by Philip Eliot | Oct 3, 2026 | General Nonfiction |
From a New York Times–bestselling author, the true crime story of a Rhode Island family murdered by a Sunday school teacher.When prosperous lawyer Ernest Brendel mysteriously disappeared, along with his wife Alice, and their eight-year-old daughter Emily, friends in the close-knit Rhode Island neighborhood worried that family had been kidnapped. It would be agonizing months in a massive FBI search before they would know the heartbreaking truth.The shaken community began to lose hope that the family would ever be found alive. Their worst fears were confirmed when heavy rains from a tropical storm uncovered Alice and Ernest Brendel’s badly decomposed bodies—shot with a giant crossbow, strangled, and buried in the quiet woods of the town. Lying under her mother’s corpse was little Emily’s lifeless body, now a silent witness to her killer’s shocking identity.Like a hand pointing from the grave, the evidence led authorities to one of Ernest Brendel’s closest and most trusted friends. What Ernest couldn’t have known was that Christopher Hightower—a Sunday school teacher and respected member of the community—was a psychotic liar obsessed with greed, jealousy, and murderous revenge.
by Philip Eliot | Oct 3, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense |
A honeymoon turns into a nightmare for Charles Holborne! Perfect for fans of John Grisham, Robert Bailey, Michael Connelly and Robert Dugoni.Who will pay for the sins of the past…?France, 1969When a rare gap opens in barrister Charles Holborne’s court diary, he and Sally seize the chance for their long-postponed honeymoon.With baby Leia in tow, they seek peace in a friend’s farmhouse deep in the rural heart of Gascony — a picturesque land of vineyards, sleepy village squares and distant Pyrenean peaks.But Charles soon discovers that the village’s charm hides something much darker.Beneath the quiet seethes a poisonous web of old grudges and betrayals — a community still fighting the Second World War, where old crimes refuse to stay buried.Drawn into a simmering vendetta between those who collaborated with the Nazis and those who resisted, Charles has no choice but to defend a client in a place with no judge, no rules, and no law.With a firing squad waiting for the verdict, his defendant’s life is on the line…THE FRENCH VENDETTA is the eleventh crime novel in an exciting historical series, the Charles Holborne Legal Thrillers — gritty, hard-boiled mysteries set in 1960s London.‘A masterfully plotted blend of historical intrigue and legal thriller, drawing back the curtain on the day-to-day horrors of rural Vichy France. A wonderfully compelling historical mystery.’ — Vaseem KhanTHE CHARLES HOLBORNE LEGAL THRILLERS SERIESBOOK ONE: The BriefBOOK TWO: An Honest ManBOOK THREE: The LightermanBOOK FOUR: CorruptedBOOK FIVE: The Waxwork CorpseBOOK SIX: Force of EvilBOOK SEVEN: The Final ShotBOOK EIGHT: Nothing But The TruthBOOK NINE: Death, AdjournedBOOK TEN: The Fall GuyBOOK ELEVEN: The French Vendetta
by Philip Eliot | Oct 3, 2026 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
Three rules keep a memory thief alive.Rule #1: Don’t touch skin.Rule #2: Don’t look too long.Rule #3: Don’t let them see what you really are.Tonight, Kira Shadowmere breaks all three.Kira is the best memory thief in Vespera, a city where memories are bottled, sold, and craved like a drug. One touch, thirty seconds, and she can lift the worst night of your life right out of your head. The Guild pays in silver. Her conscience pays in everything else.But memory thieves don’t live past twenty-four. Tomorrow is her birthday.Tonight’s job should take thirty seconds. Instead it binds her — soul-deep, unbreakable, sever it and they both die — to Lysander Winterbourne. The last son of a slaughtered house. The lord who executes thieves like her. And the only person alive whose presence quiets the curse that’s been drowning her since she was three.She should run. He should kill her. Neither of them does the smart thing.Now the Guild’s master wants her caged, something is waking in her blood that shouldn’t exist in a girl like her, and the deeper Kira digs, the clearer it gets: she isn’t the only memory thief in this story. Someone has been inside her head. Someone has been editing. And what they took will cost her the only family she has left. An enemies-to-lovers romantasy with teeth. A heroine who flirts with a knife in her hand. A cold lord who is never afraid, only furious. A soul-bond with a body count. A slow burn that detonates. And an HEA that costs exactly what it should.?? Touch her and die ? A thief who steals the wrong thing Enemies to lovers, forced proximity Found family who’d bury bodies for each other Morally gray everyone A final line you’ll message me about in all capsFor readers of Fourth Wing, Quicksilver, and The Serpent and the Wings of Night.Spice: ? ? — open door, sensual rather than explicit. Three scenes.
by Philip Eliot | Oct 3, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
He should know better. She’s the coach’s daughter.Lane Maxwell has one season left to prove he’s more than the reputation that followed him from his last school. Transferring to Great Lakes U wasn’t a fresh start—it was his last shot at keeping his NHL dream alive.Cora Banks has built her life on being the one everyone can count on. Between classes, extra research projects, and doing whatever the Great Lakes U hockey team needs behind the scenes, she keeps everything moving—even when it means there’s nothing left for herself.She’s always known the rule: don’t get involved with hockey players. Not when your dad is the coach. But Lane keeps showing up… on the ice and behind the scenes. The more time they spend around each other, the harder it is to ignore what’s between them.Until one reckless moment changes everything.Suddenly, Lane is back in the same spotlight. Same accusations. Same assumptions. Different college.Only this time, Cora knows the truth—and how much it will cost to prove it.WHAT WE KNEW THEN is a college hockey romance with forbidden chemistry, a hero with everything to lose, and consequences neither of them can outrun.
by Philip Eliot | Oct 3, 2026 | Historical Romance |
The scent of saltwater and rum lingered in the air as Mary realized her quiet beach walk had somehow crossed paths with the 18th century.When introverted bookstore owner Mary Snow stumbles upon a gold coin and a centuries-old map hidden within the pages of an ancient book, she thinks it’s nothing more than a quirky find. That is, until Aiden Cameron, a swashbuckling pirate captain from the 18th century, quite literally washes ashore. As Ocracoke Island gears up for Halloween and the frenzied Pirate Jamboree, Mary is drawn into a world of secrets, folklore, and a dash of magic. But with every step into the mystery of the veil separating their worlds, Mary realizes she’s not just racing against time to help Aiden return to his own era, she’s also falling for the frustratingly handsome rogue, challenging her beliefs about love, adventure, and destiny. Can a heart trapped in the present find its rhythm with a man from the past?
