Loving a Winston Series by Stacy Eaton

 

 

Deep family bonds meet the thrill of unexpected romance.

It's finally time for the Winston siblings to surrender to passion and find their forever loves!

Cara

Loving a Winston Book 1

by Stacy Eaton

Genre: Steamy Small-Town Romance 

What happens when the man you fall for is all wrong for you?

Cara Winston has always been a bit of a rebel and an adrenaline junkie. As a helicopter pilot and paramedic, she relies on that to do her job. When Cara and her team respond to a multi-vehicle accident involving motorcycles, she’s expecting the worst. What Cara doesn’t expect is to find herself intrigued by the blue eyes of a man wearing motorcycle gang colors.

Ryan Vigilante rides the road mostly on two wheels, not four. When several of the club members end up in an accident on the highway, Ryan never expects to see a future in the eyes of the intense female paramedic. The only problem is that she’s way out of his league, and he knows that getting involved with her could only jeopardize her safety.

With Cara’s family trying to keep them apart and Ryan’s club breaking the law, Cara finds herself more of a rebel than usual. Will things work out for Cara and Ryan, or will Cara’s law enforcement brother, Ethan, find a way to stop it for good?

The Loving a Winston Series is a five-book, steamy adult romance series that spins off the six-book Loving a Young Series. While these books are all standalone romances, the characters will be seen throughout the series.

 

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Evan

Loving a Winston Book 2

What happens when she’s not really who you think she is?

Evan Winston is dedicated to his job as a registered nurse in the ICU department of the local hospital. He’s one hundred percent focused on the needs of his patients and his family, or at least he usually is. That changes the day a woman visits one of his patients and turns his world upside down.

Laney Marshall wants nothing more than to help people who struggle—especially those women and children who are fighting to survive domestic violence situations. After losing someone close to her to an abusive man, she is determined to do everything in her power to help.

Unfortunately, Laney has people that don’t want her to do that. In fact, they don’t even like her in this town or even the state of Pennsylvania. They prefer her on the other side of the country, where they think she belongs, living the life planned for her.

Can Laney and Evan find a way to build a relationship while keeping others from getting involved, or will the revealed secrets be enough to end any chance of a future before it begins?

The Loving a Winston Series is a five-book, steamy adult romance series that spins off the six-book Loving a Young Series. While these books are all standalone romances, the characters will be seen throughout the series.

 

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Candy

Loving a Winston Book 3

What happens when your lustful heart wins over your intellectual mind?

When Candy’s sister, Cara, was dating outlaw biker member Ryan Vigilante, Candy paid little attention to Ryan’s club buddy, Bollard. Sure, Bollard, who works behind the bar at the local tavern, was pleasing on the eyes and made a mean chocolate martini, but he was an outlaw, and that’s not the kind of person Candy associates with.

Michael Bollard is out of the club now and hopes to purchase the tavern. He had never wanted more than his bikes and the club, but now, Mike has high hopes to build a future. A future that suddenly collides with sexy and intelligent Candy Winston in ways he could have never imagined.

Just when he thinks he might have this new future figured out, a stranger enters the bar with a surprise he never saw coming. Will that surprise send Candy running for higher ground, or will it cement her future in the tavern with Mike?

The Loving a Winston Series is a five-book, steamy adult romance series that spins off the six-book Loving a Young Series. While these books are all standalone romances, the characters will be seen throughout the series.

 

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Carmen

Loving a Winston Book 4

What happens when your first love returns to town—twenty years later?

Child Psychologist Carmen Winston spends a lot of time at the schools, and when she comes across a man and the name of a new student, she mentally flashes back to a time of young love and dreamy hopes of the perfect future that never happened.

Tim Kohl lived in Millerstown for six years before his parents moved him across the country. He never expected to return or to bring three kids with him when he did. The last thing Tim expected to find in town is his high school sweetheart, who is still as beautiful as ever and still single after all this time.

When sparks fly, can these two put the past behind them and plan a future, or will the years apart separate them before they can figure it out?

The Loving a Winston Series is a five-book, steamy adult romance series that spins off the six-book Loving a Young Series. While these books are all standalone romances, the characters will be seen throughout the series.

