Quilt City Murders Novels & Stories

After helping her human friend deal with his problem with his ex-wife's parents, Rori Reeler returns to werewolf city where she is challenged by her sister's husband who is against her decision to marry her human friend. She must find her werewolf strength and prove to everyone around her that werewolves should be allowed to marry humans.

As panic sweeps through the city and everyday streets collapse into chaos, Ciprian is driven by one unshakable instinct: protect Adam at all costs. When an unexplained catastrophe turns the urban landscape into a pressure cooker of fear and survival, nothing matters more than keeping his best friend alive. In this fast-paced short story, a sudden crisis forces two friends to confront more than danger. As tension rises and the city descends into disorder, buried emotions, unspoken attraction, and complicated feelings come to the surface. What begins as survival quickly becomes something deeper, binding their fates together in ways neither of them expected. Set against a backdrop of urban collapse, panic, and uncertainty, this emotional short fiction explores friendship, loyalty, and love under pressure. Perfect for readers who enjoy character-driven stories, disaster scenarios, slow-burn emotion, LGBTQ+ themes, and intimate moments set during world-altering events. A gripping short story about connection, courage, and the fragile line between friendship and something more—meant to be read in one sitting, but felt long after.

Ethan Mathews has just landed the opportunity of a lifetime: assisting the world renowned architect Dante Hart on a city defining project. But what begins as professional admiration soon becomes something far more dangerous. Late nights filled with whispered critiques, shared sketches, and stolen glances spark an undeniable attraction but the world is ready to judge. Colleagues whisper that Ethan is exploiting Dante, while Dante’s past heartbreak makes him wary of love. When a former partner resurfaces, determined to ruin Dante’s career, Ethan is forced to question whether their passion is worth the risk. A rival firm offers Ethan a tempting position, pushing him to choose between ambition and the man who has become his anchor. As rumors spiral and city officials threaten to remove Dante from the project, the two must navigate jealousy, sabotage, and the ever present scrutiny of a world that refuses to understand their love. Can they prove that their bond is built on trust, talent, and true desire, not just convenience and scandal? Or will ambition, fear, and envy tear them apart before their hearts and their masterpiece are complete?

“I reject you, Aurora, daughter of Lord Cornelius felta. Accept it or die!!”, his cold voice echoed. ************** In the world of Pine City, where strength and power determine one's worth, Aurora at the king's ball failed to transform into her wolf. As a result, she was rejected and called a forsaken by her once-sweetheart, Alpha Lucent, and was sent to the remote village of Greenfalls to live in shame. Aurora is caught in a vicious struggle between three rival Alpha local packs. Her life spirals into chaos when Vincent Donvan, the feared Alpha of a mysterious pack, stakes his claim on her. Vincent, together with Aurora, uncovered dangerous secrets that threatened not only their lives but the very existence of their world. Aurora, believed to be wolfless, holds a power no one could have imagined, one that makes her the key to an ancient prophecy. She is caught in a crossroad between the dark charms of mysterious alpha, the dark plans of Lucent, her former mate, and the fate of the pine city on the brink of destruction. Will she rise to claim her power? or will she be consumed by the forces seeking to control her?

Élianor is a young woman whose existence has been a long suffering. Due to her weight, she was the target of mockery her entire life, both within her family and throughout the city. The walls of the school became the stage for her daily and relentless harassment. Her torment reached its peak during a public humiliation, so cruel and violently orchestrated that she found herself covered in an indelible disgrace in the eyes of all. Broken and consumed by shame, she had no choice but to flee this city that had become a hell. Her exile was marked by an additional drama: she left, carrying a child whose paternity she did not know, possibly the result of ultimate violence or a desperate relationship. Five years later, Élianor returns. The timid and wounded girl has disappeared. In her place stands a woman of breathtaking beauty, slim and radiant, possessing a power and authority that cannot be contested. She returns to the land of her former nightmare with a single obsession: to take revenge with cold methodical precision on all those who broke her, and to make the entire city pay the price for its indifference and cruelty.

Betrayed by her boyfriend on Christmas Eve, Daniella never believed in werewolves until a powerful young Alpha saved her and claimed her as his mate. Realizing she’s more than she thinks she is, Daniella must embrace her destiny as a rare White Wolf, confront the darkness that destroyed her family, and step into her role as Luna in a city where danger and desire walk hand in hand.

Violet Baroli is a human who is unaware of the supernatural world where werewolf exists. She is caught up in her own problems, a half functioning family and an abusive boyfriend. When she is saved by a handsome stranger who happens to be city’s billionaire, Ansel Greene is forced to stay with him. Violet realized that there is more about her world that she didn't know about.

Fire and plague. Certainly no strangers to London Town.But when legions of living dead rise from the Thames’ fetid waters to feast upon the living, the city teeters on the brink of antihalation. And while floaters seek blood, another army takes advantage of the chaos. Boiling out of their rookeries of crime, marauders swarm through London’s affluent neighborhoods looting and burning.©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Eva Brooks was set-up by her best friend, and her fiancé broke up with her and called off her engagement. After a one-night stand with the richest CEO in Dominic City, Ethan Owen. He offered her a job as his secretary. Do you think Eva will accept the job? What if Ethan had other motives behind his job offer? find out.

Renata has three problems: a sick mother, an unpaid rent notice, and a dream she refuses to let die. A self-taught boxer with raw talent and no formal backing, Renata has been training in secret for months with one goal in mind — winning the city's most prestigious boxing tournament and using the prize money to keep her family from losing everything. The only problem is that Coach Peterston won't let her near the roster. She's a girl, she's untrained on paper, and the rules aren't built for someone like her. When her best friend Edwina reveals that Drent Ardent — the legendary boxer behind the tournament and the most magnetic man in the city — is quietly in town ahead of the finals, Renata sees her only opening. She doesn't expect Drent to see through her in under two minutes. She especially doesn't expect him to be that beautiful. Drent Ardent has everything the world can see and nothing he actually wants. The heir to his family's boxing empire, he's been handed an ultimatum by his father's board — produce a visible, credible relationship before the year ends or forfeit his inheritance. He has come to this city to breathe, to escape the suffocation of expectation, and to run a tournament that was supposed to be simple. Drawn to her in a way he can't explain and unwilling to examine too closely, Drent makes Renata an offer she has every reason to refuse. What begins as a clean transaction between two people who need something from each other refuses to stay clean. Drent is used to wanting things and acquiring them. Renata is used to surviving and nothing else. One year. One deal. One fight that will change both of their lives.