by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
A GRINCH OF A GOALIENick hates Christmas. Like, really hates it. And the holidays in Chance Rapids are OVER. THE. TOP.In fact, they even filmed a cheesy holiday movie there.They do have one good thing going for them—a hockey team. The players are treated like celebrities, and the highlight of the town’s ridiculous Christmas Festival is an outdoor hockey game.That’s where Nick comes in. His mission: sabotage the game, make some quick cash, and escape this festive nightmare before he’s forced to march in the Santa Claus Parade.But as he schemes to ruin Christmas, he meets Evie, the kind innkeeper’s daughter. Her warmth starts to melt his icy heart. Life in Chance Rapids with Evie could be perfect, but there’s no way she will forgive him if he goes through with his plan. Will he choose hockey…or her?If you like grinchy goalies, horseback riding heroines, small-town dive bars, and rescue pups with floppy ears, you will love The Player Who Stole Christmas. This is a standalone Christmas rom-com that takes place in the Chance Rapids world.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
Todd Norman, cleared of his wife’s murder, returns to her small Connecticut hometown to build their dream house by the lake. Eager for a fresh start, Todd finds hopes dashed when a young woman’s body washes up on the neighboring beach.When Tracy Somerset, a divorced mother from Covenant, CT, encounters a handsome stranger late one night inside Wal-Mart, she’s unaware she’s talking to Todd Norman, dubbed “The Banker Butcher” by the New York tabloids. The next morning, another body surfaces near Todd’s under-construction lakehouse.As Sheriff Duane Sobczak’s investigates, troubling ties emerge between a local psychiatrist, a radical preacher, and a now-closed girls’ home. Set over New England’s four seasons, The Lakehouse delves into forbidden love and buried secrets within an insular community where everyone has a story to tell and a past they prefer stay buried.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
A USA Today Bestselling NovelA single moment is all it takes to shatter Sloane Monroe’s life forever …On a still, snow-covered morning, twenty-year-old Shelby McCoy sets out for home along a wooded path she’s walked a hundred times before. Her surroundings are peaceful, blanketed in white. Nothing seems out of place—until it is.A branch cracks in the distance. Then another.At first, she brushes it off as an animal, or maybe the wind, until she hears footsteps behind her. Slow. Intentional. A man’s voice follows—low and haunting—whispering her name.She turns.He’s there.And he’s carrying a gun.What begins as a terrifying chase through the forest ends in a moment that will ripple across lives—including that of private investigator Sloane Monroe.When Sloane is called in to investigate, she quickly realizes this is no random act of violence. The deeper she digs, the more tangled the mystery becomes—and the more dangerous. As Sloane pieces together the truth, she finds herself face-to-face with a chilling predator, one determined to get to her before she gets to him.A pulse-pounding mystery filled with heart-stopping suspense, buried secrets, and a heroine who won’t quit until justice is served. Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Lucy Foley, and Karin Slaughter.Praise for Gone Daddy Gone:”The best in the Sloane Monroe series to date! Bradshaw grabs your attention in the first paragraph.”- Reader ??????????”An amazing book that kept me on the edge of my seat.” – Addicted to Books, Amazon Top Contributor ??????????”You won’t put it down for long before you pick it back up again.”- Warren A. Lewis, Amazon Top Contributor ??????????”A heart-wrenching, great story that’s very hard to put down.”- Thomas, Amazon Vine Voice ??????????”I hadn’t read more than three or four pages before I realized I wanted to read the entire series, so I did just that.” -Robin L. Taylor, Amazon Top Contributor ??????????”Bradshaw does what she does best. She takes the reader on an incredible journey that’s emotional, suspenseful, and thrilling at the same time.” – L. Smith, Amazon Top Contributor ??????????Sloane Monroe Series in Order: 0. Silent as the Grave (prequel to series)1. Black Diamond Death2. Murder in Mind3. I Have a Secret4. Stranger in Town – Shamus Award Finalist5. Bed of Bones – USA Today Bestseller6. Hush Now Baby – USA Today Bestseller7. Gone Daddy Gone – USA Today Bestseller8. Smoke and Mirrors – USA Today Bestseller9. Shadows of Silence – Coming Soon!
by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Action & Adventure |
“Riveting story…swashbuckling adventures told well! Highly recommend this well-written story, one that spans centuries yet is woven together like fine cloth. Pirate loot, modern technology, bloodthirsty pirates, and evil high-tech tycoons? Yes indeed, it all fits together!” – ReviewerA quest to find a fabled pirate treasure, uncover a legendary lost colony, and solve the secrets of piracy’s Golden Age.At the soaring height of the Golden Age of Piracy in the year 1717, a young boy takes to the high seas with a ragtag gang of marauders to seek his fortune. His mentor is none other than the infamous pirate lord Blackbeard, a cruel and cunning leader with ties to a priceless treasure that has been lost to time. But the boy saw the fortune with his own eyes – if only he can live long enough to tell the tale.The Lost Colony of Roanoke disappeared without a trace. Search parties arrived to find over a hundred colonists missing with nothing but a single enigmatic word left etched behind. Dead-set on unraveling a nearly 500-year-old mystery, renowned archaeologist Nick LaBounty embarks on an ambitious quest to solve America’s first-ever missing persons’ case. His search will take him to legendary Ocracoke Island, where Blackbeard met his grisly demise just offshore.Facing two long-buried mysteries, both inextricably woven together by fate, Nick joins forces with his brother and Native American muse – alongside a salty old sailor – to follow a sparse trail of enigmatic clues and bring old secrets to light. Finding out what happened to the colonists will settle a mystery that has haunted historians for centuries… and it could lead him to a treasure for the ages.
by Philip Eliot | Dec 25, 2025 | Mystery |
The secrets of an English country estate offer a potent mix of romance and suspense in this classic mystery featuring retired governess Maud Silver. When Anthony Colstone inherits an ancestral estate that dates back to Elizabethan England, there is one ironclad condition: The property is never to be excavated and the ancient stones known as the Coldstone Ring removed. Anthony arrives at Stonegate in the bucolic village of Ford St. Mary with many questions: Why did Sir Jervis Colstone bind him to such a promise? Why does no one know exactly how many stones the Coldstone Ring contains? And why are the superstitious villagers so frightened? Anthony is convinced that he’s being watched. Then one night in the library, he sees a panel behind a family portrait move. He’s soon surrounded by shadowy figures looming in and out of his vision. With the help of Susan Bowyer, the great-granddaughter of the oldest village resident, Anthony starts to uncover the secrets of the stones. But the closer Anthony and Susan come to the truth, the closer they move toward a dangerous enemy determined to possess a long-buried treasure at any cost. The Coldstone weaves mystery and danger with an exciting love story in the sparkling style of beloved British crime writer Patricia Wentworth.
