Crystal Bandida

Fire and plague. Certainly no strangers to London Town.But when legions of living dead rise from the Thames’ fetid waters to feast upon the living, the city teeters on the brink of antihalation. And while floaters seek blood, another army takes advantage of the chaos. Boiling out of their rookeries of crime, marauders swarm through London’s affluent neighborhoods looting and burning.©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Eidolon Avenue: Where the secretly guilty go to die. One building. Five floors. Five doors per floor. Twenty-five nightmares feeding the hunger lurking between the bricks and waiting beneath the boards. The sequel to Eidolon Avenue: The First Feast (“a great read...powerful and jarring” - Cemetery Dance) returns to the voracious Eidolon as it savors The Second Feast. A narcoleptic man in apartment 2A battles a vengeful past determined to rob him of everything as he runs from the barbaric disaster of a delusional love. A woman in 2B, reinventing herself to please a callous boyfriend, discovers the horrors that wait in the shadows of her self-renovation. The man in 2C, a teacher at the nearby Catholic girl’s school, collapses beneath the brutal consequences of his lecherous desires. An older woman in 2D, after decades dedicated to the church, is cornered at last by the grisly carnage beating at the hollow center of her faith. And a college student in 2E, hungry to escape an ignored life of invisible anonymity, finds herself captured between the pages of a ravenous book. All thrown into their own private hell as every cruel choice, every drop of spilled blood, every silent, complicit moment of cowardice is remembered, resurrected and relived to feed the ancient evil that lives on Eidolon Avenue. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

1943. Soviet Union is under attack as WW2 is raging. Fighting in the doomed battle of Kursk, Andrei finds himself in a strange city where Svetlana, a girl he has never seen but who looks eerily familiar, saves him from a fist-faced creature. When Svetlana’s family is lost, the two embark on a harrowing odyssey across the snow-covered plain, battling deformed former humans and taken prisoners by the army of black stars. Against impossible odds, they reach their destination where they discover a secret that will change history.©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

After the Great War between humans and the Shifter races, an accord was struck, decreeing that the world would be ruled by a hybrid of the two races. The most powerful human family, a corporate dynasty, was granted the right to the first union with a Shifter leader. Whoever bore the first hybrid child would become the next ruler of the Alliance. In my past life, I married the werewolf Alpha, Jacob, and quickly bore him a wolf-human hybrid. When our son became the ruler of the Alliance, the werewolf clan’s power and influence soared. But my sister, Isabella, had always favored the beautiful elves. Her husband's philandering left her barren and riddled with disease after several miscarriages. She envied everything I had. In her rage, she orchestrated the car crash that killed my son and me. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day of the Alliance’s choosing ceremony. Isabella had already mated with Jacob, brazenly showing off the mark on her neck. I knew. She was back, too. What she didn't know was that Jacob was a madman, obsessed with his bloodline above all else. Without a second thought, I let her have him. I walked toward the one they all feared—the notoriously brutal and bloodthirsty Dragon Lord, the Dragon King, Damien Wyatt.

Puot at sakit sa puso ang dinamdam ni Crystal Fuentes matapos magpakasal sa kanyang kapatid ang long-time crush niyang si Royce Consunji. Sa mismong gabi ng kasal, laking gulat niya na dinalaw siya nito sa kanyang silid at isang pagkakamali ang kanyang nagawa matapos ibigay ang sarili dito. Ngunit hindi lang iyon isang beses na nangyari, nasanay siyang dinadalaw siya nito tuwing hating gabi, at kahit alam niyang mali, tinanggap niya sa sariling kabit siya nito. Iyon nga lang, nasasaktan siya kapag umaakto itong parang walang nangyayari sa kanila sa tuwing kaharap ito sa umaga. Hanggang sa nalaman niyang buntis siya ngunit sakto ring buntis ang ate niya. Makasarili man, siya mismo ang nagsiwalat ng relasyon niya sa asawa nito. Ngunit dumoble lang ang sakit na nararamdaman niya matapos nitong itanggi ang lahat maging ang pinagbubuntis niya, gulat na gulat pa ito at sinabing ni minsan ay hindi siya dinalaw sa kanyang silid. Sa galit ng kanyang mga magulang ay ipinatapon siya sa ibang bansa upang pagtakpan ang kahihiyan ng kanilang pamilya. Sa kanyang pagbabalik, nagulat siya noong muli siya nitong bisitahin sa kanyang silid sa kalagitnaan ng gabi. Galit na galit ito. "How dare you leave me and hide my daughter, Crystal?"

Malaking gulo ang nagawa ni Liam na maaaring magdulot ng pagbagsak ng kanilang kumpanya at malagay ang kanyang ama sa kapahamakan. Kaya kailangan niyang gawin ang lahat upang mailigtas ito, kahit pa ang magpakasal sa isang taong hindi niya kilala. Isang hindi inaasahang pangyayari ang nagtulak kay Crystal upang makilala ang sikat na tagapagmana na si Liam Spencer. Ang lalaking nag-alok sa kanya ng kasal kapalit ng malaking halaga ng pera. Noong una ay nag-dalawang isip siyang tanggapin ang kanyang alok, ngunit nang marinig ni Crystal kung magkano ang kayang ibayad nito sakanya ay agad rin siyang sumang-ayon, dahil matagal na niyang hangad ang pamumuhay na mas marangya at komportable kumpara sa kasalukuyan niyang kalagayan. Kahit na walang alam ang dalawa tungkol sa isa't isa, at hindi isinasaalang-alang ang mga kahihinatnan ng isang mahalagang desisyon, ang dalawang hindi magka-kilalang tao ay lumagda sa isang kasunduang kasal. Ngayon, kailangan nilang mabuhay bilang mag-asawa upang maiwasan na madungisan ang reputasyon ng Spencers.

