Aaron has a problem. Aaron likes to play a game, a sick game, with women's minds. Aaron is a psychopath. You would never guess as much, because he is so handsome, so captivating, and so very charming. Yes, Aaron seems too good to be true, because, of course, he is. Enter the world of Dr. Aaron Stein, and learn just how this perfect gentleman toys with women's minds, and plays with their emotions. Each woman is a new chance to play his game. Time and again he will gain a woman's trust, creating the facade of the "perfect relationship". Each woman will think she has found "heaven on earth". But it is evil that seduces her, and evil that lures her, right towards the brink of insanity. Slowly, Aaron will begin to take over her psyche, using covert hypnosis and mind games to control her. Because power and control is everything to Aaron. And the game must be played, each time, right through to its devastating end. Time and again Aaron will have his fun, making his "new love" believe she is his "one and only", his "soulmate", "his true love". It will be delightful, and deceptive, and deliciously, dangerously wonderful, until Aaron becomes bored. Then, abruptly, he will simply discard her. She will be left shocked and confused. She will feel as if she were mentally skinned alive. And Aaron? He will simply move on, to a new game, as if she had never mattered. Because, of course, she never did. Even so, she will continue to miss him, and want him back, in spite of everything. She will never forget him. Aaron knew this from the first "hello". He will smile, and count her tears.
Reviews
"Mary Ann D'Alto has penned a chilling psychological thriller that serves as a gripping analysis of classic sociopathy. Her villian, AAron Stein, in the tradition of Hanibal Lechter, is a cunning and conscious-less corrupter of everyone and everything he touches. His evil knows no bounds. What is worse, D'Alto shows how insidious the psychopathic narcissist can be, causing otherwise good people to descend to their depths of depravity. He Counts Their Tears is a Must-Read for fans of the Psychological Thriller genre. I highly recommend it." --Five star review from Amazon
"D'Alto brilliantly explores the dark, twisted mind of a psychopath. Using Aaron's romantic encounters with numerous women, D'Alto creates awareness of the damaging effects of psychological abuse, while also focusing on the intricacies of Aaron's instability. These include lack of emotions, perverted sadism, vindictive attitude, pathological lying, and superiority complex... ...This is a well-researched, intelligent thriller that also becomes a cautionary tale." --Sheelonee Banerjee The US Review of Books
"D'Alto brilliantly explores the dark, twisted mind of a psychopath. Using Aaron's romantic encounters with numerous women, D'Alto creates awareness of the damaging effects of psychological abuse, while also focusing on the intricacies of Aaron's instability. These include lack of emotions, perverted sadism, vindictive attitude, pathological lying, and superiority complex... ...This is a well-researched, intelligent thriller that also becomes a cautionary tale." --Sheelonee Banerjee The US Review of Books
Mary Ann D’Alto graduated from Barnard College with a degree in art history and a rather large box of journals filled with poetry and short stories penned in between classes. She has advanced degrees from Columbia University and a Juris Doctor from a New York law school. A former Administrative Law Judge, Mary Ann is a Vegetarian and one of the worst golfers ever to set foot on the green. Fortunately for the world of golf, she is far too busy writing to venture out of the house early on a week-end morning except to walk her dachshund, Rocco.
You can watch an interview with her here, and part two here.
You can watch an interview with her here, and part two here.
The next book is THE SUFFERING ROOM, which picks up where HE COUNTS THEIR TEARS leaves off. Aaron runs for politic office, prompting him to return to the women he destroyed, just to see if he can prevent them from speaking out about him, and ruining his chances as a politician.
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