by Philip Eliot | Aug 18, 2025 | Historical Romance |
A house of secrets, an impossible attractionOn a personal quest, Constance Silver, who runs Mayfair’s most exclusive brothel, has lied her way into Greenforth Manor, home of respectable and charismatic provincial banker, Walter Winsom. She feels quite safe from recognition until Solomon Grey joins the party.Aloof and strangely exciting, Solomon is one of the wealthiest men in London, so what does he want with any of the small players gathered at Greenforth? More immediately, will he give Constance away? He saved her life once, with most disturbing effects on her, and she is still magnetically drawn to him. But he is one of the few men she cannot read or influence.When they discover their host’s murdered body together, they have to overcome distrust of each other to investigate. Everyone in the house seems to have had both motive and opportunity to kill him, so Constance and Solomon must uncover many secrets and set a dangerous trap in order to reach the truth.But is the murderer one step ahead of them?And if they both survive, will they part forever?
by Philip Eliot | Aug 18, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
A friends with benefits romance which begins with a sequined dress and ends with a promise they never meant to keep.When Erin finds her high school sweetheart and husband banging the former head cheerleader of their graduating class at their high school reunion, she knows that happy ever afters are not for her.Heartbroken, she forms a plan: live her life to the fullest and take chances. And that includes Devin—the man from her past and the hot, bearded bartender who saw her at her worst.It was only supposed to be one night, yet both end up wanting more.With one look at Erin, Devin has no plans on letting go. That means he’ll have to prove to her that forevers can work. Even if it makes them both breathless in the end.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 18, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
NavyA lifetime ago, Cade Wallace was the most popular boy in school, and I was the insecure teenager from a tiny country in the South Pacific who somehow caught his eye.He was everything to me.But I was torn away from him in a cruel twist of fate, and I wrapped my heart in armor to protect it from shattering.Twenty years later, an unexpected encounter might mean a second chance, but there’s something I haven’t told him, and that secret might be the end of us forever.CadeThey say you have one true soulmate. And I met mine when I was too young to know how to fight for her.Navy Simmonds was the blonde-haired beauty from New Zealand who set my world on fire, but when she was taken from me, I went down a dark road, one that made me unworthy of her.Decades later, fate puts her in my path again, and I am determined to keep her. But someone else has different plans and I must fight with everything I am to protect her.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 18, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
A best friends to lovers hockey romance with a workplace-prompted fake relationship!My coach is playing matchmaker.And that’s a problem because I work with this beautiful and distracting woman.Also, she’s my best friend’s ex making her very off limits.I also might be crushing on her. Hard.That’s a hat trick of reasons to say no. But if I don’t follow coach’s playbook on and off the ice I’ll be benched. Kind of like my heart.If I say yes to this fake-dating plan…well, it could save my reputation (nice guy, wrong place, wrong time, etc., etc.) as well as get me those deals I so desperately need. It could even help out my teammates who’ve worked too darn hard to have their captain trash it all because he’s afraid to fake it with his friend.To hold her hand.To kiss her in front of the cameras.To show her how she should be truly treated by a boyfriend—pampered and cherished.And maybe to show her how I really feel…Laugh, cry and fall in love along with these two meant-to-be characters as they stumble their way toward true love. This sweet romance is set in the same charming small town world as Jean Oram’s The Cowboys of Sweetheart Creek, Texas series. Enjoy! (These are slow burn, closed door hockey romances.)
by Philip Eliot | Aug 18, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
A GRIPPING THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GONE.She should have been the one to die.An ordinary weekday morning in the quiet little town of Lake Haven in upstate New York. Bobbi arrives at work — only to find the parking lot cordoned off with yellow crime-scene tape.She sees her co-worker Harriet’s car. Blood splashed across the front seats. A lot of blood.It’s Lake Haven’s first murder in eighteen years. No witnesses. No apparent motive. The tight-knit little community is terrified. And Bobbi is the most scared of all.Because it should have been her working last night’s shift. Not Harriet.Not only was she supposed to be on duty that night, but she has the same long, dark hair as Harriet. And drives an identical blue car.Bobbi knows that she should have been the one to die that night. And that the killer will come back to finish what they started . . .Tense. Unrelenting. Heart-pounding.This edge-of-your-seat thriller is packed with shocking twists and turns that will keep you breathless until the very last page.Perfect for fans of Linwood Barclay, Harlan Coben, Robert Dugoni and Rachel Abbott.Please note this book was previously published as Next to Die.READERS LOVE LAKE HAVEN:????? ‘Gripping. Addictive . . . One of the best books I read this year.’ Nigel A.????? ‘What an exciting read!’ CDWB????? ‘What a twister of a read. Didn’t see that coming.’ Sue W.????? ‘One word — amazing! Page-turning perfection from the nailbiting start to the gripping finish.’ Renita D.????? ‘Outstanding . . . Full of suspense.’ Bootsie????? ‘Hard to put down. Excellent.’ Joan H.????? ‘Wow! This one really gets moving and does not stop until the end. Cindy C.
