by Philip Eliot | Sep 5, 2026 | Historical Romance |
A Renaissance rival rapier academies romantic adventure set in 16th-century Italy from the author of the Archers of Saint Sebastian series. “He says he loves you, he means to kill you…” When Fiora di Rossi’s father Alessandro falls ill, she’s thrust into a position she never wanted. She must serve as the temporary head of her father’s rapier fencing academy, the Cloaks, and watch over her irresponsible brother Giovanni. Figuring out how to protect him and the other Cloaks from the Daggers, students of the rival rapier academy run by Alessandro’s former friend and now arch enemy, Jacopo d’Amari, is sure to be a headache. The only good thing about it is that her father is finally giving her the fencing lessons she’s always wanted, albeit in secret — he’s the master of ploys, and he intends for her to be his secret weapon in his feud with the d’Amari. And maybe he’ll finally show her the secret to his signature technique: the di Rossi disarm, a move so impossible no one has ever figured out how he does it, not even Fiora. But Fiora suspects she’ll be expected to marry her father’s godson Alessio into the bargain. He’s a gifted fencer, the best in their academy, and a marriage alliance would be the perfect way to secure his allegiance. But Fiora’s always resented him, and working with him to preserve their academy is sure to be awkward. To make things worse, Orlando d’Amari is back in town — Jacopo’s son, the boy who broke Fiora’s heart when he broke their engagement. It’s been three years, and there can only be one reason he’s returned: to take advantage of her father’s illness to crush their school, and to seduce the secret of the di Rossi disarm out of Fiora. As the rivalry between the two schools heats up, Fiora doesn’t know whom to trust. Can she save both her father’s academy and her own heart, when the line between passion and betrayal is as thin as the edge of a rapier, and love itself may prove the most dangerous duel of all?
by Philip Eliot | Sep 5, 2026 | Dark Romance |
The only thing more terrifying than the monster hunting her from the shadows is the one that has been guarding her from them for eight years.Trauma nurse Wren Marlowe trusts what she can measure: pulse, pressure, blood loss, and the exact number of steps to her apartment. But logic cannot explain the missing pieces of her life… a scarf returned neatly folded on her stair rail, a voice in the dark that knows her schedule, and the masked intruder who slips through locked doors as if they never existed. Wren should call the police. Instead, she leaves the blinds wide open.Cas knows every shift she works, every route she takes, and every small ritual she believes no one sees. For eight years, his strict rules kept his obsession contained: Never touch her first. Never take what she does not give. Never let her see his face.Until another man starts watching her, too.When nurses at Wren’s hospital begin turning up dead—each marked with a sinister, mirror-bright coin—the ecosystem of Cas’s obsession is shattered. The killer is moving closer to Wren, utilizing internal hospital access to stalk his next target. To keep her breathing, Cas must break his own code and step out of the shadows. To survive, Wren must choose between a calculated serial killer or the dangerous predator who will destroy anything to possess her.He is not a hero. She is not waiting to be rescued. And when the truth of his eight-year vigil is exposed, fear won’t be the only thing keeping Wren awake at night.***WATCHED is an explicit, high-stakes dark stalker romance. It is book one of the Mirror Man trilogy and contains psychological tension, morally gray themes, and intense spice. Reader discretion is advised.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 5, 2026 | Science Fiction |
England, 1985: Sent back in time to the year he lost everything, Robbie James is determined to turn the tables on the man who stole his future.In 2024, Robbie James is a brilliant IT developer who has just created an AI so advanced it can improve itself without human help. The result? He’s engineered himself out of a job.The man handing him his cards is Toby Fleming, a lifelong thorn in his side. So when Robbie is offered the chance to travel back forty years in time, he’s eager to settle the score.In 1985, teenage Robbie finds himself back at Splat!, a thriving video games and lifestyle magazine, working for Toby once again. But this time he knows what’s coming. Can he reclaim the groundbreaking game that should have made his name, save the girl who slipped through his fingers, and finally make it to the gig he always regretted missing — Live Aid?1985 is part of the anthology series A Year in the Life. Each book revisits a different aspect of life in the 1980s, and each story can be enjoyed standalone.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 5, 2026 | General Nonfiction |
One man’s account of Alcatraz, a rare and intimate memoir of life inside the world’s most notorious prison. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEREach day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives. Jim Quillen, AZ586 – a runaway, problem child and petty thief – was jailed several times before his twentieth birthday. In August 1942, after escaping from San Quentin, he was arrested on the run and sentenced to forty-five years in prison and later transferred to Alcatraz. From terrifying times in solitary confinement to daily encounters with ‘the Birdman’, and what really happened during the desperate and deadly 1946 escape attempt, this is the true story of life inside America’s most notorious prison.Praise for Inside Alcatraz:‘Extremely well written, fascinating, educational [and] insightful’ ***** Reader review ‘Honest, brave and inspirational’ ***** Reader review‘A must read for anyone fascinated by the Alcatraz history’ ***** Reader review‘Inspiring, emotional, beautifully written and very difficult to put down.’ ***** Reader review‘Amazing true life story’ ***** Reader review
by Philip Eliot | Sep 5, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
Dedicated K-9 officers race against timeDesert Rescue by Lisa PhillipsRescuing a kidnapped child is part of the job for search-and-rescue K-9 handler Patrick Sanders—but this time it’s his son. Now Patrick and his furry partner must work with his high school love, Jennie Wilcox, to shield the little boy he just learned about. But with someone targeting them, will Patrick and Jennie survive to face their painful past and become a family?Trailing a Killer by Carol J. PostIn a hurricane’s aftermath, Detective Erin Jeffries is stunned when she and her search-and-rescue K-9 uncover a collapsed building’s only survivor—her long-ago ex, Cody Elbourne. And it’s quickly clear that the disaster was no accident. Now only Cody can identify the man who set the explosives that killed his grandfather…and Erin must stop the killer dead set on silencing him.Previously published as Desert Rescue and Trailing a Killer
