by Philip Eliot | Jul 2, 2026 | Womens Fiction |
They were still charting in pen when Vanessa left her nursing career to stay home with her profoundly autistic son. Fifteen years later she’s thrust back into the workforce due to a family crisis, and everything has changed. As the older new-hire, she must get up-to-speed on technology, all while navigating hot flashes and a much younger colleague that is making her life miserable. Will she win her coworker over and succeed? Or will Vanessa lose her job, and along with it her family’s home and health insurance? Those who love novels about Gen X, friendship fiction and/or workplace fiction are in for a treat with this funny, poignant, midlife enemies-to-friends story, which features a happy marriage, and an autistic speller. Vanessa Goes Back to Work is a novel about the sacrifices women make as long-time caregivers to special needs children, and about finding oneself in unexpected territory in midlife. It is a coming of “middle-age” story.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 2, 2026 | Womens Fiction |
Wesley Aames shows up to New Covenant as a man who has already lost everything—wife, daughter, and the will to keep going. Hired to revive a sleepy Appalachian church, he finds a congregation on life support: dwindling funds, fractious trustees, and a choir director who distrusts the new pastor from day one.
When a teenager dies by suicide and her mother’s humiliation explodes online, Rosa Lee becomes a magnet for cameras and contempt. Wesley, barely a pastor and twice a stranger to mercy, steps into the storm—counseling teens, calming old ladies, cutting the grass, answering crisis hotline calls—trying to make faith look like rescue instead of rhetoric.
As the church’s finances and patience run out, a vote looms: keep the earnest, flawed pastor or replace him with steadier hands. But when the outside world shows up with microphones and accusations. Wesley’s choices become literal life or death. Can a man who still blames himself for his family’s deaths save strangers—and in doing so, finally forgive himself? This is a story about grief, messy grace, and the small acts that sometimes hold a town together.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 2, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
Wesley Aames shows up to New Covenant as a man who has already lost everything—wife, daughter, and the will to keep going. Hired to revive a sleepy Appalachian church, he finds a congregation on life support: dwindling funds, fractious trustees, and a choir director who distrusts the new pastor from day one.
When a teenager dies by suicide and her mother’s humiliation explodes online, Rosa Lee becomes a magnet for cameras and contempt. Wesley, barely a pastor and twice a stranger to mercy, steps into the storm—counseling teens, calming old ladies, cutting the grass, answering crisis hotline calls—trying to make faith look like rescue instead of rhetoric.
As the church’s finances and patience run out, a vote looms: keep the earnest, flawed pastor or replace him with steadier hands. But when the outside world shows up with microphones and accusations. Wesley’s choices become literal life or death. Can a man who still blames himself for his family’s deaths save strangers—and in doing so, finally forgive himself? This is a story about grief, messy grace, and the small acts that sometimes hold a town together.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 1, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
Lions, and tigers, and an emotionally unavailable woodsman, oh my!When Dorothy Gale said she wanted to get as far away from her narcissistic mother as she possibly could, she didn’t mean an entirely new world altogether. Mystically transported to the Land of Oz, the Kansas college student must navigate the dangers of angry trees, poisonous poppies, and wicked witches, all on her quest to find the Wizard who might be able to get her home.It doesn’t take Dorothy long to assemble a group of unlikely allies—including a talkative-yet-naïve scarecrow, a princely lionman, and a woodsman whose looks are as sharp as the magical axe on his hip. But when the seemingly cold-hearted woodsman escorting Dorothy through Oz begins to warm her heart, she starts wanting more than just a return trip to Kansas.Enchanted by a curse that has earned him the nickname Tinman, Nick Chopper just wants to live his lonely life safe in the Blue Forest with the nonjudgmental Fighting Trees and the occasional trip into town for some Munchkin desserts. But his routine is about to be blown away when Glinda the Good orders him to escort a whirlwind of a woman, who has just flown in from a faraway land, to the bustling Emerald City.Every moment with Dorothy makes his curse harder and harder to bear. But being around her starts to feel worth the pain, and Nick slowly begins to hope Dorothy can see that home is where the tin heart is…
by Philip Eliot | Jul 1, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
A Child Lost. A Secret Buried. A Trial That Changes Everything.When a pregnant woman is brutally attacked and left in a coma, a terrified town demands justice. Police arrest the last person seen with her—a nonverbal special-needs man caught at the scene—and the public is ready to see him sentenced to death.Prosecutor Lori Franks is determined to win the case.But as the trial explodes into a national media firestorm, a routine DNA test uncovers a devastating secret: Lori’s own child was switched at birth.Suddenly, the woman seeking justice in the courtroom finds herself fighting for custody of the daughter she never knew was hers…the child she once believed she didn’t want.Defense attorney Danial Solomon has spent years running from his past. Now he’s defending a man the entire town has already condemned. As he digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of corruption, deception, and hidden motives far more sinister than anyone imagined.And the closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous the case becomes.With a man’s life hanging in the balance, Lori and Danial are forced to confront not only a broken justice system—but their own guilt, failures, and need for redemption.Because in a trial built on lies, the truth could destroy them all.A Trial of Innocents is a gripping legal thriller filled with shocking twists, layered characters, courtroom tension, and powerful emotional stakes. Perfect for fans of John Grisham, Robert Whitlow, and stories where suspense, faith, and redemption collide.Already a #1 Amazon Bestseller.????? “Wonderful and riveting—Grisham with a Christian twist!”????? “I read this book in one sitting! Perfectly woven storylines and a powerful message.”????? “Just wow! A perfectly balanced mix of thrill and spirituality. I couldn’t put it down.”????? “Courtroom drama at its best. Swiger writes rich, complex characters and real faith.”????? “Outstanding. Twists, surprises, and spiritual insight. Add this author to your must-read list.”
