by Philip Eliot | Aug 2, 2025 | Romantic Comedy |
When two gorgeous Scotsmen arrive in smalltown Georgia, innocent Highland Games lead to serious passion in this contemporary romantic comedy. Isabel Buchanan is fiery, funny, and never at a loss for words. But she is struck speechless when her mother returns from a trip to Scotland with a six-foot-tall, very handsome souvenir. Izzy’s mother is so infatuated by the fellow that Izzy has to plan their annual Highland Games all by herself. Well, not completely by herself. The Highlander’s strapping young nephew has come looking for his uncle . . . Alasdair Blackmoor has never seen a place as friendly as this small Georgia town—or a girl as brilliant and beguiling as Izzy. Instead of saving his uncle, who seems to be having a lovely time, Alasdair decides he’d rather help Izzy with the Highland Games. Show her how to dance like a Highlander. Drink like a Highlander. And maybe, just maybe, fall in love with a Highlander. But when the games are over, where do they go from here?
by Philip Eliot | Aug 2, 2025 | Children & Middle Grade |
STELLA has been nominated for 14 state awards in FL, ME, NE, NM, OK, PA, KY, KS, LA, AL, MA, SC & TX!”This empathetic read is also full of important themes and lessons for young readers bravery, how to overcome fears, and that mistakes don’t have to define us.” –School Library JournalTold from Stella’s perspective, this story is about a special dog who must find the courage to overcome her fears in order to help save a young girl with epilepsy.Ever since she was a puppy, Stella was trained to use her powerful beagle nose to sniff out dangerous chemicals and help her handler keep people safe. But during a routine security inspection, Stella misses the scent of an explosive. The sound of the blast is loud and scary. Unable to go back to work because of her anxiety, Stella is retired as a working dog.When a young girl name Cloe wants to adopt Stella, the beagle knows this is her last chance to prove her worth. But how? When Stella smells a strange chemical inside Cloe’s body, a scent that surges just before the girl has a seizure, Stella’s nose makes the connection. But how can Stella warn her new family without them thinking she’s having an anxiety attack? How can she convince others that she can be a new kind of service dog and hopefully save Cloe’s life?Even dogs deserve a second chance.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 1, 2025 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
With the political intrigue and high heat of A Court of Thorns and Roses and From Blood and Ash, A Betrayal of Storms is perfect for readers who enjoy stories full of magic, romance, and adventure… but with added spice.When half-fey Robin Vale is rescued from hunters, he’s taken to the realm of Wychwood – where everyone is focused on preparing for war against the humans who hate, hunt, and kill them for coin. As the fey ready their numbers for complete domination of the human realm, the truth of Robin’s heritage comes to light and his very presence opposes the long-planned invasion. With the help of his allies, including his devastatingly handsome personal guard, Erix, and Wychwood’s princess, Althea, Robin claims his rightful place on the throne – an act that throws him into a world of betrayal, murder and lies. Robin must survive long enough to claim his family’s power, or let it wreak havoc on a realm that turned its back on him.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 1, 2025 | Horror & Paranormal |
Ten years after the invaders arrived, the scant traces of humanity still live every second of their lives in absolute terror. Forced from their cities into ragged communes on the edges of the world, they cling to their precarious existence by the weight of their micro-decisions, one careless move or false breath away from certain death. Some believe they’re the lucky ones; others believe they’re cursed. But something in the sky is changing, and seeds of hope now grow amongst the carnage and devastation. Will they live to see the dawning of a new day? Or will they be too few and too broken for it to matter? AFTER follows the journey of a lonely motorcycle messenger who delivers weather-beaten notes to survivors scattered across a cracked and fissured western United States, a world both devastating and somehow beautiful. Her road takes her over vast landscapes, into the hands of humans capable of unspeakable evil, and through a hell worse than all of it — her guilt and grief slowly eating away at her.PRAISE FOR ‘AFTER’“Unsentimental speculative fiction that’s wire-taut and emotionally rich…Starling’s compact work reads like a splatterpunk version of Cormac McCarthy’s grim novel The Road (2006), combined with the second half of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds (1898).”— KIRKUS REVIEWS”Drew Starling has created a delightful nightmare of imagery, prose, and characters to root for… Or against. Don’t be afraid to slip into this post-apocalyptic tale of excellence.— CINDY O’QUINN, BRAM STOKER AWARD®-WINNING AUTHOR”With beautifully elegant prose, masterful world building and an unflinching and uncompromised vision, Drew Starling successfully whips this grief laden story into a frenzy of unbridled, visionary brilliance, where all its elements coalesce to make ‘After’ an exceptional piece of human centred, grief-riddled, dystopian brilliance.”— ROSS JEFFERY, BRAM STOKER AWARD-NOMINATED AUTHOR OF I DIED TOO, BUT THEY HAVEN’T BURIED ME YET AND THE DEVIL’S POCKETBOOK”A bleak and brutal tale of one woman’s fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic nightmare. With unforgettable imagery, Drew Starling delivers a tale of grief, courage, dread, and the best and the worst of human nature, combining Mad Max: Fury Road and War of the Worlds into one heart-pounding story.”— BEVERLEY LEE, AUTHOR THE SUM OF YOUR FLESH AND THE HOUSE OF LITTLE BONES”Unequivocally haunting. Starling mixes McCarthy’s ‘The Road’ and Villeneuve’s ‘Arrival’ to deliver a PTSD-infused road trip where nothing good ever happens but hope is still chased. This book hurts to read, but must be read.”— STEVE STRED, MULTIPLE AWARD NOMINATED AUTHOR OF MASTODON AND CHURN THE SOIL”A prose master truly in his element, Starling paints a harsh canvas equal parts beautiful and brutal. This post-apocalyptic tale of survival and acceptance deserves to be sipped and savored like a twelve-year bourbon.”— L.P. HERNANDEZ, AUTHOR OF NO GODS, ONLY CHAOS
by Philip Eliot | Aug 1, 2025 | Fantasy |
Firebird Book Award. IndieBrag Award. Wishing Shelf Book Award.For centuries, the lands have fought over differences in magic. And in a world where magic is as common as firelight, only the feeble-born, sick, or those unworthy of the gods can’t use it.Those like Par.He’s hidden his curse to escape the ravaging of his mind by the Hierarchy. But when his reckless friend is caught conjuring forbidden magic to help, their lives hang on a desperate hunt for a Sigil Master—one who can unravel the riddle of Par’s mysterious defect. Yet they themselves are hunted by a power-hungry man with his own secrets and a plan to transform the world into a paradise—or plunge it into darkness.In his quest, Par will be driven to strange lands, to the brink of despair and death, and finally before powers few have imagined—or survived.Enter the epic fantasy world of Rick Duffy’s award-winning The Sigil Masters.