 

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Coral

Loving a Winston Book 5

What happens when you overhear your family talking to the man you’ve fallen for?

Coral Winston has felt out of touch with her family since her mother passed away and threw everything she had into her coffee café. When her family forces her to vacation, they decide to come along for the fun.

Landan Lancaster is the oldest of the eight Lancaster children, and he’s still trying to deal with walking away from his cheating bride the night before their wedding many months prior. When a large family comes to stay in the Lancaster guest house on the lake, he finds himself expectedly intrigued by the woman standing at the water’s edge.

On the slopes of South Lake Tahoe, Landan realizes he has met his match in more ways than one, and Coral begins to feel as if she has finally found a place where she belongs. When she overhears a conversation between Landan and her family, Coral gets the wrong idea and flees without thinking. Unfortunately, she finds the café a mess and the cops waiting for her when she arrives home.

Can Coral overcome the issues facing her and find her way back to the beautiful mountains and water of Lake Tahoe, or will Landan lose her before he can ever call her his own?

The Loving a Winston Series is a five-book, steamy adult romance series that spins off the six-book Loving a Young Series. While these books are all standalone romances, the characters will be seen throughout the series.

 

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Stacy Eaton is a USA Today Bestselling author and began her writing career in October of 2010. Stacy took early retirement from law enforcement after over fifteen years of service in 2016 due to a second serious concussion. Her last three years on the job were in investigations and crime scene investigation. She now writes full-time.

Stacy resides in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband, who works in law enforcement. She has a daughter in college and a son who is currently serving in the United States Navy.

Stacy writes a variety of genres, but mostly romance. She enjoys writing real-life stories that people can relate to with real-life problems, emotions, and solutions.

Her favorites: Classic cars, photography, Disney, music, coffee, and her favorite sweatshirt that says, You are dangerously close to getting killed in my next novel.

 

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Five Western Side Characters Readers Want More Of by Caroline Clemmons

Five western side characters that readers want more of are the people who feel like they could carry a story all their own: the long-suffering ranch foreman, the competent saloon owner, the loyal best friend, the crusty older woman with a tender heart, and the mysterious drifter who keeps riding through town at the worst possible moments. These supporting characters deepen the world, raise the emotional stakes, and often steal scenes from the hero and heroine. When they are fully developed, readers start asking the same question: “When does this character get a book?”

Why side characters matter

Side characters are not just window dressing; they are the scaffolding that holds up the entire story world. A well-chosen supporting cast can:

• Reveal who the hero and heroine really are through contrast and conflict.
• Carry subplots that add richness, humor, and suspense to the main romance.
• Make the setting feel like a living town instead of a painted backdrop.

In western romance especially, townsfolk, ranch hands, lawmen, and family members show the realities of frontier life beyond the central love story. Readers come to care about the community as much as the couple, which is why they notice when a side character shines.

The steady ranch foreman

The ranch foreman is often the quiet backbone of a western story, the person who keeps the cattle, the cowhands, and sometimes the hero or heroine on track. He (or she) knows where every body is buried—figuratively and sometimes literally—which makes this character a natural candidate for a future lead.

Readers respond to a ranch foreman who:

• Understands the land and livestock better than anyone, but doubts anyone wants to hear his dreams.
• Offers gruff advice and wry humor that cuts tension in difficult scenes.
• Has unspoken feelings for someone entirely off-limits—a widow who owns the ranch, a lawman, or a best friend’s sibling.

Because this character is so reliable, readers instinctively trust him, and that trust easily carries into a wish for a full book centered on his long-delayed happiness.

The capable saloon keeper

Saloon keepers see everything: secrets, scandals, and the moments when people let their guard down over a glass of whiskey or a sarsaparilla. A capable saloon owner, whether male or female, often becomes the unofficial counselor of the town, doling out advice along with drinks.

What makes readers want more of this character:

• A sharp tongue and quick wit that mask old hurts and hard-earned wisdom.
• Connections to every layer of town life—lawmen, gamblers, traveling entertainers, and church ladies alike.
• A complicated moral code: willing to bend rules to protect the vulnerable but ruthless when facing bullies or cheats.

