Lisa Gaines: 16 books

Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Vacation paradise by day. Gambler’s dream by night. But sometimes the line between day and night blurs, turning both paradise and dream into nightmare. When that happens even addicts can become heroes.Or not.# # #Rain blew in from the west that Friday, blanketing...

“…when I got back from a cut-and-shave one rainy Tuesday in late May and found a woman curled up in the overstuffed recliner parked outside my office door, I was blind sided. Not because I didn’t recognize her.Because I didn’t smell the trouble.Smelled cinnamon and spice and something I couldn’t...

From the eternal sea she rose – a tattered, lifeless husk – with but one solitary purpose: to take the soul of the one who condemned her.

In the middle of all the concrete and pavement and downright busy-ness that calls itself Manhattan sits a place of refuge where city people can come and experience a little bit of countryside. Where dogs and children run and play. Where even a monster can find a slice of serenity and possibly even...

When you work side by side with the same guy 24/7, you start to think you know each other inside and out. But nobody knows exactly what goes on inside another person's mind. Or do they?

A baby bird…One Breath...Starts a dark future.When Wren finds a baby bird, priorities change. Keeping the baby alive--all that matters. But Grandpa has other ideas.

When a harpy is assigned to torment a young girl, she finds out that being a nag isn’t as easy as it once was, especially since the innocent girl is in danger. A danger that coalesces when the father’s lust send both harpy and innocent tearing down a path only one of them can escape.

A visitor from a dark past . . .An addict’s redemption gone horribly wrong . . .A monster in sheep’s clothing . . .A father’s misguided love . . .A young girl’s reckoning . . .Five tales that dig deep into the human psyche, uncovering skeletons that might be better left buried.

A family tragedy takes center stage when an old theater hosts its last performance.

When his wife gains artistic fame and is accosted by agents and reporters, Richard Stapleton knows he must go to extreme measures to protect his family. There is nothing Richard won’t do to keep their hiding place a secret. Nothing.

When Faith Morgan’s baby is murdered, Faith loses touch with reality. Grief and depression spin her into an ever-widening black hole from which the only escape is her own destruction. Rescued by a friend who sends Faith to a sanctuary on the west coast, she finally finds a path back to the world...

A lost soul struggling to find the light . . .A mother’s retribution . . .A woman’s misguided faith . . .A much-needed lesson . . .A nagging gone wrong . . .Five tales that peer into lives about to split wide open. Includes Empty Shells and Broken Stones, And Then She Was Dead, Eggstreme Measures, In the Arms of the Sea, Swallowing the Serpent’s Tail

Unexpected visitors, redemption gone wrong, misguided love, lightless souls, and misguided faith are only some of the problems faced in theses ten stories woven from Life’s darkest threads. Includes:Broken DreamsI, MonsterSpirit LakeHunting for WormsEmpty Shells and Broken StonesAnd Then She Was...

Co-dependency tangles with misconceptions in this tale about good intentions gone horribly wrong.