by Philip Eliot | Jul 30, 2026 | Historical Romance |
A dead painter’s code. A bad leg. And a woman with the audacity to mistake him for the valet.In this steamy Regency romance, a midnight intruder and a sharp-tongued skeptic find themselves bound by a bargain neither expected … and a desire neither can deny. But can two people built on secrets trust each other enough to find what they’re truly searching for?He has more to hide than she knows …Nicholas Scott, younger brother of a baron, has spent weeks confined to Grimsfell Hall, a crumbling Cornish manor lashed by Atlantic wind, nursing an injured leg and a sharper pride. When he wakes in the dead of night to find a fair-haired woman in spectacles calmly rifling through his bedchamber, he is not frightened. He is, for the first time in a very long while, intrigued. The quest she proposes is not without its dangers. The coin she offers is not something he needs. But the peculiar young woman herself? That, he suspects, is another matter entirely.She can keep this strictly professional …Millie Metcalfe has a mission and no time for distractions … least of all one with broad shoulders and an irritating habit of being right. That Mr. Scott requires her assistance with his physical treatments is a complication she will manage with perfect composure. It most certainly does not make her imagine her hands moving over his bare, warm skin. Not once. The arrangement is merely a little intimate. Merely inconvenient. Merely the most unsettling thing that has ever happened to her.As the quest draws them deeper into danger and closer together, Nicholas must choose between the lie he’s built and the truth she deserves, and Millie must decide whether letting someone in is worth the risk of being hurt.The Rented Heart is the delightful fourth book in the Inconvenient Ventures Regency adventure romance series, set within Nina Jarrett’s bestselling Inconvenient Brides world. Each sub-series can be enjoyed on its own, with a new romance in every volume. If you enjoy clever clues, secret societies, daring heroines, and heart-stopping kisses, then you’ll adore Nina Jarrett’s charming novel. Can be read as a standalone book or as part of the series.Buy The Rented Heart for a tale of adventure and passion today!What to expect: ?? Kissing?? Open DoorTropes: ?? Midnight intruder?? Scarred / injured hero?? Treasure hunt & cipher mystery?? Enemies-to-allies dynamic?? Nurse / healer intimacy
by Philip Eliot | Jul 30, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
From USA Today bestselling author Rebecca HefnerA complex heroine who doesn’t believe in love must choose to save the realm…Evie, daughter of virtuous Princess Rina and malicious Deamon King Crimeous, is a woman torn in half. The first centuries of her life taught her fervent lessons about pain and suffering. For ages, she suppressed her mother’s noble blood, crafting a reality where she was alone and drifting…until an ancient prophecy calls to her, possibly creating a purpose for her squalid existence.Kenden has commanded the Slayer army for a thousand years. Strong, cunning and loyal, he longs for the day Crimeous is defeated and he can settle down to build a family. Focused on conquering the Dark Lord, he’s stunned when Evie makes a brazen demand that must be fulfilled before she chooses to fight with them.Although incensed by Evie’s ultimatum, Kenden has never desired a woman more than the flame-haired vixen. Though she stirs his ire, he also has a deep well of compassion for the beauty who suffered so much trauma centuries ago. Together they train, and by night their connection grows, building toward the moment when they will battle her father. But, in the end, Evie has a choice and struggles to espouse righteousness over malevolence. For, when one’s worst fears are exposed, the evil is so much easier to embrace…**If you love a slightly-evil, complex reformed antiheroine, this book is for you! The Etherya’s Earth fantasy romance series is best read in order although each book does have its own featured hero/heroine and HEA.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 30, 2026 | Horror & Paranormal |
THE RIFT: THE COMPLETE SERIES contains the following books: THE FALL DEAD OF WINTER DEATH SPRINGS ETERNAL THE SUMMER SON From the depths of the Yucatan Peninsula, an ancient entity awakens, casting the world into darkness. Mankind is pushed to the brink as the dead rise and the living devolve into ravenous beasts. Those fortunate to survive must band together, their simple goal being to persevere for just one more day. THE RIFT: THE COMPLETE SERIES by Robert J. Duperre is a fantastic journey through a dark, horrific world. When all hope is lost, mankind must put aside their differences to solve the mysteries set before them and ask the one question the might not want the answer to: Is the world really worth saving?
by Philip Eliot | Jul 30, 2026 | Cozy Mystery |
A renowned historian’s temporary assistant gets wrapped up in a madcap international mystery in this “tongue-in-cheek charmer” (Kirkus).A strange twist of fate at the Copenhagen Airport brings Elizabeth Jones face to face with her idol, the brilliant, eccentric historian Margaret Rosenberg. An even stranger accident makes Elizabeth the esteemed scholar’s new private assistant. But luck can go from good to bad in an instant—and less than twenty-four hours later, the great lady is kidnapped by persons unknown. Suddenly desperate in a foreign land, Elizabeth must cast her lot with Rosenberg’s handsome, insufferable son Christian in hopes of finding her vanished benefactor. On a trail that leads from modern wonders to ancient mystery, a determined young woman and an arrogant “prince” must uncover shocking secrets carefully guarded in the beautiful Danish city. And they must survive a mysterious affair that is turning darker and deadlier by the hour.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 30, 2026 | Science Fiction |
Foxhound doesn’t care about the gaps in her memory. Being a Contractor, a kind of spacefaring mercenary, keeps her occupied enough. Rather than dwelling, she rockets around the farthest reaches of the solar system, earning a steady paycheck hunting down ne’er-do-wells and enjoying a semblance of freedom most folks in the outer colonies can’t dream of.So when she receives an urgent prisoner transfer request from a cult starship, she accepts the gig. She figures that transporting a bone marrow-eating serial killer from the cult’s colony back to Earth is just another well-paying job that’ll keep her mind off things. Upon discovering that the suspect in custody is an orphan girl—one that could pass for her much younger doppelgänger—she decides it’s time to get some answers.Before she can piece together who the girl is and how their lives intertwine, a group of violent prisoners aboard Foxhound’s starship breaks free. As the once-peaceful cultists take up arms in response, the Contractor teams up with her mechanized AI assistant and two of the cult’s wayward members to stop the barbaric escapees and elude the grasp of the cult’s radicalized leader. And when that’s done, she can focus on figuring out the secret behind the mysterious, potentially dangerous girl—but will she even want to know the truth?
