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| Stacy Eaton, Author DISTORTED LOYALTY SIX DAYS OF MEMORIES (To be published) SECOND SHIELD LIVEON - NO EVIL WHETHER I'LL LIVE OR DIE GARDA-WELCOME TO THE REALM "My Blood Runs Blue" series |
Full-time
police officer Stacy Eaton writes romantic suspense novels in the world of law
enforcement. She just released DISTORTED LOYALTY, a story about a relationship
between a married ER doctor and a married police detective. Reviewers tout her “amazing story telling” and appreciate the “emotional
maturity of the hero and heroine” who they believe “are real people dealing
with overwhelming problems.”
Eaton is getting ready to release her eighth book, SIX DAYS OF MEMORIES, featuring Detective Foster who
responds to a crash scene with a dead female passenger, a bag full of money in
the back seat, a body in the trunk, and a driver with no memory!
Fans also enjoy her “My Blood Runs Blue”series, and WHETHER I’LL LIVE OR DIE, a novel about domestic violence—and many others.
Fans also enjoy her “My Blood Runs Blue”series, and WHETHER I’LL LIVE OR DIE, a novel about domestic violence—and many others.
When she’s not
fulfilling her crime investigation responsibilities as a police officer, or
writing her books—she has several in the works—, or running her business, she
enjoys watching her daughter train or perform Tae Kwon Do, spending time with
her husband, and reading. She also has a son in the Navy.
Q: How much
does your profession as a police officer influence your characters, plot, and
back-story?
Stacy Eaton: One word –
Completely! Over the last fourteen
years, I have seen a lot on the job – and bits and pieces of those things are
woven into my stories. Every female detective is me, to an extent. She will
have different points of view on some things, or deal with situations
differently than I would, but her thought process, the way she handles herself,
it’s all very similar to how I do it. It’s easy to write stories when you know
so much about the subjects.
Q: Is the
concept of “villain” vs “hero” relevant to your stories? If so, do you think
you need a villain in order to produce a hero?
Stacy Eaton: Since I write
a lot of romantic suspense in the world of law enforcement, there are a lot of
criminals in my stories, but their stories are not all that important to me.
What is important is the story of the hero, whether it is my detective or
another character. It is their
mind, heart and soul that I want to bring forth to the readers. We see enough
bad stuff in real life, who really wants to see more?
Q: Your most
recent novel, DISTORTED LOYALTY, concerns a relationship between an ER doctor
and a married police detective. Why will readers care for these two characters?
What makes them engaging, or not?
Stacy Eaton: Just so you
know, Rachel is married, too. She’s the ER doc. There is chemistry between
these two that starts in the first chapter when Grant whispers something in
Rachel’s ear. From that point on, these two are torn apart by circumstances,
and then thrown back together so many times it puts your washing machine
agitation mode to shame. My beta
readers told me that after so many real life struggles that they have to deal
with, they deserve to be together.
Q: Without
spoiling the plot, can you explain the significance of your title DISTORTED LOYALTY? Whose loyalty gets distorted and what does that mean?
Stacy Eaton: Oh boy! Like I
mentioned before, Grant and Rachel are constantly in motion with issues. If it’s
not their spouses, or their children, it’s the chemistry between them. At times
the things they find out seem so disjoined, or distorted that they are unsure
of anything in their lives. I think we have all been there at one time or
another. We also like to think that the people we marry are loyal to us, but sometimes
they are not.
Q: You have
written vampire/romance/suspense books as well as the “emotionally riveting”
WHETHER I’LL LIVE OR DIE. Would you say that your newest book, DISTORTED LOYALTY, is a new type of story different from anything you’ve written before?
Stacy Eaton: Nope! In the last year and a half, I
have written 4 romantic suspense novels. LIVEON~NO EVIL came out early July
2013 and SECOND SHIELD came out late November 2013. Of course there is
DISTORTED LOYALTY that came out on June 13th, and at the end of the
month, SIX DAYS OF MEMORIES will be released. All four of those are Romantic
Suspense. I like this genre, a lot. While I still have plans to add a second
book to my GARDA series, the guardian angel series, and I have a second
domestic Violence novel, YOU’RE NOT ALONE (hopefully to be released late 2014),
I plan on spending more time playing around in this genre. I find that it
depends on what is going on in my life to what I write. Sometimes my life is
filled with enough drama that I need to jump over to the paranormal and pretend
for a while, lol…
Q: We are
eagerly awaiting your next book, SIX DAYS OF MEMORIES, due to be published
shortly. The plot sounds so intriguing, i.e., “When Detective Foster responds to the scene of a crash, she finds the
female passenger dead, a bag full of money in the back seat, and a body in the
trunk.” And then the driver regains consciousness and can’t remember anything,
including who he is. It lines up so many mysteries. How did you conceive of
such a plot?
