by Philip Eliot | Jul 28, 2026 | Crime Fiction |
When a killer leaves cryptic poem stanzas at his crime scenes, FBI Agent Carly Phoenix finds herself in a deadly literary puzzle. Can she decode the lethal language to catch a killer from the past? COLD BLOODED (A Carly Phoenix FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 2) is the second novel in a new series by mystery and suspense author Taylor Stark. The series begins with COLD JUSTICE (Book 1). The Carly Phoenix series is an intense and riveting thriller featuring a complex and troubled female protagonist. Brimming with suspense, unexpected turns, and a pulse-pounding tempo, this series ensures an enthralling experience that’s bound to keep you turning pages late into the night. Fans of Karin Slaughter, Teresa Driscoll, and Lisa Regan are sure to fall in love. Future books in the series are also available!
by Philip Eliot | Jul 28, 2026 | Cozy Mystery |
Liz returns to the family farm, done with her summer internship and ready to take it easy and focus on her horse, Comet, during the last lazy week before her final year of college. But her dad, Harry, while visiting a neighbor at the back of a dead-end road, stumbles across a corpse, another murder. The victim was a hated local, and there is no shortage of suspects. Harry and Liz are pulled onto the case when the police arrest Harry’s hired hand, ignoring the troubled teenager’s iron-clad alibi. To Liz’s dismay, the pair are soon investigating most of their own friends and neighbors. It seems everyone had a motive, and why were so many of them on that lonely, dead-end road at just the wrong time? With the police convinced that they “have their man”, it’s up to Harry and Liz to weave their way through the means and motives, and track down the true culprit.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 28, 2026 | Erotic Romance |
A high-heat, billionaire reverse harem romance.Fake Relationship + Forced Proximity + Why Choose Romance + TripletsI snuck onto a restricted floor and took the best photographs of my career. Then someone left a death threat on my apartment door, and the only people who can keep me alive are the three billionaires I photographed that night.The Ashwood triplets didn’t ask if I wanted protection. They moved me into their penthouse and put a security detail on me.They don’t trust me. I don’t trust them. But somebody wants me dead, and their penthouse is the safest place in the city.So I move in. Temporarily. With conditions.And one of the conditions? I pretend to be their fake girlfriend as a cover story.Bastian is controlled and calculating. He solves problems with power and money. Until I become the one problem he can’t buy.Kai is dangerous and reclusive. He wants nothing to do with me. But he’s the triplet who makes me feel safe.Zayden is all charm and easy smiles, the brother everyone underestimates. Including me.I moved in with them to survive. I wasn’t supposed to want any of them.And I definitely wasn’t supposed to fall for them while a killer hunts me down.*** Protected by the Billionaire Triplets is a steamy reverse harem romance with three possessive alphas, an independent heroine who never asks for help, and a guaranteed HEA.
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?
