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RELEASE DAY: How to Love Thine Enemy

Look what’s here! HOW TO LOVE THINE ENEMY is now available on Amazon to purchase or borrow in Kindle Unlimited. I know it’s been a long wait for fans of the series, and I apologize for that. But this new book took quite a bit of research and was one I needed to write on my own instead of with my recent writing partner, Tara Lain. But it is finally here, and I hope it was worth the wait! I hope you enjoy being immersed in this fantasy universe and Romeo/Juliet trope story as much as I enjoyed writing it.

This isn’t the book I thought I’d write next in the Howl at the Moon series, but I really felt the separation of the Qimmiq and Inuit keenly, and I needed to resolve that! So here you go. :-)

CHAPTER 1

You can read the first chapter on this site here.

LINKS:

Amazon US

Amazon UK

BLURB:

Can a forbidden love heal the rift between two enemy tribes?

Legend says that, centuries ago, the sled dogs and the Inuit were so deeply bonded that the dogs rose up on two legs and became men. The Qimmig and the People lived together happily until one of the Inuit betrayed the dog-men. The Qimmig fled, vowing never to return.

Taq figured that was just another story elders told around the campfire. But when he witnesses two guys survive a polar bear attack by shifting into dogs, he has to rethink everything. Could the Qimmig really exist? And could they have anything to do with the special, golden-eyed boy he’d played with as a child?

Cupun has missed his old friend, Taq. But it is forbidden for the Qimmig to have anything to do with one-skinned Inupiat. When a series of events brings Taq back into his life, the feelings of protectiveness and joy awakened in his dog’s heart tell him that Taq is his soul’s mate.

But neither the Qimmig nor the Inuit are prepared to accept this bond. Are the boys fated for tragedy? Or will their love find a way?

How to Love Thine Enemy is a star-crossed lovers/Romeo and Juliet trope set in Alaska. Friends-to-lovers, doggie shifters, and destined romance with a little wilderness adventure.

HOW TO LOVE THINE ENEMY - Cover Reveal & Pre-order link

How to Love Thine Enemy is the sixth book in my Howl at the Moon series. It features a new couple and can be read as a stand-alone, though reading the series in order is recommended. It is now up for pre-order with a pub date of April 7.

This tale was inspired by a movie I watched recently called Slash/Back, which is set in the small Inuit town of Pangnirtung and features contemporary Inuit girls fighting off an alien. :-) I loved the contemporary native tone of the film, and it reminded me that I had intended to write about the Inuit and the Qimmig (a pack of dog-shifters). So I was spurred to bump that book up in my tbw pile.

The Howl at the Moon world features dog shifters. You see, if a dog is bonded deeply enough with a human, they may "get the spark"--the ability to take on human form. Most of my series is set in a town called Mad Creek, California, where dogs who were born descended from dog shifters, and dogs that just recently "got the spark," all live. But in book 5, How to Run with the Wolves, one of them discovers a pack of wild dog shifters living in remote Alaska called the Qimmig.  The Qimmig are descended from huskies, but their pack has nearly reverted to their wolf nature due to lack of human contact.

This book, How to Love Thine Enemy, is set entirely in Alaska and features a young Inuit man and one of the Qimmig pack.

Here's the blurb:

Can a forbidden love heal the rift between two enemy tribes?

Legend says that, centuries ago, the sled dogs and the Inuit were so deeply bonded that the dogs rose up on two legs and became men. The Qimmig and the People lived together happily until one of the Inuit betrayed the dog-men. The Qimmig fled, vowing never to return.

Taq figured that was just another story his elders told around the campfire. But when he witnesses two dudes survive a polar bear attack by shifting into dogs, he has to rethink everything. Could the Qimmig really exist? And could they have anything to do with the special, golden-eyed boy he’d played with as a child?

Cupun has missed his old friend, Taq. But it is forbidden for the Qimmig to have anything to do with Inupiat. When a series of events brings Taq back into his life, the feelings of protectiveness and joy awakened in his dog’s heart tell him that Taq is his soul’s mate.