Stacy Eaton: Lol… Joyce if I tell you that it just popped into my head while I was in
the shower, would you believe me? Because, that is exactly what happened. I wasn’t even trying to come up with
any plot lines. I have enough already, but this one hit me hard and I sat down
and started writing the minute I was out of the shower. Okay, I got dressed
first, then sat and wrote. That is usually how it works. I told one of the
officers I work with what the plot was, and they thought it was time for me to
go have a psychological exam, lol….
Q: How important is setting to telling your stories? Could they occur
anywhere at any time? Big city, small town?
Stacy Eaton: I’m partial to small towns, not like everyone knows your name small
towns, but not big cities. I tend to write most of my books in the southeastern
PA area, but there are a few books that you really have no idea where they are
placed, and it’s not important to the story. It could be anyone’s home town
area.
Q: Do you write
your stories purely for entertaining your readers, or do you also try to
educate or deliver a message?
Stacy Eaton: Most of my
books are purely for entertainment. WHETHER I’LL LIVE OR DIE was the exception.
That story revolved around Domestic Violence, something I know a lot about, not
only from my job, but my personal life. There was a strong message in that one,
that you don’t have to be a victim, you can choose to live a full happy
life. Of course, in SIX DAYS OF
MEMORIES, you might think that crashing your car with a dead body in the trunk
and a bag full of money might be an educated message not to break the law, lol…
Q: What’s next?
(Can you believe I dare ask such a question in the month that you’re launching two new books?!)
Stacy Eaton: lol… Of course
you dare! And of course, I have several things on the plate. YOU’RE NOT ALONE is another domestic
violence novel that is about 2/3 done. I’m hoping to complete that this summer
and release it this fall. SECOND SHIELD 2 is about half way done, and I’d like
to see that published later this year, too. I’m also working slowly on GARDA 2 – and I just started a
new story that is called ONE EVERY THIRTY SIX. This is another suspense novel, but this one adds magic to
the mix. Other than that, there are a few other ideas lying under everything
else for when I have some extra time.
Q: Tell us
about Stacy Eaton. It’s hard to believe that you have any spare time between
rearing a family, working as a police officer, and writing novels, but what do
you like to do when you’re not writing or policing?
Stacy Eaton: Wait? Am I
supposed to be doing anything else? Lol… Actually, I also own a business and I
do that early morning and late evening around everything else. My daughter is
working hard on her last few months of training to get her black belt in Tae
Kwon Do, and I love to watch her train and perform, so I spend what time I can
doing that. My down time is spent reading, and I read fast. I just got done
reading the 487 pages of Divergent in 6.5 hours. I kind of read like I write,
really fast. Once in a while I even get to see my husband, and sometimes I even
get to see a friend or two for coffee. I love my life and there is little I
would change about it.
About Stacy
Eaton
Stacy
is a full-time police officer who enjoys crime scene investigation above all
else, taking a passion in putting the pieces together to figure out the crime.
She is also a business owner where she helps people get the awareness out for
the causes they care most about. She is a mother of two, a son proudly serving
in the United States Navy and a young daughter. Her husband is also in law
enforcement. She is very much into photography and carries her Nikon Digital
SLR with her almost everywhere, just in case.
About DISTORTED LOYALTY
When Grant’s wife is in a tragic accident, Rachel goes above and beyond the call of duty to save her life. It is the moment she faces Grant again that their lives begin to spin out of control and they realize the lives of their loved ones were deeply intertwined.
The distorted loyalties of the ones they lost will drive a wedge between them and it will take another death, a last will and a look beyond the grave to find the path they must follow.
(This novel does contain adult language)
About SIX DAYS
OF MEMORIES (Coming soon)
When Detective Foster responds to the
scene of a crash, she finds the female passenger dead, a bag full of money in
the back seat and a body in the trunk. It is only when the driver, whom
she nicknames Jay, wakes up with no memory that she must go with her instincts
and continue the investigation in a way that was never taught.
Jay finds himself lost, but drawn to
the beautiful detective who steps above and beyond the call of duty. His need
to know if he was a victim or the criminal pushes him to try and recall what
happened and who he is. With the pull of a trigger, Jay’s memory will suddenly
return and with it, the terrible truth.
(This
novel does contain adult language)
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@StacySEaton
Thank you Joyce for having me on your blog! I loved being here today and enjoyed answering all your questions.
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