by Philip Eliot | Oct 1, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
A mountain blizzard. An injured dog. A romance that caught them both by surprise.Hailey Bailey craves safety. Raised by an alcoholic father chasing a dream of surfing superstardom, the down-to-earth health inspector just wants a comfortable salary and benefits. But when she attempts to save a lost dog in a blizzard and causes a pickup truck to crash, she’s awed by the handsome driver who protects her from the storm.Noah Hunnicutt can’t catch a break. Struggling to keep his tavern afloat and impress his judgmental father, the twenty-eight-year-old family pariah is also fending off an obsessed hookup and his money-grabbing, two-timing ex-girlfriend. To top it off, he never expected he’d be rescuing the very woman who made him wreck his truck. But with the gregarious beauty now stranded in town, he can’t say no when she offers to help him out by waiting tables.Enchanted by the tiny hamlet’s cast of quirky characters, Hailey begins to envision a life there … with the hunky bar owner on her arm. But a series of menacing notes has her rethinking that future. Meanwhile, Noah discovers his troubles aren’t only with vengeful exes when the lovely lady’s smarmy boss arrives to shut his business down. As Noah grapples with doubts about Hailey’s honesty, she contends with an increasingly hostile work environment that has her questioning her moral compass.Can they overcome the outside forces working against them and cultivate a lasting love? Or will they be left to wonder what could have been?The Keeper is the lighthearted first book in the Fall River small-town romance series. If you like witty dialogue, adorable doggos, and a little bit of steam, then you’ll adore G.K. Brady’s snowmageddon of passion.Buy The Keeper to fall for fate’s fickle plans today!
by Philip Eliot | Oct 1, 2025 | Mystery |
A high-profile murder case falls into the lap of a former policeman in this Golden Age mystery from the groundbreaking author of At One-Thirty. Though financially independent, Timothy McCarty still has second thoughts about resigning from the police force. But when the body of a woman falls from above and crashes into the sidewalk at his feet, he finds himself back in the game, haunted by the victim’s last words: “The flying man.” The dead woman is the stepdaughter of a prominent New York City banker—and the chief inspector needs all hands on deck. Along with calling in a celebrated “scientific” detective, the victim’s stepfather makes McCarty a special officer. Matching his street smarts against the latest technology, McCarty feels the old thrill of the hunt as he investigates an apartment building full of suspects, and the secrets they keep behind locked doors . . .
by Philip Eliot | Oct 1, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
Dennis Lehane steps up to the plate as editor and presents a scintillating collection of deep, dark fiction.”Dennis Lehane advises us not to judge the genre by its Hollywood images of sharp men in fedoras lighting cigarettes for femmes fatales standing in the dark alleys . . . [Lehane] writes persuasively of the gentrification that has . . . left people feeling crushed.” —New York Times Crime Fiction ColumnAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.Brand-new stories by: Dennis Lehane, Stewart O’Nan, Patricia Powell, John Dufresne, Lynne Heitman, Don Lee, Russ Aborn, J. Itabari Njeri, Jim Fusilli, Brendan DuBois, and Dana Cameron.From the introduction by Dennis Lehane:”Boston is a city that produces guys—or, in the city’s vernacular, knuckleheads—who once stole the replica of a cow that sat in front of a Braintree steak house. The cow weighed what a car weighed, and yet these knuckleheads had the industry to get it onto a pickup truck, drive it back to South Boston, and deposit it in the middle of Broadway. They did this solely so they could then call the Boston Police Department and ask them to respond to a “beef going down on Broadway” . . .So we have our distinct humor and our distinct accent and our distinct vocabulary. All of which—sadly, possibly—is now endangered by progress. Because one can’t ignore that Boston has been beset by a new class war of late, one you’ll see reflected in the stories herein. It’s a war of gentrification. As the city continues to lose its old-school parochialism and overt immigrant tribalism, it’s also losing a lot of its character. Whether that’s a bad thing or a good thing is up for debate, but what can’t be argued is that it is, in fact, happening . . .That’s the paradox of the new Boston—what’s lost has, in many cases, been taken; what’s left is what people can’t sell. Noir is a genre of loss, of men and women unable to roll with the changing times, so the changing times instead roll over them . . .”
by Philip Eliot | Sep 30, 2025 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
There are only two fae laws.1. Do not harm a fae2. Do not rob a faeOr the Enforcer will come for you.A dream.Vera wants nothing more than to earn a place with the Rogues, but with her penchant for turning everything to ash and her monstrous appearance, she fits in better with the flesh-eating beasts plaguing her world than she does the fierce warriors fighting them. When the opportunity to join their ranks finally presents itself, nothing goes as planned. Too late, she realizes she’s broken the second fae law and she didn’t attempt to steal from just any fae. She attempted to steal from him, the Enforcer.A bargain.Vera is lucky enough to find herself more useful to the Enforcer alive than dead. A bargain is struck—her life in exchange for what was stolen. Only Vera never planned for the Enforcer to join her search. Enigmatic as he is dangerous, he stands for everything she hates, and rouses her desire as much as her anger. Forced to work together to track down the missing weapon, Vera starts to unravel the mystery of the fae behind the deadly façade. And discovers he is not at all what she thought.A rebellion.Discontent is brewing in the lands. Mortals are no longer satisfied to serve as fodder for the monsters in the south, and slaves for the fae in the north. An unforeseen enemy has taken notice, playing off the fears and hatred of the mortals. This saboteur will stop at nothing to keep Vera and the Enforcer from uncovering their plot. With more than Vera’s life at stake, she will have to make a difficult choice, one that damns her world to darkness if she chooses her heart.Please Note: This book contains explicit language, romance, and violence. It is not intended for anyone under 18 years of age. This is book one in a series and ends on a cliffhanger.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 30, 2025 | Erotic Romance |
My power didn’t come from Daddy or Mommy but from the devil herself. Savior’s mind is a vault of devious lies.A vicious billionaire and notorious sinner.The blood on Savior’s hands might be dry, but the dark stains will never be clean.Secrets need to remain secure.He’ll do the unthinkable when his sister’s reputation is at stake and a marriage contract on his plate.There is only one solution: keep his brunette bombshell of a bride, Roux Tanzer, satisfied and unaware.His role as a husband will survive if she doesn’t uncover the truth.If she does, it might destroy them both.~Roux’s torment is a punishment.The eldest daughter of the Tanzer corporation once held pristine power.But that was before an event wrecked her perfect little world.Reclusive and trying to wake from the pain. She agrees to a questionable marriage with the new money-bad boy, Savior Satou.All for the sake of reclaiming her identity.When terrors come back to taunt her, she’ll stop at nothing to revive the life she always wanted.Freedom always comes at a price, even as a wife.Marry Power is an angsty arranged marriage billionaire romance.It contains explicit scenes and profanity. Recommended for mature audiences, please check trigger warnings.
