NOW OUT! The Best Gift

November 17, 2021

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

ELI'S FAVS: NEW CHRISTMAS BOOKS FOR 2019 - PART 2

December 22, 2018

More Christmas goodies! I haven’t had nearly as much time to read this season as I’d like, but here are some new Christmas books I read and recommend.

The Christmas Angel Series. I’ve now read nearly all the books in The Christmas Angel series, a series I have a book in myself. I love N.R. Walker’s books as a rule, and this one was particularly good. I loved the 60’s setting and the hurt/comfort aspect of the book when her Vietnam soldier comes home wounded. Read it!

GOODREADS LINK

The Christmas Angel Series. Anyta Sunday’s contribution to the series is really fun. Her story is based on “The Taming of the Shrew”. Pax Polo is a great character, witty, clever, and always has an angle. He starts of trying to distract the “shrew” next door (the older brother of a lovely young woman) in order to give Pax’s roommate and a business associate a chance to court the girl. But he ends up falling of the shrew. Really well-done.

GOODREADS LINK

Keira is another favorite author of mine. In this Christmas-y tale, she has a hunky, grumpy lumberjack character who is roped into playing Santa. He and his younger, twinky elf find they’re a perfect match. Steamy holiday fun.

GOODREADS LINK

I met Ella and Brooke at Y/Con in Paris in December, so I was eager to check out their Christmas book. It’s a fun, light rom com featuring a guy who meets the man of his dreams briefly, but when he goes home for Christmas, the same guy shows up as his sister’s boyfriend. It’s all a mix-up and the angst is very light. Well-written and definitely recommended. It has a Hallmark feel, which I loved.

GOODREAD LINK

I’m heading out for 10 days in Seattle for the holidays. Hopefully I’ll get to read more holiday goodness. Have a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year! See you in 2019.

Eli

Eli's Favs: New Christmas Books for 2019 - Part 1

November 24, 2018

I love Christmas romances, both writing and reading them. So far this year, I’ve had good luck with the ones I’ve read. In no particular order:…

My first Christmas season read of 2018 and I loved it. Ben and Adam meet when Adam walks into Ben's "kosher style" bakery in Boston while travelling there with the ice hockey team he coaches (he's from Montreal). Both men have similar histories. Both were skaters (one hockey, one a speed skater) who had to give up on dreams of Olympic glory. Both are Jewish, though Adam's father was a rabbi and Ben's family was unobservant. I loved Adam's young hockey players--they sounded like real kids and added a family flavor to the story. And Ben and Adam were sweet together, earnest guys who have some bumps along the way to trusting one another. Highly recommended.

GOODREADS LINK

A lovely Christmas book from Annabeth Albert. It features a retiring Sergeant Major from the military MP who believes he's over the hill and who has a job lined up in Florida, and a young social worker who lives in a small, cold, northern town stuffed full of his relatives. When the military guy, Nick, is roped into playing Santa for the social worker, Teddy's, community fund raiser, Teddy is star struck immediately. It takes Nick longer to warm up to the idea of having the younger man in his bed and longer still for him to admit they have something worth changing his vision of his future for.

I love Christmas stories that have lot of snow and extended family fun, and this one has that in spades. Fun, sweet, and hot. Highly recommended!

GOODREADS LINK

THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL SERIES

I’m in a series this year with six other amazing authors, so I am slowly reading through the other books in the series. The entire series releases Dec 2nd. My book is CHRISTMAS ANGEL, which you can read about here.

So far I’ve read Kim Fielding and RJ Scott’s entries, and I loved them both.

I loved the fairytale-like royal setting of this story, in the beautiful little kingdom of Montaunoit with the snow and tons of Christmas lights, Christmas market, hidden passages and archives in the palace, etc. The Christmas Angel is believed by the palace staff to be a "golden ghost" and she has a nice influence in this story, steering Prince Rafe and the British Museum historian, Marc, to true love. I always enjoy RJ's Christmas books and this one will be one of my favorites.

GOODREADS LINK

This historical is a lot of fun. It's set in 1880's New York, which is an unusual period for a romance. It features the son of a wealthy department store owner and a rough cowboy who is a bit of a fish out of water in New York. The romance is sweet. I loved the way Kim used the angel ornament as a kind of guardian angel figure in their lives, urging them together. Great and hopeful ending. I always love Kim's books and this is no exception.

GOODREADS LINK

Lots more Christmas books in the pipeline. It’s not even December yet! Whee! More reviews soon.

Eli

CHRISTMAS ANGEL - Series page and first chapter added

November 16, 2018

It’s getting closer to December 2, the release day for my 2018 Christmas book, CHRISTMAS ANGEL. The final draft was sent off to the formatter today.

I’ve also added a CHRISTMAS ANGEL SERIES PAGE, which has the info for all seven books in the series. This is a “shared universe” series. That means that all books can be read as stand-alones but they share something in common. In this case, it’s a Christmas angel ornament that appears in every story. The stories take place at different periods in history and were written by myself, Kim Fielding, L.A. Witt, Jordan L. Hawk, Anyta Sunday, N.R. Walker, and R.J. Soctt. Check out the series page for more deets.

