Intelligence Knot Crystal Tear Novels & Stories

When Sidney travels to the mountains to attend a horror film festival, she is flattered to find that one of her followers has come to meet her. But he might not be the only one who has gone out of his way to get up close and personal with her. When Sidney is attacked on the way back to her hotel late one night, she learns that real-life horror is not a game, and being stalked isn’t flattering—it’s terrifying, and it could get her killed.Believing the incident to be a fluke, Sidney decides to forget the attack and focus on her life again. Only this might not be so easy. Because Sidney—and her loved ones—are in serious danger. This stalker isn’t just your average stalker. He knows her every movement, and he knows each step of her routine. In fact, he’s right behind her…and when he gets close enough, he won’t take no for an answer.©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Rejected and killed on her mating ceremony night by her mate and half-sister, Xavie was rescued by Alpha Kian Like her, his sister had also suffered the same fate. They didn't love or want each other, that was crystal clear but they had one goal, to make the people who had wronged them pay! Are they strong enough to fight the force of fate and deny the fatal attraction that was developing between them or will their enemies eventually tear them apart?

My sister poisoned me. All because her mate was a pale shadow next to mine. Now, I'm back where it all began. The Mating Ceremony, five years ago. In my last life, Sarah and I chose our mates at the Pack Alliance gala. She chose the most powerful Alpha, the future Alliance leader, Damon. But she could never bear him a pup. Damon despised her. He abused her. He even went feral during his curse and nearly killed her. She shoved me toward Liam, the Alpha of a failing pack. She never guessed Liam’s power would explode, that he’d one day tear the title of High Alpha from Damon’s grasp. Then, on the day of Liam's coronation, Sarah poisoned me out of jealousy. I opened my eyes again. We were back at the mate selection ceremony. Sarah announced to everyone she was choosing Liam, and I was shoved toward her ex-mate, Damon. But I suddenly heard her inner scream: [Die, Elena. Just die! You and that rabid wolf Damon can go to hell together. Liam will still be High Alpha, and I will be the ultimate Luna!] But I just smirked as I stumbled into Damon’s arms. Sarah had no idea. The “perfect mate” she’d chosen was already plotting to consume her very soul.

There are a lot more truths in the books we read, than we’d like to admit. What if a book delves into the lives of the very town you live in? Reveals to you some personal stories of people you know? Or thought you knew. Bookstore owner Kevin Ellison faces this truth when a mysterious book shows up in Through a Mirror, Darkly by Kevin Lucia. Through a Mirror, Darkly is a Supernatural Thriller collection masked as a novel. With elements of mystery, suspense, and otherworldly horror, Through a Mirror, Darkly successfully delves into the worlds of Lovecraft, Grant, and the mysterious Carcosa. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing Arcane Delights. Clifton Heights' premier rare and used bookstore. In it, new owner Kevin Ellison has inherited far more than a family legacy, for inside are tales that will amaze, astound, thrill...and terrify: An ancient evil thirsty for lost souls. A very different kind of taxi service with destinations not on any known map. Three coins that grant the bearer's fondest wish, and a father whose crippling grief gives birth to something dark and hungry.

What are the odds that you are dared to send a random text to a stranger? And, what are the odds that the stranger happens to be someone you would never have imagined in your wildest fantasies?Well, the odds are in Chloe's favor. A text conversation which starts as a dare takes a one eighty degree turn when the person behind the screen turns out to be the cockiest, most arrogant, annoying asshat. Despite all this; the flirting, the heart to heart conversations and the late night musings are something they become accustomed to and something which gradually opens locked doors...but, that's not all. To top it all off, the guy just might happen to be in the same school and have a reputation for a overly skeptical identity..."What are you hiding?""An awesome body, beneath these layers of clothing ;)"But, who knows what Noah is really hiding and what are the consequences of this secret?Cover by my girl @messylilac :)❤️

When she had a one-night stand with her pack’s biggest enemy, Landon Knox, the Alpha of the Crimson Pack, she did not know that she was his fated mate. She did not know that she was pregnant with his child until it was too late. And now she had nowhere to go. In order to save her unborn child from the clutches of her vicious father and the savage Landon Knox, she ran. Because if Landon ever found out the truth, he would kill her. She was wrong, though. Landon did not want to kill her; he wanted to punish her. But when other forces rose against them and the alpha’s heir, would they be able to stand united and save the pack?

