by Philip Eliot | May 9, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
They used to call me one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time.Now someone is about to call me ‘Dad.’Losing my major league baseball career led me back to my hometown with a chip on my shoulder and no one to blame but myself.And even though I reluctantly just agreed to help coach the high school baseball team, my life felt flat.But when my crush from high school tells me she’s pregnant after one hot night together, my dull life from before becomes anything less than boring.Unfortunately, the way I found out was after her teenage son broke into my automotive repair business, making our relationship even more complicated.Scottie Daniels has always been the girl that got away.But now that she’s having my kid, the dream of a family with my dream girl becomes the only thing I can focus on.Can I persuade her to give us a chance at having a family?Can I get her son to let me in too?And can I also convince Scottie that sometimes you fall—but you can fall into the right place at the right time with the right man when it counts?
by Philip Eliot | May 9, 2026 | Mystery |
A dozen marvelous tales of deduction, featuring history’s most famous detective, by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Edward D. Hoch.In a heavily mortgaged country house, an heiress’s sinister guardian attempts to trap her in a bedroom with a rare Indian swamp adder—a murder averted only by the timely intervention of Sherlock Holmes. Five months after the events of “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” Holmes and Watson are called back to Stoke Moran by a frightened traveler who claims that the viper has gotten loose again. Holmes is unsure which poses a greater danger: the rumored snake, or the possibility that the nomad is telling lies.In these dozen tales, short story master Edward D. Hoch resurrects the most brilliant mind in the history of detective fiction. In the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes tangles with circus tigers, Druidic curses, and a pair of Christmas killings. Here is the finest detective of the Victorian age—recreated by one of the greatest mystery writers of the twentieth century.
Review “Edward D. Hoch is capable of writing a truly classic short story.” —Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine“Satan himself would be proud of [Hoch’s] ingenuity.” —John Dickson Carr About the Author Edward D. Hoch (1930–2008) was a master of the mystery short story. Born in Rochester, New York, he sold his first story, “The Village of the Dead,” to Famous Detective Stories, then one of the last remaining old-time pulps. The tale introduced Simon Ark, a two-thousand-year-old Coptic priest who became one of Hoch’s many series characters. Others included small-town doctor Sam Hawthorne, police detective Captain Leopold, and Revolutionary War secret agent Alexander Swift. By rotating through his stable of characters, most of whom aged with time, Hoch was able to achieve extreme productivity, selling stories to Argosy, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, which published a story of his in every issue from 1973 until his death.In all, Hoch wrote nearly one thousand short tales, making him one of the most prolific story writers of the twentieth century. He was awarded the 1968 Edgar Award for “The Oblong Room,” and in 2001 became the first short story writer to be named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.
by Philip Eliot | May 9, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
Bianca Rossington is leading the life she’s always wanted—working a dream job in a vibrant city that suits her perfectly—until an anonymous stalker begins to ruin it all. When the situation escalates from flowers and phone calls to a veiled death threat, Bianca hires Roy Ballard and Mia Madison, who have worked together for years and recently opened a private investigation firm. They quickly identify several possible suspects, but they also learn that their client might not be giving them the full story. Can Roy and Mia sort fact from fiction as the situation turns deadly and somebody attempts to scare them off the case?
by Philip Eliot | May 9, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
She went looking for a missing man—and became the next target.Investigator Jessica Watts refuses to work with her nemesis Tomas Garcia—until his desperate wife arrives with their baby, begging Jessica to find Tomas’s missing father. Tres Garcia vanished after marrying his late wife’s cousin Letty in a secret ceremony, and now Letty claims he’s too sick for visitors. When Jessica discovers bloody medical supplies in Letty’s trash, someone knocks her unconscious and she awakens trapped in a nightmare.Jessica is locked in a strange room, held captive while an elaborate plot to steal a family fortune plays out. With border coyotes closing in to eliminate witnesses, Jessica must escape before everyone becomes a casualty. But captivity is breaking down even this tough investigator’s resolve.Can she survive and expose the truth—or will the border bury her for good?Sangrita is the next pulse-pounding thriller in the Jessica Watts Southwest Suspense Series. Perfect for fans of Jane Harper’s atmospheric mysteries and Michael Connelly’s suspense novels who crave borderland noir with an unforgettable female sleuth.
by Philip Eliot | May 9, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
“A great tale of adventure and romance, beautifully imagined and deeply engaging from beginning to end!”~Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of OutlanderA WORLD OF MAGIC, LOVE, AND DANGERCelia has been trained to deal with any emergency–except being thrust into another world. Nothing prepared her for meeting the Viking descendants of the lost Vinland colony, or coping with kidnapping, murder, and magic.Lord Dahleven is preparing for war when he rescues a mysterious woman in the drylands. Beautiful and bewildered, Celia is unlike any woman he’s ever met. Though he fears she may be Fey-marked, Dahleven can’t resist the powerful attraction he feels for her. But is Celia in league with the enemy, or will she provide the key to saving his people?Alone and off-balance, Celia finds herself falling for Lord Dahleven. But dangerous forces are at work, and one of them is offering Celia a way home?for a terrible price. The choice she makes will determine not only her own fate, but that of all the people in this magical world.DANGEROUS TALENTS introduces the Vinlanders’ Saga, a Romantasy time travel series inspired by Norse and Native American mythology. With “characters so well drawn they could have been people I’ve met… it will keep [you] reading long past the time [you] should have been in bed,” (Amazon reader).
