Losing You

The things we want are so very rarely the things we need. Clifton Heights, a modest Adirondack town, offers many unique attractions. Arcane Delights sells both paperbacks and hard-to-find limited editions. The Skylark Diner serves the best home-cooked meals around, with friendly service and a smile. Every August, Mr. Jingo’s County Fair visits, to the delight of children and adults. In essence, Clifton Heights is the quintessential small American town. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone is treated like family. It is quiet, simple, and peaceful. But shadows linger here. Flitting in dark corners, from the corner of the eye. If you walk down Main Street after dark, the slight scrape of shoes on asphalt whispers you're not alone, but when you look over your shoulder, no one is there. The moon shines high and bright in the night sky, but instead of throwing light, it only seems to make the shadows lengthen. Children disappear. Teens run away. Hunters get lost in the woods with frightening regularity. Husbands go mad, and wives vanish in the dead of night. And still, when the sun rises in the morning, you are greeted by townspeople with warm waves and friendly smiles, and the shivers pass as everything seems fresh and new... Until night falls once more. Handy's Pawn and Thrift sits several blocks down from Arcane Delights. Like any thrift store, its wares range from the mundane to the bizarre. By daylight, it seems just another slice of small town Americana. But in its window hangs a sign which reads: We Have Things You Need. And when a lonely traveling salesman comes looking for something he desperately wants, after normal visiting hours, after night has fallen, he will face a harsh truth among the shelves of Handy’s Pawn and Thrift: the things we want are rarely the things we need. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Sleeping with my best friend was something that shouldn’t have happened. We made a promise to each other when we were young, but it was long forgotten, at least by him, but not by me. I didn’t forget that he was my prince charming. He dated girls, which I didn’t mind because I was still underage. We slept in the same bed until this date, but we have never crossed the line. The problem started when his fiancée failed to appear for their wedding, and I had to play the role of his bride for the day just to save his face. That was the date everything changed. We had the steamiest night, and he told me it shouldn’t have happened because he was dating my best friend, Candice. That struck me dead in the gut. I should have known that our promises were long forgotten. He took my innocence and told me it shouldn’t have happened. That hurts, but nothing hurts more than learning you’re pregnant with your best friend’s child and you can’t tell him because he is in love with your friend. !Daily updates!

They were abandoned with nothing but their names. Joel and Joelle grew up in the same orphanage, two unwanted children who only had each other. He promised he would never leave her. Then one day, he was adopted — and she was left behind. Years later, Joel no longer exists. He is Alessandro Guidotti, a ruthless billionaire CEO who controls empires and trusts no one. Joelle is now Mayari Cruz, a woman who believes she has finally escaped her past — until she catches her boyfriend in bed with her best friend. Humiliated. Betrayed. Burning for revenge. So she makes a reckless decision: She will seduce her boyfriend’s powerful, untouchable boss. But Maya has no idea who she’s really walking into. Because Alessandro recognized her the moment he saw her. He remembers the orphanage. He remembers the promises. He remembers her. And this time, he’s not the boy who was taken away. He’s the man who came back powerful enough to keep her. What begins as revenge turns into obsession. What begins as manipulation turns into desire. And when the truth about their shared past surfaces, Maya must choose; Revenge… Or the only person who never truly forgot her.

Vero flatly refused the match between his parents. For Fero, the true love in his life is only Cassandra, his lover. But a situation turns all the stories around, Fero likes the girl he once rejected to be his soul mate. But it was too late, the girl didn't want Fero. How will it end? Can Fero get back, the heart of the girl he hurt in the past? So what made Fero turn to love that girl ?. see his story in the novel "Late Loving You"

"Ceraikan Kiyara!" ucapan Ardi, bagai petir di siang bolong, membuat ponsel Bian yang ada di tangan pria itu meluncur bebas ke lantai. "Kau tidak akan bisa membahagiakannya. Kau hanya bisa membuatnya semakin menderita." Suara Ardi membuat wajah Bian merah padam. Ipar gila, sungutnya menahan emosi. Sedangkan Kiyara langsung mematung. Kepalanya mendadak pening, mendengar ucapan kakaknya. Siapa yang sudah mencetuskan ide gila itu? Apa yang akan Kiyara lakukan ketika dipaksa untuk bercerai dengan Bian, lelaki yang ia cintai, yang sudah menemaninya selama sepuluh tahun pernikahan? Akankah Kiyara setia padanya , untuk berjuang bersama atau justru menyerah pada nasib?

Instead of leaving you, she stayed by your side and filled in your broken soul. Instead of holding you back, He's the wind to your wings.

***Based on my true story*** Memiliki seorang kekasih seperti Rafael Benedicto adalah salah satu hal yang membuat hidupku menjadi sempurna. Ya, Kesempurnaan yang selama ini aku impikan, yaitu memiliki seorang kekasih yang tulus dan mencintaiku apa adanya. Namun kesempurnaan itu harus dihalang oleh adanya perbedaan agama. Dan pada akhirnya, aku sudah lelah untuk memperjuangkan hubungan ini. Bukan, masalahnya bukan karena lelah memperjuangkan perbedaan itu. Hubunganku dan Rafael hancur karena adanya pengkhianatan sehingga aku harus mengakhiri hubungan ini dan tidak bisa melanjutkan perjuangan untuk mengalahkan perbedaan. Disaat banyaknya rintangan yang sudah kita lalui bersama dan disaat aku sudah memperjuangkan hubungan kita sampai sejauh ini... Mengapa kau malah menjauhi aku, Rafael? Mengapa semua janji memperjuangkan hubungan ini yang pernah terucap seakan mudah untuk dilupakan begitu saja? Perasaan bukanlah sebuah permainan jika kamu hanya ingin mencari kesenangan disaat masa tersulitmu.

L'amour prend souvent des chemins escarpés, il arrive qu’il frappe à votre porte sous forme de testament. Anaëlle en sait quelque chose. Elle accepte d’épouser Scott afin d’empocher la fortune que son oncle François lui a léguée. En plus de devoir s’unir à un inconnu, elle devra aussi franchir des milliers de kilomètres pour se rendre au Texas. Là-bas, sur cette terre hostile, il n’y a pas que le désert de dangereux. Il y a les Hommes… aussi. Leave you again (Te quitter encore), une romance teintée de rouge sang.

Abhiman Malhotra,"I tried to keep myself away from her but she stepped in my bubble and ignited desire for her again. Her smell, her touch and her smile everything is disturbing me. When she praised me I thought there was a chance for our relationship but the next second she reminded me of her boyfriend breaking my hopes all over again." Mihra Kapoor,"Anxiety, anger, sadness, fear, jealousy, happiness and love all these feelings relishing my heart which I never know they were existed inside me until I met him." What will happen when a headstrong metropolitan girl meet a village soft guy. She is a rude and practical girl. He is a calm and sorted man. She believes in money and status. He believes in others happiness. Both are completely opposite to eachother. Does Newtown's law of attraction work between them ?

It all started at Ari's wedding. When she saw her sister and the groom making out in a room, anong dapat gawin ng isang babaeng niloko ng dalawang mahal niya sa buhay? Edi ang tumakbo palayo sa kanila. She fled on her wedding day with the best man, Geoffre. A man who also fled on his best friend’s wedding. Both heartbroken from the person they love. But they say, two broken people can help each other to get better and be fixed. She didn’t expect that the runaway she did will change her life 180 degrees. Will love blossom between them? “The best thing that happened to me is when I runway with you on my wedding day.”