Violet Arcane

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

••• It was all about a conflicted arranged marriage. Violet Hearhenway, married Ramon Fridling who was once married to her late sister. But she wasn't asked to marry Ramon for no reason, or just for the fact that her elder sister was once married to this family. She was asked to marry him because she had to complete what her elder sister could not complete. But she falls.. She falls in the path of her elder sister.. The path of love She grows to love her husband, only to find out that he is more to her... He is her fated partner from the time of creation. When she finds out all of that, she backs out of her initial plan... She decides to love her husband with all of her breath, her muscle and her might... She vows to protect her husband from anything or anyone that comes her way... Do you want to know what her mission is? Do you think it will be that easy? Do you want to know what becomes of Violet after she has resolved to protect and love Ramon? Find out in this interesting, fantasy based but romantic mystery-revealing story....

Blurb: Orphaned Maya Jensen was in desperate need of money. She had overdue debts to pay and no money to survive on. When she saw a miracle job opening that could potentially solve all her problems, her best friend, Violet, convinced her to immediately apply. What she didn't expect was for her life to be turned upside down by a 6’2 grey-eyed hunk of a man who was used to getting his way.

Violet's life changed the day someone she knew and trusted led a gang to defile her, nearly killing her. She never expected to be discovered by a supreme being who offered her power in exchange for her soul. She took it in order to exact her vengeance on those who had wronged her, and as a result she became an existence that defied nature, was powerful, and obtained what she desired. She will go to any length to achieve success in life and love.

Violet is a cynic when it comes to love and she has every right to be, at least her family history is there as proof. Her great-grandmother was left at the altar by the love of her life when she was pregnant with her grandmother. Her grandmother was divorced by her grandfather when he met a younger girl barely five years into marriage. While her mother who they all thought won at love lost her husband three years into marriage. If love and marriage is not a recipe for bad luck in her family, she doesn't know what else is. Ryan Falcon is the youngest billionaire and CEO of Falcon Enterprises. They say heavy is the head that wears the crown and he most certainly fits into the shoes very well. As a ruthless, purpose-driven CEO, he has no time to be cool with anyone. He is nicknamed ‘Cyborg king’ by his employees. Love has never been in the books because his sociopathy made it that way. Except when he meets Violet and he begins to feel things science say is impossible for someone like him Their love story is tumultuous as betrayal, secrets from the past, social hierarchy threatens to tear them apart. Would their love overcome or would it sink to the bottom of the sea like it never existed?

Si Violet Rodriguez, isang masayahin at madiskarteng dalaga, ay may madilim na nakaraan na pilit niyang kinakalimutan. Nagpasya siyang magtrabaho bilang babysitter, kung saan nakilala niya ang iba't-ibang tao, kabilang na ang bilyonaryong si Black at ang kanyang anak. Sa kanyang pagtatrabaho, hindi lamang ang puso ng bata ang kanyang napaamo, kundi pati na rin ang puso ng ama. Ngunit ang kanyang tahimik na buhay ay muling nagulo nang dahil sa mga taong nag hahabol sa kayamanang meron si black Sa gitna ng mga pagsubok, pagtatangka sa kanyang buhay, at mga lihim na nabubunyag, natagpuan ni Violet ang pag-ibig kay Black. Ngunit ang kanilang relasyon ay hindi naging madali, lalo na nang dumating ang mga taong gustong silang paghiwalayin at gamitin sila para sa kanilang sariling interes. Paano niya ipaglalaban ang pag-ibig at katotohanan kung ang kanyang iniingatang pamilya ay nadamay sa isang brutal na paghihiganti? Makakamit ba niya ang hustisya para sa pamilya, at maabot ang kapayapaan at kaligayahan na matagal na niyang hinahanap?

All her life, Veronica Vane has always been an unstoppable force of nature, in battle, strength, arcane magic, and wits. That is until the tables have turned on one mission that completely changed her life: destroying Nuella Sangre, a union between Werewolves and Vampires. No matter how strong Veronica was, it backlashed against her when she found herself falling for one of the richest businessmen in the world, The Prince of Nuella Sangre, Giovanni Felix Thorn. As she was falling in love, she realized how wrong she was, and fought alongside Nuella Sangre when it was threatened by her own half-sister, Elspeth Vane. For failing her mission, the evil forces of Dexo Fernia have rallied to end the reign of their own Queen, Veronica Vane, for her vulnerability. Little did they know, they will enter the lion’s den, as Veronica unleash the oldest magic amongst them; Yxorix

In a small town where no one leaves, and no one comes in, a myth lives. In a town that is surrounded by a legend of cruel, murderous wolves that kill the innocent in command of an Alpha. An Alpha, centuries old, that is said to be the cruelest man to ever live. Thea doesn't believe the legends for a second, until a handsome stranger with violet eyes appears, and people from around town start going missing. But what Thea doesn't know, is that this man is someone she never thought existed...And the bond they share when touching, is one of a kind.

Violet Wintour is a controversial heiress in the 21st-century high society, but not for the same reasons other rich kids of London are. Her father, the Duke of Averbury, passed away with a family will that leads to a surprising twist. Across the world, Clare Leighton is living a modest life. Years of struggling with bankruptcy begin to take a toll on her family. Her caring yet depressed parents force her to take a different path that she hasn't prepared for. When the hand of fate brings these two different women together, something is going to change forever.

"I am in love with my husband's brother." The realization hits me and it's too late for me to fight it, or turn back time. Three years ago, Violet made a deal for the sake of her family, marrying a man she never loved. Dominic Hale is the billionaire second son of the oldest and most respected family in the UK. When the young heir of the petrol empire returns home after all these years overseas, he is prepared for things to have changed. What he doesn't expect is to discover the love of his life is married to his own brother.