by Philip Eliot | Sep 6, 2025 | Historical Romance |
“A heartfelt and heartwarming love story!” -Jessica Brockmole, internationally bestselling author of Letters from Skye “…its conclusion left me teary-eyed and tingling with the best kind of goosebumps.” -Erin Lindsay McCabe, USA Today bestselling author of I Shall Be Near To YouLove and adventure don’t mix, or so thinks Eleanor Morgan, a poetry teacher in 1918 Oklahoma. And she’s heard the call to adventure all her life: through books, through histories and fairy stories. This kind of imaginative escape has given her life some of its most bright and shining days. And now, as a grown woman, she’s desirous of early twentieth-century life’s real adventures, and a future with no thought of romance. But sparks fly — both literal and figurative — on the night she meets Erwin Phipps, a chemist-turned-lieutenant, on his way home after the Armistice. Their chance encounter is brief but electric, one she’s not able to forget, as much as she tries. But is she brave enough to let love in? Wartime romance A fiercely independent heroine Love letters & second chances Poetic charm & chemistry (the real kind!) A journey of the heart across time and distance Told in rich detail, this enchanting story, inspired by a real, early 20th-century correspondence, is about longing, lightning, and life’s most unexpected journeys. Perfect for fans of Lessons in Chemistry and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. If you like your love stories intelligent, wistful and heartfelt, this is the one to add to your cart today!
by Philip Eliot | Sep 6, 2025 | Historical Romance |
A fate already set in motion may hold unexpected surprises.A lady betrayed by her betrothed. A gentleman set out for destruction. Would his scandalous proposition entice her to surrender to the passion swirling around them?Noel Worthington’s happily ever after was only weeks away. She had finally secured herself a match with a divine earl who doted on her at every opportunity. However, Noel questioned if she should give her heart to him after he betrayed her with his deception. When her groom stays absent, she does what any lady in her position would do and confronts him, stating her demands. Noel flees when he responds with his own sinful suggestions. Soon Noel finds herself kidnapped in proximity with her scoundrel of a fiancé and she was powerless to deny the desire surrounding them. Would Noel ever trust her true love enough to give him her heart?Gregory Ravencroft allowed his shame to keep him from securing his bride-to-be’s safety. When he arrived in London, it was to seek help to destroy his enemy. Instead, he fell for a proper lady who portrayed every character he desired in a wife. However, he couldn’t be more mistaken. When Noel declared what she expected of him, he realized his meek fiancée was a passionate lady who had kept her desires at bay. After he seduced her with his scandalous propositions, he discovered how he wasn’t the only one who had kept secrets. Can Gregory convince Noel that the love he holds for her is true?A couple who navigates their engagement with polite indifference learn their fate entwined them for eternity with their undying love for one another. Can they defy the odds and allow trust to enter their hearts? Or would their deception keep them apart?The Seductive Temptress is the second book in Laura A. Barnes’s Fate of the Worthingtons Series. If you love a romance filled with passionate intrigue, then you’ll love Noel and Gregory’s love story.Read The Seductive Temptress to continue your journey with the Fate of the Worthingtons.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 6, 2025 | Historical Romance |
What harm could one night of pleasure do? Cybil Bythesea is imprisoned in a marriage that ended ten years ago. That’s when she fled the cruelty of her husband, Lord Falstone, and took refuge at her father’s estate in Northumberland. Since then, her family’s money has kept the villain at bay, and she’s been able to pursue her creative passion—writing. But freedom, true freedom, has been beyond her grasp.Except for her clandestine liaisons with Will.Will Chisolm is haunted by the past, the tragedy of his family’s eviction from their ancestral Highland farm, then his own foolish descent into political radicalism. Even now that he’s gained wealth and respectability as the manager of a set of spinning mills in Glasgow, he’s burdened with more responsibility and guilt than anyone knows.But there’s something about Cybil—a lightness, a kinship that, at least temporarily, makes all Will’s troubles fade away. It’s a dangerous game. Cybil is his employer’s sister, the wife of his political enemy and for the last four years, his lover.She’s also with child. Will’s child. And their world, their lives, will never be the same.“…an achingly beautiful world of love, desperation, intrigue, a reckoning with the past, and a twisty, emotional journey. I loved it from start to finish and continue to think about it days later in the best possible ways.” – Reader reviewA Radical Affair is the third book in the Darnalay Castle Series, although all of the books in the series can be read as standalones. It contains themes which may be disturbing to some readers (see the author’s note in the sample pages), and several spicy open-door scenes.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 6, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
Beloved storyteller and author of the USA Today bestselling Oyster Bay series brings readers the first book in a charming new small-town family saga set on the shores of Cape Cod.After four years stuck in a soulless job on the West Coast, journalist Annie Baker can’t wait to return to Cape Cod and surprise her father with the reason for her visit—but it turns out the surprise is on her. She thought she was coming back to Harmony Cove to cover her family newspaper’s one-hundredth anniversary, but someone has already beaten her to it. Finding Sean Morrison, the man who left her for a bigger career, at her old desk is only the first shock upon Annie’s return. When she learns that her tight-knit family has unraveled in her absence, she is determined to piece her broken home back together—along with her heart.Sean walked away from the life he loved six years ago but now he’s faced with the possibility of a second chance—if he’s willing to take it. The problem is that staying in Harmony Cove could cost him the one thing that matters more to him than anything else: Annie.As they work together to honor her family legacy, Annie and Sean must also decide how they can hold on to it—and each other—while redefining the true meaning of home and their place in it.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 6, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
He’s charming, cunning, and definitely up to no good—so why do I have a hard time resisting him?When Bodie King—a (supposedly) reformed con man with a history of art theft—strides into my antique store, I know I’m in trouble.He’s dangerously charming, ridiculously handsome, and hunting for a priceless chess set.The same one I’m after—and he’ll stop at nothing to acquire it.The race is on, and I’m having to resort to trickery to keep him from getting it. Too bad he doesn’t play fair… or scare easily when faced with a broadsword and fuzzy slippers.But when someone sets fire to my antique shop, Bodie goes from rival to eager ally, determined to keep me safe. And that’s when things get really dangerous—for my heart.I just have to remember why falling for him is a bad idea:1. He’ll steal the chess set out from under me if I let my guard down.2. He has deadly enemies.3. He’s entirely too good at kissing.Oops. I meant too distracting. Definitely too distracting.But when the lines blur between competition and something much riskier… what happens if he steals my heart instead?Note: Rook to King is a closed door romantic comedy adventure featuring morally gray characters.
