Obsession: Her Final Vengeance

My wife’s childhood friend, Peter White, needed surgery. He requested that I perform the operation as the lead surgeon. I followed every medical protocol exactly and did my best to save him. However, after being discharged, he accused me of practicing medicine illegally. He claimed I had made him permanently disabled. I asked my wife to back me up. But instead, she said to me, “I told you not to act recklessly, but you wouldn’t listen. Now look at what has happened!” The hospital security footage even showed that I did not follow the standard surgical procedure. I had no way to defend myself. In the end, I was stabbed to death by Peter’s wife, Janet White, who had been financially supporting him. Even during my dying moments, I could not understand why the surveillance showed that I was not following the medical protocol! When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day Peter came in for his initial examination.

I had been dating Andy Lawson for five years. He had gone bankrupt, and during the worst of it, we had to sleep in parks and scavenge leftovers for food. After a hundred days of that life, I was just going to the blackmarket to sell some blood for money when someone sent me a video. [Surprise.] It was a livestream site, set up for rich kids to prank the common folk—and a video of me was pinned to the top. My finger trembling, I tapped on it and saw myself hidden in a corner of a park, munching on leftovers to nourish my frail body. On the split video, Andy was reclining against the armchair of a five-star hotel and savoring his gourmet menu. "Oh, this is amazing! All Andy has to do is say that he's sick, and she's selling her blood for him!" "On the sixteenth prank, she fell into the ocean… And on the fifteenth, she was sent flying in a car crash! Why is she so hard to kill?" "Well, Andy already made it clear that if she survives until the end, he will marry her and swear off women!" "One month to go! Will she die from the pranks, or marry into the Lawson family with pomp and circumstance?" "I'm betting fifty mil that she dies tragically! Hahaha!"

I caught my fiancè fucking my best friend thirty minutes before our wedding. An hour later, I was riding his father in the back of his car, still in my wedding dress. *** Hudson Armstrong had me trained and broken down into the perfect and compliant woman. He thought I would swallow the humiliation, paste on a smile and walk down the aisle like nothing happened. He thought wrong. His father Julius? Dark-haired, cold-blooded and powerful enough to make grown men tremble. He was the kind of man who didn’t ask for permission. He just took what he wanted. When he found me shattered by his asshole of a son, he offered me an escape. A filthy, savage and absolutely depraved way out. I should have said no. Instead, I let him peel off my white lace, shove me against the leather seats and fuck me like I was his while his son stood waiting at the altar, clueless and humiliated. One revenge fuck. One night to forget. One twisted mistake, except Julius won’t let me go. His hands, his mouth and his obsession is consuming me whole and the more Hudson tries to win me back, the deeper I fall into his father’s bed.

In an East London lock up, two film makers, Jimmy and Sam, are duct taped to chairs and forced to watch a snuff film by Ashkan, a loan shark to whom they owe a lot of money. If they don’t pay up, they’ll be starring in the next one. Before the film reaches its end, Ashkan and all his men are slaughtered by unknown assailants. Only Jimmy and Sam survive the massacre, leaving them with the sole copy of the snuff film. The film makers decide to build their next movie around the brutal film. While auditioning actors, they stumble upon Melissa, an enigmatic actress who seems perfect for the leading role, not least because she’s the spitting image of the snuff film’s main victim. Neither the film, nor Melissa, are entirely what they seem however. Jimmy and Sam find themselves pulled into a paranormal mystery that leads them through the shadowy streets of the city beneath the city and sees them re-enacting an ancient Mesopotamian myth cycle. As they play out the roles of long forgotten gods and goddesses, they’re drawn into the subtle web of a deadly heresy that stretches from the beginnings of civilization to the end of the world as we know it. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

“Cassie Vaughn. Failed to crawl into my bed, so you started stealing from my casino?” The giant screen lit up. Every inch of it was covered with my nude photos. “Holy shit. A janitor actually thought she could seduce Lucien Moretti?” “She wanted to climb the ladder so badly she started stealing dirty casino money?” I was shaking with rage. The moment I said, “Those are AI-generated,” the entire room burst into laughter. “You think Lucien Moretti would fake photos for trash like you?” The next second, Lucien slid a phone across the poker table toward me. “Thirty million dollars from my casino.” “How exactly are you planning to pay that back?” But only I knew the truth. Lucien himself had stolen that money. I had simply seen it happen. On the screen, my parents hung from chains inside a warehouse, blood covering their faces. A document titled Organ Valuation Agreement was pushed in front of me. “Sign it.” “Or your parents die.” I fought with everything I had. Still, they dragged me toward the crocodile pit. Then I opened my eyes again. I was back at the poker table. Across from me, the butcher himself lazily rolled casino chips between his fingers. And on the giant screen behind him, my AI-generated nudes were still playing. He smirked. “Still trying to seduce me?” I lowered my eyes and checked the time. Forty-three minutes remained before I would be thrown into the crocodile pit. But I smiled. Lucien Moretti. This time—we’re gambling with your life.

