About

Charley Mayne

Charley is a caffeine and nicotine addict, writing from Ireland in a small room with low lighting. She doesn’t let herself smoke inside, but her desk is covered in empty cups and wrappers.

Ryan’s story was born on a beach. She wrote the first three chapters in a tiny notebook while staring at the sea. It was meant to be one book. Then it took on a life of its own.

The world is a fucked up place. People suffer every day. In different ways. In silence.

Charley wanted to write about them.
Not about heroes. Not about love stories.
But about the ones who suffer in the dark.
The ones nobody sees.

The Chainmark Series is her answer to a world that breaks people.
It’s not pretty. It’s not polite. (Neither is she—Charley’s a sarcastic cow with a foul mouth and no interest in writing happy endings.)
But it’s honest. Raw. Shocking.

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What readers are saying

Bonds of Slavery

★★★★★

“A traumatic, gut-wrenching masterpiece.”

Amazon reviewer

The Boy

★★★★★

“This story will break your heart and rip it to shreds.”

Amazon reviewer

The Vanishing

★★★★★

“This story will change you… it will alter your perception.”

Goodreads reviewer

Wilkins

★★★★★

“It explains how a monster is created.”

Goodreads reviewer

Bonds of Slavery

★★★★★

“Dark, claustrophobic, and brutally immersive.”

Reader review

The Boy

★★★★★

“This book is absolutely beautiful and addictive… it keeps pulling you in.”

Amazon reviewer

The Vanishing

★★★★★

“My heart is broken… I just wanted to hold him.”

Goodreads reviewer

Wilkins

★★★★★

“A five-star read that left me shaken and unwilling to forgive.”

Goodreads reviewer

Bonds of Slavery

★★★★★

“One of the most emotionally charged books I’ve ever read.”

Amazon reviewer

The Boy

★★★★★

“It’s intense, raw, and impossible to put down. Must-read.”

Goodreads reviewer

The Vanishing

★★★★★

“This story will break your heart… I literally bawled my eyes out.”

Amazon reviewer

Wilkins

★★★★★

“Wilkins isn’t a redemption story… and that is exactly why it is so powerful.”

Goodreads reviewer

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The Chainmark Series by Charley Mayne