by Philip Eliot | Jul 28, 2026 | New Adult Romance |
My hockey ex dragged me backstage to yell at me. Instead, he kissed me. Marcus Chandler is so perfect I hate him for it.I hate him even more for choosing hockey over me.So yeah… I roast the grumpy jerk on X.And accidentally blow up the internet.Next thing I know, I’m on a jumbotron, smiling through my teeth at my ex while he looks ready to check me into the boards.He drags me backstage, furious. Then kisses me.When his fans come for me, my bakery’s caught in the crossfire.His solution? Fake date me to “protect” me.Only fake dating gets complicated when your ex is a hockey player with very talented hands.One breathless session against the locker room wall, and my defenses are totally shattered.But Marcus is my ex for a reason and he already walked away once.If I fall again, I’m risking everything on a man who might still choose the game…And prove this was always just pucking pretend.Pucking Pretend is a steamy standalone romance—each book in the series can be read independently.You’ll find a hockey star still carrying a grudge, a sweet bakery owner with a habit of roasting her ex online, and a fake dating scheme that starts as damage control… and comes with a few locker room complications. ? Hockey romance? Second chance? Fake dating? Enemies to lovers? Grumpy hero? Viral jumbotron chaos
by Philip Eliot | Jul 28, 2026 | Historical Romance |
Ash has two passions: running a gaming hell and providing desperate women a chance at a better life. His strict rules, especially the one forbidding intimacy with women under his protection, make it easy to keep his desires in check. But now, his responsibilities as the Earl of Ashdown are dragging him back to his estate where he has no rules, only the nightmares from his past.Gwen left her job dancing at The Raven’s Den eighteen months ago and married a man who quickly became a monster. When she discovers the marriage was never real and he threatens yet another beating, she knocks him unconscious and flees. Other than in her dreams, she never thought she’d see her former employer again. She certainly didn’t expect Ash to show up here, in the dilapidated cabin where she’s taken refuge, and rescue her… again.Gwen is the one woman who’s always tested Ash’s willpower. When she comes to him like an angel in the night, chasing away his nightmares and soothing his soul, one by one, his rigid rules crumble. How will he ever put them all back into place when they inevitably return to Raven Row and he becomes her employer once more?
by Philip Eliot | Jul 28, 2026 | Cozy Mystery |
The living, the dead, and the mysteries that bind them together—Erin Baily never expected to find herself caught between all three.When a simple act of kindness leaves Erin with an unlikely inheritance—a rambling old house in picturesque Franklin, Tennessee—she figures the hardest part will be small-town adjustment. She’s wrong. A close brush with death left her with a gift she never asked for: she can talk to cats. And the mysterious cat now stalking the halls of her new home has plenty to say, mostly about Alice.Alice is the ghost who’s been haunting the house since her murder went unsolved. She wants justice. Erin wants answers and maybe a quiet life in her charming new town, if Franklin will let her have one.A talking cat. A ghost with unfinished business. A detective who might be more than a distraction. Foul Play in Franklin is a cozy paranormal mystery for readers who love their whodunits with a side of humor, heart, and Southern charm plus a little something supernatural simmering underneath. It’s the first book in the Erin Bailey in Franklin Paranormal Mystery series.Perfect for fans of cozy mysteries with animal companions, gentle ghost stories, and small towns where everyone has a secret.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 28, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
What if the most dangerous thing you did this weekend was go for a run?***On a bright spring Saturday, hundreds gather in a park as usual for their weekly community 5k run.An hour later, one of the runners is dead.The next week a runner training for a 10k event dies. And then another, a half marathon runner…The police are baffled. The pattern is the same, the deaths can’t be coincidental. Is there a murderer picking off victims one race at a time?Ten million adults are regular or occasional runners.Ten million potential victims. With the next event just announced, as you reach the start line you might just have to run for your life…Readers have been gripped by Run For Your Life:’I have not stopped going on about this book to people since I read it! Jackie does that magical and rare thing: she takes a never-done-before genius premise, but is equally genius in her delivery and reveal… this book will stay with me for a long time’ Caroline Corcoran‘Pacy and thrilling… I genuinely struggled to put [this] down. I absolutely devoured it’ G D Wright’Riveting, propulsive and masterfully executed, this book is utterly moreish. The pace and twists are so on point for a story about running. It certainly left me breathless! Naomi Williams, author of The Woman in Ward 9‘A chilling whodunit with a nightmare scenario… another twisty, rattling good thriller that will keep you guessing until the last page’ Jane Bailey, author of Stay‘Had me on the edge of my seat… fantastic… If you haven’t read this, what are you doing??!’ ?????‘My son runs marathons and I’m aways there to cheer him on… awesome read… I highly recommend’ ?????‘A real who done it, why and who would be next… had me up late into the night’ ?????‘An explosive thriller… the characters are so well described… a mystery you won’t be able to put down’ ?????‘Wow! An exciting and tense read… I really couldn’t put it down… loved it!’ ?????‘Pacy and suspenseful… a convincing plot and short, snappy chapters… compelling one sit read’ ?????‘Be prepared to binge read as the twists and turns keep you on a roller coaster of a read’ ?????‘Oh my gosh I LOVED this book! It’s been a few days since I finished this one and I still can’t stop thinking about it’ ?????‘Grabs you instantly… incredibly easy to binge’ ?????‘The kind [of book] you finish in a single day because you need to know what happens next’ ?????‘Fast-paced, suspenseful and kept me guessing’ ?????
by Philip Eliot | Jul 28, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
A simple arrangement between childhood friends leads to complicated feelings in this inspirational romance.They agreed to help each other out.No one mentioned falling in love.Back home after losing her job, Isabella Bradley plans to stay only long enough to save her father’s diner, but she can’t do it alone. Her childhood friend Tucker Holland has the perfect solution—he will renovate the diner if she’ll be a nanny for his twins. But as Isabella and Tucker reconnect, their arrangement begins to feel a lot less temporary . . .
