Kristina Stanley Books in Order

Kalin Thompson’s wedding day becomes a fight to survive a forest fire at Stone Mountain Resort. When investigators identify arson, she pursues the culprit and discovers people willing to do anything to keep their secrets buried.

Newly promoted security director Kalin Thompson investigates the death of a promising skier at an isolated mountain resort. As suspects multiply, she struggles to balance loyalty to friends, her professional responsibilities, and warnings from her boyfriend.

This practical guide shows authors how to sell books through gift shops, grocery stores, and other unconventional outlets. It follows the process from identifying opportunities and approaching retailers to negotiating terms, arranging displays, and collecting payment.

Shannon Payne joins her grieving aunt in the Bahamas to retrace her missing uncle’s final voyage. A former police officer captaining their catamaran becomes an unexpected ally as attraction develops and unsettling questions emerge about the disappearance.

Security director Kalin Thompson is ordered off a resort robbery investigation when her missing brother becomes the main suspect. Determined to clear him, she investigates secretly while police suspicion and escalating threats put her own position in jeopardy.

A guide to developmental editing for writers and editors, this book examines character, plot, and setting through the Fictionary method. Exercises and examples help readers diagnose structural weaknesses, evaluate individual scenes, and prepare a focused revision plan.

This guide leads writers from an initial idea to a structured novel outline. Its exercises build a repeatable planning process, helping authors develop the story’s framework chapter by chapter before beginning a complete first draft.

A practical guide to developing connected novels, this book helps writers test whether an idea can sustain a series. It covers shared story arcs, viewpoint choices, backstory, and the framework needed to keep readers engaged across books.

Using examples from popular fantasy novels, this guide explores the genre’s structural expectations. Writers learn to develop external and supernatural story arcs, connect them through key scenes, and build a flexible foundation for their own fantasy manuscript.