by Philip Eliot | Jun 17, 2026 | Romantic Suspense |
Her dream job comes with hidden risks—and he’s her only shot at survival.Colt Malone doesn’t do emotions—or attachments. The elite soldier turned bodyguard prefers the solitude of his family ranch, where the nightmares from his past can’t haunt him as much. But when a new assignment lands him in close quarters with Aspen Grace, the vibrant force of nature he’s sworn to protect, his carefully built walls start to crack.Aspen has stared death in the face and lived to tell the tale. After beating cancer, she made a promise to herself: live boldly, love fiercely, and never look back. But when a threat from her past resurfaces, she’s forced to rely on Colt—the stoic protector who’s as infuriating as he is magnetic.The closer danger comes, the more determinedly Colt keeps his distance, even as Aspen refuses to let him slip away. With shadows closing in and time running out, Colt must face his own demons to protect the woman who’s breathing life back into his soul.In the pulse-pounding world of Black Heart Security, danger ignites passion and survival means risking everything—including their hearts.If you love bodyguard romance, opposites attract, and heart-pounding action and adventure, Book 3 of the Black Heart Security Series delivers all the feels—and all the heat!Fans of Anna Hackett, Susan Stoker and Lena Hendrix will love SHIELDED HEARTS!
by Philip Eliot | Jun 17, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
I don’t do relationships.Not commitment.Not forever.And definitely not the kind of life that ends with marriage and kids.I learned a long time ago that loving people only gives the world more ways to destroy you.So I keep things simple.I run one of the hottest clubs in Manhattan.I work too much.And I never let anyone close enough to matter.Then I meet Faith Lancaster stranded on the side of the road with a slashed tire and fear in her eyes she’s trying hard to hide.I should’ve driven away after helping her.Instead, I can’t stop thinking about her.Especially after I find her candy shop vandalized and her apartment torn apart by the violent brother she thought she escaped years ago.Faith insists she can handle herself.Too bad I won’t trust her safety to anyone but me.So I bring her to my home. Temporarily. Just until the danger passes.At least, that’s the excuse I give myself.Because living with Faith changes everything.The woman is sunshine wrapped in stubbornness and sweetness, and somehow she slips past every wall I’ve spent years building around myself. She fills my apartment with laughter, chaos, and late-night conversations that leave me wanting things I swore I’d never need.A future.A family.Her.But Faith wants forever, and I’ve spent my entire life convincing myself I’m incapable of giving anyone that kind of love.Then her past catches up with us in the worst possible way.And the second she’s in danger, nothing else matters.Not my fears.Not my rules.Not the life I thought I wanted before her.Because losing Faith isn’t an option anymore.And if I have to burn down every wall around my heart to keep her safe and make her mine?So be it.More Than Sexy is a steamy forced-proximity romance featuring a protective alpha hero, a heroine hiding from her dangerous past, found family, emotional healing, and a commitment-phobic man who falls first and hard.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 17, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
“I think about how a person can be like a Cape May diamond. A dull piece of quartz but when the tide changes, as it always does, they can become shiny and new again.”Sometimes the tide that sweeps you away can bring you home…After thirteen years of marriage and seven years of infertility with her supposed soulmate, Sophie Bennett’s life is turned upside down. Not only does she discover her husband is having a sordid affair, on her birthday, but his mistress is also pregnant with his baby. Seeking solace, Sophie flees to Cape May, New Jersey, a quiet coastal town where she spent many summers as a child. There she encounters Liam Harper, a brooding carpenter who seems intent to keep everyone at a distance. Despite his best efforts, Sophie recognizes the vulnerability under his prickly exterior, sparking a curiosity about him that she can’t ignore.Liam Harper is walking around with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Haunted by a tragedy from his past that changed him forever, Liam doesn’t believe he deserves love or happiness. After being unexpectedly awarded permanent custody of his one-year-old niece, Liam’s script flips yet again. He doesn’t know the first thing about parenthood, and his gruff exterior makes it hard for him to ask for help. When the beautiful and heartbroken Sophie becomes his new neighbor, Liam never expects her to be the one to chip away his defenses.As the two navigate their attraction and work to heal old wounds, emotions run high. If they want to change the tides of their futures, they must decide whether love is worth the risk. Will they walk away forever, or will fate step in and see them through?
by Philip Eliot | Jun 17, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
The Yorkshire detectives reopen an old murder case and stir a royal scandal in this “dynamic, surprising mystery” (Publishers Weekly). Reginald Hill “raised the classical British mystery to new heights” when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det. Inspector Andrew Dalziel and his partner, the callow Sgt. Peter Pascoe (The New York Times Book Review). Their chafing differences in education, manners, technique, and temperament made them “the most remarkable duo in the annals of crime fiction” (Toronto Star). Adapted into a long-running hit show for the BBC, the Gold Dagger Award–winning series is now available as ebooks. It was a cold-blooded murder committed in one of Yorkshire’s country estates. The conspirators: Sir Ralph Mickledore and his lover, American nanny Cissy Kohler. The victim: Mickledore’s hapless wife. Mickledore’s execution for the open-and-shut case made headlines. Thirty years later, so has Cissy’s parole in light of new testimony suggesting her innocence. But when the witness whose long-suppressed evidence is murdered, Dalziel and Pascoe realize the damage done by the fatal affair isn’t over. But whose secrets will prove more revealing? Those buried with Mickledore and his wife a generation ago? Or those Cissy is holding on to for dear life? Recalled to Life is the 14th book in the Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 17, 2026 | Action & Adventure |
The seventh novel in the internationally bestselling series of thrillers from Sean Black.THE EDGE OF ALONEAn isolated school for troubled teens. A series of mysterious deaths. A father frantically trying to rescue his daughter before it’s too late.But when the law won’t listen, who can he turn to?Private security operator Ryan Lock is back in the brand new novel from the master of the modern thriller, Sean Black.The Ryan Lock Series (in order):LockdownDeadlockGridlockLock & Load (Short)The Devil’s BountyThe InnocentBudapest/48 (Short)Fire PointThe Edge of Alone