If fate seems to be in your favor, will you grab it? This is what Cassiedy Blaire did. She has been in love with Dustin ever since they were teens. Unfortunately, Dustin is into Crystal—her twin sister. She accepted the fact that Dustin would never see her romantically. She began to date other guys for years, but there's still a missing in her heart. She felt incomplete. Her sister's shocking revelation made her heart sank. Crystal announces her marriage to Dustin. They've been married for a year! But an unfortunate thing happened when the two got into a car accident. Her sister—Crystal, died while Dustin survived. However, he lost his eyesight. Dustin mistakes her for his wife. His parents requested her to pretend as her sister. Cassiedy changed her life when she agreed to be HIS FAKE WIFE.

Twenty-three years old si Tori nang makilala niya si Taj na isang bombero sa isang maliit na bayan sa Guimaras. Nasa kasagsagan siya noon ng tagumpay bilang isang popstar ngunit na-in love siya sa lalaki at ang dating organisado niyang buhay ay nagulo. It was a whirlwind romance ngunit dahil sa pangingialam ng kanyang ina ay napilitan siyang magpakasal nang lihim kay Taj. Kung gaano sila kabilis na nagkalapit ng lalaki ay ganoon din sila kadaling nagkalayo nang pumutok ang balitang nabuntis si Tori ng CEO ng Crystal Music na si Sid Rodriguez kasunod ng pagkakatuklas niya sa tunay na pagkatao ni Taj. Limang taon na ang dumaan at pareho na silang may magkaibang landas na tinatahak. Ayaw na ni Tori na magkaroon pang muli ng kaugnayan kay Taj ngunit sadyang mapaglaro ang tadhana dahil muling nagsanga ang landas nila sa isang hindi inaasahang pagkakataon. Muli kaya silang magkakalapit o tuluyan na nilang tutuldukan ang ugnayang siyang naging dahilan ng kirot sa puso na pareho pa rin nilang nararamdaman?

Hunter Dela Cruz, known for being the sexy beast and the brother of Thunder Dela Cruz, swore that he would never fall in love again. Love for him means complications and pain, and it's also useless. He's fine with what he does. He's okay bedding women, and it was crystal clear what he wanted from them. The only relationship he can give is when they're in bed. But she came and made his world upside-down. Zyline De Guzman came from a not-so-good relationship with her past and was living her life away from problems anymore. She just wanted a problem-free, stress-free life. But having Hunter around her makes that impossible to happen. It's also impossible not to fall for him, but the question is... Is Hunter Dela Cruz capable of falling in love , or will it be another not-so-good relationship in the end for her?

"Parang awa niyo na itigil niyo na to."- pagmamakaawa ng isang dalaga Ngunit wala man lang siyang ibang narinig kundi puro tawanan. Kitang kita niya sa mga mukha ng mga taong nasa harap niya ang mga ngisi sa kanilang mga labi. 'Kahit maubos pa ang boses mo kakasigaw Crystal walang makakarinig sayo dito hanggang sa mamatay ka."- nakangiting wika ng babae na nasa harapan niya. "Teka teka sandali! Sandali lang Yessie. Wala sa plano to."- pagpigil ng isa pang boses. Halos hindi na matingnan ni Crystal kung sino ito. 'And so? You think I care? She deserve it! Sge deserve to die!!."- puno ng kaseryosohan na saad ni Yessie. 'Sinusumpa ko maybabayad kayo! Pagbabayaran niyo ang ginawa niyong to. Hindi ko kayo papatahimikin!'- nakakakilabot na sigaw ng dalaga kahit na nahihirapan na ito. 'Talaga? Sa tingin mo mangyayari pa yun? Sa tingin mo magagawa mo pa yun? Hahaha! Huwag kang magpatawa! Ito na ang huling gabing masisilayan mo ang mundo. Paalam Crystal! Rest well darling.'- ngising sabi nito at walang ka abog abog na hinampas ng kahoy ang kamay dahilan para mapabitaw ito at malaglag. Halos hindi ako makahinga sa nakita. I'm so sorry! Paano nga ba matatapos lahat ng to kung hindi nila alam kung sino ang totoong kalaban? Buhay ang kinuha at buhay din ang magiging kapalit. Pinaglalaruan ng isang tinig! Boses na nakakapangilabot. Paulit ulit na naririnig at kapag narinig mo ito magtago kana, dahil ikaw na ang susunod. "Tagu-taguan maliwanag ang buwan, pagbilang ko ng tatlo nakatago na kayo. isa, dalawa, tatlo. Pag nahuli ko ay papatayin ko" Pag narinig mo ang katagang yan ay magtago kana. Run and hide as fast as you can. Save yourself before it's too late. Killer is here, death is everywhere. Be careful who you trust. Tik tak Tik tak...