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  The Rule Series

  Three Year Rule, Book 1

  When renowned psychologist and bestselling author Elizabeth Stewart first noticed Joshua Miller standing at the back of her audience she thought the tall, muscular man dressed like a lumberjack was in the wrong room. Little did she know, Joshua would defy everything she ever wrote about relationships. Little did she know, he was also the key to her survival. 

  Seven-Year Rule, Book 2

  Beth and Josh befriend a young couple. Whitney and Mason's life was perfect. They scoffed at the idea of the seventh year of marriage being the make it or break it year for most couples. That theory didn't apply to them. They were the perfect couple. Their brand new house overlooked the lake. Their brand new cars were state of the art. Their careers were taking off at an accelerated rate. Their sex life was incredible. Their lives were exactly the way they intended. Perfect. When Whitney's widower brother-in-law dies, leaving them three small children, their perfect lives are torn apart. Raising children was never part of their plan. Raising children requires sacrifice. A sacrifice they never intended to make. A sacrifice that could end their perfect way of life. A sacrifice that could end their perfect marriage. A sacrifice, if not done correctly could end a child's life.

  Twenty-one Year Rule, Book 3

  As a young boy Bash sacrificed everything to save his sister Amy’s, life including his freedom. After years in juvenile detention, he’s finally free and ready to start over. Meeting Grace is the last thing he expected. Her kindness and uninhibited lifestyle lead him toward a life he never knew existed. He can see his future in her eyes, but his past won't let him go.

  Treborel Series

  Tempest Rise, Book 1

  Lysette could not ignore the intense attraction she felt for Katar, the mountain Prince of Treborel. The very moment their eyes met the sharp grip of excitement and anticipation ran through Lysette’s entire being. Katar felt the same sting of emotion despite the knee Lysette shoved into his groin in an effort to be free of his iron grasp. Attracted by her beauty and stubborn intellect Katar knew there was no chance for a future with Lysette. She was a surgeon from the modern world. His people relied strictly on the ancient art of the Empathic Healers. They had no need for modern medicine. Yet he could not resist pursuing Lysette. His only hope was to find some common ground the two could share.

  As their romance blooms, an assassination attempt on Bantor's pregnant Queen Elsebeth sparks a chain of events that lead to continental war. The war escalates. Lysette befriends several of Treborel’s Empaths determined to learn more about their mysterious healing techniques. She accompanies the Empaths a medical unit near the front lines where Bantor’s Elite Guard captures them. Lysette’s worse fears come to life as the psychotic Commander Connor, bent on vengeance against Katar tortures and kills the transport crew before her eyes. While in captivity, Lysette races against time to save Queen Elsebeth’s newborn twins. Forced to witness the torture and death one by one of those around her, Lysette realizes each was killed once their usefulness ran out.  

  As Katar races against time to rescue Lysette. She is told he has married another and begins to lose hope. She allows herself to grow close to the last remaining prisoner a handsome Empath named Andru.  When Lysette and Andru discover one of the twins is to be killed, they plan their escape into the savage wilderness surrounding their camp.

  Will Katar reach her before her usefulness as a doctor is no longer needed, and her torturous death begins? If he is able to save her, will he find she has given her heart to another, before she discovers the truth?

  Vengeance’s Fire, Book 2

  Kendra had not seen Cap in more than six months. He was a Helijet Pilot in her Majesties Air Forces stationed in the capital city of Borel. Kendra was an Empathic Healer living deep in the mountainous wilderness.

  As Kendra prepares to travel to the Northern Mountains to the Empathic Wilderness Survival Center with a group of students Cap suddenly appears prepared to make the 2-week trek through the mountains with them. Could his motive reach beyond merely recovering the abandoned helijet found near the Survival Center?

  As they travel into the mountains, they realize the forest creatures appear to be leaving the mountains, and heading toward the lower lands. Kendra's blood runs cold as they realize that 'Frenzy' a time when the giant creatures that roam the mountains become crazed with hunger and devour every warm-blooded beast in their path.

  As Cap and Kendra's romance begins to blossom once more, they quickly come to understand the mountains hold a horrifying secret, which could lead to the end of the Empathic way of life as well as their own. A threat that legends have foretold.

  Hypnotic Journey Series

  Forbidden Quest, Book 1

  Wouldn't it be cool to have the combat skills of a seasoned warrior suddenly? Wouldn't it be even better if the combat felt real, and there was no physical danger to you? Wouldn't it be perfect if the hypnotist in charge of your session was not insanely evil, and using you as a weapon in a plot for revenge?

