Next To Normal

In the Chicago mafia, refusing a powerful man is the same as signing your own death warrant. At twenty-one, Valentina is forced into marriage with Adrian DeLuca— the cold, feared underboss whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances. The rules are clear: obey, stay silent, and never ask about the past. Adrian doesn’t want love. He wants a wife who looks perfect at his side and a mother for his children. Nothing more. Their marriage is built on duty, fear, and carefully maintained distance until Valentina begins to see the cracks beneath his ruthless control. The DeLuca mansion is full of secrets. Locked rooms. Unspoken rules. A five-year-old boy who hasn’t spoken since his mother’s death— until he whispers something that changes everything. “I still see my mom at night.” What begins as a marriage of survival turns into a dangerous search for truth. As Valentina uncovers what really happened to the woman who came before her, she realizes the greatest threat may not be the man she married, but the one everyone believes is dead. In a world where loyalty is deadly and love is a weakness, Valentina must decide who to trust before the truth destroys her marriage… or her life. A dark mafia romance about forced marriage, forbidden secrets, and the woman who refused to stay powerless.

Amairah Garcia, the queen of the Fated Kingdom, was caged in her own castle. No one had ever seen her as they were scared of the curse she was born with. There were so many rumors about her but none of them came out as a truth when the time passes and the mystery unfold itself. Zackarya Hall, the most feared alpha, was determined to conquer the Fated Kingdom as he knew no one was guarding that after the King's demise. He was ready to own everything in the kingdom and in the castle but little did he know there was a life breathing inside the close doors of the castle to make him obsessed with it. ~~ A royal fantasy romance. Steamy Romance. Misunderstandings.

It's been five years. Five years since we broke up and the last time I saw him. And yet I still can't get him out of my head. He returns to my thoughts and my dreams, completely uninvited and unwelcome. Even though I'm assigned now and I should think of my friend, not him. But he was the first. The first one that has captivated my heart and body and I still can't seem to forget somewhere inside. But I can pretend. Everything is fine because he moved out and we don't see each other anymore. My life goes on and I am happy. Happy. OLLIE F**king five years. Five years of suffering, loneliness and anger. I never wanted to break up with her. I should never have let her go. She took everything from me and I could never breathe fully after she left. There were others, but none like her. But I could still pretend that my life was not such hell. But now ... now I'm going back to the city where it all started. I'm going back to take what's mine. Because she always belonged only to me

Poor and lonely Azriel believed that the only way to satisfy the heart is to follow whatever it requires. No one knows, even himself that he undeniably craved for a man's touch, until he met this merciless stud who hardly showed emotions and only cares for his own gratification. "You will leave this room barely breathing."

There's nothing more important than reaching his dreams, he's an aspiring singer. Kael, never knew that he will fall inlove with a girl named Cosette. Cosette is a girl who's a spoiled brat, but her mindset changed when she met Kael, a goal-oriented man.

When Jasmine Romano, the Perfume creator discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her with a co-worker, her world suddenly falls apart. Saddled with the need to save her critically ill mother and little money to do so, after years of unpaid work, she tries to sell her perfume formula,only to be framed by her boyfriend's mistress, who steals the formula and leaves Jasmine on the brink of going to prison. Desperate and infuriated, she seeks help from none other than Jasper D’angelo, the most powerful Perfume CEO in Venice. But everything has a price, And this dark billionaire President has a demand far worse than Jasmine could have imagined. He wants her to be his mistress. His and his alone. Yet unknown to her, Jasper keeps her close because he suspects she’s the girl who once saved his life. What starts as humiliation turns into protection, revenge… and a dangerous attraction. Will Jasmine clear her name and save her family — or lose her heart to the man who owns her fate? Find out in this steamy tale of vengeance, betrayal, and there I say…Love.

My husband, Martin, was the head of a powerful mafia don. When his widowed sister-in-law, Tricia, got into a car accident, I was forced to give her a blood transfusion. I told them through tears that I was newly pregnant and too weak to donate, but they accused me of faking the medical report. “You were out running just last week. Now you’re claiming you’re pregnant when you’re asked to donate some blood? You just don’t want to help Tricia!” In the end, they drew my blood by force. The strain caused me to miscarry, and while I bled out, my husband stayed by Tricia’s side. After that, I didn’t beg him to return. I dragged my broken body away, left the divorce papers behind, and left him for good. However, when the truth finally came to light, Martin lost his mind with regret.

HIS TO DESTROY isn't just another romance story. At the centre of everything is Valentina Cruz, who infiltrates the Torres Cartel under a false identity. Her plan is to avenge her father's death, but all is not as it seems. Lucien Torres, the heir to the empire, is not just the devil's son but is rooted in something darker than crime. Something called The Black Church. But The Black Church is not really a church. It is a cover for the evil perpetrated by the powerful, the government, and various cartels working in the shadows. What started as a quest for revenge is now a race against time to save her loved ones. Will Valentina come out on top or just be another victim of The Black church? Read HIS TO DESTROY to find out!

Soren Voss has spent years keeping his life and desires under control. His sexuality is a secret, one night stands are his favourite routine and the hotel room he reserves is the only place he can be himself. Then Juno Ames walks in looking warm, confident and freshly heartbroken, he sees right through Soren’s walls. One night together changes everything and makes Soren question everything he thought he could control. Family pressure keeps increasing, blind dates are being arranged and Soren could only think of one option, a fake engagement which is supposed to be simple and safe. But Juno isn’t just part of the plan, he’s the one who makes Soren feel things he has never allowed himself to feel and the one person Soren can’t stop thinking about. Pretending to be in love was easy, actually falling for the man who understands him completely? That’s the one thing Soren can’t control.

…from his responsibilities as a father, hiding out from his pregnant girlfriend, and working as a groundskeeper in a rural graveyard. He’s running from a lifetime of guilt and bad decisions, but principally he’s running from the murderous entities that have possessed the very ground at his feet. Jim has no idea what these entities are, but they’ve done unspeakable things to everyone in the graveyard and now they’re hunting him down. There is nowhere Jim can hide, nowhere he can walk and nowhere he can run that isn’t under the lethal power of the things in the ground. If he stands any chance of survival he must uncover the link between his murderous tormentors, three mysterious graves and an ancient heresy that stretches back to the beginning of time. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing