Classic Victorian Novels & Stories

It was that summer time that Tamila Miracle Marcil badly wanted to forget. Especially Czesar, whom she hated for years. The lies. So she decided to run away, to seek for freedom. But what she had was not what she expected to be.

England, 1876. Twenty-year-old Maraina Blackwood has always struggled to adhere to the restrictive standards of Victorian society, denying the courage and desire that burn within her soul. But after a terrifying supernatural encounter, Maraina's instincts compel her to action. Maraina soon discovers a plot to unleash a new world—one of demonic aristocrats, bloody rituals, and nightmarish monsters. Putting her upbringing aside, Maraina vows to fight the dark forces assuming control of England. But as her world transforms, Maraina finds that she too must transform...and what she becomes will bring out all that she once buried. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Best of friends dying one by one...maybe one of them is the culprit? Changing bodies, surviving high school, and brewing drama—staples in the lives of six friends in just another, normal, adolescent-fuming high school in the countryside, but all is shattered when they start dying one by one. A campy rendition of a classic whodunnit, The Midnight Club Murders offers fast-paced storytelling with plot acrobatics, melodramatic conversations, and suspenseful hills to absolutely DIE on, just waiting for you.

History student Alex Palmer is thrilled when his girlfriend, Claire Ryan, buys an apartment in Belle Vue Manor, formerly a Victorian lunatic asylum. But as Alex begins to discover the dark truth about the asylum’s past, he, Claire, and their friend Marianne find themselves on a nightmarish journey. Each will face the deadly consequences of the evil that began with the construction of the first Belle Vue Manor by an aristocratic French émigré in 1789, as well as the cruelty and satanic practices that continued when it became an asylum for the insane. As the two strands—past and present—unfold, Alex uncovers a supernatural mystery where revenge is paramount and innocence irrelevant—without being aware of the price he, and those around him, will pay. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

A classic high-school love story takes deadly twists when the all already burdened life of 18-year-old Marcus Boaz, is made even more difficult after his drug addicted brother gets out of Rehab. When love seems to be the only way out, a path he unhesitatingly takes, he almost immediately gets his heart crushed, and is pushed into even grimmer darkness. Now, to get back at the one person who broke his heart, he stumbles on one final conclusion. ALL HEARTS MUST BLEED

Il y a 200 ans, une reine loup-garou connue sous le nom de Séraphine la Née du Feu a été trahie par son compagnon et brûlée sur le bûcher par les humains. Sa malédiction mourante : « Je me relèverai. Et quand je le ferai, vous serez tous brûle avec moi.

Love is eternal. There is no end. There is no escape from love. Or is there? Clarissa is an author troubled by dreams of a Victorian woman and her family who were murdered in a Mansion on an Island in the middle of Goldwater lake in the picturesque Lake District, England. Writing a book about the family, she is desperate to discover who murdered the young family and does all she can to research the past when the recluse who owns the house refuses to allow her to visit. But her quest for information causes her to be haunted by a violent male ghost who will stop at nothing to stop her and another equally determined to protect her and draw her in to his arms. Can the handsome new owner of the Island, American Billionaire, Brandon Clifford who wants nothing more than to steal her heart, provide her with the answers she seeks to solve the mystery?

Who said a parallel universe does not exist! He swore never to fall in love again. He's ruthless and cold. Lucas Quinn, is rich beyond anyone's wildest imagination and no one has ever been able to get close to him. All he cares about in life is perfection, which he always is looking for in novels and what not. But then an unruly, perfectly imperfect lady, Tasha Rowan, bumps into him, ruining a first edition book signed by the best-selling classic author in town. And she is the exact version of his dead girlfriend!

Evelyn Hart sait que le mariage avec un milliardaire n’a rien d’un conte de fées, surtout lorsque son mari, Adrian Blackwood, est contrôlant, cruel et infidèle. Elle endure des années de violence émotionnelle et de trahisons pour une seule raison : sa fille. Son monde fragile finit par se fissurer le soir où elle découvre la liaison d’Adrian. Désespérée d’échapper à sa douleur, Evelyn passe une nuit imprudente avec un inconnu qu’elle ne s’attend pas à revoir un jour. Le destin en décide autrement lorsque cet inconnu se révèle être Julian Cross, un puissant magnat de la technologie et le rival d’affaires le plus dangereux d’Adrian. Attentif, doux et profondément bienveillant, Julian offre à Evelyn et à son enfant un amour et une sécurité qu’elles n’ont jamais connus. Ce qui n’était au départ qu’une échappatoire d’une nuit se transforme en un amour qu’Evelyn n’aurait jamais cru mériter. Avec le soutien de Julian, elle trouve le courage de quitter son mariage toxique et croit enfin que sa fille a trouvé une véritable figure paternelle. Mais l’amour cache parfois de sombres secrets. Evelyn découvre une vérité dévastatrice sur Julian qui brise sa confiance et la force à s’éloigner malgré son chagrin. Puis, la tragédie frappe, la laissant submergée par le deuil. Dans son moment de plus grande faiblesse, Adrian revient, affirmant avoir changé, tandis que Julian refuse de l’abandonner. Désormais, Evelyn doit choisir entre son passé et son avenir, son premier amour et son dernier amour, et la vérité déchirante que les deux hommes sont frères.

My boyfriend said that art held no restrictions, so he used my provocative paintings to enter a competition. Amidst a row of classic ceramic figurines, I became famous. He shot to fame, landing in the top ten of trending searches, while I was humiliated by the entire internet and mocked as a “ceramic influencer.” When I confronted him, he looked at me with disappointment. “They don’t understand art, and neither do you? I thought you would support my work, but I didn’t expect you to stir trouble! You’re so immature!”