29 Below

We got caught in a blizzard—me, my fiancé Melvin Dunn, a few of his colleagues, including Sally Blom. Middle of the night, I woke up shaking. My heavy-duty sleeping bag—the one built for minus forty—was gone. In its place? A flimsy summer quilt. Sally was curled up in my bag, fast asleep in Melvin's arms. I shoved him hard. "Why is she in my sleeping bag?" He pulled me aside, whispering, "Keep your voice down. Sally's kinda fragile—she's about to catch a cold. You're strong. You'll be fine." I pointed at my feet, already numb. "So I'm supposed to freeze to death for you two because she's 'fragile'?" He frowned. "God, Peyton, stop being so dramatic. It's just a sleeping bag. Think about the team for once." I laughed, tears slipping down my face. Didn't say another word. Just crawled back into the corner, grabbed the sat phone, and called my brother—Captain of Stormfang Rescue, an elite international search and rescue team. "Hugh, come get me. The coordinates are... Remember—I'm alone."

The Dark Below is a steam-punk/fantasy world filled with the darkness that rests beneath a wavering tide. Generations ago, Gods from the depths below rose from the black seas and in doing so, caused a great flood that would have destroyed all of humanity if it was not for the ingenuity of survival. Living among The Dark Below has come to pass, but now four warriors must come together in hopes of forging a brighter future.

What if you were held captive by your own family? Emma Rawlins has spent the last year a prisoner. The months following her mother's death dragged her father into a paranoid spiral of conspiracy theories and doomsday premonitions. Obsessing him, controlling him, they now whisper the end days are finally at hand. And he doesn’t intend to face them alone. Emma finds herself drugged and dragged to a secluded cabin, the last refuge from a society supposedly due to collapse. Their cabin a snowbound fortress, her every move controlled, but even that isn't enough to weather the end of the world. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing Everything she knows is out of reach, lost beyond a haze of white. There is no choice but to play her father's game while she plans her escape. But there is a force far colder than the freezing drifts. Ancient, ravenous, it knows no mercy. And it's already had a taste...

Seven years ago, Raven Sterling lost everything when her family was massacred and her pack destroyed. Soon after, she was publicly rejected by her fated mate, Ash Blackwood, Alpha of the Blackwood Pack—breaking her bond and forcing her into exile. She fled to Seattle, suppressing her wolf and rebuilding her life as a human trauma counselor, determined to forget the supernatural world. But the past never stays buried. Raven begins to experience strange, uncontrollable power—ice forming at her touch and emotions affecting the world around her. She discovers the truth: she is not just a werewolf, but a rare Starborn with Celestial Ice Magic tied to an ancient bloodline. Her awakening pulls her back into danger. Ash returns, no longer the powerful Alpha he once was, but a leader on the brink of collapse. His pack is failing, and he needs Raven to survive through a true mate bond. But forgiveness is not easily given. Meanwhile, Kade Torrent, a rival Alpha who has secretly protected Raven for years, steps forward. Unlike Ash, Kade never abandoned her—and now wants her for himself. As a hidden enemy begins hunting Starborn, the truth behind Raven’s family massacre starts to surface, revealing a deeper conspiracy tied to her bloodline. Now Raven must choose between the Alpha who broke her, the one who protected her, and the power awakening within her—before everything is destroyed.

On the snowy mountain, Shawn Foster's neighbor, Susan Taylor, suffered from altitude sickness. He blamed me for not bringing supplies in time. He tied me up and left me on the mountain, five thousand meters above sea level. "You should experience the pain Susan went through." I rushed up the mountain to find them, completely forgetting that I was already exhausted. Without an oxygen supply, I gasped for air desperately. He held Susan in his arms and headed down the mountain. I begged him for mercy, but he did not even glance at me. I struggled, but I could not break free from the Prusik knot he tied himself. The same knot I once taught him. Three days later, he asked his colleagues about my whereabouts. "I would never have forgiven her so quickly if it's not Susan's kindness." But he did not know—I had long been buried beneath the snow.

In the ruthless world of college hockey, Alan Voss is ice personified—cold, dominant, and untouchable. Until he rescues a trembling janitor from his own teammates and finds himself staring into the most hauntingly beautiful face he’s ever seen. “You’re safe with me,” Alan growls, tilting the boy’s chin up. “No one touches you again.” Toby Pike has spent his life broken and used—by family, by monsters wearing his brother’s face. Shy, brilliant, and drowning in secrets, he never expected the NHL-bound hockey star to become his shield… or the source of a desire he doesn’t understand. As their unlikely friendship ignites into unbearable tension—shared showers, drunken nights, heated stares across the rink—jealousy and obsession threaten to consume them both. But when Toby’s sadistic stepbrother returns with blackmail and violence, Alan’s protective instincts turn wild. Some love heals. This one destroys everything in its path. ************* Warning🔞: Dark MM Romance – Explicit content, non-con past trauma, graphic violence, intense BDSM, obsession, and possessive themes. Reader discretion strongly advised.