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My Blood Runs Blue (My Blood Runs Blue #1)

by Stacy Eaton (Goodreads Author)

3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 · rating details · 95 ratings · 43 reviews

Officer Kristin Greene has always felt that something was missing from her life. Although her job with the Fawn Hollow Township Police Department keeps her busy, she still feels like there is something else out there for her.

She soon finds herself investigating a homicide where a young woman has had her throat ripped out. When she has to give the death notification to the

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Published April 11th 2011 by Outskirts Press (first published April 1st 2011)

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Oct 06, 2011 Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~* rated it 4 of 5 stars

The story opens with Police Officer Kristin Greene patroling on the dark roads on the night shift.
Told in the first person,we get to know Kristin the "Officer" and also the woman. An Officer dedicated to her job and in tune to all that is around her."Sometimes I had mission in mind as to where I needed to go or what I needed to do".As the woman: "Many times,I thought I was trying to find myself,like someone was out there that I should be with..like there was a true purpose for my soul,and I had...more The story opens with Police Officer Kristin Greene patroling on the dark roads on the night shift.
Told in the first person,we get to know Kristin the "Officer" and also the woman. An Officer dedicated to her job and in tune to all that is around her."Sometimes I had mission in mind as to where I needed to go or what I needed to do".As the woman: "Many times,I thought I was trying to find myself,like someone was out there that I should be with..like there was a true purpose for my soul,and I had yet to find it".On this night of reflection,she soon finds herself investigating a homicide of a young woman,who has had her throat ripped open. As Kristin digs deeper into the case,she finds more than she bargined for and is thrust into a world she never would have belived existed.Two strong and secretive men will enter into her life,and change all that she has known.
ALEXANDER: The boss of the VMT and also of Julian,once a a good friend until he is betrayed by the two he cares for the most.
JULIAN: Comes to Fawn Hollow Township to investigate murders going on and to put a stop to them. When he meets Kristin the past rushes back to now intwine with the present,and once again change his life.He too will be shocked by what awaits him.
DAMON: The one who they all search for..Kristin he will try to kill..again
Why do they call her Calista? How has the past now become important in the present to her? Who can she trust? Who will she choose?
WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS STORY: When using a past/present theme and also with the main characters told in the first person,not many authors can carry this off without confussing the reader.But this author did it very well.I think this was the first book that Ive read where all the characters told their own story in their own voice,and not once was I lost,and the author did a great job of leading me into each of them and getting to know how they felt. The author also uses her knowledge from her job as a Police Officer which made this story feel like I was really there with all the action.This book has it all! Past/present theme,mystery,romance,suspense,sensual love scenes. Thank you Stacy for such a great read! And I bow respectfuly to you for not only your dedication as a Police Officer( as it came threw in your story and characters),but as an author who took this reader to a place of escape and imagination. Im looking forward to reading book 2 and hoping there will be more to come! Highly recommended read!!(less)

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Sep 05, 2011 Donna Brown rated it 4 of 5 stars

My Blood Runs Blue is a paranormal suspense novel from Stacy Eaton and introduces the reader to Kristin, a strong-willed independent cop whose life begins to take some startling turns when a murderer appears in Fawn Hollow. Though it seems Fawn Hollow is facing its worst nightmare in the form of a serial killer, the reality is actually much more shocking and the discoveries that lie ahead for Kristin will have reverberations that affect her for the rest of her life.

Eaton writes well with a smoot...more My Blood Runs Blue is a paranormal suspense novel from Stacy Eaton and introduces the reader to Kristin, a strong-willed independent cop whose life begins to take some startling turns when a murderer appears in Fawn Hollow. Though it seems Fawn Hollow is facing its worst nightmare in the form of a serial killer, the reality is actually much more shocking and the discoveries that lie ahead for Kristin will have reverberations that affect her for the rest of her life.

Eaton writes well with a smooth, well flowing pace that moves the story along quickly but not at a rate that feels rushed. Dialogue slips into the stream of words easily, helping the story rather than hindering it, particularly as the author is able to develop an easy and realistic conversation between characters. This is evidenced throughout the novel and as a result, the dialogue rarely feels stilted or forced.

My Blood Runs Blue is part of a series and will be followed by Blue Blood for Life. The story, however, reads well as a self-contained novel so you needn’t be put off by the thought of a novel that will leave you dangling on a cliffhanger. It’s quite the contrary: there are a number of twists and turns in this book alone so I’m certainly intrigued about what future novels will bring.

One aspect of the book I did find frustrating at times was the retelling of the story by different characters. Throughout the course of the book Kristen, Alex and Julian (the latter two being vampires) all narrate parts of the tale. At some points sections will be narrated by two characters to show you how each was feeling. I can see the merit in this but I would have preferred smaller chunks of the book to be ‘retold’ or perhaps for it to have been done in a different style, such as the second person looking back on the scene at a later point. This is a minor quibble though and I suspect it relates more to a personal reader’s preference than any weakness of the book.

