Ben Franklin

Les misères d’une vie est le reflet parfait de notre société, les riches marginalisent les pauvres et la trahison et la jalousie viennent s’engouffrer dans cet brouhaha, la vie n’est pas toujours facile eh ben ...

Richard Franklin has left his Midwestern roots behind to live on the coast of Maine with his family. But in the autumn of the year 2000, he must return to his Illinois birthplace on a sorrowful journey. His wife Michelle has been killed in New England by a hit-and-run driver who is never found, so back home he comes with her cremated remains, to fulfill a final wish and on her birthday scatter her ashes in the park along the river in Blackwater Valley—simply Blackwater Val to locals—the small town where they both grew up and fell in love. With him he brings his six-year-old daughter Katie who still grieves for her lost mother: Katie, who can sometimes guess who’s going to be on the phone before it rings. Who can stop all the clocks in the house, and break up clouds in the sky with her mind, and heal sicknesses, and who sometimes sees things that aren’t there...people who are no longer alive. All gifts she inherited from her mother. Only something isn’t quite right in the Val. Sinkholes are opening up, revealing the plague pits the sleepy hamlet was built over in the 1830s, when malaria and cholera outbreaks ran riot. Mysterious bird and fish die-offs begin to occur, and Katie can see ghosts of the dead gathering all around. But what she can’t see is the charred, centuries-old malevolence which has been waiting for her, and wants her for its very own. Or the pale Sallow Man who haunts the town’s nighttime streets...or the river witch—another Blackwater Val, of sorts—each of whom will be drawn one by one into the nightmarish bloodletting about to take place. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

When Anastasia, a lower level green witch, finally flees from a vengeful wolf pack, she finds herself soul-bond to the very thing she hates, a Lycan. Not only is he a Lycan, but he’s none other than Dominiko, the Lycan King himself! She thought struggling to accept him was the worst of her worries until she is faced with a catch 22. She must overcome her prejudice, embrace her power, and choose between the witches and Lycans, all while a war threatens to tear both worlds apart. Could she really go against her own people? Or will the Lycan kings hope for peace work?

My mother-in-law, Eleanor, was having a heart attack, and my husband, Ben Dover—a heart surgeon—was the only one who could save her. Did I call him? Nope. I just stood there, watching her gasp like a fish out of water. In my last life, I'd begged Ben to come save her. He brushed me off, accusing me of interrupting his time with his mistress, Ima Schit. No matter how much I pleaded, he wouldn't come. Eleanor had died in the hospital. And when Johnny, my father-in-law, demanded answers, Ben flipped the script, saying I'd never even called. He made Eleanor's death my fault. Johnny, blinded by grief and fury, killed me. But plot twist—I woke up. Right back to the day this circus started.

Aliyah, a girl who has never known hardship finds herself in hot water as loan sharks come for her after her father's demise, thrown to the wolves by her relatives, she is left to solve this problem alone. And her only way out was to sell herself to the highest bidder at an auction. 100 million dollars! The man yelled as he bid an outrageous sum for her. What happens when she finds out that Ben Carlo, The man who bought her was the same person she used to bully and treat miserably back in college?. Ben Carlo is now a Powerful and ruthless kingpin, With the tables turned, Will Aliyah be spared or will she be plunged into unbelievable misery in his hands?.

Rachel has always imagined a future with her true love and mate, Ben. But her world comes crashing down when Lance, the cruel, arrogant Alpha chooses her as his mate.Right when Rachel thinks matters couldn’t get any worse, she’s blindsided by the ultimate betrayal. Sheila, her best friend, plots not only to steal Rachel’s true love but to have her killed.Can Rachel find the strength to stand up to both the Alpha and her best friend?Can she prove her innocence and get a second chance at life in the pack?And is life worth living if she can’t be with Ben?

She wants nothing to do with him... He would be miserable without her. **** Meet Sophie Franklin, a fiercely independent fashion designer who lives in New York, and then there's Marcus Beadoux, a dashing prince with a secret. The two meet on an exotic island, sharing a passionate one-night stand, after which Sophie leaves without so much as a goodbye, unaware of each other's true identities. When they reunite in New York six months later, Marcus is engaged to another, and Sophie is tasked with designing his bride's dress. Sparks fly as they navigate the risky waters of forbidden love, keeping their past a secret from Marcus's fiancée, Sophie's family, and the ever-watchful eyes of the media. But what happens when they can no longer keep their relationship a secret anymore? When a heartbreaking revelation pushes Sophie into hiding, an unexpected discovery sets off a chain of events that will test their love to its limit. Will they triumph and overcome these challenges, or will it result in their downfall? Book 2 in the Franklin Sister Series.

All she wanted to do was live a normal life. Running from her royal life she gets captured and sold in a slave market to one of the most ruthless Alpha Prince ever. He is feared, powerful, ruthless, coldhearted, revengeful, and is said to be the greatest Alpha that ever lived. He relishes in war. And soon, he caught a property, a living property which he abuses greatly. And she has ben quiet, taking it all and swallowing it as she had no title again. And when she realizes he's the. reason for her kingdom's downfall, she's ready to do all she can to take her revenge.

Love leads to madness. Killian Benjamin Archer watched it happen to his father after his cherished wife's death. But when his elderly father arranges to marry flame-haired golddigger, Skye Sinclair, Ben, as he is known to his friends, is compelled to take drastic measures to stop the stunning beauty from taking advantage of the old business mogul. A marriage of mutual pleasure could be convenient, indeed … as long as unwanted feelings don't interfere. Desperation forced Skye to agree to marry an old madman. The arrangement will offer the protection she needs. Or so she believes until the billionaire's distractingly handsome son looks closer at the fine print of the contract… and takes his father's place ! Now, the easy, boring and, more importantly, secure union Skye planned, has been exchanged for one simmering with wicked temptation and potential heartbreak. Because as she begins to fall for her devilishly seductive husband, her dark secrets surface and threaten to ruin them both … unless Ben is willing to risk all and open his heart to love.

Betrayed by her fiancé–Ben, while getting married who turned out to have a relationship with her stepmother–Jane, Emily West sought help from a man ten years her senior to save her company. Unexpectedly, the savior man was the uncle of her ex-fiancé, named Mike.  Mike, who was willing to help, asked for a special reward for which Emily had no choice but him, namely contract marriage with him. Could Mike help Emily? What was their story when they were married without feelings for three years? Did it work?