Lavender Town Syndrome

We had been married for three years, yet my husband, Richard Thornton, who suffered from touch deprivation syndrome, still refused to consummate our marriage. Every time his condition flared up, he would only press his forehead tightly against the curve of my neck. I assumed he was saving himself for his first love, the woman who had left years ago. Then, I overheard him talking to his friends. "Stop teasing her next time. It makes her tense up every time." "Got it, Richard. But if you care about Valeria so much, why won't you touch her? It's been three years. Aren't you worried she'll leave you for someone else?" Richard shook his head. "You don't understand. The longer we're together, the harder it is to control myself around her. She's so delicate. I'm terrified I'll hurt her. As long as she's mine, I wouldn't care even if she slept with someone else first." His friends burst out laughing. "Richard, you're all talk. If you could really handle her being with another man, you wouldn't keep running to the hospital. You think we don't know what you're up to?" The next day, I found Richard's medical records. Visit after visit, he kept asking the same question, "How can I be gentler in bed? I don't want to hurt the woman I love."

In a small town where everyone leaves their doors open at night, a murderer is on the loose. Amelia June is a trade student, who is walking home alone of night and is attacked. She manages to survive and escape the grasp of a serial killer. While interviewing Amelia, Jaxon Knight, the town's police chief realizes that he doesn't want to see her hurt. While trying to protect her and catch a serial killer, he falls madly in love with her. What will happen? Will they get to start a life together, or will the serial killer catch the one that got away?

𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙢𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙣. 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨. ••••*••••*•••• When her childhood crush, Axel, returns to town and moves into the house next door, Hayley Anderson can tell something about him has changed. Yet it doesn’t stop the feelings that blossom between them, tugging at her heart in ways she can’t explain. But Axel’s return has brought strange events to town, like unnatural animal sightings, howls at nighttime, claw marks in odd places… and the dreams. In a bid to unearth truth, Hayley must dig into the mysteries Axel has brought back with him. Because the shadows trailing him aren’t out for just him—they’re coming for her too. With her heart caught between love and danger, she must navigate her way through supernatural elements and unravel the ancient bond written in her blood—a mystery that has followed her from the very beginning. 🔥 Werewolves | YA Romance | Small Town Mystery | Breathtaking secrets & suspense | Paranormal TV series feel 🔥 NB: This story is written primarily in first person POV, with only a few chapters rendered in narrative/third person style.

Detective Jane Watson and Nick Valentine are solving bloody cases of murder in town, with their main suspect Maria De Vega.

In the mystical town of Duskmire, powerful witch Seraphina Thorne trains to inherit her mother’s leadership. Fate intervenes when she falls in love with Aiden Blackwood, Alpha of the Blackwood Pack. Despite backlash from the coven, they marry. Unable to bear children, they adopt Liliana, who grows envious of Seraphina's powers. Manipulated by the coven, Liliana orchestrates Seraphina's death. Aiden, grief-stricken, takes his own life. Reborn as Austin and Amy, they start anew, with Aiden leading the Smiths and Seraphina with the Brassfields. Liliana's treachery is exposed, and the town is left to rebuild after the tragic events.

Rosalia Blaire is a fiery mechanic with a mysterious past. She goes to the town to find out about her family's secret. But who would have thought that the town she visits is the homeland of the Pack Iron Fang werewolves led by Ryker, the Alpha. Rosalia met Ryker, the cursed Alpha and the biker, who cursed. Ryker's carefully controlled world is thrown into chaos as Rosalia, who turns out to be the last heir of rival werewolf Pack Bloodride, challenges Ryker's power. But Rosalia is also the one who can free Ryker from the cursed. Will they partner up or will they take advantage of each other for their own Pack?

Salvatore. A name full of fortune, fame and power. Bearing this name, Travis Dominique became a famous and sought-after bachelor in New York. Armed with two majors, he was instantly branded as a business prodigy, building the largest empire in North America. But because of a problematic past, he enters Sapphire's small town. Little does the girl know, the man she met is not what she expects to be. Will the cunning, ruthless and dangerously handsome CEO of Alpha Corporation surrender his heart to a young and innocent town girl? Or will history repeat itself? After all, Sapphire is not just a town girl. And she doesn't even know that.

When I'm at the hospital for a prenatal checkup, I find out that the husband of the woman sitting beside me is Rupert Hensley, a renowned businessman. It's such a coincidence. Rupert is my husband, too. As we chat, I learn that her husband isn't with her because he's out of town for a meeting. This is even more coincidental—my husband is also out of town for a meeting. After a long silence, I decide to get an abortion instead of going for my prenatal checkup. It's only when I later ask for a divorce that I remember he and I never registered our marriage in the first place.

Beatrice is back to face her greatest threat since. . .well, the last time! In Cooper’s Cove a hapless team of archaeologists unleash the vengeful spirit of a 16th Century witch on the sleepy seaside town of Dorsal Finn. Hexes and curses fly as Beatrice and her friends must find out what links the appearance of this incredible foe and The Spirit of the Ocean, a super-yacht hosting the biggest celebrity charity event the town has ever seen. As the population of Dorsal Finn succumbs to witchcraft, so Beatrice must gate-crash the party with her motley-crew of friends and allies in the hope of stopping the witch's sinister plan, and save everyone from endless oblivion. . . Again. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Max Senider knew that the human who lived with The Red Rock Pack Beta's family was his mate the day he turned sixteen. Knowing she was too young and that he was soon going to be sent away for his Alpha training; he left town, secure in the knowledge that on his return she will be of age and ready. Gemma Lockhart was only fifteen when her best friends brother and her crush left town to start his Alpha training. Growing up knowing about the supernatural and convinced that Max didn't feel the same way, Gemma tried to move on. But all is not what it seems. Is it too late for the Alpha to claim his true mate?