by Philip Eliot | Jul 7, 2025 | New Adult Romance |
Sharing a one-bedroom studio apartment the size of a postage stamp with a sexy stranger is not my brightest idea.I need sleep, not temptation.I’m a first-year intern at South General Hospital, and when I’m not working twenty-four hour shifts of pure emergency room adrenaline, I need a bed. A good one.This stranger and I already have a history. We got into such a brawl competing for the first apartment we both looked at that the manager kicked us both out. Nobody got it. Now there is only one furnished place left in our part of LA.We both want it, so we strike a deal. We’ll share.She gets the ultra-comfy mattress during the night while I’m at the hospital.It’s mine when she’s at work at her family’s deli chain.No problem, right?Except one evening I get sent home early after a devastating shift, and it turns out Nadia knows a thing or two about handling a crisis. And once I sleep with her cuddled in my arms, I know I’m in trouble.Because after we share the only bed in our place, there is no holding anything back.—Hold the Pickle is an unexpected roommate romantic comedy about a hot doctor, a deli worker, and the six cats she’s hiding under the bed. It’s a funny, steamy, heartfelt part of the Top 100 Pickleverse, but you do not have to read any other books before this one. You can begin your wild adventure with the Pickle family right here.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 7, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
Rusty Walker has spent her entire life trying to earn her tough, ranching father’s respect and approval by learning the business inside and out. But now her uncompromising parent has decreed she must marry if she wants to inherit. Worse, her husband has to be someone who can help her run the business. As if she needs it!
Williams Hill kissed Rusty in a bar in an act of temporary insanity, and lost his heart to her on the spot. Despite the complications to his own rodeo stock business, he agrees to marry the feisty red-head, hoping to woo her once they’re hitched. But she only views him with suspicion and resentment.
Can this soft-spoken Texas cowboy convince his proud wife, who’s never known unconditional love, that she is everything he wants?
RESISTING THE RANCHER is a sweet and sexy standalone Texas romance in a series of standalones! Saving the Sheriff, Resisting the Rancher, Taming the Troublemaker and Claiming the Cowboy for Christmas can be read in any order.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 7, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
There was so much suspense I could feel my heart pound in my chest… This is the first book I’ve read by this author and it certainly will not be the last. Loved it!’ Twilight Reader, ?????It was meant to be Caitlin’s perfect summer, but betrayed by her best friend and her boyfriend, she finds herself hitchhiking home alone, heartbroken, and penniless.When a smiling family pulls up on the roadside to help her on her way, she’s relieved – they seem so friendly, safe. And when they offer her a warm bed in their isolated house for the night, she’s grateful not to have to travel back alone in the dark. In any case, she’s in no rush to get home, where a grave secret is lying in wait to blow her family apart.One night soon turns into two, and then three. The increasingly spellbinding couple wants her to stay, and why shouldn’t she? Their children need a tutor, and the longer she can avoid home, the better. But then an older member of the household warns her to leave immediately. And when her phone suddenly goes missing, when she realises that this perfect family is a perfect lie, it might not be so easy for her to leave…A brilliantly suspenseful read, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Mark Edwards and Claire Douglas.Read what everyone is saying about Stay:’Will blow your mind… Love, love, love Bailey’s writing.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ?????’Fantastic… The very definition of a page-turner. Jane’s best yet!! So good! I loved it.’ Jackie Kabler, #1 bestselling author of The Perfect Couple’Gripping and atmospheric… will keep readers guessing until the final pages… A twisty and suspenseful narrative.’ readwithmills, ?????’Will really get under your skin.’ Mark Edwards, bestselling author of Keep Her Secret’Intense, keeps-you-hooked… I’d highly recommend this one… Chilling and dark, and the suspense doesn’t let up.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ?????’Unbearably dark and chilling. I couldn’t put it down!’ Shalini Boland, bestselling author of The Silent Bride’I literally could not put it down and read it in one sitting.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ?????’Such a unique and suspenseful piece of drama, masterfully done.’ Melanie Golding, #1 bestselling author of Little Darlings’Wow, what a book’ NetGalley Reviewer, ?????
by Philip Eliot | Jul 7, 2025 | Action & Adventure |
The Oscar-winning actor teams up with a shipwreck diving expert to spin a cinematic tale of nineteenth century pirates, shipwrecks, and sea adventure.In 1805, seventeen-year-old Jack O’Reilly sets sail with his parents from America to Cuba aboard the Perdido Star. But when tragedy strikes shortly after their arrival, Jack makes a desperate escape, rejoining the departing Star as a member of the crew. On his yearslong journey around the globe, he only grows more obsessed with avenging the murder of his parents.By the time he returns to Cuba, Jack has faced storms, shipwreck, and deadly battles. He leads a renegade band who call themselves the Right Honourable Brotherhood of the Shipwrecked Men of the Star. But having seen and suffered so much, what is Jack now willing to sacrifice for revenge?Hackman and Lenihan infuse this swashbuckling tale with authentic details of 19th century seafaring and deep sea diving. The hero Jack is joined by a colorful cast of characters, including Paul Le Maire, the aristocratic intellectual who earns Jack’s friendship; Quince, the first mate, Jack’s mentor and defender; Quen-Li, the mysterious Chinese cook whose skills extend beyond the galley; Hansumbob, the ship’s poet, whose simplicity belies a wisdom born of the heart; and the greedy Count de Silva, whose charm masks a murderous soul.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 7, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
This thrilling crime novel features “the best cop to come out of the Soviet Union since Martin Cruz Smith’s Arkady Renko” (San Francisco Examiner). After a lifetime in service to the Soviet Union, police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov may have found a way out. A high-profile homicide leads him to a cache of documents packed full of incriminating Kremlin gossip, which he uses as a bargaining chip to secure exit visas for himself and his Jewish wife. But just before the deal is concluded, Brezhnev’s death sends the nation into turmoil, and makes escape impossible. His career derailed, the veteran cop is reduced to investigating penny-ante murders—one of which may lead somewhere very big indeed. An elderly Jewish man is shot to death in his bathtub by killers who steal nothing but a worthless brass candlestick. And as the brutal Moscow summer wears on, the police find themselves the targets of car thieves and snipers. With the help of his two faithful lieutenants, Karpo and Tkach, Rostnikov needs to find a way to solve these cases and salvage his good name—if it doesn’t cost him his life. The Edgar Award–winning Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov series is one more reason why New York Times–bestselling author Tony Hillerman says, “Never miss a Kaminsky book.”
