Topeng Hollow

“I cannot. . . I feel as if I cannot damn well think with this mad need I have for you,” he groaned into the hollow of her throat. “By the moon goddess, I am not an untried lad, but I cannot stop, Germaine.” She threaded her fingers through his long hair and murmured. “I have no wish for you to stop, Keratin.” **************************************************************************************** Celebrating victories does not mean werewolves appear out of thin air, or do they? Germaine is celebrating with her friends in her bakery, one night, when three men, who obviously look out of place, suddenly appear, claiming they are from another world and need her help. She finds out she may not be as human as she initially thought, and the powers she discovers she has will come in handy. What she doesn't realize is it will involve her going on dangerous journeys with them, and almost getting killed. What she also does not know, is that she is destined to be the mate to one of them - Keratin, the head of the warriors. Amongst the white moon clan, she and Keratin are an exception to the rule.

Anya Maheswari, seorang desainer grafis berbakat, berada di titik terendah dalam hidupnya. Bisnis butik peninggalan ibunya terancam bangkrut karena utang yang menumpuk. Di tengah keputusasaannya, datanglah tawaran tak terduga dari Revan Adhitama, seorang CEO muda yang terkenal arogan dan tidak berperasaan. Revan membutuhkan seorang istri dalam waktu singkat untuk memenuhi syarat dalam surat wasiat kakeknya dan mengamankan posisi pimpinan perusahaan. Ia menawarkan Anya sebuah pernikahan kontrak selama satu tahun. Imbalannya: dana tak terbatas untuk menyelamatkan bisnis keluarga Anya. Syaratnya: mereka harus tampil sebagai pasangan yang sempurna di depan umum, tinggal serumah, dan yang terpenting, dilarang keras melibatkan perasaan. Anya yang terdesak pun setuju. Awal kehidupan pernikahan mereka dipenuhi pertengkaran sengit dan perang dingin. Namun, kedekatan yang dipaksakan (forced proximity) membuat mereka perlahan melihat sisi lain dari satu sama lain. Anya menemukan kerapuhan di balik topeng dingin Revan, sementara Revan terpesona oleh ketulusan dan keteguhan hati Anya. Ketika mantan kekasih Revan muncul kembali untuk mengacaukan segalanya dan rahasia di balik kesulitan bisnis Anya mulai terungkap, perjanjian mereka diuji. Mereka dipaksa untuk memilih: tetap berpegang pada kontrak yang menguntungkan atau menyerah pada perasaan tulus yang tak pernah mereka rencanakan.

At the sacred Moonfire Festival, Sera Vane suffers a betrayal that shatters her life and drives her from her pack in shame. In a moment of heartbreak and desperation, she disguises herself and takes part in a secret ritual meant for the Alpha and it changes her fate forever. No one speaks of what happens during the Moonfire Ritual. But five years later, the consequences have returned with sera as she returns to Crimson Hollow with a young son James whose striking resemblance to Alpha Aldric Thorne sparks whispers throughout the pack. Her unexpected reappearance threatens to disrupt the carefully guarded hierarchy, especially for those who once cast her out, and for the Alpha himself, who remains unaware of the truth behind that fateful night. Bound by duty Aldric agrees to Sera’s bold demand: a union that secures her son’s place… but keeps their hearts locked away. As political tensions rise and enemies close in, Sera must navigate a dangerous game of power, betrayal, and buried emotions. In a world where bloodlines determine destiny and love is both a weapon and a weakness, Sera must rise from the ashes of her past to protect her child, uncover the truth, and claim the strength she never knew she had.

Daniella Thornhill, a hybrid and orphan has endured seven years of silent torment as the loyal assistant—and secret lover—to Liam Garvalle, the cold and calculating Alpha of the hollow pack. Trapped by love, duty, and her own frail humanity, Daniella has silently borne the pain of a one-sided mate bond, a cruel twist of fate that Liam himself remains oblivious to. When Matilda, a perfect purebred re-enters Liam’s life claiming to be his true mate, Daniella’s world begins to unravel. Lies, betrayal, and cruel manipulation follow Daniella at every turn as Matilda's schemes tighten the noose around her. What Liam sees as loyalty to his pack and legacy, Daniella feels as suffocating control. With her unborn child at stake and no one to trust, Daniella faces a devastating decision that could break her completely—or awaken a long-dormant strength within her. Unknown to them all, secrets lie buried: a father searching for his lost daughter, a wolf waiting to emerge, and a bond more powerful than any deception. As Daniella’s carefully maintained composure begins to crack, the cost of love, vengeance, and survival looms large. Who will emerge unscathed when fate turns its merciless wheel?

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

As the respected Luna of the Clearwater Pack, Kara’s life is a lie. She’s a powerful secret Omega, bound to her Alpha not by a true mating mark, but by a hollow engagement ring and a desperate reliance on heat suppressants. Her world implodes when her Alpha, Kael, returns with his true fated mate. In a brutal act of cruelty, he publicly exposes Kara's secret and confiscates her suppressants, leaving her marked for ruin as her dangerous heat approaches. Hunted and broken, Kara escapes into the wilderness, where she is found by an alliance of powerful outcasts—a Lycan King, a loyal warrior, and a gentle healer. Unlike the pack that discarded her, they cherish her Omega nature, seeing it as a source of immense power to be protected. With the devotion of her new mates, Kara sheds the shame she was taught and embraces the strength she always suppressed. She rises as a queen in her own right, determined to forge a new destiny and dismantle the corrupt pack that threw her away. It is a story of a woman who finds her true pack by embracing the identity she was forced to hide, proving that real power isn’t given, but forged in fire.

