Sleuth Or Consequences Novels & Stories

Damon: She stalks toward me gracefully, that murderous gleam in her eyes, and the energy of her powers buzzing through the air. She looks like she wants to end me, and she could. She could engulf me in flames right here and right now without lifting a finger. It should disturb me, it should make me tremble, but instead I nearly fall to my knees before her in worship. She has already destroyed me, yet I'm ready to beg her to do it again, consequences be damned. Aylin: My chest heaves, and my fists clench as I slowly walk over to the wall I have him bound to with my magic. That forsaken part of my mind whispers at me to burn this castle to the ground, let us both burn and perish here in our own misery and the shattered pieces of this demented love we have for each other. Yet when his red eyes meet mine, they're only filled with adoration. My own heart stutters in response, but I continue to stalk forth. This is the sequel to "Alpha's Fallen Angel", this book will not make sense if you don't read that first

Angelique Monroe is what everyone wants to be: she's beautiful, rich, smart, and a dominant omega heir to an entire pack. She's basically the queen of the world, or, at least, she's the queen of her own world... the one inside her head. In reality, no one can stand her. Everyone thinks Angelique is an insufferable woman who needs to be taught a lesson. And, twenty-four years later, Angelique finally gets what she deserves. After a trip to London and a dead human, Angelique can't run from the consequences, she has to face them. That's how she ends up in Wolf Camp For Delinquents, It's either that or prison. But Angelique didn't know how horrible that camp was going to be, if she had known, she would have preferred to spend her time in prison. Because Wolf Camp For Delinquents is hell itself. And the ruler of hell is Satan himself: Alpha Elliot Thorne. Elliot Thorne hates Angelique more than anyone else, especially when Angelique lies and says she's his fated mate. Suddenly, Elliot has to pretend to love the most insufferable person in the world. Warning: This is an unlikely love story with unlovable people.

With her eighteenth birthday quickly approaching, Selene Lockwood is eager to meet her mate. At the arrival of their Light Moon Pack's annual Mating Ball, she becomes enamored with a man whose familiar presence and charm convinces her he's her childhood sweetheart, Nathaniel Wulfric, who always looked out for her. Thinking he's the mate the Goddess Lupa has given her, Selene surrenders herself to him on the night of the mating ritual. However, when Selene learns that the man she has spent the night with isn't Nathan but his scheming and mysterious twin brother, she feels devastated. Left heartbroken and confused, Selene then questions everything she knows about Nathan and his family. As she digs into the hidden past of the Wulfric twins, she discovers the truth that's buried deep in history. Torn with her feelings, Selene's caught up in a dilemma between her love for Nathan and her forged bond with his evil twin brother. As the tension escalates, Selene must confront the devastating consequences that her choice may bring, not only for herself but for the entire werewolf population. Will she choose destiny's path for her or the love for which she's willing to pay the price?

Young widow and billionaire Devonne Marchetti, with a life full of many mysteries, secrets and pain, comes to a shocking realization that there is such a thing as the supernatural. Her life quickly became that of a rollercoaster, only it was going down and breaking her more and more the farther down it goes. Everything became so different from the ‘brutal and efficient’ principle and lifestyle she had just begun to get accustomed to. When the demons of her past comes back wanting her blood spilled, will she lay broken and let them end it all? Or will she take those broken, jagged pieces and fight to protect all that she suffered to build? Which is better? Holding on or letting go? Arian Oswald, silver haired and amber eyed, watches his pathetic looking mate strut in her office day in, day out, or in her excuse of an apartment. It’s disappointing that a billionaire such as herself would settle for something so simple, he wished desperately for it not to be her, but he of all people knew better than to reject her. Would he damn the consequences and cast her aside? Or would he accept his fate and run with it? Find out in this book, a mix of love, pure hatred, sizzling romance and vengeance.

Compromises were meant to be made. Sacrifices were expected to be given. It was all nothing but the consequences of her own decision; a decision she would begin to regret soon. She was asked to give up on her dreams, but she refused to listen to them. Instead of putting a stop to her ambitions, she chose to pursue them. Ayla chose to fight against all odds which aimed at bringing her down. Meanwhile, she tried her best to make a home out of the unfamiliar place she was thrown into. But who knew that the circumstances would only make her build walls around herself, shutting everyone out, including her own husband. On the other hand, Claude only watched as his wife grew distant. For him, their marriage was nothing but an arrangement carried out under the orders of their elders. What he failed to realize was that she would find a way to creep into his heart, squeezing in between through the cracks. But will it be too late for him to realize the fact that he had indeed fallen for his stubborn wife? What lengths will he be willing to go to mend their relationship? Moreover, will Ayla even allow him to succeed? Join the couple on their journey as they both find their own ways to make their contractual marriage work.