But neither the Qimmig nor the Inuit are prepared to accept this bond. Are the boys fated for tragedy? Or will their love find a way?

How to Love Thine Enemy is a star-crossed lovers/Romeo and Juliet trope set in Alaska. Friends-to-lovers, doggie shifters, and destined romance with a little wilderness adventure.

I hope you'll give the Howl at the Moon series, and How to Love Thine Enemy, a try! It's been a perpetual favorite with my readers. 

You can pre-order this book here:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXSYTR2J

Eli Easton

RELEASE DAY: a changeling christmas

It's release day for my 2022 Christmas book. Whoot!

This is a stand-alone romance set in the same hotel as the other books in the SNOWED INN series. It's a contemporary (not paranormal) rom com based on a case of mistaken identity. I love writing Christmas romances, and I hope you enjoy this year's special addition to your virtual bookshelf!

LINKS:

Amazon US -https://www.amazon.com/Changeling.../dp/B0BH31MMY8/

Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Changeling.../dp/B0BH31MMY8/

FIRST CHAPTER PREVIEW:

You can read the first chapter here.

BLURB:

An avalanche, a quaint Christmas inn, and an assignment to sit on an infamous jewel thief until the cops can arrive. What could go wrong?

Felix can’t believe his luck when a perfect stranger offers him the use of a pre-paid cabin at a mountain inn. He’d planned to ignore Christmas this year, working through the holidays in his job as a nurse in a Denver maternity ward. After all, Christmas won’t be the same without his beloved mother, who recently passed. But the inn, decked out like a Hallmark movie set, is the perfect place to soothe his heart, rekindle his Christmas cheer, and maybe even find romance? When a gorgeous ex-Marine befriends him and sticks by his side through a whole day of Christmas activities, Felix thinks he’s found true love.

Riggs’s plans for a ski vacation are buried when an avalanche blocks off the mountain inn where he’s staying from the rest of the world. A midnight phone call enlists Rigg’s help watching a guy on the FBI’s Most Wanted list who is supposed to be staying at the inn. The FBI and the police can’t get through until the avalanche is cleared. Riggs steps up to do his duty one more time. But the man who is supposed to be The Falcon, an international thief, has one hell of a Clark Kent type alter ego, because he seems like the sweetest man Riggs has ever met. The more time they spend together, the more attracted Riggs becomes to him, and the more determined he is to make The Falcon reveal his true colors.

Will love prevail? Or will the law?

A Changeling Christmas is a mistaken identity, snowed in together, rom-com romance with all the Christmas feels. All the books in the Snowed Inn collection are standalone stories and can be read in any order.

OTHER AUTHORS IN THE SERIES: Rj Scott, HL Day, Vicki Locey, LC Chase, Xenia Melzer, Meredith Russell

Cover Reveal: A Changeling Christmas

Cover reveal & blurb for my Christmas book coming out Nov 22!

This book is part of a "shared universe" series called SNOWED INN. Each book is stand alone but is set at the same hotel. Authors include Rj Scott Meredith Russell LC Chase Vicki Locey Xenia Melzer HL Day and Eli Easton

AMAZON PRE-ORDER LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Changeling.../dp/B0BH31MMY8/

BLURB:

An avalanche, a quaint Christmas inn, and an assignment to sit on an infamous jewel thief until the cops can arrive. What could go wrong?

Felix can’t believe his luck when a perfect stranger offers him the use of a pre-paid cabin at a mountain inn. He’d planned to ignore Christmas this year, working through the holidays in his job as a nurse in a Denver maternity ward. After all, Christmas won’t be the same without his beloved mother, who recently passed. But the inn, decked out like a Hallmark movie set, is the perfect place to soothe his heart, rekindle his Christmas cheer, and maybe even find romance? When a gorgeous ex-Marine befriends him and sticks by his side through a whole day of Christmas activities, Felix thinks he’s found true love.