I’ve also put up the first chapter of my book for those who want an early teaser. You can read it here.

Christmas is coming!

Eli

Holiday Special: All Eli's Christmas books are back on Kindle Unlimited

November 13, 2018

For the Christmas season, I’ve put all my backlist Christmas titles on Kindle Unlimited. They’ll be on KU through New Year’s.

To read more about each title, check out my Christmas book page.

Amazon.com link for Eli Easton books

Amazon.co.uk link for Eli Easton books

They will be available on all Amazon retail sites.

Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and a joyous New Year’s!

- Eli

Cover Reveal: CHRISTMAS ANGEL

November 7, 2018

Checkout the official Cover Reveal post and giveaway on LOVE BYTES.

Looks what’s here! I’ve written a Christmas book every year since 2013 (BLAME IT ON THE MISTLETOE), and they’re always a highlight of my writing year. I love to write them and I’m also a glutton when it comes to reading other author’s Christmas stories.

This year I’m doing something new. I’m in a series with six other authors. RJ Scott, NR Walker, Anyta Sunday, LA Witt, Jordan L Hawk, and Kim Fielding. I love all of these authors, so I’m thrilled to be doing a project with them.

This is a shared universe series. What that means is that all the books share a common idea but can be read as a stand alone without any reference to the other books in the series. In fact, each book takes place in a different era and they share no characters—except for an angel tree ornament that travels down through time.

BLURB:

The Christmas Angel Series

In 1750, a master woodcarver poured all his unrequited love, passion, and longing into his masterpiece—a gorgeous Christmas angel for his beloved’s tree. When the man he loved tossed the angel away without a second thought, a miracle happened. The angel was found by another who brought the woodcarver True Love.

Since then, the angel has been passed down, sold, lost and found, but its magic remains. Read the romances inspired by (and perhaps nudges along by) the Christmas Angel through the years. Whether it’s the 1880’s New York (Kim Fielding), the turn-of-the-century (Jordan L. Hawk), World War II (L.A. Witt), Vietnam-era (N.R. Walker), the 1990’s (Anyta Sunday), or 2018 (RJ Scott), the Christmas Angel has a way of landing on the trees of lonely men who need it’s blessing for a very Merry Christmas and forever HEA.

Pretty cool, right? My book is the first one, chronologically. It’s set in 1750 London and is the origin story for the angel. Here’s the blurb:

CHRISTMAS ANGEL

THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL – BOOK ONE

1750’s LONDON, ENGLAND

When John Trent, a dedicated member of the new Bow Street Runners, finds an exquisite carved angel floating in the Thames, he can’t stop thinking about it. He tracks down its creator, a sad and quiet young sculptor. But neither the angel nor the sculptor is done with John just yet. The blasted angel refuses to leave him be, behaving not at all like an inanimate object should.

Alec Allston is resigned to the fact that his love will ever be a river that flows out and never flows in. All he wanted to do was create a special gift so that a small part of himself could be with his unattainable and noble beloved, always. But when the gift keeps showing back up at his shop in the hands of a windblown and rugged thief-taker, Alec will need to reconsider his conviction that love is destined to remain an ethereal ideal.

YES, ELI WRITES YET ANOTHER HISTORICAL:

I have a (bad? good?) habit of writing in various sub-genres. I’ve written a few historicals. THE LION AND THE CROW is set in medieval England. ROBBY RIVERTON: MAIL ORDER BRIDE is set in the old West. CHRISTMAS ANGEL is set in Georgian London. I love Georgian and Regency romances, and this is my first attempt at writing one. It’s been a lot of fun but also a ton of work with all the research. Hopefully it comes up to snuff!

RELEASE DATE:

All the books in the series will hit the market on the same day, December 2. More info on that to come!

ELI

"The Little Matchboy" - free Christmas short story

December 9, 2017

I've written a 6000 word Christmas short story that will be offered for free as part of the Rainbow Advent Calendar. The calendar has free fiction by a variety of authors, one story available each day of December. My story will be out Dec 14th. You can follow the stories on the Facebook group page here.

If you can't wait, my 2017 Christmas novella, "Desperately Seeking Santa" is available right now on KU here.

Two new releases for the holidays!

November 15, 2016

two-covers-promo In November I'm releasing 2 books. I won't have another release until February. So check these out.

"Falling Down" is now available. I'll post a buy link in the comments below. It's a fall-themed, hurt-comfort story about a homeless youth who travels to New English to see the fall leaves and then end his life. Fate intervenes and he meets a troubled former Marine who saves them both.

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Miggles" is my Christmas story for the year (NOV 23). It's a feel-good holiday story about Toby, a small town junior librarian, who has to save his boss (Mr. Miggles) and the library's Christmas. It's a May-Dec contemporary romance with humor and a minor dollop of angst. Cover by Reese Dante. Isn't it pretty?