by Philip Eliot | Jun 24, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
A missing student. A dead-end investigation. Can a police officer uncover the truth before the child is lost forever?Policewoman Christine Lane feels guilty about the absent boy–why hadn’t she sensed a problem when she visited his class? After breaking up a fight between three students, Christine had sent the children on their way. The next day, one boy vanishes. Searching Toronto Island for the ten-year-old, Christine is shocked when investigators eventually conclude the child ran away. How did he get off the island? Why hasn’t he surfaced anywhere? And why did he leave the field trip in the first place?When Christine probes further, she receives pushback from her boss, the school board and the classmates’ families. Then the threats begin. Can Christine figure out what happened the night the boy disappeared, before she is shut down for good?MISSING is the second standalone book in the award-winning Christine Lane Mystery series.If you like female protagonists with grit, atmospheric settings and page-turning suspense, then you’ll love Dianne Scott’s MISSING. Crime Writers of Canada Excellence in Crime Writing Award Finalist.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 24, 2026 | Historical Romance |
Digging for the truth requires a person to dirty their hands, but it might also set them free.Graham Islington—Viscount Aldren—is no stranger to life’s foibles. After being given his title from the Regent for heroic services to the Crown during the war, he’s used his retirement from the military as an excuse to find scandal and sin in the beau monde. But when a rare bejeweled parasol handle once belonging to Louis XVI is discovered in his bed—along with the dead body of a courtesan—he regrets his careless lifestyle.Lady Caroline Marlowe—sister to the duke of Lockwood—just turned nine and twenty. She suffers from boredom and is sick to death of London, as well as her brother’s rules, and needs excitement to relieve ennui. Everything changes when the man she’s harbored a secret tendre for shows up at her house in the middle of an autumn night trailing gossip, bloodied hands, and quite possibly murder. He demands her brother’s assistance, but with the duke busy with his new life, the responsibility lies with her.As the two are thrown into a sticky web of revenge, forced proximity leads to forbidden desire between the viscount and Caroline. With reputations at stake, society matrons cutting them to ribbons with gossip, and trouble nipping at their heels, they will need to prove their mettle, especially when the madman grows desperate enough to put Graham’s life into jeopardy. If she wants a romance for the ages, Caroline will have to ignore familial expectations as well as her own doubts and risk everything for that chance… providing they both survive.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 24, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
They have unfinished business. She just can’t remember what it is. Camille Vanderbilt is headed back home to Wyoming with one goal: find her old best friend and give him a piece of her mind for ghosting her six years ago. She won’t let anyone stand in her way… until a car crash causes her to forget almost everything.Noah Harding let the love of his life slip away, but what choice did he have when her father threatened to destroy his family ranch? When Camille crashes back into town, he’d better brace his heart for impact.With her memories gone, Camille struggles to figure out who she can trust. Noah’s chances of rekindling his lost love are slipping, and the danger to his family still stands.When the threats are carried out, who will be left standing at Blackwater Ranch?Welcome to Blackwater Ranch where the Harding brothers fall hard for the strong women who wrangle their hearts.
by Philip Eliot | Jun 24, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
I’m a Stormwalker—which means I can gather the power of storms to work some wild and wicked magic. I’ve opened a hotel in a little town in the desert, where powerful vortexes house dangerous and evil beings that I need to make sure stay put.When I’m attacked one night on the open road, an innocent bystander is killed—cousin of the local sheriff, who is not too happy with me. I try to warn him of the continuing danger, but he’s curiously oblivious—for reasons I find out later.The attack also alerts my on-again, off-again boyfriend, Mick, the man I made myself walk away from years ago. Now he’s back, and I have to decide whether to give into my intense cravings for him or continue to fight alone.The trouble is, incredible evil is rising, and I’ll have to trust Mick, the sheriff, my estranged family, a mouthy magic mirror, and the drifter who calls himself Coyote to battle forces that will unmake the world if we don’t stop them.But if we win, will anyone allow me to exist with the fiendish twist of power that lies within me?
by Philip Eliot | Jun 24, 2026 | Romantic Suspense |
When you’re handed a new name and a new life, you take it. The last thing you should do is fall for the woman who could ruin it all. I turned on my brothers in the Chicago mafia to save my little sister, but when I was sent to this remote Montana town, the last person I expected to run into was the woman I took a bullet for.All I have to do is keep my head down and remember she is completely off-limits. The rules are clear––I can have no connection to my former life. Ever. But my eyes have a way of wandering.So do my hands.I traded everything to save my sister and I can’t afford to give into temptation. I shouldn’t let my touch linger or focus on how real it feels with her. It’s dangerous.Addictive.I can hide it, but the truth always has a way of coming out. In Tipp, Montana, secrets can save your life––the only cost is your heart.
