Holly Lisle

Publisher info

Before she was a novelist, Holly Lisle was an RN, mostly in the ER. In November of 1992, however, a three-book deal with Baen and quite a few moments of sequential insanity led to her holding a uniform-burning party in her back yard --- which her writers-group friends attended --- putting her nursing license in mothballs, and going full-time as a writer.

In spite of numerous subsequent adventures in financing (she is the master of foods made with canned beans and pasta), she never looked back.

She has now published several million of words of both fiction and nonfiction, and with thirty-two commercially published novels behind her and more than a million books in print, has fully embraced being her own publisher.

Where to find Holly Lisle online

Midnight Rain
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 103,600. Language: English. Published: July 10, 2018 by Holly Lisle. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
Impossible? Yes. But after he called her, Phoebe Rain is sure her deadly ex is still coming after her, even though everyone from the nursing home to the FBI swears he's in a coma.
Last Girl Dancing
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 94,630. Language: English. Published: July 10, 2018 by Holly Lisle. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
A cop with a secret and a psychic with a past face a string of impossible murders...
I See You
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 90,550. Language: English. Published: June 6, 2018 by Holly Lisle. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
In steamy South Florida, paramedic Dia and Detective Brig face off against a hidden enemy who's staging accidents on his path to claiming Dia as his own.

Series

Tales from The Longview
Meet The Longview - An Ancient Spaceship Resurrected To Transport Conspiracy. Inhabited by a crew of misfits fleeing nightmare pasts, with a cargo of Condemned slated to die at the hands of the highest bidders, and with a passenger roster made up exclusively of people NOT who they claim to be, The Longview serves the hidden agenda of an eccentric recluse bent on playing puppetmaster to all of Settled Space.

Books

Warpaint
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 106,900. Language: English. Published: May 23, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Urban science fiction /fantasy in space, with power-hungry people who have turned themselves into genetically engineered monsters... and who, it turns out, were awful at math.
Create A Character Clinic
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 37,900. Language: English. Published: April 30, 2019 . Categories: Nonfiction » Publishing, Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills
Fiction writers: Learn to invent great characters for your fiction! Light, Simple easy-to-use system, comes with complete step-by-step class, downloadable printable worksheets, Kindle, epub, and PDF versions, all in-version upgrades, online classroom, forum, and friendly, well-moderated writing community included in the price. Want to write better characters? You can do this! - Holly Lisle
Hunting the Corrigan's Blood
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 104,630. Language: English. Published: January 29, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
The worst nightmares occur when you're awake... A deep-space investigator tracks a stolen prototype spaceship, and discovers in its thieves a deadly secret born of genetic engineering and dreams of immortality and power.
The Longview Chronicles: All Six Stories in One Volume
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 164,720. Language: English. Published: November 30, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
When the trusted are monsters... one monster becomes a hero. THE COMPLETE SERIES IN ONE VOLUME Born From Fire The Selling of Suzee Delight The Philosopher Gambit Gunslinger Moon Vipers' Nest The Owner's Tale In one volume with all the original afterwords and one new afterword specifically for this collection.
The Owner's Tale: Tales from the Longview -- Episode 6
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 165,120. Language: English. Published: November 26, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
When the truth comes out, who is left standing? In this final episode of the series. the Longview reveals its secrets, Herog finds the path to protecting the City of Furies, and Melie discovers the truth about the ship she captains and the owner she serves.
Mind of the Magic
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 87,150. Language: English. Published: July 17, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Dark, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
A magical accident and and old god's despair break Arhel's magic, endangering Faia and everyone she loves, unleashing deadly forces that should have stayed locked down, and bringing back the mysterious First Folk.
Bones of the Past
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 98,280. Language: English. Published: July 17, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Dark, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
When history lies, Faia and her daughter Kirtha brave tree-worshipping fanatics, a lost civilization, and a dangerous Old God to uncover the truth.
Fire in the Mist
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 88,460. Language: English. Published: July 13, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Dark, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
A young shepherdess, drawn home from the fields by the haunted certainty that something is wrong, discovers her world utterly destroyed, and in the process unleashes depths of magic within herself not even she suspected.
Vipers' Nest: Tales from the Longview 5
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 40,120. Language: English. Published: July 10, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
When the Longview risked everything to save the life of the doomed courtesan Suzee Delight, Bailey's Irish Space Station stepped up and offered the ship sanctuary. But the Pact Worlds Alliance cannot and will not permit its foes to escape destruction. Now an isolated space station, an ex-Death Circus ship, and a tiny band of pirate hunters must hold off the deadliest force in Settled Space.
Gunslinger Moon: Tales from the Longview 4
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 24,920. Language: English. Published: July 10, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
When freedom is silenced, who speaks for it? Ex-PHTF slave WE-39R (This Criminal, from Episode 1), renamed Jex, is part of a team the Longview’s Owner has tasked with finding the meaning behind Bashtyk Nokyd’s enigmatic final diagram. Drawing the most undesirable assignment, Jex and an unlikely ally fight their way to pieces of the truth.
The Philosopher Gambit: Tales from The Longview, Episode 3
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 33,340. Language: English. Published: January 27, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
When the mighty are monsters, what will monsters become? An exiled philosopher buys a pretty girl a dress for her execution, by doing so becoming a hunted, wanted man with a death sentence on his own head and killers on his trail. The secretive owner of The Longview intervenes, putting his crew in harm's way to bring the condemned into his inner circle -- but the hunters are close behind.
The Selling of Suzie Delight: Tales from The Longview Episode 2
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 33,220. Language: English. Published: January 24, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
When slavery is virtue, who will fight for vice? Suzee Delight, famous Cheegoth courtesan, murders the five most powerful Pact Worlds' Administrators during a private summit. The Longview Death Circus struggles against conspiracy to win the bidding for her execution. Meanwhile, Suzee’s powerless supporters race to save her, while the leaders of worlds pull strings to guarantee her death.
Born from Fire: Tales from The Longview - Episode 1
Series: Tales from The Longview. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 18,910. Language: English. Published: January 20, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
When love is crime, who will save the guilty? ... After falling in love and fathering a child, a young criminal refuses to voluntarily throw himself into a lake of fire to gain his community's forgiveness. So he's sentenced to death and sold to the owner of a spaceship that buys criminals like him. But the ship and its crew are not quite what they appear to be.
Minerva Wakes
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 91,120. Language: English. Published: November 3, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
Never give up on your dreams. Always stand up for what's right. And NEVER mess with the mommy. When the dragon in the supermarket grabs her box of Wheaties, Minerva is sure she's losing her mind. Unfortunately, she isn't. She's just reaping the fallout from putting security ahead of passion. That was HER big mistake. The universe's big mistake? It's about to find that out the hard way.

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