by Philip Eliot | Sep 26, 2026 | Advice & How-To |
You’re busy. But is the work actually under control?In most growing organisations, the felt loss of control isn’t a discipline problem. It’s a drift problem. Work starts clear and slowly goes vague. Owners are implied, never named. Decisions stall. And the surprises that land late were visible all along — no one owned the act of raising them.The Control Standard is a practical operating standard for the people who keep work moving: ambitious operators, new and emerging managers, and the leaders who coach them.It shows how to convert uncertainty into something usable — an owner, a date, a decision, an escalation path, a fallback — so you become the person leaders trust with what matters.Seniority is earned by making work easier to trust.You’ll learn how to:Tell real control from mere activity — and stop mistaking busyness for progressOwn outcomes, not just complete tasksCommunicate upward so senior people can actually steerDelegate and coach without micromanagingCatch drift and surprises early, before they become expensiveSpot repeated pains and turn them into better systems, mechanisms, and habitsBecome easier to trust with important workGrounded in 16 years of real delivery, not management theory. Short, concrete, and built to hand from manager to direct report.For ambitious contributors, it is a guide to becoming easier to trust with important work. For line managers, it is the book you wish your direct reports had already read.For readers of The Making of a Manager, Extreme Ownership, and The Coaching Habit who want the standard beneath them all.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 26, 2026 | Action & Adventure |
The first book in a thrilling new series you won’t want to miss! Perfect for fans of Andrew Watts, L. T. Ryan, Don Keith and George Wallace.The elite Green Berets carry out Operation Phoenix: pacification by assassination!Republic of Vietnam, 1965On the trail of a deadly Viet Cong force, Master Sergeant Anthony Fetterman leads his Special Forces squad on a patrol across the South Vietnamese border and into Cambodia.Their mission? To eliminate a dangerous enemy and shorten the war. When Sergeant Fetterman and Sergeant Tyme are arrested for the murder of a foreign national in a neutral country, U.S. Army Special Forces camp commander Captain Mack Gerber is not about to let them go down without a fight.Up against a tyrannical General, Gerber finds himself in a race against time to save his men from being court-martialled for doing the job they were trained to do.But will he and his A-Team succeed? Can they turn the tide of the war in their favour?Or does Camp A-555 have a spy in its midst?VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO is the first book in the Vietnam: Ground Zero Series: action-packed, authentic historical thrillers following an American battalion as they fight to survive during the brutal Vietnam War.‘Vietnam at ground zero is where this book is written. I recommend it!’ – Don PendletonTHE VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO SERIES:BOOK 1: Vietnam: Ground Zero BOOK 2: P.O.W.BOOK 3: Unconfirmed KillBOOK 4: The Fall of Camp A555BOOK 5: Soldier’s MedalBOOK 6: The Kit Carson ScoutBOOK 7: The Hobo WoodsBOOK 8: GuidelinesBOOK 9: The VilleBOOK 10: Incident at Plei SoiBOOK 11: TetBOOK 12: The Iron TriangleBOOK 13: Red DustBOOK 14: HamletBOOK 12: The Iron TriangleBOOK 13: Red DustBOOK 14: HamletBOOK 15: Moon CusserBOOK 16: Dragon’s JawBOOK 17: Cambodian SanctuaryBOOK 18: PaybackBOOK 19: MacvBOOK 20: Tan Son NhutBOOK 21: Puppet SoldiersBOOK 22: GunfighterBOOK 23: WarriorBOOK 24: TargetBOOK 25: WarlordBOOK 26: SpikeBOOK 27: ReconBOOK 28: Pioneer Post
by Philip Eliot | Sep 26, 2026 | Cozy Mystery |
A bumper edition of light-hearted murder mysteries set in a small town in Scotland.What reviewers said about book one: “a great murder mystery, with interesting characters and twists””a cosy mystery with bite””laugh out loud”Description of Murder on the First DateA mysterious killer is no match for a group of mums in sensible shoes…Mary Plunkett has mastered how to be a stay at home mum. Her kids mostly make it to school on time, forty percent of them do their homework and sometimes they even have clean socks. In fact, Mary can actually get them their five a day, as long as it’s apples. But she is terminally bored. When the teacher at her kid’s school is murdered, Mary joins a group of mums to find out who killed himThe Wronged Women’s Co-operative are more used to tracking down errant husbands and finding stolen dogs than catching killers, but it can’t be that hard, can it? When Mary becomes their newest member she realises that there is more to life than dirty nappies and winter colds. Mums are famous for being able to multitask, so why not add catching a murderer to the list?
by Philip Eliot | Sep 26, 2026 | Dark Romance |
The epic dark mafia duet now in one single volume…A Debt So RuthlessAt the stroke of midnight on my twentieth birthday, he comes in darkness and in blood. Elio Titone, heir to Toronto’s most brutal Cosa Nostra famiglia.Elio has come for one thing and one thing only – to claim what he is owed.And what he’s owed is me.My captor is dangerous and demanding. Tortured, possessive, and wealthy beyond belief. He traps me in his gilded, violent world and offers me no hope of escape. But the longer I spend with him, with his dark eyes and scarred hands, the less I want to claw my way out of his cage.When new enemies threaten me, I see a side of Elio I didn’t know existed – a ruthlessly protective side. He forces me to do the one thing that guarantees my safety, even if it means I’ll forever be his prisoner.I’ll no longer be shackled by debt, but by marriage vows.Because he’ll make me his bride.A Vow So SoullessI’ve taken everything from my Songbird. Her freedom. Her innocence.Even her name. She’ll no longer be known as Deirdre O’Malley, but Deirdre Titone. My wife. Whether she wants to be or not.It’s the only real way to show this city who she belongs to. The only way to tell the world that she’s as protected as she is possessed. I’ll keep her safe, even if there’s no one left to keep her safe from me.My Songbird made me believe in souls again. And maybe I don’t have one. Maybe I never did.But she does. And I won’t stop until I’ve taken it along with everything else.Debts and Vows is the complete Deirdre and Elio dark mafia duet. It contains the novels A Debt So Ruthless and A Vow So Soulless by Vero Heath.
by Philip Eliot | Sep 26, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
A military vet and a troubled widow are caught in a case of disappearing women in the woods in this inspirational romantic suspense mystery.Ex-military man Eli Jennings owed his commander his life and vowed to repay him by finding his missing sister. His search led to Jasmine Hart’s mountain cabin in Lakeview, Virginia, where another woman had disappeared. A strong-willed widow, Jasmine didn’t think the two were related. Until a major clue to both mysteries was found in her house. And her own mother-in-law was a witness. Scared for the only family she had left, Jasmine turned to Eli for help. But someone powerful wanted to ensure she never felt safe, never learned the whole truth. And that meant making one more woman disappear.
