The newest Novel from International Best Selling Author, Stacy Eaton
This story is based on the emotional and physical pain
of Domestic Violence. While this story is a fictional story, the truth of this
book will hit close to home for many people who know someone or have been
themselves a victim of this mostly hidden everyday crime.
You will read about Amanda as
she falls into her first episode of domestic violence at the age of 19. You will
follow through several years of her life as she gets pulled deeper and deeper
into it. Will you feel her pain? Will you understand her emotions and conflicts?
Can she make it out before it is to late?
You will also travel along beside Nicole Nolan as she
starts her new career as a police officer. Watch her grow and learn to deal with
the issues that plague the township where she works. You will see how she has to
deal with the emotional and physical issues of domestic violence from the point
of the law.
This book is a very emotional and intense. It will make
the reader think and wonder how they can protect themselves or help someone else
that might be in that situation. It will touch your heart and bring chills to
your soul as it brings to light the horrors so many people live through that
others do not wish to know about.
Book Blurb:
“It sounded so simple in theory;
ready... aim... fire... but what actually transpired was so much more.”
Officer Nicole Nolan holds the gun steady in her hands, knowing that life will be forever altered once she pulls the trigger. Her position as a small town police officer is to protect those who cannot protect themselves. It is her job, her career and her life.
Amanda stands where protection does not exist. With several failed relationships behind her, Amanda turns a blind eye to the possessiveness Josh displays in order to sooth her desperate need to be loved. As the mental abuse turns violent, Amanda must deal with the denial and embarrassment of being a victim once again. With her emotional and physical health siting on the edge, she must fight to regain control of her life.
A gripping story with one final destination, but will it be life or death?
Book Blurb:
“It sounded so simple in theory;
ready... aim... fire... but what actually transpired was so much more.”
Officer Nicole Nolan holds the gun steady in her hands, knowing that life will be forever altered once she pulls the trigger. Her position as a small town police officer is to protect those who cannot protect themselves. It is her job, her career and her life.
Amanda stands where protection does not exist. With several failed relationships behind her, Amanda turns a blind eye to the possessiveness Josh displays in order to sooth her desperate need to be loved. As the mental abuse turns violent, Amanda must deal with the denial and embarrassment of being a victim once again. With her emotional and physical health siting on the edge, she must fight to regain control of her life.
A gripping story with one final destination, but will it be life or death?
Reviewers are saying:
"A heartbreaking, compelling story about love, abuse and betrayal that has
forever changed my perception of a subject I thought I understood. Definitely a
five star read."~Amy
"Stacy Eaton's writing is riveting and electric. Her direct and fluid style does
not flinch away from the tough stuff or gloss over anything. This novel will stay with you long after your finish it." ~ Nancy
"Thank you Ms. Eaton for this excellent story of a very heartbreaking fact of
life." ~ Pat
Welcome back Stacy! I'm so happy to get this chance to catch up with you and find out more about your newest book and what's going on with you currently. I appreciate you taking some time out to answer a few of my questons. :) What is the hardest part of writing
your books?
For this in particular
book it was writing the emotion. This book was very important to me and I
needed to make sure that readers would be able to understand the pain, anxiety
and helplessness that is associated with Domestic Violence.
There were times when I
was writing this book that I would write a sentence or a paragraph and have to
walk away. The words were strong, powerful and it would cause me to tense and
be angry, so I would step away and do something else for a few minutes, then
come back and write a bit more.
In the last two chapters,
I still cannot read the ends of them without getting tears in my eyes. I think
I was able to capture the intensity of the emotions very well and I am very
proud of that. I know this story inside and out, so for me to read the words
and still feel the emotions means a lot to me, and I hope others feel it too.
What do you think makes a good story?
I am all about
twists. I don’t want to know what is
coming at the end of the book. I want to be surprised. Most romance novels all
end the same… happily ever after… but if you look at life, seldom does it end
that way. In my novels, I may end them happily ever after, but the twists that
come in the story are surprising and most readers will not see them coming.
The My Blood Runs Blue
series is a good example of that. In the first two books, I throw so many
twists in them that people were amazed at the ending results. I know quite a
few people who were not happy with the ending of My Blood Runs Blue, book 1 of
the series. There were many people who told me that they wanted to other man to
win, but I promised all those people that eventually he will get what he truly
deserves. It will just be filled with some series twists before he gets there.
