October 7th, 2026
Home | Log in!
❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
Welcome to FreshFiction

Are you a reader
or an author?

Help us personalize your experience. Choose your role below.
You can always change this later using the switcher button.

or

You can switch anytime using the floating button.

Limited Time Fresh Fiction Access

Exclusive Marketing Opportunities for Authors

Curious about how Fresh Access helps authors gain more visibility and connect with active readers?

Discover premium promotional opportunities, enhanced exposure, and author-focused services designed to help your books stand out.

Read More →
On Top Shelf
📚 New Books This Week 📰 Latest News 🎪 Reader Games

October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

Slideshow image


slideshow image
A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.


slideshow image
Supernatural sparks fly
between a bookseller
& her hard-boiled ghost.


slideshow image
If Her Highness thinks I’ll let another man claim her and my child, she’s lost her royal mind. Sophaya’s mine.


slideshow image
She found a body. Then she started asking the wrong questions.


slideshow image
He ghosted her ten years ago. Now she’s stuck with him for Christmas.


slideshow image
She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

Stoneslayer: Book Four Outcast by Candace Lynn Talmadge

Purchase

Add to Wish List


Also by Candace Lynn Talmadge:

Stoneslayer: Book Four Outcast, September 2026
e-Book
Stoneslayer: Payback, February 2026
Paperback / e-Book
Stoneslayer: Fallout, August 2025
Paperback / e-Book
Stoneslayer: Scandal, November 2024
Paperback / e-Book

STONESLAYER: BOOK FOUR OUTCAST
By: Candace Lynn Talmadge

Stoneslayer #4
Independently Published
September 2026
On Sale: September 15, 2026
320 pages
Kindle: B0HBGJ2X1C
e-Book
Add to Wish List

Fantasy | Women's Fiction

He divides. She dares to unite.

Marked for death, Azgard outcast Helen Andros takes refuge with the kin of her beloved. But another family conflict forces her to flee again, lest she be exposed once more and slain by murdering warrior‑monks of the mighty Temple of Kronos. 

Alone in her new hideout, she takes in the starving children of the sin‑eater and becomes his friend, too. The otherworldly Mist‑Weaver mentor teaches both of them how to wield mysterious kura for self‑defense.

All the while, the demonic Stoneslayer plots more pain for Helen and her family. 

Helen calls on her new skills when armed mercenaries arrive to kidnap her. In one overwhelming day, Helen loses more family and friends and now faces powerful enemies on her own. 

Love and Loss. New friends and old foes. Helen’s hidden mastery awakens in this captivating fourth book in the Stoneslayer dark high fantasy series. 

Stoneslayer

Stoneslayer: Scandal
STONESLAYER: SCANDAL
#1.0 β€’ November 2024
Stoneslayer: Fallout
STONESLAYER: FALLOUT
#2.0 β€’ August 2025
Stoneslayer: Payback
STONESLAYER: PAYBACK
#3.0 β€’ February 2026
Stoneslayer: Book Four Outcast
STONESLAYER: BOOK FOUR OUTCAST
#4.0 β€’ September 2026