by Philip Eliot | May 26, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
What do church ladies really think? Composed and often so quiet as to be thought invisible, church ladies have secret powers to change the world.What are those special powers?They love well. They give well. They can often cook!And they play an essential role in a great rescue operation for mankind. For although they appear to have Ninja warrior strengths (and can be invisible!), they are helpers to the only Superhero who ever really saved the world and mankind. They know His name and will tell you. And they can show you what it’s like to brought to life and empowered to love instead of hate, to give instead of take, to keep silent when all around them the world is yammering.Tired of the yammering and the hate? Spend a little time with a church lady and her Ninja warrior friends. They’ll welcome you with smiles and open arms into their inspiring and uplifting stories.Buy this book for yourself or a friend who needs a friend like Mildred Budge.Daphne Simpkins is an Alabama writer with books on cooking, caregiving, and stories about church life and church ladies of the South. She’s a friendly human being and relishes connections on Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin.com. To sign up for her newsletter about Mildred Budge and other titles from Quotidian Books, go to DaphneSimpkins.org.Other titles about Mildred Budge include the novels:Mildred Budge in CloverdaleMildred Budge in EmbankmentThe Bride’s RoomShorter works about Mildred Budge are:Miss Budge in LoveMiss Budge Goes to Fountain CityBelle: A Mildred Budge Friendship Story
by Philip Eliot | May 26, 2026 | Thriller & Suspense |
From bestselling author John Hunt, the sequel to Doll House has arrived.”Olivia. She’s a brilliant character, broken, but trying to survive on her terms.” –Ginger Nuts of HorrorThe killer lives off the grid-the remote hiking trails are his hunting grounds. He kills and kills but the police don’t know he exists. He has been raised for this. He lies in wait. He knows how to choose his victims. He has never been caught.Bibi, a young female hiker, is ambushed by a man while taking photographs. Luckily, she escapes. Bibi is still traumatized and a police officer puts her in contact with Olivia, a fellow survivor of horror–The Jackal in Doll House–and sister-in-arms. Olivia knows what Bibi has gone through. Bibi feels she finally has someone who understands her, knows her pain, and can help her. The killer has met his match.
by Philip Eliot | May 26, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
A young woman learns to love again thanks to her adopted baby sister and a handsome doctor in this heartwarming, inspirational romance.To: Anne, Meg, PilarFrom: RachelRe: Updates on Mom, baby Gracie and the hunky doc!Well, Mom is making great strides in physical therapy, and taking care of Gracie is an unexpected joy. Because my adopted little sister was a preemie, she’s had lots of checkups . . . and her green-eyed pediatrician is gorgeous! Each time we visit Eli Cavanaugh, he makes me want to embrace life, finally let my hair out of its almost-daily bun and dream a little. I have to tell you, being temporary mommy is making me long for a family of my own . . . with Eli!
by Philip Eliot | May 26, 2026 | Contemporary Romance |
The Bell Family of Bluestar Island series concludes with a charming second-chance romance!As summer winds down with the promise of a long-awaited wedding, the island’s new yoga instructor is drawn into an arrangement with the one man who wants nothing to do with her.In this summertime novella, Summer Turner has returned to Bluestar Island and opened the Beach Love Yoga studio. Anxious to expand her clientele, she is not expecting her former friend Greg Hoover to be one of her students. Their friendship was already in tatters after an ill-timed kiss. But when a family emergency draws them closer, their relationship is tested. Maybe this summer will be the season for forgiveness…and love.Includes a recipe for Summer’s buttery blueberry pound cake!Bluestar Island series:Book 1 – Love Blooms (Hannah & Ethan)Book 2 – Harvest Dance (Aster & Sam)Book 3 – A Lighthouse Café Christmas (Darla & Will)Book 4 – Rising Star (Emma & Noah)Book 5 – Summer by the Beach (Summer & Greg)Book 6 – Brass Anchor Inn (Josie & Lane)Book 7 – Summer Refresh (Sara & Kent)
by Philip Eliot | May 26, 2026 | Christian Fiction |
Carl Strople was covertly recruited to Black Ops and given the most brutal kind of training any man or woman could endure. Now he belongs to The X Group. But why do they call him “Saint”?An assassin. The most effective killer in the world. And yet . . . Carl Strople struggles to retain fleeting memories that betray an even more ominous reality. He’s been told part of the truth–but not all of it.Invasive techniques have stripped him of his identity and made him someone new–for this he is grateful. But there are some things they can’t take from him. The love of a woman, unbroken loyalties to his past, the need for survival.From the deep woods of Hungary to the streets of New York, Saint takes you on a journey of betrayal in a world of government cover-ups, political intrigue, and one man’s search for the truth. In the end, that truth will be his undoing.The Bookshelf Reviews, which gave this novel from Ted Dekker 5 out of 5 stars, stated, “Saint reads like The Bourne Identity [Robert Ludlum] meets The Matrix meets Mr. Murder [Dean Koontz].”Full-length suspense with a thread of fantasyBook two in the Paradise series: Showdown, Saint, Sinner