Amelia Salvatore is a weak human, born to powerful vampires. She has been hated by her family her entire life…she thought life was hard for her not until she was sent to the king’s palace as a sacrifice… The king, Helion Darkmore, an original. He is the first vampire. He was cursed centuries ago which turned him into a hybrid, a demon-vampire hybrid… A monster and a devil… Amelia’s appearance in his palace changed things for him after he found out she is the cure he’s been searching for for years, after been tormented and tortured by the curse for centuries… Amelia could calm the raging beast inside of him… He asks her to be his woman until his curse is completely gone … That is until the flower tattoo vanishes completely…that was the condition for her freedom . Amelia refuses, he threatens to kill everyone around her and she agrees… Her life becomes threatened when the shadow realm finds out about her existence, they try to kill her severally but failed… Along the line, Helion who is void of love falls in love with Amelia and asks her to marry him and be his queen, he intends to turn her into a vampire after her coronation so they can be together forever but she was poisoned by her sister, Emily and while on the brink of death, her true identity was revealed…

“Seven days, piccola. Crawl to me, or I take you by force.” For years, Nadia Vance had lived as a servant in her Aunt’s mansion, ignoring maltreatments from her Aunt and her family and warding off her twisted cousin, she thought she knew the definition of hell. She was wrong. Lorenzo Romano, a cold, ruthless, and lethal, mafia king comes to collect a debt that can only be paid in blood, which her uncle owes. Instead, he gives her uncle a bittersweet ultimatum- seven million dollars and an erased debt, in exchange for the girl. The deal is struck, and Lorenzo gives Nadia a choice: she has seven days to crawl willingly to him, or he will take her by force. Nadia refuses to give in to the tyrant, she waits out the countdown. But when her desperate escape attempt fails on the sixth day, Lorenzo drags her into the underworld of absolute power, dark secrets and intoxicating danger. She expected to be his captive. She didn’t expect the dark temptation that comes with wearing the mafia king’s ring.

There are monsters in this world. And they used to be us. Now it's time to euthanize to survive in a hospice where Emily, a woman haunted by her past, only wants to do her job and be the best mother possible. Post-infection Chicago. Christmas. Inside The Hospice, Emily and her fellow nurses do their rounds. Here, men and women live out their final days in comfort, segregated from society, and are then humanely terminated before fate turns them into marrow-craving monsters known as ‘Smilers.’ Outside these imposing walls, rabid protesters swarm with signs, caught up in the heat of their hatred. Emily, a woman haunted by her past, only wants to do her job and be the best mother possible. But in a world where mortality means nothing, where guns are drawn in fear and nobody seems safe anymore – at what cost will this pursuit come? And through it all, the soon to be dead remain silent, ever smiling. Such is their curse. It won't be long before that snow-speckled ground will be salted by blood. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Welcome back to Clifton Heights. Sheriff Chris Baker and Father Ward meet for a Saturday morning breakfast at The Skylark Diner to once again commiserate over the weird and terrifying secrets surrounding their town. Sheriff Baker shares with Father Ward the story of a journal discovered in the ruins of what was once an elaborate koi pond and flower garden, which regales a tale of regret, buried pain, and unfulfilled debt: “Sophan” – Jake Burns has always been a bit...off. Rude, awkward, sometimes brutish, he's tolerated by Nate Slocum and his friends because he hits a mean line drive, and because they all know but don't discuss the abuse he faces at the hands of his troubled father, a Vietnam veteran consumed by his demons. But Jake is suffering something far worse than domestic abuse, and when Nate discovers what, he faces an impossible choice: help Jake and put himself in the path of evil, or abandon him, only to damn himself in the process. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing