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Things You Need
The things we want are so very rarely the things we need.
Clifton Heights, a modest Adirondack town, offers many unique attractions. Arcane Delights sells both paperbacks and hard-to-find limited editions. The Skylark Diner serves the best home-cooked meals around, with friendly service and a smile. Every August, Mr. Jingo’s County Fair visits, to the delight of children and adults. In essence, Clifton Heights is the quintessential small American town. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone is treated like family. It is quiet, simple, and peaceful.
But shadows linger here. Flitting in dark corners, from the corner of the eye. If you walk down Main Street after dark, the slight scrape of shoes on asphalt whispers you're not alone, but when you look over your shoulder, no one is there. The moon shines high and bright in the night sky, but instead of throwing light, it only seems to make the shadows lengthen.
Children disappear. Teens run away. Hunters get lost in the woods with frightening regularity. Husbands go mad, and wives vanish in the dead of night. And still, when the sun rises in the morning, you are greeted by townspeople with warm waves and friendly smiles, and the shivers pass as everything seems fresh and new...
Until night falls once more.
Handy's Pawn and Thrift sits several blocks down from Arcane Delights. Like any thrift store, its wares range from the mundane to the bizarre. By daylight, it seems just another slice of small town Americana. But in its window hangs a sign which reads: We Have Things You Need. And when a lonely traveling salesman comes looking for something he desperately wants, after normal visiting hours, after night has fallen, he will face a harsh truth among the shelves of Handy’s Pawn and Thrift: the things we want are rarely the things we need.
©️ Crystal Lake Publishing
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Not So Easy After All
My fiance, Victor Blackwood, is a mafia boss who rules the country's underworld with an iron fist.
To the rest of the world, he is the epitome of power.
Yet to me, he is the embodiment of love.
But I do not realize the cost of loving a man like him.
On Valentine's Day, I cook his favorite dishes and wait for him to come home. However, time passes, and his chair stays empty.
Uneasy, I go to Queenie Stone's social media page. She is Victor's foster sister.
She posts, "All I said was that I felt lonely, and he came right away.
"Even when I accidentally spilled wine on him, he didn't mind. Victor is still someone who puts family first, even if it means neglecting his lover.
"He never lets me down. I hope things stay that way."
In the photo, Victor's shirt is soaked at the waist.
Queenie's handkerchief lingers near his most private parts, but he doesn't pull away. He merely looks at her affectionately.
I do not make a fuss and give Queenie's post a like.
Then, I send Victor a message that reads, "Let's break up."
Victor ignores it as always.
Later, I discover that when my breakup message popped up, he had said offhandedly, "Vivienne can't live without me. She's just acting out.
"If I ignore her for a few days, she'll come crawling back by herself. She's easy to please."
What he doesn't know is that I was easy to handle only because I once loved him.
But now that I have decided to leave, he cannot make me turn back, no matter how he tries to win me over.
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My Wife Skipped a Funeral for His Birthday
I've just received a text from my CEO wife, Cara Lavigne. Apparently, she's gone on another last-minute business trip again, so she can't accompany me to the funeral home.
But soon, I see Cara's silhouette being captured in a photo, where she celebrates her assistant, Warren Stone's birthday with him in a work-related post he has just uploaded.
The caption reads, "Thank you for the amazing cake, boss! I feel so happy to be able to celebrate my birthday!"
I just smile calmly before leaving a like and a comment. "Happy birthday."
My colleagues, on the other hand, start betting pools like mad to see what kind of tricks I'm going to pull this time in order to kick up a ruckus.
Cara calls me immediately just to scold me.
"Warren is just celebrating his birthday, so what's with the comment? He's a very sensitive person, you know! How is he going to survive in this company now that you've passive-aggressively humiliated him in that public post?
"It's been barely two years since Warren joined this company, not to mention he doesn't have any friends! What's wrong with me celebrating his birthday with him, huh? People like you, who are born with silver spoons in their mouths, will never understand Warren's plight!
"I want you to delete your comment right now! We'll talk more about this once I'm home! Your dad is already dead anyway, so you can just wait for a few more days before claiming his body!"
I can only clench my fists tightly as I listen to Cara's heartless and nonchalant words.
"No need for that."
Once she is back, the divorce procedures will be done.
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The Billionaire’s Reluctant Bride
Elara Hart, a top lawyer on the brink of becoming a partner, sees her career crumble under a scandal. Just when she’s about to give up, Damian Blackwood, a billionaire heir in a desperate race to marry before his 30th birthday, offers her an unexpected deal.
