by Philip Eliot | Jul 6, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
How did former Chicago cop Jim McGill become the first P.I. to live in the White House? He married Patricia Darden Grant the first woman to become a U.S. President … not long after he solved the murder of her first husband.
Winning an election was one thing. Finding work after moving to Washington was another. McGill decided to be his own boss and took out a private investigator’s license. That wasn’t a politically correct occupation, but then McGill refused to allow himself to be addressed as the First Gentleman.
He nicknamed himself The President’s Henchman.
McGill’s first case is to find out who is stalking a woman in the White House press corps. Then his wife asks him to be a shadow advisor to a young Air Force investigator looking into a he-said-she-said charge of adultery leveled against a female colonel working at the Pentagon. Both cases have the potential to become politically explosive.
Welcome to Washington, DC.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 6, 2026 | Historical Romance |
A mistaken kiss. A forced engagement. Can it become something more?Lily Kingsley is destined for spinsterhood, but she refuses to accept that fate without receiving her first kiss. Luckily, she knows the perfect gentleman to enlist. Unluckily, she mistakes him for another and ends up in the arms of an overbearing and exceptionally frustrating merchant. And her troubles compound when busybodies catch them in their illicit embrace.An engagement is the only solution, but Lily doesn’t want a fiancé who’s only doing his duty. Especially one who manipulates her into accepting it for the time being. Somehow she must make him see how ill-suited they are.But why is the fellow so determined to see their engagement through?Jack Hatcher hates surprises, but when a beguiling lady mistakes him for someone else and launches herself into his arms, he discovers not all surprises are bad. Marriage was not in Jack’s plans, but Lily stirs something inside him he never expected to feel.But with his fiancé desperate to break with him and a new enemy wooing Lily away, Jack discovers that force of will won’t keep her by his side. Can he find a way to win her heart before it’s lost forever?
by Philip Eliot | Jul 6, 2026 | Historical Fiction |
*****2026 PenCraft Book Award Winner in Realistic Fiction*****2025 Firebird Book Award Winner in Holocaust and Friendship Categories*****2025 Readers’ Choice Book Award in Adult Fiction*****2025 Literary Global Book Award finalist in Historical Fiction and Cover Design-FictionOutstanding Creator Awards (Fall & Winter 2025)* 1st Place – Jewish Literature* 2nd Place – Historical Fiction* 3rd Place – Multicultural / Multilingual / Bilingual Fiction* 3rd Place – Motivational / Inspirational Books An Epiphany in Lilacs is a novel set in a displaced persons camp outside Hamburg, Germany, following the end of World War II. After liberation in May 1945, Daniel, a 14-year-old Latvian Jew, is treated in a field hospital in the British zone of partitioned Germany. A survivor of various concentration camps, Daniel fights to recover from starvation and disease. Racked by nightmares, a nearly nightly occurrence, Daniel finds sleep almost impossible. Through his love of nature and pre-war memories, Daniel struggles to find comfort. He forms an intriguing bond with an older German gentile, another survivor. Later on, as he joins a theater troupe, Daniel tries to move on with his life, yet is still searching for the whereabouts of his mother and two sisters. The story is loosely inspired by the experiences of the author’s father when he was a young Holocaust survivor.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 6, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
Sara Carsten. Judge Lawrence Bishop. One little boy who changes everything.Sara Carsten never planned to become a mother.After her sister’s death, she’s suddenly raising her infant nephew while struggling to keep her beloved small-town bookstore afloat. Grief is already threatening to overwhelm her when a stranger arrives with devastating news.He isn’t just asking questions.He’s Brady’s father.Judge Lawrence “Ren” Bishop built his life on discipline, ambition, and a spotless reputation. Then he discovers that one unforgettable weekend romance left him with a son he never knew existed—and the woman who could have told him is gone forever.Now the child he never stopped wondering about is living with the fiercely protective aunt determined not to lose the only family she has left.Sara refuses to let Brady become another casualty of privilege and politics.Ren refuses to walk away from the son he never had the chance to know.As custody battles give way to growing pains, shared milestones, and unexpected moments of laughter, old wounds begin to heal. But learning to trust each other may be the hardest fight either of them has ever faced.Because becoming a family was never part of the plan.Falling in love was even less expected.A heartwarming small-town romance filled with emotional family drama, a surprise baby, enemies-to-lovers tension, slow-burn chemistry, and a hero determined to prove that fatherhood—and love—are worth fighting for.Tropes:• Secret Baby• Enemies to Lovers• Slow Burn Romance• Small-Town Romance• Guardian Heroine• Single Father Journey• Forced Family• Emotional Healing• Protective HeroWhat You’ll Find Inside:• Secret Baby Romance• Slow-Burn Love Story• Small-Town Setting• Emotional Family Drama• Protective Hero• Dual POV• Spicy Romantic Tension• Satisfying HEAPerfect for readers who love: emotional family-centered romance, surprise baby stories, and the heartfelt storytelling of Susan Mallery, Brenda Novak, and Sherryl Woods.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 6, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
Preacher Wesley Aames discovers his beloved three-legged dog Lucky has been shot by Matthew, a developmentally disabled man who loves the dog and was playing with him when he accidentally discharged Wesley’s gun. As Wesley rushes Lucky to the animal hospital fighting for the dog’s life, he must wrestle with his anger toward Matthew while his church community rallies around both the crisis and the complicated question of forgiveness. The story explores whether Wesley can extend the same grace he preaches about when faced with the potential loss of his closest companion.