Eidolon Avenue: Where the secretly guilty go to die. One building. Five floors. Five doors per floor. Twenty-five nightmares feeding the hunger lurking between the bricks and waiting beneath the boards. The sequel to Eidolon Avenue: The First Feast (“a great read...powerful and jarring” - Cemetery Dance) returns to the voracious Eidolon as it savors The Second Feast. A narcoleptic man in apartment 2A battles a vengeful past determined to rob him of everything as he runs from the barbaric disaster of a delusional love. A woman in 2B, reinventing herself to please a callous boyfriend, discovers the horrors that wait in the shadows of her self-renovation. The man in 2C, a teacher at the nearby Catholic girl’s school, collapses beneath the brutal consequences of his lecherous desires. An older woman in 2D, after decades dedicated to the church, is cornered at last by the grisly carnage beating at the hollow center of her faith. And a college student in 2E, hungry to escape an ignored life of invisible anonymity, finds herself captured between the pages of a ravenous book. All thrown into their own private hell as every cruel choice, every drop of spilled blood, every silent, complicit moment of cowardice is remembered, resurrected and relived to feed the ancient evil that lives on Eidolon Avenue. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

I spent years cleaning up a man. We were in love, or should I better say, I was in love, because in the end, that is what that shit felt. After all that I did for him, he heartlessly broke my heart. Found him in bed with our wedding planner two weeks to our wedding. And he had the balls to take pleasure in my pains. I almost became a murderer that night. Almost killed a man. I put the very first stain on my family's spotless name. My father could not take it. He distanced himself from me and stood a safe distance to watch the whole world rise against me. But in all these difficult and trying moments, one thing remained my solace and my beacon of all the good vibes that I yearned for-Joe Fredrick Montana. My stepbrother. And before we knew it, the connection bloomed into something we both never anticipated. It is wrong, yet so strong! It is forbidden, yet irresistible. For a while, none of us seemed to care about the consequences of our steamy undercover affairs, until something that threatens to tear everything between us and beyond happens. This, is our story!

The world wanted perfection. Liam Blackwell had it what it took to be called perfect. A woman he was about to marry, a thriving company, and money that could make a problem go away in a blink. Until one day, it all fell apart. A son he never asked for. A fiancée lost at the altar. A life shattered in an instant. Stella Kingsley, a doctor and a finance graduate, who worked for six years to become a doctor she didn’t want to be and went back to school to study finance. Her reward for studying finance? Unemployment. When she accidentally applies to Blackwell Enterprises, she lands a one-week trial under the city’s most feared and scandal-ridden CEO. Seven days. Seven rules. Three strikes. One chance to survive. Drawn into Liam’s world of rumors, power, and blurred lines, Stella becomes more than an employee. She becomes someone Liam can’t ignore. But the past refuses to stay buried. It comes back with teeth. Lola, Liam’s almost-wife, returns, pregnant and determined to claim what she believes is hers. In a world where choices needed to be made, mistakes are bound to happen and consequences are there to bear. Liam must choose. A flawless empire or the home he never expected to need.

Only one woman’s foot will fit this size 11 1/2 glass slipper… AJ Jacobson: Billionaire CEO AJ wants nothing more than to just get away from his busy life. So when he goes to an employee’s wedding and meets a beautiful girl, he feels like he can lose himself to her. Despite an intense night of passion, he wakes up in an empty bed. The only clue he has to find his Cinderella? A glass slipper and two handwritten lines on a note, fished out of a dumpster and almost unreadable… Kat Ryder: When responsible Kat lets her hair down for one night, she meets a gorgeous stranger who really likes the new her. After an enchanting evening together, Kat gets an early morning call into work by a panicked boss. Knowing that she must see him again, she leaves a letter for the sleeping hunk and signs it, “Yours Truly, Kat,” not realizing that’s the only part of the note that will survive. However, there are other consequences to her night of fun, especially when she finally meets up with her one-night-stand… What if AJ is actually her company’s CEO?

Aubrey's world crumbles when she receives photos of her husband, Ryder, in bed with her sister, Sage. But the final blow comes when she finds out she's pregnant. Despite the betrayal, Aubrey wants to leave the marriage with dignity. She files for divorce, but Ryder refuses. As the days go by, Ryder's mental abuse escalates, pushing Aubrey to her limits. The stress takes a toll on her body, and she suffers a miscarriage. The loss of her child is the final straw. Consumed by grief and anger, Aubrey sees red. She's ready for revenge against the man who destroyed her life. Ryder, still refusing to let her go, has no idea what's coming. Aubrey begins to gather evidence of Ryder's infidelity and manipulation, determined to expose him for the monster he is. She'll stop at nothing to make him pay for his sins, even if it means destroying herself in the process. As the battle between Aubrey and Ryder intensifies, secrets and lies begin to unravel. Sage, the mastermind behind the destruction of their marriage, will also face the consequences of her actions. In the end, only one thing is certain: Aubrey will have her revenge, no matter the cost.