With only weeks left and a reputation that scares off most women, Damian proposes a one-year, no-strings-attached marriage. For Elara, it’s a chance to restore her career; for Damian, it’s his only hope to secure his inheritance.
As their arrangement begins, will they stick to their no-strings plan, or will they discover that the real gamble is falling in love? And what happens when the year ends, and the stakes are higher than they ever imagined?
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Mafia's Twisted Attraction
Antoinette is a simple girl and has a passion for saving lives, that's why she's a doctor. But what happens when the ruthless Mafia king kidnaps her and the only way to leave is when she saves his brother's life?
Don is at the top of the world, he's cruel, merciless, and the mafia boss of one of the most powerful cartels in the world.
However, he did not expect to fall in love with his captive who hates him with every fiber of her being.
What will happen to the two especially when someone unexpectedly falls in love with the doctor as well, it's a fight for love, passion, and everything.
Follow the amazing journey to find out more,
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Elaine of Artharia
Elaine was born in a world where magic is a death-sentence and would do anything to keep her head attached to her shoulders. As the top of her class at the Artharian Royal Academy she is destined to be a great knight upon graduation, until a book called, The Magicae threatens everything she's built. Inside the book every person's name, location, and their specific magical ability is written. Elaine must steal her page from the book to stay safe. When the heist goes awry it is up to Elaine and her best friend Andrew to outrun a gorgeous, but dangerous, knight named Tristan. His soul purpose? To destroy everything she stands for.
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Broken Promises of Deep Love
At the annual company party, my boyfriend of three years openly flirted with the beautiful new secretary right in front of everyone.
Without hesitation, I kicked him and his family out of my house where they had been freeloading for all this time.
Humiliated and angry, he lashed out: "Sarah, this is all because you can't even get pregnant! Three years together and not a single child. If you just accept Amy in our relationship, you can still be the lady of this house!"
Later on, his company was investigated for fraud. He ended up in prison, and to top it all off, it turned out the child wasn't even his to begin with.
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Divorcing Cheating Husband: I Turned The Table
When Scarlett's fiancé betrayed her in the ultimate way - marrying her best friend - her world shattered. Fuelled by a burning need for vengeance, she rises to the top, becoming the richest woman in her country. But at what cost? Her relentless pursuit of revenge led to a devastating tragedy: the loss of her own daughter. Now, consumed by grief and regret, Scarlett must confront the ruins of her life. Will she find a way to make amends, or will her thirst for revenge destroy what's left of her shattered world? Can she uncover the truth behind her daughter's fate, or will the darkness of her past forever haunt her?
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Not Mine
Carla worked in Chicago's top law firms. After being cheated on, she wasn't looking for a relationship, that was until one of her big-shot clients asked her to marry her son.
Carla denied it at first but was later, manipulated and forced into it by her client, Nina.
What Carla didn't know was that marrying Aeden Beckett would turn out to be her worst nightmare. From a simple contract marriage to keep Nina's heart to falling into a twisted web of lies and dark secrets.
What will Carla do when she discovers that her gentleman of a British husband, isn't much of a gentleman. He isn't the man he poses to be at all.
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RUIN MY 4.0
⚠️ CONTENT WARNING ⚠️
This book contains explicit sexual content, including detailed descriptions of consensual sex between adult men.
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Aiden Cross who grew up dirt-poor clawed his way into the nation’s top medical school with nothing but his brilliance, every perfect grade is another step toward the day he’ll destroy the father who abandoned him and his family.
Then Nikolai Serrano shows up: filthy-rich, unfairly beautiful, and somehow able to match Aiden’s perfect scores without breaking a sweat. He invades Aiden’s classes, his space, his every thought, until the tension between them detonates in the dead of night.
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Frequently Asked Questions
I just got back from vacation and actually felt a little disappointed with most 'best beach reads' lists. They all mention the same rom-coms or domestic thrillers, but if you really want to relax, you need something that doesn't demand too much brainpower yet still pulls you in. Elin Hilderbrand's Nantucket novels are the gold standard, obviously, but I found 'The Hotel Nantucket' especially breezy—it's got just enough drama and setting to feel immersive without any real stress.
For something a bit different, I always throw in an Agatha Christie paperback. 'Death on the Nile' or 'Evil Under the Sun' literally take place on vacation and the puzzles are engaging but never emotionally draining. It’s a different kind of escape, one that feels classic and clever rather than just fluffy. I noticed a lot of people at my resort were reading Colleen Hoover, but that seems like the opposite of relaxing to me—way too much angst for the beach.
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