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CHOKEHOLD

A HIGH SHOALS Novel

Hurricanes come and go in Shoals – a deceptively sleepy, evangelical sundown town in the Florida Panhandle where sweet tea and innocence reign. Sins are covered up by old money and influence, but some secrets have a way of washing up once flood waters recede.
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My Books

The HIGH SHOALS Series

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Book I

Available Now In Paperback & e-Book 

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ALLIANCE

Book II

Expected Release Date Fall 2026

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RECKONING

Book III

Expected Release Date Summer 2027

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT CHOKEHOLD

​I felt every page of Shoals in my bones - the way sin hides behind Sunday smiles and old money keeps mouths shut. Phillips has an incredible eye for the facade people wear in public to mask what they're hiding in private.
The funeral home's morbid edge, the hurricane closing in, the coiled tension of eight years of unresolved history, Phillips layers it all beautifully.
I can’t wait for the next book!

-Kirsten
The Archivist

Instagram: @archivistbooks

About
AUTHOR E. M. PHILLIPS PORTRAIT

About E. M. Phillips

E. M. Phillips writes Southern Gothic romantic suspense. She grew up in the heart of Florida immersed in all the heavily cultural and historically nuanced reasons that make her home unique.

 

She still resides in North Florida with her family and draws inspiration from dark forests, old cemeteries, and just about every creature she meets, especially the slithery ones.

If it weren’t for her intense love of the deep south, she might just stop saying ‘Y’all’ - but that'd be as crazy as pettin’ a swamp puppy with a plump hen.

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© 2026 by E. M. Phillips LLC.

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