by Philip Eliot | Oct 7, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
A reluctant psychic back in her superstitious hometown.A talking cat. Small town gossips. A murder.Sprinkle in humor and a few ghostly encounters.The Scrying Game is a cozy mystery full of humor, suspense, and paranormal exploits.When I was seven, I had my first vision. My death played out like a movie in my head. That same vision has played out more times than I can count. Over the years, there’ve been many more.My mother always wanted me to hide my gift away. That’s what she called it, a gift. It was never a gift.Now, my great aunt has left me a house and a cat, forcing me back to my hometown to sort out everything I wanted to leave behind.But it turns out, Aunt Cora is a little less dead than I thought. The old psychic inhabits the body and mind of the cat—and she’s hellbent on teaching me how to properly use my psychic abilities.That’s not the only trouble I find in Mossy Pointe, Florida. I’m not in town for ten minutes before I’m thrust into the middle of a murder investigation—an investigation that puts me on a collision course with the vision I’ve been running away from all my life.The Scrying Game is the first in an all-new paranormal mystery series starring Willow Brown from Christine Zane Thomas’s Witching Hour series.
by Philip Eliot | Oct 7, 2025 | Romantic Comedy |
When event planner Fallon Honeywood collapses from overwork after a particularly punishing Christmas party, she reluctantly agrees to spend the holidays with her soap opera-star mother at Blakeney Hall, a grand English manor on the frosty Yorkshire moors. But what starts as an awkward family reunion soon becomes an unexpected adventure…Fallon finds herself drawn into the charming world of the aristocratic owners of the estate – handsome widower Alexander Knight and his sensitive son Theo. As her eyes and Alexander’s meet across plans to launch his new artisanal gin business at the local Christmas Fayre, Fallon wonders if her chaotic city life might have been masking a deep loneliness she’s hidden all along…With the help of eccentric aunt Constance Knight, a rescue donkey named Heathcliff and her adorably scruffy little dog Runcible, Fallon slowly begins to heal. But as Christmas draws near – pine needles and spicy cloves scenting the air and mistletoe festooning the doorways – Fallon faces a terrifying decision. Could this be the year she finally opens her heart? And will she choose to return to her old life in London, or find an unexpected home among the snowflake-dusted Yorkshire moors, where Christmas wishes just might come true?A deliciously festive tale of family, romance and Christmas magic, perfect for fans of Heidi Swain and Trisha Ashley. Curl up with a mug of cocoa and lose yourself in this holiday delight!Hannah Langdon’s books are the perfect Christmas treat!”Romantic Christmas perfection!… utterly charming, gentle and funny – the perfect cosy Christmas read.” Bestselling author Leonie Mack, ?????“This was freaking funny, the family was batsh*t crazy and I’m obsessed. This really was a heartwarming and feel-good holiday story full of Christmas magic!” Reader review, ?????“This is just a perfect read. A love story, with very cute children, beautiful food descriptions and a rocky path to find true love… Perfect. Read it.” Reader review, ?????“What a perfect Christmas read! I’ve always loved Hallmark-type Christmassy films, but rarely encountered book versions that were as highly enjoyable as this one… it’s the laugh-out-loud kind of romance and perfect to set you into the Christmas spirit…. I was hooked!” Reader review, ?????“A thoroughly beautiful, heartwarming Christmas story. This book is full of hot chocolates, champagne, festive films and romance thrown in for good measure!… Left me feeling all gooey inside!” Reader review, ?????“So utterly Christmassy and cosy, that I’m counting down ‘til December now.” Reader review, ?????“A wonderfully warm and cosy Christmas read… Just what you need to help you get into the Christmas spirit.” Reader review, ?????“This is a warm, lively and very fun read… The setting is brilliant, the family are both mad and wonderful and this is everything you want in an uplifting read.” Reader review, ?????“This was such a wonderful and enjoyable read!!!! I loved this book.” Reader review, ?????“Such a cute holiday romance story… highly recommend.” Reader review, ?????
by Philip Eliot | Oct 7, 2025 | Romantic Comedy |
Call me cocky, but it’s a fact women fall at my feet. So why does this one want to kick me in the junk?Might be my work for her uncle’s legal defense.Or the dubious ways I earned my millions.Or the scandal that cost my career. Or hell.Maybe it’s just that I’m not a nice guy.A fact I’m regretting once Lucy storms in and gets me rethinking my rule on dating single moms.She’s funny and smart and so sexy it shouldn’t be legal.Take it from a disbarred lawyer.One desperate to dodge this desire sparking like frayed wires in a champagne flute of kerosene.A few stolen kisses and I’m suddenly starved for a simple life on this sweet lake, but that’s absurd.Guys like me don’t belong in small towns. Towns this charming, this good, this…pure.It should be easy staying chaste with Lucy, since our encounters include a precocious pre-teen, one misguided bat, and a goat who won’t take no for an answer.But nothing’s easy with a woman born to boss five grumpy brothers.Big as they are, those guys don’t scare me.Not like my feelings for Luce and her daughter. Those have me quaking in my Gucci loafers.So does this big-ass secret bearing down like a toxic tsunami.One-click this laugh-out-loud, enemies-to-lovers rom-com about a single mom and the bad boy millionaire she swears she’ll never fall for (spoiler alert: she does).
by Philip Eliot | Oct 7, 2025 | Horror & Paranormal |
Not all magicians go to schools of magic.Adam Binder has the Sight. It’s a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. But for much of Adam’s life, that power has been a curse, hindering friendships, worrying his backwoods family, and fueling his abusive father’s rage.Years after his brother, Bobby, had him committed to a psych ward, Adam is ready to come to grips with who he is, to live his life on his terms, to find love, and maybe even use his magic to do some good. Hoping to track down his missing father, Adam follows a trail of cursed artifacts to Denver, only to discover that an ancient and horrifying spirit has taken possession of Bobby’s wife.It isn’t long before Adam becomes the spirit’s next target. To survive the confrontation, save his sister-in-law, and learn the truth about his father, Adam will have to risk bargaining with very dangerous beings … including his first love.
by Philip Eliot | Oct 7, 2025 | Teen & Young Adult |
Welcome to Bliss High, rated one of the top schools in the nation for its high test scores and outstanding academic reputation. It’s also the perfect place to commit murder. Natalie knows. She knows sweet, oblivious Mandy, is meant to be hers. Lifelong friends. Forever. And Natalie won’t let anyone stand in the way.Mandy Wright is the sweetest girl at Bliss High, but unfortunately, she’s also naive. She has it all: the hottest boyfriend, straight A’s, the lead in the school play, everything…but a loyal friend.You see, Natalie knows things no one else does. Like the fact that Mandy’s closest friends are scheming to bring her down. That her boyfriend is cheating on her. That they’re all rotten, festering in their deceit, and Mandy, dear, innocent Mandy, can’t see it. But Natalie does, and she will make them pay.She’ll tear their dark secrets from them, one by agonizing one, and when all their lies are revealed, Natalie will make them pay the price for their betrayal, even if that means getting blood on her hands. Because when the last lies choke on their tongues, when the last screams fade, only then can Natalie and Mandy be best friends, the way it was always meant to be.I Can Be Your Friend is a young adult horror suspense with no foul language and no sexual content.