Riggs’s plans for a ski vacation are buried when an avalanche blocks off the mountain inn where he’s staying from the rest of the world. A midnight phone call enlists Rigg’s help watching a guy on the FBI’s Most Wanted list who is supposed to be staying at the inn. The FBI and the police can’t get through until the avalanche is cleared. Riggs steps up to do his duty one more time. But the man who is supposed to be The Falcon, an international thief, has one hell of a Clark Kent type alter ego, because he seems like the sweetest man Riggs has ever met. The more time they spend together, the more attracted Riggs becomes to him, and the more determined he is to make The Falcon reveal his true colors.

Will love prevail? Or will the law?

A Changeling Christmas is a mistaken identity, snowed in together, rom-com romance with all the Christmas feels. All the books In the Snowed Inn collection are standalone stories and can be read In any order.

Now up for pre-order: FANG (Gothika reunion)

Now up for pre-order! Just in time for the spooky season... FANG. This is a "Gothika reunion" volume. I loved writing the Gothika stories with Kim Fielding, Jamie Fessenden, Sue Brown, and BJ Thomas. We decided to do one more book. My novella in this volume of mm vampire tales is A DARK HEALING. It's a historical.

PRE ORDER LINK:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGJ6DZJJ/...

BLURB:

TRICKLE OF BLOOD
My vampire clan is dying. Human blood is too tainted to sustain us. On the brink of giving up, the last thing I expect to find is the saviour of my clan, a non-human. He is my mate.
I know I must ask the impossible of my mate. If he walks away my clan will die. I don’t know if I’ll be able to let him go if he says no. Do I give him that choice, or his body and blood mine to command?

A DARK HEALING
The life of a healer is a lonely one. Feared by the local villagers for being both a healer and an albino, Darian lives alone and spends his days picking herbs, making remedies, and talking to his dead teacher. Then one day he finds a mysterious man in the woods who’s been shot through with an arrow. Darian takes the man, Locke, back to his little hut and tends him as best he can.
Locke is a strange creature—at times imperious and at other times nearly feral. But he is stunningly beautiful, and, more importantly, he finds Darian beautiful and unique—like a white unicorn. The two lonely men take comfort in each other’s company, and they bond over the days of Locke’s healing. But when killings begin in the nearby village, Darian must face both the nature of the man he invited into his bed and the villager’s wrath.

THE QUARRY BOY
A visit from a fearful apparition has marked Josiah Crayne as the next to die. August Walker returns home to confront the ghosts of the past—not only his painful memories of a friend's death, but also his own sexuality.
As August investigates the tragedy that’s befallen the Craynes, it may turn out to be too much for him to bear—especially when he begins to suspect this man marked for death could return his affections.

FARKAS
Lee Harker has never fit in anywhere. Not with his immigrant family in rural Nebraska, not on a Navy ship during World War II, and not in Los Angeles as associate in a law firm. But when he’s sent to a remote mansion to complete some paperwork for the reclusive Vincent Farkas, Lee encounters the most unsettling circumstances yet. Caught in a place where things truly do go bump in the night, he must face his fears—and his desires—and acknowledge his true nature.

PREVIOUS GOTHIKA STORIES

For those who missed earlier volumes of GOTHIKA, they are now out of print, but I have collected all of my stories into this volume:

PURCHASE LINK:

https://www.amazon.com/Gothika-Tales-Supernatural-Eli-Easton-ebook/dp/B08KC9RWQ9/

You can read more about the stories in this volume on my Gothika page here: https://www.elieaston.com/gothika

RELEASE DAY for HOT PURSUIT!

HOT off the press! Hot Pursuit is now live on Kindle Unlimited.

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Pursuit-Eli-Easton-ebook/dp/B0B4B17C2C/

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hot-Pursuit-Eli-Easton-ebook/dp/B0B4B17C2C/

READ THE FIRST CHAPTER HERE

BLURB:

Solving the case will be tricky. But keeping their hands off each other will be impossible.

