Skyrim Nine Holds

The day before our wedding, my husband gives me a sapphire ring. I place a hand on my slightly bulging belly. As I lie on the operating table, I call him and tell him I want to call the wedding off. Shortly after, his secretary calls me tearfully. "I was the one who was impudent enough to select the ring, ma'am. Please don't blame Mr. Nolan for this. It's all my fault." Archer Nolan holds her in his arms and coaxes her gently for a long time. He only says one thing to me. "You're already carrying my child. Can you really bear to leave me?"

At the center of the city, stands a Boss’s Spot—a car wash by day, a den of secrets by night. The Boss, feared and desired, rules with authority, calling young men upstairs one by one to satisfy his selfish desires. When Rico, a bold newcomer with a haunted past, arrives and refuses the Boss’s summons, everything changes. Power shifts and obsession brews. A dangerous attraction unfolds. But Rico’s past is catching up fast, and the Boss must decide if his control is worth more than the man who dared to defy his orders. Can dominance and desire coexist? When power meets resistance, who really holds control? Will love bloom in the shadows—or destroy them both?

Betrayed. Poisoned. Left to die. When Khaleesi Cromwell awakens on the brink of death, she learns the sickening truth—her mate Dan and his new lover have been slowly killing her. Broken but not defeated, she shatters their bond and flees to reclaim her strength. To save her pack, Khaleesi agrees to an alliance with the enigmatic Alpha Dustfinger Aodhán. But beneath his cold gaze lies a dangerous obsession—and a dark secret that ties him to the murder of her parents. Torn between vengeance and an undeniable pull toward the monster who holds her fate, Khaleesi must decide: Will she become a pawn in his twisted game, or will she rise and seize her destiny?

a heavy burden that I carried for nine long years. It was hard to admit to myself that Carlos Sky never really loved me, despite all the efforts I made to win him over. I even tried to use the divorce and the company he owned, Sky Corporation, as a way to bargain for him to give me attention and love. But he remained indifferent, insensitive to my feelings and my desperate attempts to win him over. It was a moment of great sadness and disappointment when I realized that he never cared about me in the same way that I cared about him. After the divorce, I had time to reflect on what happened and finally realized that the so-called "love" I felt for Carlos Sky was one-sided. I had deluded myself for years, believing that he loved me, when in reality he never showed this feeling for me. The hardest thing was to admit to myself that I loved someone who never loved me back. It was painful to face the reality that all the time, effort, and energy I put into this relationship was for nothing. Learning to let go of this unrequited love and move on with my life was a difficult journey, but necessary for my own emotional health and well-being. Today, I look back with a mixture of sadness and relief. It was a difficult experience, but I also learned a lot about myself and the true meaning of love. I learned that true love is mutual, it involves reciprocity and respect. It is not something that can be forced or won through negotiations.

Samantha Brooks had it all: a promising career and a passionate romance with her boss, Ethan Blake. Their whirlwind affair reached its peak when Ethan proposed to her in a moment of undeniable passion, slipping a dazzling ring onto her finger. Elated and carrying their unborn child, Samantha was on cloud nine, eager to share the joyous news. But the next day, Samantha's world shattered. She arrived at the office only to be blindsided by the announcement of Ethan's impending wedding—to another woman. Confused and heartbroken, she received a cold termination letter, purportedly signed by Ethan himself. Desperate for answers, Samantha confronted him, only to be met with a chilling denial and a feigned ignorance of their relationship. Devastated but resilient, Samantha rebuilt her life and gave birth to a beautiful daughter. Six years later, she returns, not as the vulnerable woman Ethan discarded, but as a strong, determined mother. With her daughter by her side, Samantha steps back into Ethan's world, ready to uncover the truth, confront old wounds, and face a love that never truly died. In this gripping tale of betrayal, love, and redemption, Samantha's return will ignite a series of events that neither she nor Ethan could have ever anticipated. What dark secrets lie beneath Ethan's betrayal? And what will happen when the past and present collide in an explosive reunion? Prepare for a story that will leave you breathless, as Samantha and Ethan's destinies intertwine in the most unexpected ways.

