Dead Weight

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

Molly is murdered one night by a brutal alien from outer space known as the chasen but instead of staying dead she comes back to life. Not as herself but in another person's body. She is being hunted and with the help of Det. Brighton and a blind seer named Vera, she must figure out what is happening before she runs out of lives and dies for good.

I stumbled upon my neighbor Henry and his girlfriend in the middle of something awkward. My face immediately flushed bright red, now that I had just turned eighteen. With my parents away on a business trip, they had asked Henry to keep an eye on me. But in the dead of night, I discovered him involved in something... something too awkward to mention.

Sylvie Morgan discovers her identity as a rare Sigma Wolf destined for Alpha status after believing she was a human. Orphaned and clueless about her parents' wolf pack legacy, Sylvie must find herself and her true purpose even after the betrayal of Marcus the old man who adopted her and her bestie, Ethan. As she struggles with the weight of her newfound heritage, Sylvie must not only embrace her unique power but also confront the challenges that come with being a Sigma. With potential mates at every turn, Sylvie must rise to claim her rightful place as an Alpha as she chooses the mate who has her best intentions at heart.

During the pack's wilderness training, my adopted sister, Tessa, shoved me from a cliffside thick with wolfsbane. My Alpha, Fenrir, turned and left with Tessa feigning injury in his arms, leaving me for dead at the bottom of the ravine. I died instantly, but my soul lingered, watching everything with cold detachment. I watched as Tessa's tearful complaints swayed him into blaming me for my own disappearance. "Will Selene ever stop causing me trouble?" "She's weak and always looking for trouble. How could she possibly be fit to be our Luna?" He had no idea I was already dead at the bottom of that cliff choked with wolfsbane. Five whole days. The poison hit my bloodstream like liquid fire, racing through my veins with merciless speed. As my body decayed under the moonlight, my love for him faded with it. The title of Luna, the magnificent coronation I had dreamed of, everything I once cherished was now meaningless. The Selene who loved him was well and truly dead.

They say such love is unacceptable, They call it stained, They tell us how to live our lives, Our feelings, decisions, and love they Forbade. Meet Mayra, an 18-year-old girl who knows nothing but torture in her life. She doesn't know who her family was and what she did to be abandoned. The only thing she knows is her life is destined to be in a filthy prostitute house. But is it? Meet Ved, the billionaire who seems to be the most eligible bachelor of the city but carries a lot of weight from his past. Not everything that is broken can be seen... What will happen when they meet? Will they accept this forbidden love? Let's find out...

Mistreated her whole life by the family she was adopted into, Dakota Stone still strives to win her stepfamily’s love and approval despite their aloof and uncaring behavior towards her. Her life takes an unexpected turn when Elias Persson, a cold and intimidating billionaire, who was supposed to marry her sister, takes a sudden interest in her instead. Faced with a shocking betrayal by her fiancé and sister, she turns to Elias with a surprising proposal - a contract marriage. As long buried secrets in her family come to light, will the weight of her family’s deeds destroy her or will she find a safe haven in the arms of Elias?

When Iris Hargrove is forced into a marriage with Marx Donovan—the enigmatic billionaire CEO of Babel Industries—to save her father from prison and preserve their collapsing company, she thinks she's making a deal with a devil wearing a halo. But behind Marx’s cold façade lies a secret too deep to ignore: he is the mastermind behind her family's downfall. As Iris uncovers layer after layer of betrayal, her heart threatens to betray her too—by falling for the man who shattered her world. Will she crumble under the weight of deception, or rise to outsmart the empire that tried to break her?

For five years, Elena Frost endured a loveless marriage, sacrificing her billionaire heiress identity to become the shadow wife of Marcus Thorne, the man who only married her because she resembled his dead fiancée. She played the role perfectly, quiet, obedient, invisible. She watched him grieve another woman while sleeping beside her. She forgave his coldness, his distance, his cruelty. Until the night she discovered the truth: His “dead” fiancée, Isabelle, wasn’t dead at all. She’d faked her death, married a dying tycoon for his fortune, and now she was back, ready to reclaim Marcus and destroy Elena in the process. The final betrayal comes wrapped in humiliation: a sadistic contract orchestrated by Isabelle and five powerful men, designed to break Elena’s spirit and prove she was never worthy of Marcus. When Elena uncovers the conspiracy and realizes her husband orchestrated her degradation, she vanishes into the rain-soaked night, leaving behind the meek woman Marcus thought he knew. But Marcus Thorne has no idea what he’s unleashed. Because Elena Frost is actually Elena Vittoria Frost-Accardi, the hidden princess of the Accardi Empire, the world’s most powerful crime syndicate masquerading as a legitimate business conglomerate. Her five brothers are legends whispered in fear across continents. Her father is a king who toppled governments before breakfast. And Dante Accardi, the Don who has watched Elena from the shadows since she was seventeen, is done waiting. After one explosive night of vengeance and passion, Dante makes his intentions clear: Elena belongs to him now. He’ll burn down anyone who hurt her, starting with Marcus Thorne.

When privilege meets passion, the price of secrets can often be deadly. Devon Hamilton's carefully crafted life as a billionaire's son shatters with a single, reckless kiss with a mysterious stranger, with whom he ends up spending night stands with. But the real scandal begins when he discovers that his one-night stand is his fiance's brother - and the only man who can shatter the façade of his perfect life. As family expectations clash with forbidden desires, Devon must choose between the truth and his family's legacy. Will he risk everything for love, or will the weight of his dynasty crush him?