back.If fate is real, I’m pretty sure it hates me.Ink & Stardust is the first book in the Ink & Ashes series- a three-part STANDALONE series.Each book has a different MMC & FMC and can be read as part of the series or completely on its own.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 7, 2026 | New Adult Romance |
I saw her first.Blonde. Gorgeous. Feisty.I was captivated.But it doesn’t matter because hours later, she walks out of my roommate’s bedroom half naked, and I know I’ve lost my chance.Now, we’re forced to live together and constantly bicker about everything. Though I purposely get under her skin, I can’t stop thinking about her in all the wrong ways. I should move out so I can get over my feelings, but the selfish part of me can’t let go.When her boyfriend and my best friend tragically dies, we’re left to grieve together. Instead of pushing her away, I pull her closer.Just as we come to terms with our new reality, she finds out she’s expecting.Her religious parents will never accept a pregnancy out of wedlock, so to avoid disappointing them, I offer to be her fake husband. Touching, kissing, sharing a bed—it’s torture on my heart, but I ignore the guilt and play along.As the lines blur between real and fake, I finally confess I’m not pretending.But she’s not ready to admit the same.I’m in love with my best friend’s girlfriend, but she can never be mine. Perfect for fans of:?? Slow burn romances?? Roommates to lovers?? Fake relationships?? Found family?? Angst & banter ?? Open-door spiceBetween Hate and Desire is book one in the Between Us trilogy and must be read in order. This is intended for mature audiences only. The contents deal with loss, grief, and have adult themes. This is a slow burn romance and ends in an HEA.