Whether I’ll Live or Die
doesn’t have the kind of twists that I normally put to my stories, but this was
a different journey. This one needed to explain the pain and frustration
associated with abuse.
Do you use a pen name? If so, how did
you come up with it?
Yes I do. Because of the
job that I do, and my need to constantly protect my family from everything, I
use a pen name. Stacy Eaton is a form of my name, just not a form that anyone
could associate with me. I can’t tell you more than that, but someday once I
retire and my daughter is grown, I might release the true name – We’ll see.
What group did you hang out with in
high school?
Oh good lord! Wow…. I
moved around a lot when I was growing up. I actually went to 13 schools before
I graduated from high school so every time I moved, I changed groups. It wasn’t
until I was in my final stages of high school that I felt like I was where I
should be.
In ninth grade I was a
wanna be prep! Yep! I was – of course this was back in the 80’s with big hair
and stir-up pants. Wait… aren’t those coming back into style? Anyway, I was a
cheerleader back then, and to be honest I hated it. I couldn’t be the fake
person you needed to be. The one where you were only friends with the popular
people and you dated the football stars. Yeah – that wasn’t me.
In tenth grade I decided
to lay low. I had some friends in the popular arena, but I was more comfortable
with the band members even though I couldn’t play a tune on anything!
In eleventh grade I moved
from Florida to Michigan Florida to the
freaking snow filled subs of Detroit
I got my high school
letter in Theater! Yep I was a Thespian, but I never got on stage, I worked
behind the scenes. Even now, I had attention and despise being in front of a
group.
You just won a huge lottery what is
the first thing you'll buy?
A beer! So I could sit
back and figure out what the heck to do next!
Lol… Then I would pay off my parents bills – get rid of my own – take
the family on a nice vacation – put money away for college for my daughter –
buy a couple of new sports cars to go with my SUV and sit back and write some
more! I would also make sure that some of my favorite charities were well taken
care of. Giving is more important than receiving… I truly believe in that.
Do you play any sports?
Oh in my life I have done
a lot. I am a very physical person and I love to be moving. Growing up I did
gymnastics, soccer and swimming. I loved competitive swimming and butterfly was
my favorite stroke. I thank all that training for my wide shoulders, lol….
When I got older, I danced
– but not in classes – I just enjoyed dancing and I was pretty good. When I was
19 I started lifting weights and fell in love with them! I wanted to do body
building and I was well on my way, until I got married and moved away and that
was put on the back shelf.
In my mid-twenties I
started taking Tang Soo Do. I loved that! Thrived on it – but walked away from
it a year later when I broke up with my instructor. Oh… did I mention I was
dating him? Yeah… got kind of weird when we broke up. Anyway…
I still lift weights when
I can and now I am back into martial arts, Tae Kwon Do. Again – I love it. The
focus, the energy that it requires is right up my alley. This time I’m married
to a man who does not do martial arts, so there is no chance of losing my
instructor! Lol…
What are you passionate about these
days?
Life… Everything about it.
Protecting it… enhancing it… enjoying it.
My husband and I are very involved in charities. I do a lot to help
raise money for things we believe in and my husband does charity rides on his
bicycle. He puts on thousands of miles to help raise money for police, animal
and other charities.
One of the biggest things
that I work for today is to help get the word out about domestic violence. It
is the reason I wrote Whether I’ll Live or Die.
DV is a silent killer where victims are afraid to come forward. There are so many reasons that they don’t,
embarrassment, feeling like it is there fault, believing the person will
change, not accepting that it could happen to them. My goal is to help people
in these situations understand they are not alone and they can get help, that
they can have a happy life away from abuse.
With each sale of my new
novel, I will be donating a portion of the proceeds to Domestic Violence
charities.
Tell us about your current release.
Whether I’ll Live or Die
is a story about a young woman, Amanda, who will go from one relationship to
another looking for love but finding abuse in different forms. You will travel through many years of her
life and see what she must deal with.
At the same time you will
meet Officer Nicole Nolan who starts her career in the police department and
has to learn how to deal with victims of abuse from the legal perspective.
The emotions are intense.
The drama is real. For those who have never been abused, it will allow them to
see how it feels, how hard it is to break away. For those who have lived
through it and escaped it, it will remind them of why they fought and got
control of their lives back. For those who are trapped in this world… it will
hopefully show them that they can find a way out. There is a way out… and you
just need to ask for help.
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Thank you Laurie for having me here today! A true pleasure to visit with you and your readers!
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