by Philip Eliot | Aug 29, 2026 | Cozy Mystery |
St. Lucy Found Dead in Funeral Home Sauna—Freshly Anointed Chief Of Police, Hatti Lehtinen, Investigates in A Yarn-Over Murder, a Cozy Knitting Mystery from Ann Yost—Red Jacket, Michigan, On the Keweenaw Peninsula—A year after her marriage break-up and return to Michigan’s remote Keweenaw Peninsula, Hatti Lehtinen has settled into a peaceful life within the Finnish community as shopkeeper at Bait and Stitch, a hybrid fishing-and-yarn store.When Hatti’s beloved dad, Pops, breaks his leg in a snowmobiling accident, the mayor tags Hatti to fill Pop’s role as the town police chief, and entire police force. Assured the job entails little more than prying quarters from frozen parking meters, Hatti steps up.But Hatti’s peaceful existence is short lived when the town’s reigning St. Lucy is found dead in the funeral home sauna on the eve of the St. Lucy Festival.Now with a murder to investigate, Hatti’s situation is complicated when she discovers the prime suspect is her brother-in-law, Reid Night Wind, a circumstance sure to bring her face-to-face with the husband who dumped her a year earlier—a man she’d hoped to never see again this side of the Pearly Gates.With the counsel of her knitting circle, Hatti launches her investigation, fearing someone among those she’s known all her life is a murderer. With the list of suspects growing like increases in a Finnish wedding ring shawl, the answer comes from an unlikely source. But can the town of Red Jacket ever be the same?Publisher’s Note: The Bait and Stitch Cozy Mystery Series will be enjoyed by readers who appreciate clean, wholesome and humorous mysteries in ethnic settings. Readers who enjoy knitting mysteries as well as fans of Joanne Fluke, CeeCee James, Mildred Abbott and the Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries will not want to miss this captivating series by Ann Yost.The Bait & Stitch Series:A Pattern for MurderA Yarn Over MurderA Double-Pointed MurderA Fair Isle Murder
by Philip Eliot | Aug 29, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
Escaping her abusive past, a woman settles in a small town and finds herself pursued by two men—and protected by a mysterious wolf. A veterinarian by training and a gifted healer by nature, Julie Hastings escapes to rural South Dakota, hoping to escape past traumas and start over. What she finds instead are two men who suddenly rival for her attention: one the overprotective chief of police, the other a powerful member of the Sioux Indian nation. Each man longs to help Julie find the peace she desperately needs—a serenity that is shattered when a brutal murder rocks the neighborhood. Trusting people is not in Julie’s nature, so when a mysterious wolf befriends her, she leans into his protective animal instincts. Until the shocking truth about her beastly protector shakes her to the core, shattering everything she once understood about love.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 29, 2026 | Romantic Suspense |
Another mission into the shadows was the last place he wanted to be. Last time it ended his career. This time promises death or salvation.Another mission into the shadows was the last place he wanted to be. Last time it ended his career. This time promises death or salvation.Ryker Tufano has spent the last several months drowning his survivor’s guilt—and unexpected ejection from the Navy—in alcohol and self-loathing. His entire SEAL team, and his memory, were lost on their last mission. A phone call from the mysterious Charley changes everything. It was all a lie.When he discovers that his foster brother and SEAL teammate, Ajax, is alive, they must head back to Ethiopia to rescue the rest of their team.Xena Riggs is angry with “someone” in Washington DC. They were willing to let an entire SEAL team be erased for their mistake…her mistake. Offered redemption and retribution if she helps two of Charley’s newest employees, she jumps at the chance.As Ryker follows his guide into the mountains of Ethiopia, he’s not sure if she’s Xena Warrior Princess, GI Jane, a wet dream…or walking him into an ambush.Xena is having trouble keeping her heart out of this mission. Lust doesn’t belong in these mountains. If Xena survives this assignment without being captured or killed by the rebels, there’s a good chance Ryker will kill her himself once he discovers the truth.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 29, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
A supernatural campus. A deadly mission. And three distracting men she should definitely not be falling for.Jackie Durand only agreed to go to the supernatural college to appease her parents. She’d rather be following in her mother’s footsteps chasing down rogue vampires than sitting in Econ 101.Until the Vampire Hunter Guild needs her to help flush out a rebel group hell bent on destroying everything her family had built.Now Jackie has a mission and that didn’t include a shadow wielding vampire, a golden retriever werewolf, and her new professor getting in the way.With seven dads, Jackie thought she knew how to handle love. She will soon learn that love comes in the most unexpected places and with even worse timing.Will she accomplish her goal or will she finally figure out what’s really worth fighting for?
by Philip Eliot | Aug 29, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
Heaven cast her out… but never let her go.Five years in exile, Lin survives in the shadows as an illegal necromancer, raising the dead for desperate clients alongside her witch partner, Jinx. Her wings are broken, and her faith in justice shattered.When a routine resurrection goes catastrophically wrong, Lin must seek help from Luc—a demon prince she has spent years avoiding, and the one person who has never stopped loving her.Tracking the rogue spirit uncovers buried truths about both angels and demons, and as old secrets come into into the light, Lin realizes her Fall may be tied to something far greater than she could have imagined.A dark paranormal romance, FIRST DANCE is a story of broken wings and forbidden devotion.
