by Philip Eliot | Jun 12, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
A bookish cozy mystery debut full of “rekindled friendships, family secrets, a twisty mystery, and a hint of romance” (Victoria Gilbert, author of the Blue Ridge Library mysteries) When a body turns up near Rain Wilmot’s rustic Wisconsin cabin, she must discover the killer—before the book closes on her life. Rain Wilmot has just returned to her family’s waterfront log cabin in Lofty Pines, Wisconsin after the untimely death of her husband. The cabin is peaceful compared to Rain’s corporate job and comes with an informal library that Rain’s mother, Willow, used to run. But as Rain prepares for the re-opening of the library, all hopes for a peaceful life are shattered when she discovers the body of Thornton Hughes, a real estate buyer, on the premises. The community of Lofty Pines starts pointing fingers at Willow, since she has been unusually absent from the library this summer. A fishy rumor surfaces when Rain learns that Willow had been spending a lot of time with Thornton. The town even thought they were having an affair. While theories swirl about Thornton’s death, Rain takes it upon herself to solve the case to exonerate her mother. As more clues surface, Rain will have to piece together the mystery. But if she isn’t careful, she may be the next to end up dead in the water in Murder at the Lakeside Library, the first in Holly Danvers’ new Lakeside Library mysteries.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 12, 2025 | Fantasy |
In a city of vampires, dark magic, blood, and history, Lillian is normal. Just not for long.When her powers arise and she almost dies, she’s thrust head-first into danger. And a certain vampire’s arms.The mysterious William Newstead heads the Enforcement Office, the body tasked with controlling magic in Fairbridge. He needs her power – but she’ll do anything to escape it. When a twisted murder plot lands her at the feet of a shady vamp, promising to fix all her problems, she follows him. And he drives her right into the heart of darkness.For vampires in Fairbridge have a secret, and Lillian has one choice. Drown underneath it or accept her magic and rise.…Wild Magic follows a new witch and a powerful vampire fighting an ancient mystery. If you love your urban fantasies with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab Wild Magic Book One today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 12, 2025 | Teen & Young Adult |
With just one touch, bread turns into roses. With just one bite, cheese turns into lilies.There’s a famine plaguing the land, and Princess Yzabel is wasting food simply by trying to eat. Before she can even swallow, her magic–her curse–has turned her meal into a bouquet. She’s on the verge of starving, which only reminds her that the people of Portugal have been enduring the same pain.If only it were possible to reverse her magic. Then she could turn flowers…into food.Fatyan, a beautiful Enchanted Moura, is the only one who can help. But she is trapped by magical binds. She can teach Yzabel how to control her curse–if Yzabel sets her free with a kiss.As the King of Portugal’s betrothed, Yzabel would be committing treason, but what good is a king if his country has starved to death?With just one kiss, Fatyan is set free. And with just one kiss, Yzabel is yearning for more.She’d sought out Fatyan to help her save the people. Now, loving her could mean Yzabel’s destruction.Based on Portuguese legend, this #OwnVoices historical fantasy is an epic tale of mystery, magic, and making the impossible choice between love and duty…
by Philip Eliot | Jun 12, 2025 | Fantasy |
My name is Randall Erik Ddraik.
I’m a Dragon.
Randall works as a security consultant, bodyguard, and all-around badass for hire, working for the supernatural elite, and occasional human who’s wealthy enough to afford him. Case in point, his current client Annalisa VanSusstern, one of the world’s richest humans. Humiliatingly, she’s just been kidnapped right out from under his nose, almost costing Randall his life in the process.
Annalisa is in Randall’s care, which means he’s taken an oath to keep her safe, so nothing short of his death will stop him from rescuing her. As he navigates through LA’s hidden supernatural world, fighting to get her back, he discovers hidden, and dangerous, secrets about her. It turns out Annalisa isn’t human, and worse, she’s the key to unleashing a catastrophe the likes of which the world has never seen. Randall has only three days to find her and stop it.
The insane thing is, he’s not sure he wants to, because if he doesn’t, he gets the one thing he’s desired most for almost five hundred years… to become a Full-blood Dragon.
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by Philip Eliot | Jun 11, 2025 | Dark Romance |
He’s the most dangerous man in Chicago—the devil incarnate.And I snuck into his apartment to make a deal with him.DaniellaRevenge,I crave it,But can’t get it on my own.I ventured into the underworld and broke into the house of a monster.And now, I have to pay the price for his help.Work for the cold, ruthless Bratva prince,The one whose name is whispered throughout the underworld,And earn his trust.But before I collect my part of the bargain,I accidentally start an underworld war.KazimirThe Bratva hardened me, forged me into the perfect soldier.Nothing surprises me.Until I discover a little thief in my home.The audacity of this woman,A clever girl, aware of our world, but always keeping away,Until now. Until she needs help when the more legal channels fail her.I’m captivated by her graceful presence.I can’t stay away. She calls to a part of me I thought was long burned away.She came to the underworld looking for a dark knight,Now I’m not letting her go. I want her—all of her.And I will do anything to keep her in my dark kingdom.Forever mine.Even if it means breaking the rules and starting a war on her behalf.Vengeful Dreams is the first book of the Vlasov Bratva tales, set in the Midwest Underworld series. It’s a stand-alone darker mafia romance, with no cheating, a guaranteed HEA, and no cliffhangers. A morally grey romance, this book may not be suitable for everyone.
