Burning Roses

Lorcan Tiarnan Riordan Cillian. Four brothers. My lords. My mates. They gave me life, riding me of my humanity. In exchange, they took my soul and my body, but not my heart. When they found me dying by my burning car, my heart was already dead. It had been a perfect day. I was going to tell my husband that I was pregnant with his child. But when I walked in on him and my best friend in bed, everything shattered. The rage consumed me and the pain killed me. My car got wrecked in an accident and I knew I was going to die. Until they came, and bit me, turning me into one of them, and I’ll die before I let them make me their breeder.

Ryan Carter came to Arkwood University to escape his past especially Jake, the possessive ex who blurred every line between love and control. But his “fresh start” takes a messy turn when he clashes with Daniel Brooks: the cold, perfect, student body VP with too much power and zero patience for Ryan’s sharp tongue. They hate each other on sight. But hate has a way of burning too hot and the line between enemies and something else is thinner than either of them is ready for. What starts as tension becomes obsession. And when the past comes knocking, Ryan finds himself stuck between who he was, who he’s becoming, and a boy he never planned to want.

Have you ever woken one morning with a burning, insatiable desire to go out and kill someone? Sarah Killian, a notoriously foul-mouthed and mean-spirited serial killer for hire, along with her cohort assassin Mary Sue Keller, are back on assignment for the Trusted Hierarchy of Everyday Murderers (T.H.E.M.). After receiving an ominous warning from a mark-gone-wrong, it becomes clear that Nick Jin—Sarah’s former nemesis—is still at large and singling her out. Sarah and Mary Sue are dispatched to Tennessee to discreetly kill off an accused family of KKK organizers, but their true mission is to lure Nick Jin into a trap. But will Nick—always several steps ahead of T.H.E.M.—see their bait for what it is? One thing is guaranteed: blood will be shed. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

“All you have to do, Nortia, is birth me an heir within two years and get 20 millions dollars whenever you decide to leave, isn't that juicy enough? You can't get that elsewhere, so it's best you take it while I'm still offering” ************* After walking into her boyfriend cheating on her with her cousin, Nortia vowed never to love again, but then Alexis's tempting proposal to bear him an heir and get 20 millions upon departure changed everything. Despite initial reservations not to fall in love, they both find themselves entangled in a web of emotions. As adversaries, secrets and past love affairs resurface threatening to tear them apart, they try to do everything to keep the flames in their relationship burning, but would they be able to?

My dream was simple: Build a quiet life with the person I adored after college. However, destiny had a different course in mind when my father revealed that I had to rescue my late mother's struggling business by marrying the merciless CEO, Alexander Blake. At first, life with Alexander appeared promising, but as the saying goes, nothing good lasts forever. That was until his childhood sweetheart barged in, shattering everything I held dear and leaving me with a whirlwind of shame, bitterness, and fury. I fled Texas for London, where I spent the next six years rebuilding my life. Now, I’m back in Texas with my son, Franklin, driven by a burning desire for revenge against everyone who has wronged me.

Ariana Melendez, a hidden heiress, thought she had the perfect life until her husband Angelo and best friend Bella betrayed her in the worst way. After losing everything, including her unborn child, she returns to her powerful family, burning with revenge. To punish her, her father arranges a marriage with Dante Russo, the ruthless son of a business rival. Dante Russo, the cold, calculating heir of their greatest enemy and Angelo’s Uncle one that could destroy her ex-husband with a single word. Now, Ariana is trapped in a dangerous game. On one side her vow to ruin Angelo and Bella to make them suffer as she did. On the other her forced marriage to Dante, a man as ruthless as he is intoxicating, whose loyalty is as uncertain as her own heart.

After the death of the Alpha couple, Olivia had to face the ruthless truth about her upbringing. With nothing left to hold her down, she ran to escape the memories that weren't hers. But this time, she didn't run with nothing; she ran with his mark burning as deep as her soul. *** The crowd of wolves gasped in horror. Some screamed, and many women burst into tears while their Alpha licked the blood from Olivia's skin. Olivia shivered when his disgusting lips left her neck. Noah's hand ran through her hair, grabbing a fistful of her snow-white curls; he pulled her against his body and whispered, "Good luck avoiding me now, rogue." ***

[WARNING: DARK. BDSM] Elise's life was a golden cage until it became a death sentence. She dies with a curse on her lips, having been betrayed by her husband and family. But fate has other plans. Elise is reborn with memories of her past life intact, and a burning desire for vengeance coursing through her veins. This time, Elise is no pawn. She’s a predator! Desperation drives her into the devil’s arms. But the true danger begins when she realizes he’s not what she feared...he’s worse. Dangerous. Magnetic. Scarred. A man harboring secrets as dark as his own thirst for retribution. Their eunion is a collision of manipulation, power, and raw desire. They forge a twisted alliance, a marriage of convenience that’s anything but convenient.

The summer of 1954 brings forth changes and realizations to two girls who find themselves separated by race, family, friends, and society. Rosalie Johnson must confront the demons of her past to move forward. Ida must find who she is in a changing world. Will love be enough to challenge a society unwilling to accept them? Can they accept each other? "You aren't scared?" She asks me and I know what she means. Of course I am scared. I am terrified of my mother finding me here, wrapped up in the arms of a woman. I am terrified of someone finding Ida in my arms and burning her home to the ground. Every component outside of this hill was terrifying. "Of loving you? Never."

Riya died betrayed by the two people she loved most—her mate and her sister. But fate had other plans. Reborn as Aurelia, the sickly Luna of the fearsome Lycan King, she wakes to a second chance at life. Only this time, she isn’t weak. This time, she won’t be the victim. With revenge burning in her heart and a new mate who despises her, Riya must decide: will she destroy those who betrayed her, or will she rise above her past and embrace a new future? But when she discovers that her new mate is cursed—and that her past mate may still hold a claim on her soul—Riya realizes that her second chance comes with a price. And she’s willing to pay in blood.