I never expected my boss to blackmail me into marriage. Ethan Sinclair the cold, calculating billionaire who never cracks a smile holds a secret over my head, forcing me into a fake marriage to secure his family’s inheritance. I hate him for it, but I need the money to save my brother’s life. The rules are simple: play the devoted wife for a year, follow his lead in public, and stay out of his way behind closed doors. But as sparks fly and buried secrets unravel, I realize Ethan isn’t just ruthless, he’s hiding something even more dangerous. The closer I get, the harder it becomes to remember this is all just a contract. Because falling for the devil was never part of the deal.

In the quiet of the forest, the darkest fears are born. The people of Dunballan, harbour a dark secret. A secret more terrible than the Beast that stalks the dense forests of Dunballan. A secret that holds David McCavendish, last in a long line of Lairds, in its unbreakable grip. It’s down to Sally, David’s lover, to free David from the sinister clutches of the Beast. But, with the whole town against her, she must ally herself with an ancient woodland force and trace Dunballan’s secret back to its bitter origins. Those origins lie within the McCavendish family history, and a blasphemous heresy that stretches back to the beginning of time. Some truths are too terrible to face, and the darkest of these lie waiting for Sally, in the Quiet Places. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Giselle Beckett, also known as Aiden trains herself to be a hacker and all her life, she has terrorized the Alpha Brothers by hacking into their systems despite them having the best hacking team ever. She not only hacks the Alpha Brothers systems for information, she also hacks into their banking systems and swindles them a whole lot of money, something that pulls them back and down financially. However, both Giselle and the Alpha Brothers have one thing in common; they are yet to meet their mates despite them being way past the mate searching age, twenty nine years and thirty years respectfully. Tired of being mateless and single, Giselle Beckett seeks the services of a witch who summons the moon goddess for her. She meets the moon goddess in the temple and upon stating her wishes, the moon goddess promises to grant them but not without her own conditions; Giselle has to accept her mate no matter what! She's not supposed to reject him at all costs. Well, she has also stated her unimaginable conditions for a mate and the moon goddess does nothing but grant her her innermost heart desires. Shock on her, the Alpha Brothers are her fated mates. Will they accept each other or they'll end up rejecting each other? Will the Alpha brothers discover that Giselle is the hacker they've been looking for so as to execute her for being their worst nightmare?

"At seventeen, Lizzie Thornton left her hometown of Fair Haven to pursue her musical dreams—and to run from Trent Younger, the boy who broke her heart. Now a successful singer, Lizzie returns to Fair Haven nine years later. When she runs into Trent at her brother’s wedding, she discovers he’s no longer the shy boy she left behind. He’s a sexy, confident man who knows what he wants—and what he wants is her. When a night of passion results in unexpected consequences, Lizzie must grapple with prior heartbreak and with accepting that she still loves the one man she could never forget. Trent Younger grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, and he fought tooth and nail to establish himself as one of the most successful restaurateurs in Fair Haven. Yet he’s never forgotten Lizzie Thornton, the girl he adored, the same girl who left him to pick up the pieces of his life after tragedy struck them both. As Trent uncovers the layers of Lizzie’s guarded heart, he realizes that he doesn’t just want her in his bed. He wants her in his life—forever. Yet even as love rekindles, their pasts threaten to drive them apart. Unless they confront their demons, Lizzie and Trent may jeopardize a love that has already withstood the test of time."

The moon goddess gave us a gift, a whole lot of us were blessed with wolf‘s, receiving it due our ancestors good deeds, as the tale tells and is known. But the one gift we all have is life and to live it one must do whatever it takes, so she rebelled. Until a question arose, how will Serena live without him, yes a male, her mate? A woman who is strong headed, kind but stubborn and who her entire life wished to never have a mate despite having seen one of the most beautiful and loving relationship of her parents. She doesn’t know what the future holds for her, but the one thing she does know is when she does something she does it with all her heart.