by Philip Eliot | Sep 27, 2025 | Historical Romance |
All he wants is a quiet wife. But she wants something more . . . 19th Century, Liverpool. As wife to an errant husband, the art patron and industrialist Frederick Leyland, Frances is losing her sense of self. Living in the beautiful Speke Hall with her family, she is shocked when Frederick announces he has commissioned American Artist, James Whistler to paint her portrait and the beautiful old house. Added to that, Whistler is also going to renovate the artwork in their new London home.But when Frederick, as usual, dismisses his wife’s desires to help, telling her she doesn’t have the taste or style needed, this time her focus is drawn elsewhere when James Whistler, the handsome, brooding American artist, arrives at Speke and sweeps Frances and the family off their feet. Unlike her husband, he not only listens to Frances, he sees her. He sees the Frances that no-one else does.Under the painter’s intense gaze, Frances begins to realise that like the house, there is neglected splendour within her, too. Inspired by the possibilities the artist arouses in her, she begins to wonder if love might still be in the picture for her, after all…Based on a true story, this is the heady, slow-burn tale of a woman reinventing herself, while embarking on a daring, forbidden love affair with James Whistler.* * *All of Felicity York’s novels can be read as standalones. If you love The Quiet Wife: A Speke Hall Scandal, read The Runaway Bride: A Lyme Park Scandal, and pre-order The Secret Sister: A Chatsworth House Scandal now!
by Philip Eliot | Sep 27, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
She’s a Type-A Wedding Planner Without a Plan…He’s Her Laid-Back Ex-Best-Friend Who Broke Her HeartLacy has always had a plan—her life meticulously laid out beside neatly organized checkboxes. Up until now, her Master List was going perfectly:Get out of Cape Shore, her small sleepy hometown–checkGo to NYU for Event Planning –checkBecome an amazing wedding planner and spend the rest of her life making perfect plans for everyone else–checkMeet a handsome and wealthy man who perfectly matches her vision–check…mostly…Her life is perfect. Any *little* hiccups can easily be chalked up to normal growing pains, right?When a childhood friend calls, begging her to take over the last-minute planning for the biggest wedding event in Cape Shore history, she has to drop everything and go back home. Running into the ex-best friend who happened to break her heart years ago definitely wasn’t on her to-do list. Neither was the life-altering upheaval that it brought.Now she is left questioning herself and all her carefully laid plans.This second chance romance delivers the 2000s romcom feels with spicy forced proximity, hilarious hijinks, small-town romance and a life plan turned upside down set to a beach read backdrop.Back-Up Planner is an interconnected stand alone in the Cape Shore Romance Series.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 27, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
A dying wish brought her home. Can the promise of happily ever after keep her there?When the grief-stricken Andi Calloway loses her mother, she leaves her with one final wish: Stay in her hometown Bayshore Beach and pursue her dream of becoming a published author.So when Andi discovers a want-ad for an assistant to the famous novelist Ford Delaney, it’s the break she’s been waiting for.However, he has deep wounds in his past; he’s as moody and sullen as he is handsome.Ford senses Andi might be the one to redeem him. But falling for him just might ruin her dreams and break her mother’s final wish in the process.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 27, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
He’s the man she left behind, but never forgot…Laurel Moore might have had to leave her prized job as an assistant chef in one of NYC’s swankiest restaurants to take care of her brother and mother after her father’s death, but she’s not giving up on her dream. Nope. She’s going to turn her father’s debt-ridden, greasy spoon bar and restaurant into a destination gastropub that will bring life back to her small, struggling town. Laurel faces resistance on all sides, but it’s running into her first love, reformed bad boy Jonah Gardiner, that really throws her off her stride. Worse, he’s more tempting than ever.Spurred on by Laurel’s rejection a decade ago, Jonah cleaned up his act and became an academic and psychologist, who helps everyone understand their feelings except himself. He can think of a million reasons why he and Laurel need to stay at arms’ length, but when she shares her new recipes with him, it seems like foreplay. And that’s just the beginning…Can he and Laurel seize a second chance or will she destroy the peace he’s worked so hard for?TW: Alcoholism, alcoholic parent, toxic parenting, past SA
by Philip Eliot | Sep 27, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
Kennen Clarke and his team are celebrating: their true crime documentary, Truth From the Shadows, is number one in the country. But the celebration is cut short when the director reveals their next case.Leonie Tilden died twenty years ago on the train tracks, just days before her graduation. She was the daughter of a well-known and respected lawyer—and one of Kennen’s closest friends. Leonie’s death tore the small town of Ashter apart and severed all connections Kennen had with his past.Now there have been sightings at the train tracks, and Kennen and his team must dispel the ghost stories. A cryptic note links Kennen to the case, and his investigation leads him to the darkest corners of his hometown. To find out what really happened that night, Kennen must face his own haunted past.A must-read for fans of mystery and psychological drama, THE SWITCH POINT by A.D. Childers is a suspenseful journey through a small town’s buried secrets.