Stacy Eaton is a good storyteller, introducing characters that are easily likeable but which also have enough flaws to make you question their actions and motives. At a time when vampire novels are in abundance, it could actually be seen as a risky choice to produce something that might be perceived as coming from the same old tired formula. Therefore, it’s refreshing to see a well-written, engaging tale that helps reinvigorate my long held, now sadly tarnished, love of vampires. Hopefully book two will continue the good work!(less)

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Jan 03, 2012 James P. rated it 5 of 5 stars

I need to let everyone know up front that I am not really a fan of vampire stories, nor am I a fan of romance novels. With that said, I also have to admit that I really enjoyed My Blood Runs Blue. The story is well written, with lots of good description and character development. Even though I am not really into vampires, the story weaves the vampire aspect into the story in an almost plausable way, that made me think that their might actually be vampires walking among us. Although this is clear...more

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Mar 14, 2012 Katryne rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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It's a really great book! Sooooooooooooooo awesome! I loved the way it change of point of view, so that you know what the other characters are thinking, it's really nice in this book. Normally I don't like it but for My Blood Runs Blue I didn't care. And the story is really fast paced, when I began to read it I couldn't put it back until it was finished! lol! Definitly a MUST-READ!!!!!!!!!

I can't wait to read the book two!!!!!!!

So I recommend it to everyone who love a good story with love and ac...more

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Apr 15, 2013 Cynthia rated it 4 of 5 stars

This has got to be one of my more unusual selections. If you liked the Twilight Series with good and bad vampires and the erotic flavor of Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse books where the vampires are sexy PLUS an adult love story that will make you swoon, you will like this book. The writing is good and the characters likable. It is a story of a woman loved by two men, caught between and loving them both. They just happen to be vampires who chase bad vampires. The end was a sweet surprise.

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Jun 13, 2012 Sheila rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery, paranormal, relationships, romance, scifi-fantasy, suspense

A clever blend of authentic police procedural and paranormal romance, Stacy Eaton’s My Blood Runs Blue tells a fascinating tale with excellent timing and a truly intriguing use of different points of view. The plot is pleasingly complex—no simple romance or simple mystery here. And the strange backstory is introduced in nicely manageable pauses for memory. Telling the tale from three different points of view provides a satisfying feel for the characters’ complexity and adds depth to their emotio...more

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Oct 02, 2011 Vanessa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads, i-won-this

I received My Blood Runs Blue through First Reads. This is probably the third or fourth paranormal novel that I have read. This is outside my realm since I used to not think very highly of paranormal/vampire novels (Twilight has me prejudiced) but I have found that the right ones written by talented authors can be very engaging and worthwhile. Stacy Eaton's new series is no exception and I was excited to read this new twist on the genre which focuses on characters in law enforcement. The narrati...more

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Jun 06, 2012 Pat rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My Blood Runs Blue….By Stacy Eaton

This was a book given me by the author, through World Literacy Cafe for review.

This was a very exciting book, but would be hard to put into a specific Genre. It’s about a policewoman, it has Vampires, romance, re-incarnation, and oh yes…A Serial Killer!
Kristin, our heroine, is a cop in the small town she grew up in. She was married to the love of her life, until he was killed in the line of duty. Now, a widow, trying to put her life back together. She is assign...more

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Oct 20, 2011 Nookmom (Courtney) rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Wow. What a fantastic start for a new series and new author. This novel is written in first person. While reading the same scene from each person's point of view can be a bit tiresome, it also adds a level of understanding for each character you would not have gotten otherwise. Julian and Alex's friendship ended years ago when they both loved the same woman, Calista. After her death, they both dealt with loss and guilt. Thirty five years later, Kristin is the reincarnation of Calista. Now the lo...more

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May 20, 2011 M.A. Stacie rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was a really solid first book! It was very clear throughout this author knew about law enforcement. It shone through and made the novel that little bit more realistic! Wonderful!

I love any book that drops 'breadcrumbs' - revealing the truth little by little, and the author does a great job this! I was thoroughly intrigued as to why the death of a stranger would have some importance to Kristen...

The memory of Julian and Calista was beautiful! And instant mating. And Kristen's reaction to Al...more

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Apr 09, 2012 Ghostleegirl rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I do my best not to read reviews posted by others before I read a book because I worry it will affect what I think. So I read the synopsis of this book, and then bought it. I have to say that I really enjoyed it!

