by Philip Eliot | Sep 30, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
Sophie Parker has exactly three problems: a 40% rent increase threatening her café, an ex-boyfriend about to ruin her cousin’s Bahamas wedding, and the fact that she just texted her family that she has a boyfriend.She doesn’t have a boyfriend.What she has is Jamie Lawson: her best friend, the Eagles’ star forward, and the one person in Evergreen Cove who can fix this. The deal is simple: fake it for one week, save face, come home, go back to normal.Except nothing about the way Jamie looks at her feels simple. And normal is starting to feel like a word she made up.One fake relationship. Two people who should know better. Zero chance this ends the way they planned.Tropes: Fake dating · Best friends to lovers · Small town · Hockey romance · Forced proximity · One bed · Career vs. love · Found familySpice level: 1/5 Steamy · No cheating · No cliffhanger · HEA guaranteed Note: Icing the Fake is Book 3 in the Evergreen Cove Hockey series but reads as a completely standalone novel. No homework required — just show up for the Velcro sneakers.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 30, 2026 | General Nonfiction |
New York Times–Bestselling Author: The true crime story of a stripper-turned-housewife accused of murdering her ex-fiancé in 1996.As an exotic dancer at The Great Alaskan Bush Company in Anchorage, Mechele Hughes Linehan knew how to captivate men. Three of them were convinced she was engaged to them. Then one spring morning in 1996, one man, Kent Leppink, was found in the snow, shot in the head . . .Days before his death, Kent had removed Mechele’s name from his million-dollar life insurance policy. He wrote a letter to his family stating that, should he meet foul play, Mechele would likely be among those involved. But she wasn’t charged with Kent’s death. She married a doctor, moved to Olympia, Washington, and began a new life.For years, Mechele’s suburban friends never suspected a thing. She went to school meetings, hosted backyard barbeques, and was beloved by her neighbors. But authorities eventually found enough evidence to mount a case against her and an alleged accomplice. Did Mechele conspire to kill her ex-fiancé? Or is she the innocent victim as she claims? Seduced by Evil is the shocking true story about a love triangle that ended in mystery—and murder . . .
by Philip Eliot | Sep 30, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
Travis Harders has been a single dad since the day he learned he had a daughter with his only one-night stand. Fifteen years later, he and Cassie are getting along just fine and he’s even fallen in love. The last thing he expects to find on his doorstep one Tuesday morning is Cassie’s mom – the one person he thought he’d never see again – and she’s asking the impossible.
Circumstances, including her firefighter brother’s death on 9/11, forced Abi Connealy into a decision she’s spent years regretting and her daughter grew up without her. But now, a family crisis compels her to do the one thing she swore she never would: find the daughter she’d abandoned just a few days after birth.
Shocked when Travis doesn’t send her packing, Abi prays to a God she doesn’t believe in that her relationship with her daughter will be restored. Travis plans to propose to his girlfriend, but their relationship hits the rocks as he and Abi both struggle with the long-dormant feelings that never had the chance to develop.
When Cassie demonstrates incredible grace toward the grandfather who refuses to acknowledge her existence, Abi begins to learn the love of a Savior – a Savior who has more than enough Grace to Save.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 30, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
Some hearts hide in darkness until love dares to enter.When Shakespearean actress Faith Butler is stranded in a fading Wyoming town, she faces an impossible choice. Her young daughter is too ill to continue traveling with the theater troupe that has been their only home, and without work, Faith has no way to care for her children. Her only opportunity lies at the isolated Jagged R Ranch, where the reclusive owner is rumored to be as dangerous as he is mysterious.Scarred by tragedy and determined to keep the world at a distance, Drake Rutledge has built a life behind shuttered windows and guarded walls. Hiring a fiery-haired actress and providing a home for her and her two children is the last thing he wants. Yet Faith’s courage and unwavering devotion begin to chip away at the bitterness he has carried for years.As friendship blossoms into something neither of them expected, long-buried secrets and painful memories threaten the fragile hope growing between them. And when the past returns with the power to destroy everything they’ve found, Faith and Drake must decide whether fear will rule their future—or whether God’s redeeming love is strong enough to heal even the deepest wounds.* * *”Tender, touching, romantic.” — Liz Curtis Higgs, New York Times bestselling author
by Philip Eliot | Sep 30, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
His brother’s tragic accident drives him to his knees. As he begs for restoration, he is lifted beyond hope and imagination to where miracles are real.His brother in a coma, ten-year-old Josiah Winslow faces the hardest weeks of his life. Little Matty may not survive. If he does survive, he may have serious brain damage.Praying. That’s what his family is doing, what their church is doing. As Josiah struggles to imagine the power of those prayers, a celestial visitor takes him on a miraculous ride into the realm where petitions rise toward heaven and enemies fight to oppose them.Josiah’s glimpse into the spiritual battle zone inspires his faith. But it also reveals that Matty’s life is in the balance. What if people don’t pray enough? Or don’t have enough faith? What will Josiah do if Matty doesn’t wake up?Keep on Asking is the first book in The Prayer Rider series. What happens when we pray? Why aren’t some prayers answered the way we hope or expect? One family’s experience, one boy’s journey, offers a portal into those mysteries, and hope for those willing to keep on asking, keep on seeking and keep on knocking.