Because the saloon is such a central crossroads in many westerns, readers already know this character has a hundred stories to tell; they just want to see one of them take center stage.

The loyal best friend

The loyal best friend is the one who rides into danger without being asked, offers the spare bed without comment, and says the hard truths the hero or heroine does not want to hear. In romance craft discussions, this character is often cited as a key way to reveal the protagonist’s heart.

Readers quickly fall for a best friend who:

• Uses humor, sarcasm, or blunt honesty to puncture the hero’s stubbornness.
• Has their own quietly aching backstory—perhaps unrequited love or a dream they sacrificed for family.
• Shows up at the worst possible moment with exactly the right advice, tool, or distraction.

Because the best friend spends so much time on the page helping others find happiness, readers begin to root for that character to finally move from “supporting” to “starring.”

The crusty older woman

Western settings are full of widows, landladies, and aunts who seem prickly on the surface but hide a lifetime of endurance and love. This older woman may be the town midwife, a no-nonsense boardinghouse owner, or the aunt who raised the hero after his parents died.

Readers want more of her because she often:

• Acts as emotional ballast, keeping younger characters grounded in common sense.
• Hides a surprising romantic or adventurous history of her own—often hinted at but rarely fully explored.
• Delivers some of the most memorable lines in the book, mixing frontier practicality with sly humor.

A later-in-life romance or a story that reveals her past adventures can be deeply satisfying, especially for readers who crave mature characters with complex histories.

The mysterious drifter

The drifter rides into town with a past he will not talk about and skills that do not quite match his story. He might be a former outlaw, a burned-out lawman, or someone running from grief he cannot outride.

This character lingers in readers’ minds when he:

• Appears just long enough to save the day, then refuses thanks and tries to slip away.
• Shows flashes of tenderness toward children, animals, or vulnerable characters that hint at a softer core.
• Carries a secret that intersects with the town’s troubles—perhaps a hidden identity, a family connection, or unresolved guilt.

Because the drifter leaves with unanswered questions trailing behind him, readers naturally imagine the story that would finally reveal who he is and whether he ever finds a permanent home.

Turning side characters into future leads

When readers ask for more of a side character, it is a signal that the character already feels like the hero of another unseen story. Writers can build on that interest by:

• Planting small but clear hints of a personal goal or unresolved wound that does not get tied up in the current book.
• Giving the character a distinct voice, body language, and way of seeing the world.
• Allowing them one or two moments of emotional vulnerability on the page, even if the main romance takes center stage.

In series westerns, bringing a beloved side character forward into their own book also rewards loyal readers, who feel as if they have been waiting alongside that character for a happy ending.

The Serpent Series by S.Z. Estavillo

 

 

Every crime tells a story…

But not every killer is the villain.

The Serpent’s Order

The Serpent Series Book 4

by S.Z. Estavillo

Genre: Thriller, Romantic Suspense

An assassin bound by obedience. A detective marked for death. A cartel war with no survivors.

Von Schlange thought she’d escaped her past. Now Black Nova owns her—an elite, off-the-books task force where obedience is survival and failure means death. As their newest assassin, she’s unleashed on targets tied to Jaxon Ryker, a drug lord buried deep in the Alaskan wilds.

Her partner, Xander Holt, a former Navy SEAL with ice in his veins, lives by the same brutal code: no attachments, no lines crossed. But as missions turn bloody, the fragile boundary between partner and lover begins to blur—and desire becomes its own kind of danger.

Across the country, Detective Anaya Nazario faces a nightmare of her own. A synthetic “zombie drug,” deadlier than fentanyl and immune to Narcan, is ripping through Los Angeles. Her investigation exposes a network of dirty cops shielding Ryker’s empire—and puts a target squarely on her back.

Two women on opposite fronts. One war against corruption and cartel power. And a single truth—every betrayal leaves a body behind.

Explosive, unrelenting, and razor-sharp, The Serpent’s Order propels the Serpent Series into its most dangerous chapter yet—where justice is a myth, and survival comes at a price paid in blood.

 

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Twilight of the Serpent

The Serpent Series Book 3

Some predators hide in plain sight. Others hunt from the shadows.

