by Philip Eliot | Aug 28, 2025 | Horror & Paranormal |
Secrets Never Stay SilentSix children disappeared.Psychopath, Elvin Hayes was convicted and executed for the presumed murders. He went to his grave with the secrets of what happened to the children dubbed The Silent Six. Thirty years later, the six are no longer silent. A curse has been summoned. The children have come home to play a demonic game called The Mayhem. Detective Kim Strode must find out who conjured The Mayhem before it destroys everyone connected to the case. There’s one major problem. Kim is connected. Her father sent Elvin Hayes to the electric chair.THE MAYHEM CHILDREN, a terrifying tale of witchcraft, demons, and revenge, is an ode to classic eighties horror.What Amazon Readers are saying:????? Cops, witches and citizens battle demons. Magic is a good thing.????? An awesome blend of the supernatural, mystery, crime and horror.????? A few times I felt as if I was in a King or Koontz book!????? Read with the lights on.????? This book is everything a horror book should be- scary, suspenseful, and nerve-wracking!
by Philip Eliot | Aug 28, 2025 | Fantasy |
A whimsical romance steeped in magic. This fantasy romcom will delight fans of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels and Half a Soul.Charlotte loves tea as much as the next person, but she never expected a magical teapot to choose her husband.When eccentric businessman and magician Martin Steepe hosts a tea party to find a wife, Charlotte doesn’t expect to be chosen. After all she’s only a baker’s daughter aspiring to be a penny blood author and the Steepes want to marry into nobility. Except he does choose her. With enchanted tea leaves. Unfortunately for Charlotte he doesn’t even know her name let alone that she isn’t nobility. And she isn’t entirely certain having the same favorite tea is a good basis for a marriage.As their awkward courtship evolves, she finds herself falling for Mr. Steepe’s honesty, his charming magic, and the tea he sells. But then his cousin discovers the truth of her standing and refuses to let Martin marry a commoner. With the fate of the Steepe family fortune at stake, he is determined to end the engagement through whatever magical and non-magical means necessary. If she doesn’t put an end to his scheming he will ruin her engagement. If the truth doesn’t first.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 28, 2025 | Science Fiction |
The world is clean. The world is dead.The EcoMites were humanity’s greatest achievement—microscopic machines that dissolved pollution, purified water, and healed our dying planet. Then their definition of “pollution” changed. Now they consume everything organic. Everything alive.Everything except one man and his sanctuary.Dr. Joseph Kellerman is the last man on Earth, surviving alone at Alaska’s Aurora Station while generators fail one by one. Outside his protective bubble, the air shimmers with invisible death. Inside, he talks to ghosts—his dead wife, his lost colleagues—as his limited supplies run out and the end draws ever closer.But when a massive solar storm approaches, Joe sees something impossible—a chance. One desperate gambit that could change everything. Or end everything.Some problems can only be solved by those with nothing left to lose.Until Nothing Remains is a haunting tale of isolation, sacrifice, and what it means to be human when humanity is gone.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 28, 2025 | Historical Romance |
A Jaded Contemporary Romance Novelist Finds Love in 14th Century Ireland in ETERNAL BELOVED, a Historical Time-Travel Romance by Mary Ellen Johnson
–14th Century Ireland–
Bel Lucy might be the wildly successful owner of Bella Publishing, specializing in romances, steamy and sweet, but she doesn’t believe in love. Bel certainly doesn’t believe in love after a wrong turn in the haunted Castle by the Sea lands her in fourteenth-century Ireland where she is forced to endure the company of the musclebound—not to mention poorly groomed—knight, Alaric DeLaMer.
In a time of famine and civil war, Alaric proves to be Bel’s protector while dismissing Bel as a prickly creature who delights in goading him with ridiculous tales. When a duplicitous alchemist sends Bel back to the 21st century, Bel discovers she can never be happy in any time or place—unless its beside Alaric, the complete opposite of Bel’s imagined romance heroes.