Blurb: Love was supposed to be unconditional but for me, it came with conditions. After three years of marriage to Dominic Rugh, I thought respect was the least I deserved. Instead, I was mocked, belittled and punished for being infertile. I wasn't barren, and I never stopped trying. And on the very day I discovered I was finally pregnant, I returned home to find Dominic in bed with my stepsister. My heart shattered, and my marriage collapsed. They still wouldn't let me go, even though I had nowhere to run to. They punished me cruelly for every small mistake and their mistreatments led to my death and the death of my unborn baby. At least, that's what they thought. Because when I opened my eyes again, I was no longer the woman they tortured–I was reborn. And in this new life, three powerful billionaire men want me and loved me more than Dominic ever could. But my heart has only room for one thing–revenge. Dominic won't see me coming, and I won't stop until he understands what it's like to be destroyed. However, with the devotion of these men around me, I wonder if I can stay loyal to my revenge or let myself be loved.

Amelia Monroe is a hardworking junior accountant at Shelby Firm, focused on building her career and keeping her heart guarded after a messy breakup. Her life takes a turn when she is assigned to handle the Prescott account a high-profile client led by the magnetic, brilliant, and dangerously attractive Noah Prescott, interim CEO of Prescott PLC. What starts as strictly professional soon becomes complicated. Noah is charming, persistent, and undeniably alluring, making every meeting, every glance, and every interaction feel electric. Amelia struggles to maintain professionalism while navigating the undeniable pull between them, from unexpected close encounters in elevators to private dinners that blur the line between work and desire. As sparks fly and emotions intensify, Amelia must decide how far she is willing to risk her career and heart for a connection that could ignite into something more… but could also destroy everything she’s worked for.

To Evelyn, Brandon is the useless Alpha Prince who has gotten everything handed over to him without having to break a sweat. To Brandon, Ivy is a lousy human girl who's only fit to be his maid and not his rival. He hates her guts, hates that she doesn't know her place, and always makes her the victim of his pranks and bullying. When a cruel twist of fate makes them step-siblings, the forced closeness unravels new turns to their relationship. They both hate their new roles, and yet a passionate dangerous attraction burns between the two of them.

“An obsession is a way for the damaged people to damage themselves more.” Martha Ann, a qualified and beautiful nurse who was recently transferred to her new job at the rehab center didn’t know that she would fall in love with a guard named “Jacob” on the very first day of her stay. She started fantasizing herself and him together and always tried to stay close to him and keep an eye on his every moment, Jacob was unaware of her love that soon turned into her obsession. Things turned bad when she found out that Jacob had fallen in love with the another nurse in the Rehab named “Emma” but what makes her felt more angry that the person who had taken her love away was also the biggest rival of her in the center. Her hatred for her and obsession for Jacob made her do the things that no one could imagine she would be capable of.. Will Jacob be able to protect Emma and himself from her obsession or would it be too late for him to realize Martha’s real intentions?

“Get away from me,” Aria said, her voice unsteady. Aston didn’t move away. No, he leaned in, the blade she held against his neck piercing through just enough to draw a thin line of red. He smiled. “Careful, my lady,” he murmured. “Your hands are shaking.” Her grip tightened on the hilt. “Now look at him,” Aston continued softly. “Look at your son… and tell me whose eyes he has.” There was absolute silence. “Your stepbrother’s?” His smile sharpened. “Or the man that claimed you that night?” ~ Five years ago, all Aria wanted was for her stepbrother, Liam, to say “take my hand” and defend her. Instead she woke up in his bed; drugged, disgraced, and left to carry the blame and the label of a ‘whore’. Now she’s back with a child, but to regain her reputation, she has to marry Aston Beaumont, a ghost with a million layers, a murderer, and the man about to betray her grandfather. It should have been simple. Save her grandfather. Restore her reputation. Then leave. That is, until her stepbrother returns, not with guilt or shame, but with obsession, dangerously wanting her back like he never let her go. And the more he pushes, the more dangerous Aston becomes. Because Aston Beaumont doesn’t chase. He takes.