Merrick Winslow is a decorated Army officer, a man of discipline and honor—or so he claims. When he reports that his ex-wife, Cheonsa Soo-Min, has been stalking him, no one questions his story. He paints her as unstable, vengeful, and dangerous, a woman consumed by obsession. But when two officers are gunned down with her own weapon, the truth becomes harder to see. With the law closing in, Cheonsa vanishes, fleeing to Rio de Janeiro, where she is taken in by Von Schlange, the vigilante thought to have disappeared for good.

Von has retired her vengeful ways, leaving behind a life of bloodshed to run a quiet veterinary clinic. But when Cheonsa’s past collides with Winslow’s lies, the two women begin to unravel a deadly deception—one that turns predator into prey. By the time Von uncovers the truth, an innocent life has already been taken.

Now, there’s only one thing left to do: find the real monster and make him pay.

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Detective Anaya Nazario and Supervising Special Agent Blake Huxley are adjusting to life as new parents. But after only four months of maternity leave, Nazario is pulled back into the field to investigate the murder of two officers. What should be a straightforward case quickly spirals into something far more sinister—secrets buried beneath the badge, a killer hiding behind a uniform, and a web of corruption stretching further than anyone expected.

As Nazario and Huxley chase down leads, their investigation intersects with a vigilante they once thought was dead. And this time, Von Schlange isn’t just seeking justice—she’s delivering retribution.

For fans of Karin Slaughter, Gillian Flynn, and Taylor Adams, Twilight of the Serpent delivers a high-stakes vigilante thriller packed with morally gray justice, relentless suspense, and a tangled web of deception. Perfect for readers who love strong female leads, intense cat-and-mouse chases, and dark psychological twists.

 

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The Serpent Woman

The Serpent Series Book 2

The exciting sequel to The Serpent's Bridge...

A serial killer is on the loose. With her insidious tattoo and venomous killer strike, they’re calling her the serpent woman.

Two of the best in their field, LAPD Detective Anaya Nazario and FBI Supervising Special Agent Blake Huxley are forced to work together yet again, despite their strained romantic history and a baby on the way. Together on a nationwide hunt, they must find this serpent woman before she strikes again.

But, as the cat-and-mouse chase evolves, Nazario and Huxley begin to realize that their killer is on a mission of vigilante justice and they must struggle with the question of who really deserves their justice: The killer, or her victims?

This dark thriller delves into the sensitive topics of sex trafficking, child abuse, animal death, sexual assault, graphic violence, and dead bodies. Reader discretion is advised.

 

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The Serpent’s Bridge

The Serpent Series Book 1 

Compelling dialogue, rich, gritty prose, and characters you won’t forget — if you loved The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson, or Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger, you’ll love The Serpent’s Bridge.

Recovering alcoholic Detective Anaya Nazario remains haunted by her father's murder. Lucas Nazario was the highest-ranking Puerto Rican LAPD detective, and his case has gone unsolved for twenty-four years since his murder. When Mexican immigrants are targeted by a serial killer, Nazario senses a connection and fights to keep the leadless case open. The homicide investigation centers on Sanctuary Baptist, a church composed of immigrants led by Pastor Stan and his wife. Nazario's personal and professional worlds collide when she is compelled to collaborate with her former lover, Special Agent Blake Huxley. As their lives merge once more, the FBI and Detective Nazario stop at nothing to find a killer.

Is this the same monster who killed her father and left him for dead under a bridge?

Can she put a stop to the murders before more families lose loved ones?

 

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As a BIPOC thriller author, she previously parted amicably with her agent and, three months later, secured an eight-book deal with Oliver-Heber Books—now boasting 24,000 downloads in its first year and a BookRaid bestseller ranking in the thriller category. The Serpent Woman (Book 2) reached #1 on Amazon and topped all three of its categories. Her background spans literary agencies and TV studios, where she contributed to greenlit screenplays that became Lifetime movies. She holds a Master’s in Television, Radio, and Film, has taught author branding workshops (L.A. Writer’s Conference, North Texas RWA), and maintains a 100K+ social media following.

 

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