by Philip Eliot | Sep 4, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
Heartwarming books with characters you’ll love: Welcome to Pajaro Bay.Hallie Reed has given up on fairy tale dreams. They only lead to pain. Now she has a new rule: stick to the safe path. But when her friend disappears from a summer job at a funky old amusement park, Hallie has to break out of her protective shell and take a chance on something bigger than herself.The Madrigal family was shattered when a fire swept through their oceanfront boardwalk a dozen years ago. When outsider Hallie comes to town, she learns the place is haunted by tragedy, and she’s soon swept up in the decades-old mystery of the Madrigals. Is she the one who can help Kyle Madrigal finally make peace with his family’s legacy? And could this be the key to unlocking her own lost dreams as well?Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it’s always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After.The Pajaro Bay novels can be read in any order. Collect them all:Little Fox CottageBoardwalk CottageHoneymoon CottageLighthouse CottageRum Cake CottageSongbird CottageSunshine CottageRiverstone CottageHarbor View Cottage
by Philip Eliot | Sep 4, 2025 | Erotic Romance |
All four books of the Venus Rising Quartet and the final chapter in the saga – Venus Wedding!
Venus School – Eager to learn more about herself, Jessica enrolls at the Venus School… but when she discovers just how attracted she is to two of her instructors, she’s becomes less interested in the pleasure-centered program and more interested in fulfilling her fantasies with the two men.
Venus Aspiring – After graduating from the Venus School, Jessica returns home only to find that her instructors are closer than she thought. Even though both men are willing to fight for Jessica, she’s not ready to choose one over the other… but she can’t have both of them, can she?
Venus Desiring – Jessica, Justin, and Chris are ready to take their relationship to the next level, but the painful rejection of Jessica’s family is keeping her from fully investing in the relationship. Meanwhile, Jessica’s best friend Hilary has become entangled with Justin and Chris’ friend Liam, but the path to love is never easy even as a couple.
Venus Transcendent – Jessica is determined to face her family and choose her own happiness, but as the trio approaches their future more united than ever, it’s Liam and Hilary who begin to falter. Can a Happily-Ever-After be in the cards for all of them?
Venus Wedding – It’s the wedding of the season! But one of the guests arrives with ulterior motives – will Jessica, Chris, and Justin’s triad be undermined just before they finally get everything they ever wanted?
Editor’s note: The Venus Rising series is a high-heatromantic adventure that contains elements of MF, MFM, and other extremelymature themes. Proceed with caution (or excitement, whichever)!
by Philip Eliot | Sep 4, 2025 | Dark Romance |
Life isn’t always just good and evil, like stories depict. For Isabelle Dupont, scarred and timid, fiction is her only escape. After living a sheltered life, hidden from society, she’s thrown into a world only found in her books—the mafia. Dragged in with a lie and trapped by the capo, Isabelle learns there’s more to her life than what she was led to believe.Rafael Corsetti finds himself wanting to protect the woman with strange scars and an even stranger history. She could be the key to ensuring his family’s safety and finding their enemy. Even as facts unfold and Isabelle’s hatred for him grows, Rafael wants her for himself. In the end, beauty doesn’t always want the beast.The Beauty in Scars is a mafia romance with content some readers may find triggering.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 4, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
SUMMER IN PARADISE contains three contemporary romance novellas set at Malibu, California’s premiere wedding venue, where love is always in the air. The women and men who run Married in Malibu have always made their client’s dreams come true…now it’s their turn. Millions of readers around the world have fallen in love with Bella Andre’s contemporary romances!THE BEACH WEDDINGWould you risk everything for a second chance at true love? Liz Wilkinson has finally landed her dream job overseeing Married in Malibu, a new wedding venue for the Hollywood elite that promises perfect, paparazzi-free happily ever afters. She vows to do whatever it takes to put the new company on the map. Even if it means working with