Diane E. Lindmark
The Stones
Medieval Fantasy
This series begins with A Solitary Stone as the Stone family, a family of warriors on the brink of war when they discover a family secret so well hidden, no one even knew of its existence. As the trilogy unfolds, they learn more and more of their family's hidden past. The Duology Heart of Stone takes us into the aftermath as both countries struggle to heal from their wounds and a tragedy close to home shakes the Stone family to their very core. Lady Huntsman shows us the years leading up to the war and the war through the eyes of a woman. Founding Fathers gives us new insight into the history of the Stones and the Irvings. The Measure of a Man shows us the trials and tribulations of the common man. In Hidden Stories, Bloodstone discovers a secret door in the King's Palace, but what she finds behind it will take her years to unravel. Fallen Wolves introduces a new generation. Gerel finds herself desperate to be free, but freedom can only be found in a dangerous play for power as her people find themselves on the brink of civil war.
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Legacy shows us the future of their world and the new worlds they have discovered throughout the stars, but no matter how far they travel, war is always but a Stone's throw away.
The Crosses
Tales of Christmas magic
Like most families, the Cross family has their problems. However, for them things always seem to come to a head at Christmas time. In The Christmas Hitchhiker, Sagen finds her life spinning out of control when a flat tire and a stranger out of the dark starts bringing things back into focus. The Christmas Breakdown has Devin on the run from his life. Out of gas and out of options, in a one horse town in the middle of nowhere, he finds his guiding star. The Christmas Derailment has Martin taking a vacation in style, a private sleeper car from Seattle, Washington, to Topeka, Kansas. but as so often happens, fate has other plans. But maybe, with the help of a stranger, he might just make it. In The Christmas Avalanche Joey's coworkers are driving her to the brink of murder, but before she snaps and stabs somebody with the scissors, her boss sends her to the backwoods of Montana, but a late-night run in with the Sheriff might just land her in jail. The Christmas Reboot has Peter, the black sheep of the family, in debt up past his eyeballs, bruised, broken and bleeding, and on the run, but maybe with just a little help he might just find a way to reboot his life.
A Cross Companion Books
Dukes and Plumbers introduces a contractor from Wichita, Kansas, and occasional colleague of Sagan and Gabriel. Frances Kristiansen who finds herself lost and confused when a team of suits shows up on the jobsite, awakening old wounds and sending her life spinning out of her control. In Bjorn in America, Bjorn finds himself asking seriously, is being sent to America not just a tiny bit of an overreaction on Syver's part? I mean, it was not like he tried to kill anybody.
The Games We Play Ransom had made his first million by the time he was twenty when he founded his own videogame company, so there are always women ready to take advantage of his good nature. But everything changes the night before Thanksgiving when he hears a very alarming sound and suddenly finds himself playing host to an unexpected guest.
Chronological order
The Christmas Hitchhiker, The Christmas Breakdown, The Games We Play, The Christmas Derailment, The Christmas Avalanche, Dukes and Plumbers, The Christmas Reboot, Bjorn in America
The McLoughlins
Western
The Lazy Leaf Ranch in Donegal, Texas, has been owned by the McLoughlins since 1854. Over the course of a hundred and sixty years, they have had more than their fair share of adventures. Safe Haven takes place in 1886 when a New York City girl steps off the train in tiny Donegal, Texas. The whole town smells trouble, but when trouble comes knocking, it is nothing Caleb and the boys cannot handle. Any Port in a Storm takes place in 1906 as Claudette McLoughlin boards a train back east headed for home, but just across the border of Texas everything goes wrong. The Eye of the Storm brings Donegal, Texas and its inhabitants into the modern world. There is just one problem – Donegal's not exactly equipped for the modern world, which is why the entire town's eyes were watching as Sidney Brooks, a big-city cop from San Francisco, joins the Donegal County Sheriff's Department. But even in this quiet town, he cannot run from his demons.
O'Brien shipping
McLoughlin companion books
The first thing you learn working for O'Brien shipping is the motto of Sebastian O'Brien, first said sometime in the early 1870s. "We at O'Brien shipping take care of our own." You will find that was as true then it as it is now over 100 years later. In Corruption or Luck, Sean Haggerty, a New York City motorcycle officer who stumbles upon a case which propels his career in a new direction and causes him to ask himself is it corruption or luck. Storm Bringer shows a new side of O'Brien shipping when Cyrus Mason, ex-military turned spy with the cover of a substitute teacher, finds himself forced to clean up a little mess he made.
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Chronological order
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Safe Haven, Any Port in a Storm, Corruption or Luck, The Eye of the Storm, Storm Bringer
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Demented Fairytales
When writing my demented fairytales, I wanted to keep more in the spirit of Grimm's fairy tales, so there are little darker. a little more mature, and like the fairytales of old. They are not connected. They are however a fun collection of stories, most of which are a combination of real-world and fairytale magic.
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A Castle Frozen in Time - is my own version of Beauty and the Beast.
Starting Over - is a new take on Cinderella.
The Castle Ghost - release date 2-14-2025 - is an original story about a girl who has gone out of her way to be unseen.
The Outcast Witch - release date 9-12-2025 - is an original story about the witch in the woods.
Getaway - release 2026 - is an original story about Grace Jacobs who longs for a different life.
A Classic Fairy Tale: Who Writes This Crap Anyways - release 2027 - is an Alice in Wonderland type story.