Rooted

A bloody resistance against colonial invasion that tears Seme's indigenous leadership apart marks the entry of a strange culture into the clan. Osayo, the priest, seeks to protect the clan's religious system from erosion by the Blue-eyed (colonists). He, however, has to face off with a few loose canons, including his own son who escapes to a mission center far from home and ends up falling in love with a convert. In the meantime, a terrible plague breaks out in the clan, killing animals and people and leaving the land barren. Coupled by a misunderstanding of concepts in the new faith propagated by the Blue-eyed, a longstanding rift and blame game emerge between the converts and the conservatives, and spuns into a cutural marriage. Soon afterward, Osayo dies and his son, Okayo, realizes he has a greater role to play. The supernormal powers of the clan's aboriginal religious tree are stolen by a witch in line with a prophetic myth. And in a painful and tumultous mission to reunite the two conflicting religions of Seme Clan and limit the Blue-eyed's influence, Okayo puts his front foot forward in combating witchcraft so as to have the tree's powers in safe custody, and protect good from being superseded by evil.

Paige McDougall, a young witch running a successful orchard with her family, meets Charles one morning and feels an instant connection. But Paige knows that Witches should never get mixed up with mortals it’s usually a dangerous affair. Witches have to keep their powers hidden to keep them safe from humans or worse their mortal enemy; witch hunters. Paige's life is turned upside down when a powerful family secret surfaces, challenging her fate. Will their connection withstand these revelations, or will the truth keep them apart? When a witch hunter attacks her sacred garden Paige soon finds out her mother and father have been keeping a secret society of witches from her. With the help of her ancestors Paige will uncover the truth about the witch hunters and a secret realm of magic.

…from his responsibilities as a father, hiding out from his pregnant girlfriend, and working as a groundskeeper in a rural graveyard. He’s running from a lifetime of guilt and bad decisions, but principally he’s running from the murderous entities that have possessed the very ground at his feet. Jim has no idea what these entities are, but they’ve done unspeakable things to everyone in the graveyard and now they’re hunting him down. There is nowhere Jim can hide, nowhere he can walk and nowhere he can run that isn’t under the lethal power of the things in the ground. If he stands any chance of survival he must uncover the link between his murderous tormentors, three mysterious graves and an ancient heresy that stretches back to the beginning of time. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

When Rose was just a newborn, a witch sacrifices her life to save her. Hidden beneath a powerful Alpha’s protection, Rose grew up shielded by a spell strong enough to keep her enemies at bay. But magic always demands a price, and protection is never permanent. When that protection begins to crack, so does the life she thought was safe. Cast out from the pack and stripped of everything she once belonged to, Rose moves to Westwood City and carves out a new existence. An ex-underground fighter, she now works under the protective eye of Lucas, a man who knows exactly what she is. In his biker bar, she finds a family. In the dark corners of the city, she becomes something else entirely, a feared bounty hunter. She doesn’t play nice and soon draws attention. Kaedyn Hakon, known only as Mr Midnight, rules the city from the shadows with quiet, ruthless control. He is a man whispered about, never seen, and feared by those who know better than to cross him. Lyon Ulrich, the brutal leader of the Road Wolves, rules through fear, fast violence, and a temper no one survives twice. Both men are dangerous, and both want to claim her. Rose is forced to confront who she truly is as the truth about her past begins to unravel. Because in a world where power is taken, not given, choosing the wrong side won’t just cost her everything. It will cost her who she is.

Vivaan and Sanvika have been betrothed since they were kids. Coming from two of the wealthiest business families in the country, the two had accepted this engagement as their destiny. The two stayed friends until a day Sanvika decided that she did not want to live the life chosen for her by others. She leaves her luxury life to move to Goa and start a small restaurant there beside the sea. She is leading her life there when Vivaan comes to her to try to convince her to come back.

I existed in monochrome. Then she walked in and set my world on fire. Now her name beats in my chest like a second pulse. And I won't stop until she's just as addicted to me.