her ex-fiancé…and pretending to be in love with him again, too!THE SUMMER WEDDINGJenn Fairhurst wants her Married in Malibu wedding cakes to be legendary. Her job baking sweet treats at the Southern California wedding venue means everything to her?even if she’s not sure that she’ll ever be able to love, or trust a man, again after going through a terrible divorce. Daniel Brooker is an award-winning photojournalist who gave up his globetrotting career to become a wedding photographer after his wife passed away, leaving him as the sole parent to his son and daughter. After such a tragic loss, he never thought he’d be able to love again. Until he met Jenn.THE BAREFOOT WEDDINGTravis is master of keeping his clients safe. If only he could do the same for his heart. As the head of security for Married in Malibu, Travis Houston makes sure no one will ever get into one of their celebrity beachfront weddings without an invitation, especially the paparazzi. But though he’s a master of keeping his clients safe, he can’t say the same for keeping his own heart safe. Especially when Amy Woodford shows up in Malibu again from out of the blue and completely takes his breath away, giving him an unexpected second chance at forever love.????? 5 STAR REVIEWS ?????“Everything about this story is beautiful. I couldn’t put it down!””If you want to curl up on the sofa and escape for a few hours, this is the book for you!”“Empowering, romantic, sassy and a fun read!”“Oh so romantic!”“Swoon-worthy! A beautiful love story I didn’t want to end.”“Love, love, LOVED this book!”“A story so beautiful, it takes your breath away…”“One of the sweetest romances I have ever read!”Don’t miss Bella Andre’s other bestselling romances…SAN FRANCISCO SULLIVANSThe Look of LoveFrom This Moment OnCan’t Help Falling In LoveI Only Have Eyes For YouIf You Were MineLet Me Be The OneCome A Little Bit CloserAlways On My MindKissing Under The MistletoeSEATTLE SULLIVANSOne Perfect NightThe Way You Look TonightIt Must Be Your LoveJust To Be With YouI Love How You Love MeAll I Ever Need Is YouNEW YORK SULLIVANSEvery Beat Of My HeartNow That I’ve Found YouSince I Fell For YouSweeter Than EverYou Do Something To MeEvery Time We Fall In LoveMAINE SULLIVANSFalling In Love All Over AgainYour Love Is MineThere Goes My HeartWhen You Kiss MeHold On To My HeartBella Andre’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling novels have been #1 bestsellers around the world and she has sold more than 10 million books so far! Known for “sensual, empowered stories enveloped in heady romance” (Publishers Weekly), her books have been Cosmopolitan “Red Hot Reads” twice and have been translated into 10 languages. There are more than 140,000 5 star ratings for Bella Andre’s books on Goodreads!
by Philip Eliot | Sep 4, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
She saves him from a fire, then steals his heart without even trying. When white hot attraction kicks in, sparks fly!Francey Cordaro is a dedicated firefighter, devoted daughter and a loyal friend who has made her way in a man’s world. She rejects material goods, doesn’t give a whit about her striking looks and focuses on saving lives, spending time with her family and friends, working out and playing poker with the guys. Until she meets Alex Templeton.A wealthy businessman, Alex is the epitome of success in every area of his life. A decent man, he returns home to run the family company when his father takes ill and his brother loses his way. What he can’t control is his reaction to the sexy firefighter who dragged him from near death. She’s gorgeous, fun-loving and challenges him at every turn. But she refuses a relationship with him.With differences that rival champagne vs. beer, uptown galas vs. karaoke bars, and the world of high finance vs. the reality of walking into burning buildings, their relationship seems doomed. Or is it?With a secondary reunion romance as fiery as Alex and Francey’s, and cameo appearances of readers’ favorite firefighters from Hidden Cove, as well as Shay’s trademark tense and exciting rescue scenes, this book will pull on your heartstrings and make you route for these very likable characters.Be sure to read the rest of the Rockford Fire Department: RISKING IT ALL, CODE OF HONOR and NEVER FAR AWAY, as well as all of the Hidden Cove Firefighters series.*** NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Kathryn Shay spent five years riding fire trucks with a large city fire department, eating in their firehouses and interviewing hundreds of America’s Bravest.