  Four friends, two in love, two in hate enter into a Group Hypnosis study attempting to introduce fantasy adventures to small groups. They are promised a video game type of adventure rescuing an Elf Queen from her crystal prison as Elf warriors, a sorceress and a fairy. As soon as they fall under the good doctor’s spell, they begin to realize the adventure is realer than they could have ever imagined. They find themselves in a hostile world they cannot seem to escape.

  Certain she has found the next hot trend in adventure vacations Nicole Waters a prominent St Louis Assistant District Attorney is forced to take her boyfriend Tom’s best friend Jack Tyler, a local travel agent on a business vacation.  Her haste to be a prime investor takes Nicole, Jack and two others; Sarah Sims, a shy nurse practitioner and Todd Hopper, a professional hockey player into a test program for group hypnosis.

  Dr. Strong introduces the soon to be adventurers to an equipment-filled gym inside an archaic old hotel.  Undaunted by their meager surroundings, the friends listen anxiously as Dr. Strong explains, “The wall of netting will become a series of vines or perhaps the side of a rock cliff. The weight machine will serve as the stimulus if you are required to lift or push a heavy object. The stair climber will serve as a tree, the fortress wall or maybe a rock incline you must scale.” He then offers the adventurers a mild sedative to aid in their simultaneous entry into hypnosis. Instead of experiencing an action packed fantasy quest to rescue the Elf Queen from her crystal prison inside the Cave of Sorrows; they find themselves trapped in a deadly world of Elves and monsters that are realer than they could ever imagine. Where a cry for help is left unheard.

  When Magic Fails, Book 2

  After the tragedy of losing one of their own soon after arriving in this new world, the remaining adventurers begin to build a new life in a new world filled with Elves and trolls. Suddenly the last surviving Elf Wizard vanishes in a violent storm leaving an entire battalion of Elf Warriors dead.  Sorceress Sarah Sims recently completed her apprenticeship. Her companions: Jack, a skilled swordsman and his wife Nicole one of the last remaining Woodland Elves now face a mysterious magical foe of great power.

  Risking everything to save Sarah from the Elf council’s decision to execute her for treason, the Elf Prince Cabal secretly sneaks the adventurers off in search of the menacing storm cloud responsible for the wizard disappearance.  Sarah quickly discovers carelessness from their past has poisoned the land and caused the Trolls to emerge from their lair.  The Trolls bring news unexpected news that shakes the small group to its core as they head into a battle that turns friend against friend.

  As Darkness Falls, Book 3

  Renegade Trolls have breached the Nether World Barrier releasing monsters from the bowels of the earth.  As a troll war is about to begin Hopper finds, he has a newborn son whose mother has been kille
d by the renegades.  He rushes the infant to the surface and places it in the hands of the woodland Elves until order is restored among the trolls.

  As the Elves search for forest for any sign of nether beasts the Sorcerer’s Ahmity and Sarah Sims begin preparations to open a school of magic to recreate the Wizard’s Circle after almost all of the wizards in the land had been destroyed.

  Jack, the barbarian has taken his pregnant wife Nicole, a woodland Elf, deep into the mountains for a long awaited honeymoon before the baby is born.  Little by little they become aware of a dark presence on their mountain. Death is stalking them, slowly and with purpose.  Their strongest ally is a wild nether beast that has come to call them friend.  But can a nether beast be relied upon when evil calls its name?

  A Sequence of Darkness, Book 4

  Hopper and the others take Pony and rush to stop the Elves from invading the Troll Tunnels and starting a war. The team heads into the bowels of the earth to rescue Hopper’s newborn son and Gravid’s small Elf daughter, kidnapped by Renegade Trolls.

  Tom battles his wraith memories and Hopper fights to control his jealousy of Sarah and Cabal's growing relationship. Will the team survive the dark horrors of the netherworld long enough to find the missing children? Will their heightened emotions tear the team apart and endanger all their lives? Traveling the netherworld always comes at a cost. Who will pay the price?

  Necromancer’s Whisper, Book 5

  Magic is forbidden in the human realm. So are Elves. Our heroes face the greatest challenge of their lives trying to rescue Jack from the hands of a beautiful Necromancer. Finding Jack under the Necromancer’s spell, Sarah and Cabal race to discover the secret to wielding magic in the human realm before Nicole takes matters into her own hands.

  Alaina Stanford