by Philip Eliot | Jun 28, 2026 | Fantasy |
“Thanks for your concern, but I don’t need your protection. I have a mystical cat, an unprincipled gnome with a violent streak, and I have my magic.”Betty Lennox is an elemental witch on a mission to leave her desert hometown of Smokethorn, California, for good. But first, she needs to sell the property she inherited from her mother to someone who, among other things, doesn’t mind living in a paranormal seniors’ trailer park in a town where it’s so hot in summer that the local demons head back to Hades to cool off.She’s also running low on cash to keep up the protection spell on the park. When she’s offered a job to procure a cursed grimoire, one so dangerous the local coven won’t touch it, she takes it. Even though the job comes from a vicious wolf alpha who won’t rest until she’s dead.To get the grimoire and keep her soul, she’ll have to lean on her partner—a magic cat named Fennel—Cecil, a homicidal garden gnome, a graveyard demon, her retired necromancer best friend, and her second-least favorite bartender in town, who also just happens to be the wolf alpha’s son.If they can manage to work together without killing each other, Betty just might survive.For fans of urban fantasy with a side of slow-burn romance.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 28, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
When a romantically awkward pro hockey star asks his sassy next-door neighbor for kissing lessons, it’s all business—until it’s not. Can love between this unlikely pair score a win, or will it get iced?Blake Barrett here. My wicked wrist shot’s on fire, and the NHL spotlight’s on me. But off the ice? Let’s say my skills could use some work. Enter Michaela Wagner, my new neighbor—a sharp attorney with no time for my fumbling. When she offers kissing lessons, I jump at the chance, confident there’s no risk of getting attached. Love isn’t for me, thanks to my parents’ disastrous marriage. Happily-ever-after? Yeah, right.Meanwhile, Michaela’s dream is finding her Prince Charming, though she’s certain he’s not me. Yet somehow, our practice sessions pull us closer, and her smile and fierce spirit keep getting under my skin. Her optimism challenges my beliefs, and I start questioning if maybe I’ve been wrong all along.As our connection deepens, my fears claw at me. Letting her in risks not just my heart, but the fragile control I’ve fought to keep over a life that’s one mistake away from fracturing. And I’m not sure I can survive that.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 28, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
“An irresistible combination of contemporary psychological thriller and historical mystery filled with the moody atmosphere of the Lake District.” —Tess Gerritsen, New York Times–bestselling authorIn The Grave Tattoo, suspense master Val McDermid spins a psychological thriller in which a present-day murder has its roots in the eighteenth century and the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty.After torrential summer rains uncover a bizarrely tattooed body on a Lake District hillside, long discarded old wives’ tales takes on a chilling new plausibility. For centuries, Lakelanders have whispered that Fletcher Christian staged the massacre on Pitcairn so that he could return home. And there, he told his story to an old friend and schoolmate, William Wordsworth, who turned it into a long narrative poem—a poem that remained hidden lest it expose Wordsworth to the gallows for harboring a fugitive.Wordsworth specialist Jane Gresham, herself a native of the Lake District, feels compelled to discover once and for all whether the manuscript ever existed—and whether it still exists today. But as she pursues each new lead, death follows hard on her heels. Suddenly Jane is at the heart of a 200-year-old mystery that still has the power to put lives on the line.Against the dramatic backdrop of England’s Lake District, a drama of life and death plays out, its ultimate prize a bounty worth millions.”I’ve been a Val McDermid fan forever . . . like all her work, The Grave Tattoo is an experience . . . a visceral entertainment that leaves you panting right up to the shattering climax.” —Ridley Pearson, New York Times–bestselling author
by Philip Eliot | Jun 28, 2026 | Historical Romance |
Four women risk everything on the Oregon Trail… and find love where they least expect it.Bound for Oregon by desperation, duty, and hope, Amanda, Emma Rose, Nora, and Opal forge an unbreakable friendship as they journey west across the dangerous frontier.Along the trail, each woman faces secrets, heartbreak, and unexpected danger—but rugged cowboys, honorable lawmen, and determined ranchers may just prove that love is worth the risk.Filled with marriages of convenience, mail-order brides, frontier danger, and heartfelt happily-ever-afters, this sweet historical western romance boxset includes four complete novels:Amanda, Emma Rose, Nora, and Opal.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 27, 2026 | New Adult Romance |
A brand new dark bully romance series from bestselling author Caitlyn Dare.He’s filthy. He’s jealous… and he’s dead set on ruining her. Olivia Beckworth knows what it’s like to live in a man’s world. She is the twin sister of an All Hallows’ Heir, after all.Wicked. Arrogant. Entitled. They stalk the halls of All Hallows’ like gods.She hates everything they stand for, everything they represent. But she hates none more than Reese Whitfield-Brown. Her brother’s ex-best friend and the Heir that up and left them without so much as a word.At least with Reese gone, no one will ever find out her dirty little secret.She’s safe. She can move on with her life…Until Reese shows up ready to get revenge on everyone who hurt him.Including Olivia.His new stepsister.Filthy is the first volatile book in the Heirs of All Hallows dark college romance series. If you love forbidden step-sibling tension, heated enemies-to-lovers, and a hero who will burn the world down for the girl he hates, you’ll obsess over Caitlyn Dare’s dark read. Open the cover and see what destiny has in store.