Detective Rick Canali’s life is perfect the way it is. He loves his job with the Chico, CA police. He can get casual sex whenever he wants it, and for family vibes, he has his brother Angelo’s large family of hotheaded firefighters. He’s happy being a “perpetual bachelor.” But when he’s partnered up with a too-attractive newbie detective, all the neat boxes in his life threaten to collapse. Because the one thing this detective never saw coming—falling in love.

John Rivera always wanted to be a detective. He’s determined to succeed despite his ex trying to make his life hell and his new partner—the gorgeous Rick Canali—making it clear he’s not wanted. As a former foster care kid, he’s used to fighting his own battles and depending on no one.

When a firefighter dies under suspicious circumstances, Rick and John’s new partnership is tested. It turns out, they’re a pretty good team. But can they crack the case while dancing around their mutual attraction, dodging John’s ex, and trying to keep the Canali firefighters safe from a potential killer in the Cal Fire ranks?

HOT PURSUIT is a murder mystery wrapped in a romance with a big scoop of suspense, hurt-comfort, evil ex, and more Canali family feels

What Readers are Saying:

"I was so excited for the 3rd book in this series and it did not disappoint, it was excellent!" - goodreads

"A romantic suspense storyline, a beautifully written love story, and I was hooked. This is my favorite of the series..." - goodreads

"Definitely the best one yet in this series and filled with an excellent balance between the romance and the suspense." - goodreads

"I’ve enjoyed all the books in this series so far but this is definitely my favourite. Loved the mix of romance and procedural plus John absolutely stole my heart." - goodreads

"Another hit in this series. " - goodreads

"Smartly written, engaging, and comforting. I was hooked early on with this mystery/suspense romance." - goodreads

I hope you all enjoy reading HOT PURSUIT as much as I enjoyed writing this fun little mystery/romance.

Eli

RELEASE DAY for HOT WINGS!

It's release day for HOT WINGS! Tara Lain and I are so excited to share this story with you. It features a Cal Fire firefighter, Donny Canali, and a confident and dominant fire pilot, Dell Murphy, who divebombs into Donny's life and sets everyone on fire. In a good way.

BLURB:

Most macho of all the super-alpha Canali brothers and proud of it, Donny’s famous for his gorgeous face, his firefighter prowess, and for going through girls his family doesn’t approve of as fast as he changes jeans.

Donny’s biggest hero is his fire captain dad, until his life gets saved from the skies by fire pilot Dell Murphy.

Dell’s certain about most things. He’s been proud to be gay since he was ten, handled a helicopter in Afghanistan like it was part of his body, and can fly a fire bomber in the worst conflagration. And he’s absolutely certain that Donny Canali belongs to him.

Dell also knows how to show a lover he’s in charge.

Donny’s shocked to discover how much he’s turned on by dominant Dell, but Donny’s not gay. He’s not. He can’t be. It would break his father’s heart.

Leaving Dell will break Donny’s.

HOT WINGS is a battle of the alphas, hot firefighters, two crazy families, dominant lover, HEA romance with a helping of laughter and even more feels.

LIINKS:

AMAZON US: https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Wings-Battle.../dp/B09S8G4BCW

AMAZON UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hot-Wings-Battle.../dp/B09S8G4BCW

RELEASE DAY for HOT SEAT!

RELEASE DAY! HOT SEAT is now available on Kindle Unlimited and in paperback.

This is book one in the new series, The Hot Cannolis, about a large Italian family of firefighters who work for Cal Fire in California. This was a blast to write with a big crazy family and lots of humor & feels.

LINKS:

AMAZON US - https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Seat.../dp/B09P9RLNRF/

AMAZON UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hot-Seat.../dp/B09P9RLNRF/

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60283865-hot-seat...

BLURB:

Wait. Can a Canali be gay?

