by Philip Eliot | Sep 3, 2026 | Cozy Mystery |
A New England coastal cozy mystery featuring an antique auctioneer turned amateur sleuth as she investigates murder in her small town.Josie Prescott’s friends thought she was nuts when she left her high-paying New York auction house job and her boyfriend to live on the rugged and beautiful New Hampshire coast. Truth is, Josie wondered a little herself—never mind that her peripheral involvement in a well-publicized price-fixing scandal made the possibility of a new start incredibly enticing.Things are looking better, though, now that she’s got her own auction business up and running and has made something of a success of her new life. That is, until she gets mixed up in murder, and the supremely eligible but emotionally distant local police chief seems to think she’s the prime suspect.Josie has suddenly got a lot to lose and no desire to leave her new life—or the possibility of a little romance—behind. So she sets her mind on identifying the killer and making the best out of her unfortunate circumstances. After all, Josie is grateful for her second chance in life and knows a third is just too much to ask . . . especially with a vicious killer on the loose.Consigned to Death is the first novel in Jake K. Cleland’s delightful series of mystery and antiques on the New Hampshire coast.”As an Antiques Roadshow junkie, I am captivated. . . . Beautifully crafted, thoroughly enjoyable.” —Margaret Maron, author of Rituals of the Season
by Philip Eliot | Sep 3, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
From hiking and camping…To hiding from kidnappers!Alexis Mahoney is prepared for bears and bad weather on a rafting trip, not kidnappers trying to snatch her niece! Or needing to trust a wilderness recluse to keep them safe. Zeke Soto lives alone, haunted by the past. But when Alexis and Keira stumble upon his cabin, he offers protection—a dangerous move, because someone has no intention of letting the pair get off the mountain…
by Philip Eliot | Sep 3, 2026 | New Adult Romance |
CalliopeThanks to my needy pet rat, I’m banned from working at all Florida theme parks. So what’s a person to do? Get a job as a mascot for a local hockey team, of course.I didn’t expect to get pushed into a pool on my first day by the grouchiest, hottest player on the team. Nor could I have imagined that we’d get locked into an evacuated building together and share an angry kiss that would get caught on video. Or that said video would go viral, sending ticket sales for our games through the roof.Now Michael Medvedev and I have to fake date for the sake of the team.Too bad he hates the whole world, me included.MichaelThe one time I decide to indulge my idiotic teammates and pull a prank on our mascot, I end up pissing off a brand-new employee on her first day—and with my luck, she turns out to be the quirkiest, sexiest woman I’ve ever met.I hate so much about Florida—the humidity, the sunshine, the grass, the ocean—so it comes as a shock when I find something in this awful state that I do not hate, and her name is Calliope.Pretending to date her is going to drive me insane, and that’s before we’re forced to share a hotel room… with just one bed.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 3, 2026 | Literary |
OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD”A mesmerising reading experience for all of us seeking a meaningful life’ JAPAN TIMESWhat he experienced that day wasn’t life-changing . . . It was life-making.Tomura is startled by the hypnotic sound of a piano being tuned in his school. It seeps into his soul and transports him to the forests, dark and gleaming, that surround his beloved mountain village. From that moment, he is determined to discover more.Under the tutelage of three master piano-tuners – one humble, one jovial, one ill-tempered – Tomura embarks on his training, never straying too far from a single, unfathomable question: do I have what it takes?Set in small-town Japan, this warm and mystical story is for the lucky few who have found their calling – and for the rest of us who are still searching. It shows that the road to finding one’s purpose is a winding path, often filled with treacherous doubts and, for those who persevere, astonishing moments of revelation.Mega-bestselling winner of the Japan Booksellers Award, selected by bookshop staff as the book they most wanted to hand-sell: A tender and uplifting novel for fans of A WHOLE LIFE by Robert Seethaler.[Contains 5 exquisite hand-drawn illustrations]
by Philip Eliot | Sep 3, 2026 | Historical Romance |
A wary wife can’t resist her own husband in this compelling Regency romance from the award-winning author of The Chaperone’s Seduction.”This, madam, changes everything.”Years ago, in the Egyptian desert, Ellen Tatham fell wildly in love and exchanged vows with Max Colnebrooke. But, when made to believe Max could not be trusted, she fled . . . Now, Max is back in England to take up the reins as Duke of Rossenhall. And when he spies Ellen at a ball, the sparks are hard to contain. Little does Max know, though, that Ellen has a secret . . . And soon, he must learn to embrace an unexpected heir, and an unexpected—and disconcertingly defiant—duchess!”Well-written . . . an entertaining, angsty read, and one that should appeal to those who enjoy second-chance romances.” —All About Romance
