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Eli: Blood & Chrome: A High Stakes Story
Blood & Chrome
A High Stakes Story
He was a priest. He became a monster. He’s still trying to be a man.
Before the vampires took over, biker priest Elias Fowler gave his life to God. Then war came, and everything he knew burned.
His faith.
His hope.
His love.
Now he wanders the shadows of a ruined city, haunted by loss, surviving on bottled blood. He doesn’t pick sides. He doesn’t get involved.
Until Frankie Starling crashes into his life. She's wounded, furious, and being hunted by the same vampires who took away his humanity.
What follows is a relentless pursuit through the forgotten roads of England, where every mile tests their limits and every touch threatens to mean too much. As danger closes in, Eli is forced to confront the past he buried… and the woman who might just make him love again.
Blood & Chrome is a standalone novel set in the High Stakes a gritty, romantic saga full of hunger, betrayal, and bloodthirsty love in a dystopian world.
A High Stakes Story
He was a priest. He became a monster. He’s still trying to be a man.
Before the vampires took over, biker priest Elias Fowler gave his life to God. Then war came, and everything he knew burned.
His faith.
His hope.
His love.
Now he wanders the shadows of a ruined city, haunted by loss, surviving on bottled blood. He doesn’t pick sides. He doesn’t get involved.
Until Frankie Starling crashes into his life. She's wounded, furious, and being hunted by the same vampires who took away his humanity.
What follows is a relentless pursuit through the forgotten roads of England, where every mile tests their limits and every touch threatens to mean too much. As danger closes in, Eli is forced to confront the past he buried… and the woman who might just make him love again.
Blood & Chrome is a standalone novel set in the High Stakes a gritty, romantic saga full of hunger, betrayal, and bloodthirsty love in a dystopian world.
271 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2025
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About the author
RJ Milner
3 books11 followersRJ Milner was born and raised in the West Midlands.
She is the author of High Stakes, a feral vampire saga set in a crumbling, neon-lit London.
Raised on too many horror films and a steady diet of gothic paperbacks, RJ fell in love early with the darker corners of fiction.
She holds a degree in Creative Writing and has published short stories under the name Bekki Milner in three collections with Veneficia Publications - Do We Have a Deal, Seven Deadly Sins and An Ancient Howl.
High Stakes: Blood Gambit is her debut novel and the first in an ambitious, genre-blending series that sinks its teeth into dystopia, dark romance, and supernatural survival.
RJ now lives on the Dorset coast where she performs in local community theatre, dreams up new stories during seaside walks, and drinks far too much tea.
She is the author of High Stakes, a feral vampire saga set in a crumbling, neon-lit London.
Raised on too many horror films and a steady diet of gothic paperbacks, RJ fell in love early with the darker corners of fiction.
She holds a degree in Creative Writing and has published short stories under the name Bekki Milner in three collections with Veneficia Publications - Do We Have a Deal, Seven Deadly Sins and An Ancient Howl.
High Stakes: Blood Gambit is her debut novel and the first in an ambitious, genre-blending series that sinks its teeth into dystopia, dark romance, and supernatural survival.
RJ now lives on the Dorset coast where she performs in local community theatre, dreams up new stories during seaside walks, and drinks far too much tea.
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December 30, 2025
The second book was well worth the extra few days I had to wait to receive my signed copy. A brilliant read. A very compelling story. Of course it has different characters from the first. But they are all part of what I am sure it going to be a magnificent series of books. I recommend them to all who enjoy vampire related books. They have their own particular twist.
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