Stoneslayer

His power seeks to destroy it all. Can she rise up to stop him? The Stoneslayer paranormal fiction series charts a lost world of political scandals, explosive family secrets, and the reincarnation of a line of extraordinary women who challenge the cataclysmic rampage of an ancient, demonic foe. Book One Scandal Lt. Helen Andros is a mixed-race outcast in Azgard. Saved from death when her true parentage comes to light, she now faces the outrage of the overclass, the lethal hostility of the mighty Temple of Kronos-and a powerful, high-ranked father she neither knows nor trusts. Steering a volatile personal journey with her stranger parent, Helen is stalked. Will a hidden menace-the deadly Stoneslayer-plunder the mysterious green gem she inherited from her mother? Will political necessity bind her in marriage to a man she does not love and who cannot love her back?

His power seeks to destroy it all. Can she rise up to stop him? The Stoneslayer high fantasy series charts a lost world of political scandals, explosive family secrets, and the reincarnation of a line of extraordinary women who challenge the cataclysmic rampage of an ancient, demonic foe. Between healing the king and her friend, Azgard outcast Helen Andros clashes repeatedly with her powerful father - until her thoughtless words leave her scarred for life. Can Helen tell him she loves him before he faces brutal reprisal for his relationship with her mother? Can she endure a loveless marriage and outwit the Stoneslayer's relentless pursuit of her green gem?

HE STRIKES BACK. SHE DARES TO THWART HIM. Azgard outcast Helen Andros has no choice but to witness her father's trial and brutal punishment. When he is helpless, the Temple of Kronos marks her for death. Even so, she battles the Stoneslayer's handiwork to save her father's life. Then she flees to her father's manor in the province he rules to keep safe from warrior-monks hunting her to kill her. Her otherworldly mentor Maguari teaches her the basics of energy manipulation. The Temple almost succeeds in murdering her, with devastating, deadly results. Once her stepmother delivers an heir, Helen's worst fear comes true. The Temple forces her father into an impossible choice that may well leave her exposed and defenseless. Murder and mayhem. Plots and carnage. Families and fiends. A past-life pattern of separation and loss plays out again in Payback, a compelling third work in the enthralling Stoneslayer high-fantasy series.