by Philip Eliot | Jun 26, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
“Alaska’s answer to Tony Hillerman. If you haven’t discovered Stabenow yet, start here. Grade: A.” —Rocky Mountain NewsInside Alaska’s biggest national park, around the town of Niniltna, a gold mining company has started buying up land. The residents of the Park are uneasy. “But gold is up to nine hundred dollars an ounce” is the refrain of Talia Macleod, the popular Alaskan skiing champ the company has hired to improve their relations with Alaskans and pave the way for the mine’s expansion. And she promises much-needed jobs to the locals.But before she can make her way to every village in the area to present her case at town meetings and village breakfasts, there are two brutal murders, including that of a long-standing mine opponent. The investigation into those deaths falls to Trooper Jim Chopin and, as usual, he needs Kate to help him get to the heart of the matter.Between those deaths and a series of attacks on snowmobilers up the Kanuyaq River, not to mention the still-open homicide of Park villain Louis Deem last year, part-time P.I. and newly elected chairman of the Niniltna Native Association Kate Shugak has her hands very much full.Dana Stabenow’s Kate Shugak series continues to be beloved among crime fiction fans but also provides a fascinating window into life and death in Alaska.”Excellent . . . This is a richly rewarding regional series that continues to grow in power as it grows in length.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)”One of the best . . . A dynamite combination of atmosphere, action, and character.” —Booklist (starred review)
by Philip Eliot | Jun 26, 2026 | New Adult Romance |
Knox stood across from me, anger in his eyes, his right hand in a fist ready to hit me. In that moment, as I stared at him trying to figure out what to say before he hit me, I wished I’d never walked into that little dive bar.Actually, that wasn’t true because that was the night that changed my life forever.That was the night I saved Knox’s little sister, Peyton, from making what I was certain was a huge mistake I’d figure she’d regret for the rest of her life.We all had a code among the players on the team. We all looked after one another, and that included family members. So, when I saw some guy hitting on Peyton, I stepped in. I pretended to be her boyfriend to get rid of the guy who’d been hitting on her and when she turned those big hazel eyes on me things didn’t stop there. I bought her drinks, let her vent out her frustrations about the fight she’d just had with her brother and then one thing led to another, and she ended up wrapped up in my sheets.A few months later, the memory of her and that night remains fresh in my mind and soon she is all I can think about. Thankfully, I get to see her again at the season’s end barbeque. Armed with good intentions, that is when I find out everything is about to change in not only my life but hers, including my friendship with her brother.The guys on the team had always told me love would hit me when I least expected it, either that or I’d get a girl in trouble. I just never believed they would both happen at the same time.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 26, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
One sassy pyromaniac thief, four sexy-as-sin monsters, and a paranormal conspiracy of epic proportions.I make a living out of screwing over the jerks who capture and torment supernatural beasties. But when I free a bunch of particularly powerful monsters from their cages, I’m not counting on them following me home like lost puppies.Stunningly hot lost puppies, but still.These manly monsters are determined to repay me for my help, and they won’t get out of my apartment until they’re satisfied we’re even. And when I find out they’re up against the same creeps who murdered the person I love most, I’m all for joining forces. There’s something to be said for allies so devoted they’ll tear off heads and shred souls on your behalf.Especially when I realize I’m developing an unsettling supernatural power that no mortal is supposed to wield.Track down the baddies.Tame my destructive talents.Don’t get killed along the way.Oh, and maybe hook up with a monstrous hottie or four.Piece of cake.I’m so going to regret this.*Flirting with Monsters is a light-hearted, action-packed urban fantasy series with plenty of sass and steam. This set contains all four books in the series—Shadow Thief, Twilight Crook, Dusk Avenger, and Dark Champion—as well as 70 pages of exclusive bonus scenes, including a brand-new epilogue.*
by Philip Eliot | Jun 26, 2026 | Action & Adventure |
“Riveting story…swashbuckling adventures told well! Highly recommend this well-written story, one that spans centuries yet is woven together like fine cloth. Pirate loot, modern technology, bloodthirsty pirates, and evil high-tech tycoons? Yes indeed, it all fits together!” – ReviewerA quest to find a fabled pirate treasure, uncover a legendary lost colony, and solve the secrets of piracy’s Golden Age.At the soaring height of the Golden Age of Piracy in the year 1717, a young boy takes to the high seas with a ragtag gang of marauders to seek his fortune. His mentor is none other than the infamous pirate lord Blackbeard, a cruel and cunning leader with ties to a priceless treasure that has been lost to time. But the boy saw the fortune with his own eyes – if only he can live long enough to tell the tale.The Lost Colony of Roanoke disappeared without a trace. Search parties arrived to find over a hundred colonists missing with nothing but a single enigmatic word left etched behind. Dead-set on unraveling a nearly 500-year-old mystery, renowned archaeologist Nick LaBounty embarks on an ambitious quest to solve America’s first-ever missing persons’ case. His search will take him to legendary Ocracoke Island, where Blackbeard met his grisly demise just offshore.Facing two long-buried mysteries, both inextricably woven together by fate, Nick joins forces with his brother and Native American muse – alongside a salty old sailor – to follow a sparse trail of enigmatic clues and bring old secrets to light. Finding out what happened to the colonists will settle a mystery that has haunted historians for centuries… and it could lead him to a treasure for the ages.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 26, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense |
What if the greatest threat to humanity isn’t coming from above… but from below?On his 49th birthday, Rex Lassiter decides he’s done with danger.After surviving the battlefields of Afghanistan as a Navy SEAL, then fighting blowouts, hurricanes, and armed revolutionaries, on deepwater drilling rigs across the globe, he’s ready to settle into the quiet life on his late grandfather’s Colorado ranch—a place of hard-earned peace and cherished memories.But fate likes irony, and peace is a luxury Rex can’t afford. Ruthless developers circle like vultures, ready to bulldoze his heritage into a billionaire’s playground. With lawsuits bleeding him dry, Rex is one court date away from losing it all.Enter Joss Malloy—a cocky young tech mogul with a proposition too insane to refuse: lead a black-ops crew aboard the Theseus, the world’s most advanced drillship, to retrieve a classified artifact locked 11,000 feet beneath the Antarctic Ocean. The payout? Enough to bury the developers and secure Rex’s future forever.There’s just one problem: the ship’s advanced AI, ADONIS, is unraveling—hallucinating, rewriting code, and whispering in languages no human should understand. And the closer they get, the more the object responds… like it’s waiting.As Rex gathers a ragtag team of battle-hardened veterans, brilliant engineers, and fearless misfits, he must confront the treacherous conditions of the Antarctic while navigating the potential threat of the object below.As ADONIS’s psychosis spirals and the artifact begins to awaken, Rex realizes that what started as a recovery mission is quickly turning into a fight for survival.”Some things were never meant to be found. Some doors, once opened, can’t be closed.”In a heart-stopping race against corporate greed, a rogue AI, and a discovery that predates mankind, Rex Lassiter’s final mission becomes humanity’s last stand.Join Rex and his team on a pulse-pounding adventure, where secrets are unearthed that may have been better off left in the Antarctic’s icy depths, and one man’s fight for his legacy becomes a battle for the future of Earth.