Realizing she was happier in the 14th century, Bel risks everything to battle her way back to Alaric but will her eternal beloved be waiting in his Castle by the Sea?
Publisher’s Note: Readers passionate about history will appreciate the author’s penchant for detail and accuracy. In keeping with the era, this story contains scenes of brutality which are true to the time and man’s timeless inhumanity. There are a limited number of sexual scenes with some vulgarity characteristic of the time.
THE TRAVELS ACROSS TIME SERIES
Before I Wake
Eternal Beloved
The Moment I Kissed You
THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLAND, in series order
The Lion and the Leopard
A Knight There Was
Within A Forest Dark
A Child Upon The Throne
Lords Among the Ruins
The Flames of Rebellion
MEET MARY ELLEN JOHNSON
On my first visit to Ireland, I visited Malahide Castle near Dublin. I was captivated by its stunning grounds and interior and its fascinating history, which often aligned with the fate of Ireland itself. Once I learned of its ghosts, I knew Malahide Castle, now the fictional “Castle by the Sea,” would provide the perfect setting for my second time travel novel, “Eternal Beloved.”
“Before I Wake” is the first novel in my four-book time travel series, “Travels Across Time.” “Before I Wake” deals with a pair of star-crossed lovers reuniting and fighting in thirteenth-century Cornwall during the time of Simon de Montfort’s rebellion against England’s king.
I am the author of the six-book “Knights of England” historical romance series, plus “The Landlord’s Black-Eyed Daughter,” based on the Alfred Noyes poem “The Highwayman,” which was published under the pseudonym Mary Ellen Dennis.
Upon completion of “Eternal Beloved,” I will say goodbye to my beloved Middle Ages and turn my “Travels Across Time” attention first to the Colorado Labor Wars and, finally, to a haunted roadhouse on Colorado’s eastern plains that may bear a close resemblance to a tavern owned by my grandfather.
When not writing, I enjoy time with my children and grandchildren and with Karma the Wonder Dog, my German Shepherd, who helped me survive COVID-19 and numerous other adventures.
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by Philip Eliot | Aug 27, 2025 | Romantic Suspense |
*Chosen Few is a Blood Brothers crossover series and can be read as a standalone*Brick is the fifth book in the steamy and captivating Chosen Few series. Brick is a page-turning romantic suspense story of internal battle, unconditional love, and high stakes. Brick’s take-action persona makes him the ultimate protector hero.?Protective hero?Secret baby?Ex-soldier?Badass bodyguard?Satisfying HEAShe took a part of him with her . . . a part he’d kill to protect.He’d sunk deep.After three tours in Afghanistan, Brick is searching for stability. He thought he’d found it one random night in Fargo. The sexy blond brewed with trouble, but he fell for her hard and fast.Faster than a bullet. Faster than a missile. Faster than anything he could handle.Until he wakes up to find his bed bare. All searches for the woman come up empty. She might have given him a false name, but she made a damn imprint on his heart.Three years later, and he’s shocked to find her striking green eyes and pouty lips on a Facebook post. The headline jars him: Natalie’s wanted for murder. And in the photo, she holds a toddler boy—Brick’s goddamn twin.Now a bodyguard at Backcountry Protection Services, he puts his team to work. They find Natalie, on the run for her life.And their son is missing.Natalie did what she had to survive. For years, Natalie fought to keep a brave face against her abusive ex. But she couldn’t get out from under his thumb. Not while he kept her secret. The secret that would end her. Destroy her.The secret that would put her behind bars.One terrifying night she escaped and fell into the arms of a stranger. All dangerous, muscle-wrapped steel of him.Brick wasn’t just a one-night stand. He’d been her salvation—and the father of her son. A son Brick knows nothing about.Three years later and she’s face-to-face with the man who stole her heart . . . and he knows her deepest secret—well, one of them.
