by Philip Eliot | Aug 18, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
He said he wants to do bad things to me…very bad things.The first time I met single dad Weston Vaughn, I thought it was my meet cute.I was in Paris looking to start over and he was right in the path of my hot coffee.But it turns out, my knight in shining armor was just a grumpy billionaire in a custom suit.After a nightmare year of losing not only my fiancé and my mother, I’m in desperate need of a fresh start.And what better way than to land a teaching job at the prestigious Crestwood Academy in Chicago.Imagine my surprise though when the handsome stranger I accidentally assaulted in front of the Eiffel Tower, turns out to be the father of one of my students.The same stranger that made me miss my flight back home from Paris and is now standing in my classroom lecturing me.He might be devilishly handsome, but no amount of good looks can make up for his arrogant and bossy attitude.It takes everything I have to plaster on a smile and deal with his antics but the school is in desperate need of his participation in our annual silent auction and I’m tasked with getting him on board.But when he shows up on my doorstep, desperate for a babysitter, I agree…if only that was the last favor he demands of me.Next thing I know, I’m flying to the Bahamas on a private jet with him and his daughter and sailing off into the sunset on his private yacht.Soon our back and forth banter goes from scorching jabs to fiery passion.He pushes my boundaries in ways I never imagined, ways that have me ready to throw caution to the wind and jump in with both feet.And while falling in love again is the furthest thing from my mind, a summer fling might be just what I need.Instead, I’m flung right into some dangerous drama that sees me getting fired from my dream job and shadows from Weston’s past reappearing.So when I decide I need space and a fresh start, he gives me one week before he shows up at my apartment and demands we stay together.One thing I’ve learned about Weston Vaughn, he doesn’t negotiate.He gets what he wants, no matter the cost.Even if what he wants is me pregnant.Very Bad Things is a complete standalone billionaire romance with LOTS of HOT romance, drama and a moody bossy billionaire that gets what he wants. This book contains several explicit scenes and language. Not suitable for those under 18.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 18, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
I was born with a curse that spun a violent storm around me, seizing every beautiful and fragile thing that flittered into my life, tearing it all from my grasp as effortlessly as the wings of a butterfly are torn from its body.Or so I thought, anyway.It all changed when they came for me, when they dragged me to trial for my crimes. I should have faced execution, but fate is a fickle and funny thing, taunting me with the knowledge that I was always destined to be so much more.They know it: the five great masters who took control of my life, and now fight for control over my soul.He knows it, as well. The golden-eyed warrior whose fate is tied horribly and inexplicably with mine.From the great cliffs to the wide, violent ocean, they shadow my steps. From the perfumed halls to the quiet, dusty rooms, they push my every limit in cruel and unrelenting ways.Because we all know… There is something evil taking root deep beneath the earth, a horror growing behind every shadow, a disease clawing into our midst, the end of the world as we know it drawing close enough to spot on the horizon. The darkness is coming.And I might be the only one who can stop it.~~~A dark, gritty apocalyptic fantasy with a searing slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance, and multiple love interests who all begin as genuine enemies. If you love morally grey anti-heroes and high-stakes fantasy, this series is for you.~~~Please read the trigger warnings at the start of my book or on my website.From concept to final edit and design, this book was created entirely without the use of generative AI.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 18, 2026 | New Adult Romance |
Includes “Crashing the Boards” novella as bonus material. Hockey star Cooper Black and professional party crasher Izzy Maxwell return in this sequel to Crashing the Boards.Jealous boyfriends and glitzy parties can be a recipe for disaster.When the gorgeous yet controlling Cooper interrupts a party Izzy was paid to crash and almost ruins her career as a professional party crasher, Izzy kicks him to the curb. She learned early in life not to count on anyone, and she will not relinquish her independence, not even to a sexy-as-sin pro athlete who can melt her heart with one wink.As the Sockeyes hockey team opens their inaugural season in Seattle, Cooper finds himself minus a girlfriend and plus a surly teenaged nephew. Cooper doesn’t want to be a surrogate dad, he doesn’t want to play in Seattle, and he doesn’t want to be alone. He misses Izzy, but seeing her with other men at parties turns him every shade of green. Regardless, he wants her back, and he’s willing to change, if only she’ll give him a second chance. Aware of her precarious finances, Cooper makes an offer she can’t refuse by hiring her to be responsible for his nephew when he’s traveling with the team.Fearing Cooper isn’t capable of changing his control-freak ways, Izzy resists his efforts to turn their financial arrangement into a personal relationship. He needs a sweet, docile girlfriend, and Izzy cannot be that woman. Yet, when tragedy strikes, Izzy is there when Cooper needs her the most, and love has a way of getting what it wants, no matter the circumstances.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 18, 2026 | LGBTQ+ |
