by Philip Eliot | May 22, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
Lions, Tigers, and Bears… Oh my! In DANCING BEARFOOT, bear shifter, billionaire, and single dad Lee is only looking for a quiet place to raise his daughter Clara when he moves to the sleepy town of Green Valley. He never believed in soulmates, but when he meets Clara’s new teacher, he knows at once that he’s met the woman who can make his new house a home.In THE TIGER NEXT DOOR, it’s bad enough that Shaun doesn’t know the first thing about being a father—now suddenly he’s the father of an unpredictable shifter child. Abandoned by his mother, all that Trevor has ever asked for is love and stability, and tiger shifter Shaun is determined to give that to him at any cost. Even if it means denying that the hot next door neighbor is his destined mate.In DANDELION SEASON, Tawny Summers has her retirement all planned out: catch up on her books, work on her garden, and teach piano lessons to children in the tiny town of Green Valley. Her plan doesn’t include a gorgeous city billionaire with piercing silver eyes who is determined to upend her quiet life and frighten her cats.The first Green Valley Shifters Collection includes three charming books from a small town with single dads, spinsters, and shifters, plus adorable children and pets. Each one is a sizzling standalone with heart-warming, found-family humor, hunky shifters, and sweet second chances. Start the series today to fall in love with Green Valley!
by Philip Eliot | May 22, 2026 | Romantic Suspense |
Welcome back to Hamlet.It was supposed to be one date. After connecting on an online dating site, Grace Delaney agreed to go out with Thomas for coffee—and that was the beginning of the end for both of them.Thomas Mathers is rich, he’s smart, he’s arrogant, and, after one evening, he’s decided that the lovely ballerina is meant to be his. And because he almost immediately proves how obsessed he is by breaking into her home and leaving threatening gifts, she knows he’s not about to take Grace’s no for an answer.No matter where she goes, he finds her. In the seven months since they met, she’s been forced to move twice, change her number three times. The cops won’t help her. Her friends think she’s just being stubborn.Tommy would be good for her, they say.Tommy will never let her go.He stalks her, tracks her using his wits, his goons, and the best technology that money can buy. How can she escape him?Simple. By hiding out in a small town where there’s no phone, no internet, and a retired Marine turned sheriff’s deputy is willing to do whatever he has to in order to protect the frightened outsider.Rick Hart is a Hamlet local. He was born there, and though he spent the last nine years on the outside as a Marine, he knows he’s going to die there. Unfinished business had him returning when his last tour of duty was up—only he never got a chance to finish it. Tired and alone, he keeps himself on the edge of their tightknit community… and that’s when the lovely outsider blows into town and knocks him right off course.Grace needs help. That much is obvious. As Rick finds the dainty ballerina worming her way under his skin, making a home for herself in his heart, he starts to wonder about the trouble she left behind—and what will happen when it finally follows her into Hamlet.* I’ll Never Stopis a full-length novel (90,000+ words) set in Hamlet. Featuring characters from the previous entries in the series, as well as introducing a new heroine to the small town, this novel is set approximately a year after Don’t Trust Me and will bring the reader back to the cozy small town—where everyone knows your name and, even so, no one is safe.
by Philip Eliot | May 22, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
A kept secret. A life altered. A new journey. Ariane lived her life one book at a time. She would never have guessed those books were about to change everything.They led her to Orion.Tall, dark, with eyes only for her. The rest of the world ceased to exist when Orion was around. But during a fateful ash moon, he shifted into a wolf. Ari thought she was dreaming, but she’d recognize those eyes anywhere.Fiction became reality. Fantasy was actually history. And soon, Ari would learn her role in it.A pack war was on the horizon, and she was the only one who could stop it.Nothing would ever be as it once was, because Ariane was now part of the Avynwood Pack.
by Philip Eliot | May 22, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense |
A detective chasing a fugitive. An ex-cop haunted by the past. A little girl who may have seen too much.Detective Liz Moorland is already stretched thin by a dangerous manhunt when a fatal crash on a lonely country road lands on her desk. Everyone else sees a tragic accident. Retired cop Vince Carter sees murder.Once respected, now isolated and drowning in old grief, Vince has spent years hiding from the world in his decaying cottage. But when his estranged daughter and son-in-law are killed, leaving behind eight-year-old Melanie, he is forced back into it. And when a threatening voicemail surfaces, his instincts tell him someone wanted them dead.As Liz and Vince follow the threads between the crash and her fugitive investigation, the shadows around Melanie begin to close in. Because the little girl survived that night for a reason.And somewhere in the darkness, a killer is making plans to keep her silent.Lest We Forgive is the gripping first novel in the Detective Liz Moorland series — an atmospheric Australian police procedural filled with suspense, family tragedy, and chilling twists.Books 1-4 now optioned for screen!
by Philip Eliot | May 22, 2026 | Romantic Suspense |
In this suspenseful romantic mystery, a troubled police officer meets a woman determined to bury her past. Their whirlwind romance seems idyllic until secrets collide with murderous intentions.Charlotte police officer Jordan Monroe is used to being in control. Ever since his father died, he has provided for his mother and sisters and even hired his two brothers-in-law to help run his successful construction company. On a chance business trip, however, he meets the one person who throws his life into a whirlwind — Jaynee.Jaynee has lived a tragic life and has sworn off dating. That is until a rugged southern gentleman lands in her seating area, refusing to take no for an answer. From the moment they meet, Jordan sweeps her off her feet, assuring her that happiness exists. But can she really escape her past?Five years later, Jordan finds Jaynee on their back porch with a gunshot wound to the head. While Jaynee lies in a coma, Jordan has to go back to their beginning and figure out what went wrong. Did he push his wife to the edge, or have past secrets come back to haunt them?????? “You’ll be swept off your feet along with Jaynee as she discovers the man of her dreams. You’ll be drawn into the drama. And you’ll flip the pages fast as Jordan must desperately figure out the truth in time. I was and did!” — New York Times bestselling author Jaime Rush????? “SHE BELONGS TO ME is definitely a good suspenseful read. Ms. DeSousa is a talented author and I had no problem in connecting with the characters. The story displayed a realistic relationship between Jordan and Jaynee.” — The Romance Reviews
Review >????? “You’ll be swept off your feet along with Jaynee as she discovers the man of her dreams. You’ll be drawn into the drama. And you’ll flip the pages fast as Jordan must desperately figure out the truth in time. I was and did!” — New York Times bestselling author Jaime Rush????? “SHE BELONGS TO ME is definitely a good suspenseful read. Ms. DeSousa is a talented author and I had no problem in connecting with the characters. The story displayed a realistic relationship between Jordan and Jaynee.” — The Romance Reviews From the Author Note: She Belongs to Me was originally published December 24, 2011. While there have been a few updates, this is the original story. Happy reading! About the Author A romantic-suspense writer, Carmen DeSousa’s stories overflow with romance, mystery, suspense, a hint of paranormal sometimes, and of course, tragedy. After all, what would a great story be without a tragic event setting the stage? All of her novels are sensual, but not erotic, gripping but not graphic and will make you cry, laugh, love, and hope.
