Resilient

by Lisa Marie Stephenson

Running from a past that continues to haunt her, Selene hopes to make a fresh start when her only confidant, her twin sister, leaves without warning.

Taking a gamble, Selene boards a bus for Pittsburgh and is taken by surprise when she meets Mitch Sanders, the Police Lieutenant there. Even though Mitch has the ability to push her buttons, she can’t deny the spark that exists between them. Just as Selene begins to let her guard down, her world is turned upside down when her sister shows up in town and threatens to unravel everything she has built in a deadly cat and mouse game with the Mafia. Can Selene stop her sister before it’s too late, but even more importantly, should she?

RESILIENT is a New Adult (NA) Contemporary Romance about a woman finding herself after years of trying to recover from an abusive past. It is recommended for mature audiences due to mild language, sexual content, violence and reference to alcohol and illicit drugs.

Genres: New Adult

212 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 13, 2014

About the author

A proud Jack-of-all-trades, Lisa Marie Stephenson is not just an author. She has worked as a hobby farmer, bookkeeper, executive assistant and paralegal. Her adventures include section-hiking the Appalachian Trail, running marathons, and hunting in the wild Cohutta Wilderness, but more than that. She’s a daughter, a mother, a wife. Nothing compares to the joy and light brought by her four wonderful children and her soulmate.

Writing has always been a passion of hers, woven into the rare quiet moments of a full life. In a surge of inspiration mixed with a healthy portion of impulsivity, in 2014 she drafted her debut suspense novel, Resilient, in just over a month and self-published it on Kindle two months later. The years blurred by, but the stories lived on.



In 2026, inspired by her brother and sister-in-law, artists who followed their dreams, she picked up Resilient again. Reimagined it. Recreated it. Now, the story continues in Moving Target and Red Phoenix, the anticipated sequels in the Blood Reckoning Series, because, as she loves to remind her readers, “It doesn’t end with the final page of Resilient.”

Several more manuscripts are well underway, each infused with the grit, heart, and determination that define her own journey. Shadows to Sunshine. Heeding the advice of one of her literary heroes, Stephen King, Lisa is committed to writing “the damn book” one page at a time.

Connect with Lisa Marie, known as Author Lisa Marie on Instagram and Facebook where she is known as Author Lisa Marie and AuthorLMStephenson.

Reviews

[Christine Jarrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

L.M. Stephenson’s Resilient is a gripping new adult contemporary romance thriller that blends mafia crime, suspense, and emotional depth into a fast-paced, engaging story. The journey of twin sisters Selene and Kiera keeps the tension high from beginning to end, while the growing connection between Selene and Detective Mitch Sanders adds another layer of complexity and heart to the story. Their feelings for each other create compelling conflict that makes the romance just as captivating as the danger surrounding them. As the first installment in The Blood Reckoning Series, Resilient leaves readers eager for more. I’m already looking forward to the anticipated sequel.

[Melanie Hastings · Rating 5 out of 5]

Keeps you on the edge of your seat