Guarded college student Benji Caulfield has just been fired from yet another job. He’d like to say good riddance. But he has rent to pay and a little brother to look after, which means he has to come up with a way to get money fast. Out of options, he applies to be a sugar baby – as if anyone would want a surly twenty year old with trust issues who keeps getting fired for not playing nice with customers. Enter thirty-five year old Noah Stern, the youngest CFO in Stern Appliances history. After a lifetime of being told he’s too intense in relationships, he’s looking for someone he can dominate, overwhelm and spoil the hell out of. To everyone’s surprise, a surly twenty year old with trust issues might be just what he needs. Sparks fly, and Benji finds himself flung into a world of luxury he’d never expected. Even more unexpected is how easily Noah takes down the walls he’s carefully constructed to keep people out. Will Benji let him in completely, or will this sugar baby situation be too much to handle? Sour Candy is the first book in a high-heat MM romance trilogy featuring a closed off sugar baby and the billionaire sugar daddy who takes down his emotional walls. Swoony romance and hot, heartwarming spice guaranteed.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 18, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
From the author of Lovejoy and Blessed comes a series about church ladies of the South. After reading this first novel in the series, fans of Southern fiction write, “I want to live next door to Mildred Budge.” A retired school teacher, Mildred Budge just wants to live a quiet life in her hometown of Cloverdale. But retirement does not mean she can say no to a friend–not a friend in trouble. Mildred Budge knows how. A disciplined woman, Mildred can breathe the word “no” to a second cup of ice cream. Can resist drinking too much champagne. But when it comes right down to a friend needing a favor, she may say no first, but if someone really needs her—really needs her! —she always said yes.That’s how Mildred ended up with strangers camped out in her spare bedroom while helping her friend Fran to start a new business at the antique emporium.The only real ‘no’ Mildred had said in recent history was to a man who loved her. Hugh wasn’t the first man to pursue her. But he was the most recent. And she had been flattered but not interested—not in the way he wanted her to be interested. Hugh didn’t give up right away. He lodged himself near her at church. Found her in the church kitchen after a fellowship supper to aid in the clean-up. And finally, her would-be lover had just asked her to say ‘yes’ to him outright. That was the moment when Mildred had to say a final ‘no.’ Only her best friend Fran understood. Fran said when Mildred finally felt the regretful effects of that no, “We’re all of us such fools.”But they aren’t fools. Mildred Budge and her friends are just people trying to live inside the faith released from heaven through the One who didn’t say no.This is the first novel in the series about Mildred Budge and her friends—just ordinary people trying to live out an extraordinary hope available to anyone who realizes what kind of help he or she really needs. That hope has a name, and Mildred Budge knows it. Need hope? Need a friend. Mildred Budge is a very good friend. If you like spending time with people who are just ordinary but extraordinarily hopeful, then you’ll love this story. Get a copy of this first novel in the series and find out for yourself what church ladies really think.About the author: Daphne Simpkins is an Alabama writer who writes about a variety of subjects and often on the secret lives of church ladies. Befriend her on Facebook, Twitter, or Linkedin.com. To sign up for new release information go to DaphneSimpkins.org. Other Mildred Budge titles include: Mildred Budge in Embankment, The Bride’s Room and Kingdom Come. Early short stories which were published in the United States and Canada are in two books: Miss Budge in Love and The Mission of Mildred Budge. A stand-alone Christmas story featuring Mildred Budge and her friend Dixie is Miss Budge Goes to Fountain City.Other titles by Daphne Simpkins are: The Long Good Night, A Cookbook for Katie, What Al Left Behind, Blessed, Lovejoy, a novel about desire.