I knew it was a crime type story, but that's pretty much it. It's a crime story and so much more! I really enjoyed all the characters in the book, and I have to say that at no point was i bored or even a little tired of any of them. I found all the characters to be well rounded and belie...more

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Oct 26, 2011 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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My Blood Runs Blue was a love triangle at its finest. I really enjoyed the struggle of choosing between the two guys. Plus it didn't hurt that I totally loved her choice in the end! She chose the right one :)

The thing that I love about vampire books, is even though there are tons of them out there, there are always some different nuances in each of their descriptions of the creatures. I love reading about all the various descriptions of vampires.

I liked how Stacey depicted them. I thought the...more

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Jun 23, 2011 Abigail rated it 5 of 5 stars

My Blood Runs Blue alternates narratives between Kristin, a police officer, and Julian, who is both a vampire and part of a security team that keeps watch over not only humans but his own kind. Another vampire named Alex adds narration later on. Things start when a girl whose parents Kristin knows is found with her throat gored open, one of several who have been found in neighboring towns. The girl's parents have a strange reaction to their daughter's death, and seem to know more than they let o...more

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May 03, 2012 Jenn Green rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Kay, let me start off with I LOVE THIS NEW SERIES!! I dont know what it is about it but I just loved it!! There wasnt quite as much action & blood as I normally like in my Vampire books but that didnt really seem to matter. Maybe its 'cause its charaters really drive this story. You really get to know them & feel for them & cry for them. Such strong charaters you cant help but get attached to them. The new take on vampires being born (and sometimes re-born) instead of turned, I found...more

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Jul 20, 2011 John rated it 5 of 5 stars

The story opens with Kristin, a cop with control issues, working the quiet night shift with the hours dragging by uneventfully. She and her colleagues on the force move around the station house, so used to each other’s movements and habits that they seem to be performing a time-practiced silent waltz around each other. Then the quiet hours are disturbed and the slow routine is transformed into frantic action as they respond to an urgent call out to a crime scene where a young woman has been brut...more The story opens with Kristin, a cop with control issues, working the quiet night shift with the hours dragging by uneventfully. She and her colleagues on the force move around the station house, so used to each other’s movements and habits that they seem to be performing a time-practiced silent waltz around each other. Then the quiet hours are disturbed and the slow routine is transformed into frantic action as they respond to an urgent call out to a crime scene where a young woman has been brutally attacked and mutilated. The victim dies on scene, but not before she’s able to give Kristin a vital clue with her last dying breath. The hunt for the killer begins, the cop with her own senses for violence and death heightened, counter-acting the heightened senses of her prey.
Enter Julian, part of a covert security force and network of vampires. To the outside – human – world, he belongs to VMF Securities, short for Virtual Military Force, but to his inner circle they are the Vampire Military Force. Having vampires in authoritative positions where they handle security at the highest level is a neat twist. They can police not only the human citizens, but also keep the behavior, bloodlust and feeding patterns of their own kind in check. Julian has a strained relationship with his boss, Alexander, and is working on a long-running case to locate and kill another vampire, Damon, to avenge the murders of his wife and daughter.
Two species: human and vampire, are set on a collision course … but what will be the outcome of their inevitable encounter?
Among my favorite books, particularly cop thrillers, are those written by authors who have in fact worked the job in real life. In this story, author Stacy Eaton has succeeded in depicting a real sense of ‘people at home in their working environment’. That is not easy to pull off in a story without having had that experience to draw on. It’s evident here in the detail and language used throughout. The story is well paced as the narrative switches evenly from one character’s point of view to the other. This is an accomplished book written by an author who knows what she’s talking about; a salient and erotic fantasy horror-thriller, with some surprising plot twists, covering real themes about the power of desire, the joy of finding true love, and the pain of losing it forever.
Like humans, vampires ultimately want what we all want: a companion and soul-mate to share everything with. The immortals find that, without the warmth and companionship of their true love, the joy of a rapturous eternal life becomes an agonizingly cold and empty sentence of everlasting damnation.(less)

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Jun 14, 2011 Tatiana Lammers rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads, books-i-won

I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.

My Blood Runs Blue is a true page turner! The story is very exciting and differs from the rest the supernatural action/romance books I have read before. The action moves along very naturally and swift. The fact that Stacy Eaton knows about the work of the police shows on every page and gives the readers a great opportunity to learn more about the everyday work of the policemen as it is. I really liked the way the events were described fr...more

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Jan 15, 2012 Toni rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Please stop by and read my review at Coffee Beans & Love Scenes Reviews.

