Hard-boiled Detective Novels

(Warning 18+) He can’t forgive. She can’t remember. But their past won’t stay buried. Atticus Roan is desperate for a fresh start. After two years of hardship, she’s ready to rebuild her life, even if it means facing rejection for the way her plus-size figure no longer fits society’s ideals. Applying for a secretary position at Royal Cruise Manufacturing Company is her last hope. But she never expected her potential boss to be Phoenix Everette — a man whose icy glare hides a storm of resentment and pain.Phoenix remembers everything Atticus forgot. Two years ago, her betrayal left him broken, both in heart and body. Now he walks with a cane, a daily reminder of the accident that shattered his life — and he blames her for it. Her return stirs old wounds and a fury he thought he’d buried. How dare she stand before him, unaware of the damage she caused?As their worlds collide, a tangled web of lost memories, buried secrets, and raw emotions threatens to destroy them both. Atticus must uncover the truth about their past, while Phoenix must decide if he can let go of his anger.Can they confront their painful history and find forgiveness, or are some wounds too deep to heal? In a battle between resentment and redemption, second chances don’t come easy — but they might be worth the fight.

Arthur Dalton, a billionaire businessman with leading electronic technology in all over New York, is in desperate need for a nanny who can take care of his five year old mischievous daughter, Hayley. Having lost the love of his life at child-birth, he isn’t looking for any kind of romantic relationship until Kathleen Moore shows up at his house and he mistakenly put her in jail for an attempted kidnapping of his daughter. Kathleen is a delivery girl at her family owned restaurant, but negative her first meeting with Arthur puts them at odd with each other right from the beginning, even though Hayley suddenly develops a fondness towards Kathleen that Arthur had never expected. Now, he must comply to his daughter’s wishes and hire Kathleen as a nanny, but what happens when the holiday seasons arrive and the close proximity makes Arthur’s heart skip a beat for Kathleen, a heart that he swore he would never give to anyone else? And what happens when his daughter demands that the only thing she wants as a present this Christmas is a new mommy?

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

“You have this last case to prove yourself miss!" Mr Troy said with a fixed cold stare at Jessica. Jessica is a detective of the state agency who struggles evidently in solving cases. Now on a high-profile case involving a billionaire philanthropist and benefactor named Liam, assigned to her after much plea from being terminated, by her boss, Mr. Troy. Liam's family is known for their legacy and questionable wealth, with his mother ever cunning to protect the family legacy since the sudden disappearance of his father. To investigate Liam, Jessica takes up the role of his new secretary but Liam has ulterior motives for hiring her too. Jessica struggles through the new phase of her life as she tries to uncover troubling family history and questionable business dealings but she's caught in a dilemma as tension grows between her suspect and herself. As she delves deeper into the case, she is faced with new challenges, putting her in a pool of hard decisions and possible emotional vulnerability. Wavering through, she's taken by what she finds out about herself, her job, and her case.

Martin Garcia a ruthless businessman who sold his daughter to be raped and killed but she survives and is thirsty for revenge. On her quest for revenge,she encounters love and has to decide whether to continue with her revenge or forget her past and follow love.

Betsy Makabayan is your 'not so' typical bente-singko anyos raketera girl. Paano ba naman kasi maliban sa pagiging isang call center agent at sa iba-ibang raket na pinapatos niya, isa rin siyang magaling na artista. Isang araw, hiningan siya ng pabor ng isang babaeng haponesa, sa sa mga naging clients niya. Kapalit ng malaking halaga, si Betsy ay pumunta ng New York at nagpanggap bilang si Yuri Haruko. Kahit na walang kaalam-alam sa business world, naglakas loob lamang siyang magtungo doon. There she met Jack Wills, an American rugged looking guy who's convinced that Betsy is not the person who she said she is.

Yuno tiba-tiba dikejar penjaga kerajaan pada hari pertama ia tiba di ibu kota. Namun bukannya ditangkap sebagai kriminal, seisi kerajaan malah salah mengira kalau Yuno adalah seorang pangeran. Akankah Yuno terus bepura-pura sambil menikmati kehidupan barunya sebagai pangeran? Lantas di manakah pangeran yang sebenarnya berada?

Eleanor Goodway is a girl living a perfect life with her parents. She has the perfect boyfriend, Lucas, and is well-liked at school due to her excellent grades, beauty and kind personality. But all of a sudden, her lover, promising to tell her something, disappeared without her being told where he was going. Confused and worried, Eleanor waited for him for months, but suddenly, she was dragged into an unknown world. A world where everything she thought didn’t exist, existed. A world that is too challenging for her, encountering different kinds of problems and revelations. A world that made her feel emotions that she had never felt before. But how will she adapt to living in a strange world while missing her normal life in the mortal world?

What will you do when you see Death himself? Will you run? Will you hide? Will you let yourself be captivated by his attractive but mysterious persona? He's gone to find you, and he's out to get you. The Reaper by MoonstarSolar All rights reserved.

Walang ibang hinangad si Akira kundi ang mabigyan nang magandang buhay ang kanyang pamilya. Bata pa lang siya, mulat na ang kanyang isipan sa buhay na meron sila. Nang mabigyan siya ng oppurtunidad na magtrabaho sa isang prestihiyosong kompanya, kaagad niya itong tinanggap dahil maliban sa isa ito sa pinakasikat na kompanya sa bansa, malaki rin ang pasahod dito at tiyak na maaahon niya sa hirap ang kanyang pamilya na matagal na niyang inaasam. Ngunit paano na lang kapag mas masahol pa sa hayop ang ugali ng kanyang boss? Makakaya pa kaya niyang magtiis at manatili sa nasabing kompanya kapalit ng maginhawang buhay ng kanyang pamilya?