Charley MayneCharley is a caffeine and nicotine addict. She writes 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 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. Read More Read Less