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Sep 19, 2011 Amy Manemann rated it 5 of 5 stars

My Blood Runs Blue was an enjoyable read from start to finish. I had a hard time knowing which direction I should root for as both Julian and Alexander sounded quite yummy, but I was pleased with the outcome. All the characters were well developed from street tough cop Kristin to vampires Julian and Alexander. An excellent story line that entails a captivating mystery, a past forgotten and a love to last an eternal lifetime all inevitably intwined when the human and vampire species find themselv...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Theresa Stillwagon rated it 4 of 5 stars

It took me a while to get into this book because I don't usually read vampire stories. It started getting interesting when Alex came into town and saw the heroine. (I'll admit I was hoping he'll win her.)I loved that he did.
One thing I didn't particularly like was that a few scenes were rewritten almost word to word, but in a different point of view. The first time that happened it really confused me for a few paragraphs until I realized what the author was doing. (I believe one scene was writte...more

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Sep 08, 2011 Tim O'Rourke rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was an excellent first book by author Stacy Eaton. The book gripped me from the start and I liked the easy prose and the way each character was devleoped. Unlike other vampire tales that I have recently read, the main female lead in 'My Blood Runs Blue' was strong, willful minded and not some sad and disgruntled girl who falls in love at the very first instance. This was so refreshing! All of the characters were well drawn and they were characters that I could believe in. Alex and Julian we...more

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Oct 09, 2011 Keith Weaver rated it 5 of 5 stars

My Blood Runs Blue is brilliantly written by Stacy, and includes all the elements in a crime drama you could ask for: think the drama of SVU with the passion of a day time soap opera mixed in with The Vampire Diaries. There's a little something for everyone in this story, and you won't be disappointed at all.

The detail that Eaton uses is tremendous in My Blood. The characters are great and really take on their own lives in this book. One of my favorite lines from the book that sums it up, "He ki...more

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May 30, 2011 Carrie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The characters are very well developed, and I love the Julian and Calista scenes. The author obviously did her research when it came to law enforcement. The terminology and events she detailed made the book all the more realistic.

I enjoyed the twists and turns in the plot, with the important details being revealed little by little. I prefer this method over an "information dump" at the beginning like some authors do.

There was a bit of repetition of words and in the scenes, but overall, I think i...more

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Mar 18, 2012 Lee Anne - Give me a Good Romance rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, cops, paranormal, romance, vampire, kindle, own, a-bnl

This was a good story. However, every thing that happens in the story, you get all sides. First one chapter is from her POV then the next chapter is his POV. When the third characters enters in, you then get his POV. It makes the story take FOREVER to move forward. I ended up skipping entire passages because I had JUST read it from the other POV. It was very frustrating. This story had so much potential and could have been so much better without having to read every single POV on EVERY single ev...more

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Jun 20, 2011 Erin Kern rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a good debut book by a new author. The characters are interesting and well developed. I especially loved Julian and thought he and Kristin were perfect for each other.

It's clear Ms. Eaton knows her law enforcement. The books seems thoroughly researched and very accurate. If you're looking for an interesting, entertaining read, with a bit of romance, then give this one a try.

I hope to read more from Ms. Eaton.

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May 14, 2012 Lisa Miller Chandler rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I loved this book, I love vampires, & this was a different twist to an old story. There was just the right amount of action, romance, suspense, and back story to keep me interested.

I liked that the story was told from different points of view, but it did bring up a lot of repetition, hearing the same scene over & over was kind of strange & time consuming. It would have been good to know each person's (vampire's) feelings without rehatching scene after scene.

I really loved the way th...more

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Jan 06, 2012 Mary Ulm rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was a totally different type of book for me to read. I am not a real big vampire fan but the storyline of this book was good. I felt that I was double reading the book. I would read one chapter in one character's perspective and the next chapter was the same content in another character's perspective. This is why I gave it 3 stars.

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May 23, 2011 Samantha Warren rated it 5 of 5 stars

Eaton does an amazing job at developing the characters and background for this exceptional novel. The plot is fresh and exciting and the action moves along swiftly. I found myself engrossed in the lives of the players and though my pony didn't win the love-triangle race, I still finished the book very content in the outcome with a smile on my face. I'm looking forward to book #2

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Sep 16, 2011 Sheila rated it 4 of 5 stars

Kristin is a cop who feels something is missing in her life. Alex and Julian are vampires come to track down a serial killer vampire. Both think Kristin is someone they knew years ago. I liked the 3 points of view. It made the story interesting seeing scenes from two points of view.

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Sep 22, 2012 Esther rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book was recommended by a friend and I am glad they did! I have already recommended it to others. What a fun book! I couldn't wait to find out who she ended up with. I loved the 1st person POV for each character. I can't wait to get her other books.

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Jun 14, 2011 Cymbalmom1 rated it 5 of 5 stars

I thought this was a wonderful read, I was hooked on the first page. I loved the different points of view. It has a great twist that I didn't see coming. Can't wait for the sequel!

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Stacy Eaton is a Police Officer by trade. While she does standard patrol duties, she is also the departments Crime Scene Investigator and spends a lot of her shifts working on investigations.

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