Black Gem

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

Perfect is boring. What's life without our secrets? It's what makes us who we are. But, Janelle doesn't know that. She has a perfect life. She's the best fashion designer . She has the sweetest parents, the best Nanny, her friends are to die for and the love of her life is one of the city's most eligible bachelors. But did everything have to fall apart when she least expected it? Perfect isn't normal, after all.

" Aku menginginkan anak," ujar wanita itu dingin dengan tubuh basah kuyup. Riki memandang tak percaya. Mazaya ... istrinya itu kembali pulang, setelah kabur di malam pertama pernikahan mereka lima tahun yang lalu. Riki tak menjawab. Dia bisu, dan itulah kenapa Mazaya meninggalkannya, tak sudi menikah dengan laki-laki cacat. Sekarang Mazaya menjilat ludahnya sendiri demi nyawanya yang berada di ujung tanduk.

When Ava walked into that bar, she only wanted to forget. Forget the man who left her for money. Forget the wedding she was never meant to attend. But one drink, one stranger, and one reckless night changed everything. She woke up in a stranger’s bed only to find out he wasn’t a stranger at all. He was Adrian Blackwell, her CEO. Cold, powerful, and dangerously irresistible. Adrian swore he didn’t do love. He didn’t chase. He didn’t lose control. Until Ava. Now he wants her body, soul, and every breath she takes. But loving Adrian means walking a thin line between passion and danger… because the man who owns her heart might also be the one who ruins her.

Five years ago, Amberleigh Dubois was plucked from a slum and given a job in the exclusive Cobra Club. At the Cobra Club all your fantasies can come true for the right price.She's grateful for her position as one of the club's goddesses in The Circus Room. One night Amberleigh is working the Rainbow Room, trying to entice men to her level of the club where they can live out their sexual dreams. A VIP makes an offer she can't refuse. He's handsome, and the richest man in Omega City. And Grayson Godwin is also in desperate need of an heir. It seems too good to be true, two million dollars to have his child. Like a dream job to live in a swanky highrise, have sex with a hot billionaire, and get paid. No strings attached. But it seems the billionaire playboy has something to hide... **Enhanced version with extra content only available here***

It was only suppose to be an arrangement... Vanessa Ford is gorgeous, beautiful and intelligent. Her quiet and uneventful life takes an unexpected turn when she is given an opportunity to interview Lucas. Lucas Joe Alvarado is her best friend's older brother. He is gorgeous, beautiful, tall and mysterious, and a billionaire every girls dream man. She has always had a crush on him but he always only saw her as his little sister's best friend. But then an interview with him takes an unexpected turn, he wants her, she wants him. The only problem is he doesn't want a relationship and she can't bet on not falling for him.

It was a bad idea. She knew it but she had no choice. After finding herself penniless after the death of her parents who nevertheless had a good fortune, Rose had no other idea than to loot the trunk of her old house to pay for her little sister's treatment. Anyway, it wasn't a theft because nobody knows about this safe... The house was empty because it was for sale, she was going to sneak in and she would never set foot there again. It was a perfect idea... When she entered the house, she suspected that there was someone but she persisted and continued... -Who are you? What are you doing at my house? She was so relieved that no one had touched her money so she hadn't even heard the footsteps... She turned to see a man...a man with a mask covering half his face. .. Frightened, she did not expect that this night could change her life... -I'll let you take your trunk and I'll offer you double more so that you serve as my escort, for one night... Rose could not understand such a proposal. However, she had no choice...

Kubuat calon suami yang meniduri adik kandungku menyesal. Bagaimana kisah Diva yang tersakiti? Akankah mampu bangkit dan menemukan cintanya yang sejati?

“Berengsek! Itu bukan anakku!” “Ini anakmu, Jonathan! Mana mungkin milik orang lain?!” Gealarnya Enjelyn, gadis muda yang terjebak bekerja pada seorang pria kejam bernama Jonathan Aleskar Gragino—seorang pria matang berusia 35 tahun, keras, arogan, pemabuk, dan dikuasai sisi gelap. Saat Gea mengandung anaknya, Jonathan justru tidak mau mengakuinya. Dengan kata-kata kasar dan sikap arogannya, ia menuduh Gea hamil bersama laki-laki lain, bukan dengan dirinya. Tahun-tahun berlalu. Saat takdir mempertemukan mereka kembali, bisakah Jonathan menerima darah dagingnya sendiri? Atau justru iblis dalam dirinya kembali menguasai, menyeret Gea pada balas dendam dan lingkaran gelap yang tak berujung?

Lare Angon seorang anak yatim piatu yang bekerja menjadi penggembala. Tak sengaja mendapat kekuatan Kitab Mustika Jagad. Memungkinkan dia memiliki tenaga dalam tingkat tinggi. Namun karena kekuatan itu pula ia diburu oleh para pendekar yang ingin mengambil alih kekuatan tersebut. Di mana membutuhkan seratus hari sebelum kekuatan itu benar-benar menyatu sempurna dengan raga Lare Angon. Di bawah perlindungan pendekar golongan putih ia berhasil melarikan diri. Dalam pelarian ia bertemu dengan seorang gadis yang menyelamatkannya. Saat di masa depan mereka kembali bertemu, keadaan berbalik. Lare Angon harus membalas budi menyelamatkan gadis tersebut dari para prajurit kerajaan. Ia pun diburu sebagai penjahat. Bahkan harus berseberangan dengan para pendekar golongan putih yang dulu sempat menjadi pelindungnya.