Crystal Snow

Selama delapan tahun, keberadaanku di kerajaan bisnis Leonardo Wistara bagaikan hantu yang tak terlihat. Pada siang hari, aku menjadi asisten eksekutifnya, bekerja bagaikan mesin yang menggerakkan bisnis gelapnya. Namun pada malam hari, aku menjadi burung peliharaan paling patuh di sangkar emasnya. Sesosok tubuh tanpa nama di ranjangnya. Aku mencintai dia dengan pengabdian yang nyaris berubah menjadi kegilaan, api cinta konyol yang kupelihara sejak aku masih jadi mahasiswa penerima beasiswa yang terseret masuk ke dalam orbit pria itu. Aku percaya cinta rahasiaku suatu hari bisa mencairkan hatinya. Namun, ternyata aku salah. Suatu hari Isabel, cinta pertama Leonardo yang sulit dilupakan, kembali muncul. Di hari yang sama, sosok pria yang selama ini kukenal langsung lenyap. Senyum langka yang dulu hanya untukku, kini semuanya untuk Isabel. Kebersamaanku dengannya seolah-olah dihapus begitu saja, digantikan dengan kehadiran cinta pertamanya. Bahkan ketika Isabel menjebakku, Leonardo tetap memercayainya tanpa ragu. Dia selalu memilih Isabel, setiap saat. Aku pun menyerahkan surat pengunduran diri. Leonardo menandatanganinya tanpa menoleh padaku. Dia mengira aku akan merangkak kembali padanya, memohon dengan hati yang hancur. Namun, dia salah. Sementara dia sibuk bermain rumah-rumahan dengan "Darling" kesayangannya, aku diam-diam menata ulang seluruh hidupku. Bersiap-siap untuk menghilang dari dunia pria itu, untuk selamanya.

I was performing the hundredth "restoration" surgery on my mafia husband's latest mistress when I finally decided to leave him. For five years, I, Isabella Rossi, have lived a double life: the respected wife of a powerful Don, and the personal physician tasked with "purifying" the women he discards. Vincent's twisted religious conviction is his law: only a wife untouched by any other man can bear his legitimate heir. I was that pure wife, yet he treated me as his most unclean possession. My love for him died a slow death. A thousand empty nights. It was killed by the cold steel of my own operating table. By the sounds of other women boasting about his touch. The five-year prenuptial agreement that bound me to this hell was set to expire at midnight. I had already called my grandfather, the only man Vincent truly fears. My escape was hours away. By the time he realized his mistake, it was too late.

Twelve years after Katrina, Jeannine is a new attorney who returns to New Orleans to save her old friend Curtis Jones-now a local thief and trafficker of stolen goods-after he is arrested for the murder of Jeannine's captors, whose bodies have recently been found. But Jeannine discovers more than she bargained for when she uncovers a family mystery that includes ghosts, dark voodoo magic, and an unholy alliance with an ancient evil Haitian god.©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

In June of 1975, Ryan Baxter's mom moves him and his brother, Matt, to the small seaside town of Bayport, MA to escape their abusive father. For an eleven-year-old, spending lazy days hanging out at the beach and the arcades sounds like a dream.When he meets Leah and she agrees to be his girlfriend, Ryan is happier than he's been in his young life. Then the "Sea Monkeys" knock-off he bought from the back of a comic book starts to grow...and grow and grow.©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Je m'appelle Lyra. Pendant dix-huit ans, la meute Crinière-d'Argent avait été mon foyer, mais jamais ma famille. Cette nuit-là, quand ma seule amie, Sélène, avait choisi de mettre fin à sa vie — d'accomplir l'Éclipse de lune — j'avais décidé de partir. Elle m'avait montré la possibilité de s'échapper, même si cela signifiait abandonner tout ce que je connaissais. L'Alpha et la Luna qui m'avaient élevée, ainsi que ceux que j'appelais mes frères, m'avaient fait comprendre que je n'y avais jamais eu ma place ici. Leur affection avait toujours été conditionnelle, réservée à leur fille « de sang », Liliane, qui avait été retrouvée seulement un an plus tôt. Le jour où tout le monde avait oublié mon anniversaire, j'ai déclaré ma propre Éclipse. Je retournais auprès de ma véritable famille, les Griffes-de-Sang. Mais partir avait un prix. Une terreur primordiale s'éveillait dans l'ombre, prête à dévorer tous ceux que je laissais derrière moi. Ils pensaient que je fuyais. Ils n'avaient aucune idée de ce vers quoi je marchais vraiment, ni de ce que je devais devenir pour tous les sauver.

Her mate the alpha prince of the Crescent Moon Pack, rejected her, as his mate and future Luna of the pack," he declares with icy detachment, not sparing a single glance on her before retreating into his car. What happens when the one you're meant to be with, rejected you? will she find another or fight for what is hers?

At my mother's funeral, I caught my husband passionately kissing a sales associate at the local department store. When I confronted him about it, he turned the tables and accused me of being paranoid and delusional. Later, I discovered she had been calling my husband "daddy" in their text messages. The betrayal left me emotionally numb, and I decided to step aside, giving them my blessing. What I did not expect was discovering that she was not just involved with my husband—she had been sleeping around with multiple men. When my husband finally learned the truth, he came crawling back to me with tears streaming down his face, begging for forgiveness. By then, I had already moved on with my life and wanted nothing to do with him.

Luna Masterton sees demons. She has been dealing with the demonic all her life, so when her brother gets tangled up with a demon named Sparkles, ‘Luna the Lunatic’ rolls in on her motorcycle to save the day. Armed with the ability to harm demons, her scathing sarcasm, and a hefty chip on her shoulder, Luna gathers the most unusual of allies, teaming up with a green-eyed heroin addict and a snarky demon ‘of some import.’ After all, outcasts of a feather should stick together...even until the end. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Sarah Killian is not your average thirty-year-old single woman. Foul-mouthed, mean-spirited, and a text-book-case loner. Also, she is a Professional Serial Killer. But a wrench is thrown into the clockwork of Sarah's comfortable lifestyle when, on her latest assignment, she is forced to take on an apprentice, Bethany—a bubbly, perky, blonde with a severe case of verbal-vomit. In short, Bethany is everything Sarah is not. Will Sarah be able to adjust and work with her new apprentice, or will she break her contract with T.H.E.M. and murder the buxom bimbo? ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

My name is Lyra. For eighteen years, the Silvermane Pack was my home, but it was never my family. The night my only friend, Selene, chose to end her life—to Eclipse—was the night I decided to leave. She showed me that escape was possible, even if it meant walking away from everything I knew. The Alpha and Luna who raised me, and my so-called brothers, made it clear I didn't belong. Their love was always conditional, reserved for my "true-born" sister, Lillian, found just a year ago. On my forgotten birthday, I declared my own Eclipse. I am returning to my real family, the Blood-Claws. But leaving has a price. A primordial terror stirs in the darkness, threatening to devour everyone I leave behind. They think I'm running away. They have no idea what I'm really walking into, or what I must become to save them all.