Hero firefighter, youngest of six macho Italian brothers and—in love with Shane Bower, who never met a unicorn T-shirt he didn’t love? How does that even work?

When Mike Canali meets Shane Bower, his attraction to the guy is off the charts. But then his huge family and intense job full of rules and expectations intrude and he never calls.

Until they both get a medal—

and his mom falls in love with Shane at the ceremony—

and all of a sudden Shane’s all over his life, whether Mike likes it or not.

The butch Canali family face-to-face with sparkly Shane Bower? This is a wildfire of its own.

Shane worked damned hard to be who he is—fantastic, femme and in-your-face. He won’t compromise that, even to have the super-hot man of his dreams. But can he really ask Mike to give up his family and future just to have his fabulous self? Especially when he’s falling in love with the Canali family too?

HOT SEAT is a hot firefighter, big crazy family, coming out, opposites attract, forced proximity, romantic comedy—with all the feels.

COVER REVEAL! HOT SEAT

Book one of my new series with Tara Lain is coming out Feb 22, 2022. There is a prequel, FIREMAN'S CARRY, which you can read for free right now. HOT SEAT is up for pre-orders.

FIREMAN'S CARRY - https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/hF49NKsGfg6OSyGoiG4W

HOT SEAT PRE-ORDERS - https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Seat.../dp/B09P9RLNRF/

HOT SEAT

Wait. Can a Canali be gay?

Hero firefighter, youngest of six macho Italian brothers and—in love with Shane Bower, who never met a unicorn T-shirt he didn’t love? How does that even work?

When Mike Canali meets Shane Bower, his attraction to the guy is off the charts. But then his huge family and intense job full of rules and expectations intrude and he never calls.

Until they both get a medal—

and his mom falls in love with Shane at the ceremony—

and all of a sudden Shane’s all over his life, whether Mike likes it or not.

The butch Canali family face-to-face with sparkly Shane Bower? This is a wildfire of its own.

Shane worked damned hard to be who he is—fantastic, femme and in-your-face. He won’t compromise that, even to have the super-hot man of his dreams. But can he really ask Mike to give up his family and future just to have his fabulous self? Especially when he’s falling in love with the Canali family too.

HOT SEAT is a crazy, meddling family, macho alpha male, coming out, opposites attract, forced proximity, romantic comedy—with all the feels

I’m super excited about this new series featuring hot firefighters and a big, fun family. I hope you’ll love it too!

Eli

NOW OUT! The Best Gift

I hope everyone is enjoying November and the start of the holiday season, wherever you are.

My Christmas novella for 2021 is now available in ebook and paperback! It is on kindle unlimited.

What’s inside?

Christmas tree farm

May-December romance

Military man

Hurt/comfort

Stand-alone novella

All the holiday feels!

EBOOK & PAPERBACK:

Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KQTJJTW

Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09KQTJJTW

GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59553141-the-best-gift

READ CHAPTER 1 HERE

BLURB:

Greg Cabot is the third generation to run Cabot’s Christmas Wonderland and tree farm in rural Vermont. But this year will be his last. Since the death of his son, Sam, in Afghanistan, Greg no longer has the heart to run a business based on holiday cheer. When he picks up a hitchhiking soldier on a snowy night, he finds the help he needs to get his farm through the holidays—and maybe much more.

Sergeant Robbie Sparks doesn’t have much to be thankful for this holiday season. Badly wounded in Afghanistan, he’s spent the last eight months in recovery and was discharged after ten years of service. When fate lands him at Cabot’s tree farm, he feels like he’s fallen into a snow globe reality. Friendly people, gorgeous trees, lots of Christmas kitsch… and Greg Cabot. Robbie thinks he could love the handsome, kind Greg with all his heart. Greg believes he’s too heartbroken for romance, and that Robbie is too young.

But those we love never truly leave us. A little nudge from heaven can help build a bridge for this pair. If only they are willing to take that first step.

xxoo Eli