APRICITY : The warmth of sun in the cold arms of winter. Tormented by memories , bounded by history ; MY APRICITY is a journey of painful pleasures and sinful secrets. SERENE DIOR WALKER , being 20 years old is the most elegant and eloquent person you'll encounter. Being proficient in ballet, she's a perfect embodiment of a rhythmic soul and an altruistic smile. But her smile hides the gut wrenching tales of tears and her dignified body bears the cruelty as a blemish. Struggling with the hustle of life , 27 years old ROWAN CHAZE is an enigma that is too difficult to decipher. Blessed with the flair of art , he drenches the world with the color of emotions but carries a hollow destitute land in the name of heart .His eyes bore the kaleidoscope of mortifying memories which torment him till date. But God isn't that cruel. He has kept a fare share of happiness for everyone even for resenting souls like SERENE and ROWAN. How do they both meet ? How do they fill the voids for each other ? How do they decipher the TOXICITY and become each other's APRICITY? Join me in this journey of LOVE , PASSION, DESIRE, HAPPINESS ,ROMANCE and BETRAYAL.

She thought he was just the principal. Strict. Cold. Dangerous in ways no man should be. He never smiled. Never softened. He ruled Hollow Creek College like a god behind glass walls. And yet he watched her. Every time she passed. Every move she made. She was only trying to survive her first year. No friends. No family nearby. But when she stepped into his office for the first time, everything changed. He smelled her innocence. She felt his hunger. What she didn't know what no one knew was that Kael Draven wasn't human. He was an alpha. A wolf bred for dominance, bound by instinct. And she had just awakened the part of him that was never meant to surface. Now she's seated beneath his gaze, caught between fear and desire. She doesn't know why her body burns. She doesn't know why he's looking at her like that. All she knows is that something inside her has changed. And Kael? He's done fighting it. This isn't a love story. It's a claiming.

In Black Salt, love is a sickness you can’t hide—a slow gnawing beneath the skin that leaves you hollowed, grayed, and eventually gone. No one stays long enough to see it through; they leave before the rot finishes its work. It’s what the town teaches you: when it starts, you run. You look away. You survive by pretending not to feel. But Atlas is tired of pretending. The halls of Black Salt High are full of kids pretending they don’t see each other’s bruised hearts, pretending their bones aren’t already whispering warnings. Still, he can’t forget the weight of a father who stayed—not out of love, but because he never felt it deep enough to decay. That truth lingers in Atlas like a second shadow. And then there’s Nova—the outsider with a storm in her bones. And Wren, all sharpness and fight. Milo, who cracks jokes to keep the silence at bay. Luce, who wears her thorns like jewelry. Together, they don’t know how to stop the rot. But they’re learning how to sit with it, how to name it, how to refuse the small, hollow deaths of pretending not to care. In a town where love is a death sentence, staying might be the bravest thing of all.

Swara Amaya, akrab disapa Cuwa adalah seorang aktris yang dikenal tak hanya prestasi tapi juga sensasi. Menjalani perjodohan selama delapan tahun, hingga setahun usia pernikahan tak juga bisa meluluhkan hati sang suami yang ternyata sungguh ia harapkan segera menceraikannya. Jonathan Wirautama, dipanggil 'Jojo' oleh Cuwa, datang ke apartemen hadiah pernikahan dari kakek Jonathan untuk mengabarkan bahwa dia akan menceraikan wanita itu. Sedikit rasa bersalah terselip di hati Jonathan saat melihat Cuwa nampak kecewa dan putus asa. Seperti yang Jonathan tahu, Cuwa sangat mencintainya. Namun hari itu, tiba-tiba Jonathan bisa mendengar umpatan-umpatan dari kepala istri kecilnya yang ditujukan pada dirinya. Siapa sangka Cuwa justru merencanakan berpesta tujuh hari tujuh malam bersama pria-pria cantik dari agensinya apabila resmi jadi jandanya. Apa-apaan dia, pikir Jonathan merasa terhina. Kenyataan selama ini Cuwa ternyata hanya memasang topeng sandiwara, membuat Jonathan mengurungkan niat menceraikan Cuwa. Mendengar bisikan-bisikan dari kepala cantik Cuwa membuat Jonathan sedikit demi sedikit mulai memahami betapa Cuwa adalah wanita yang realistis tetapi tulus menyayangi ibu kandungnya. Ketika Jonathan mulai meletakkan hati pada Cuwa, alasan pria itu bisa mendengar dan membaca pikiran mulai diketahui Cuwa. Hingga Jonathan koma sampai berbulan-bulan karena sebuah insiden berdarah, membuat pria itu terjebak diantara kosong dan hampa. Memohon pada Sang Pencipta untuk diberi kesempatan mencintai dan memiliki Cuwa sekali lagi.