Kellie’s Curse: Sometimes the Safest Place Is Inside a Shell

Based on the author’s life, entwined with fictional elements, Kellie’s Curse: Sometimes the Safest Place Is Inside a Shell introduces us to Crystal Collie as she struggles with her father’s paranoid schizophrenia and her erratic mother’s depression. This compelling story is set in Port Melbourne during the 1960s, where the sensitive, creative Crystal tries to come to terms with her bewildering world. Eventually, Crystal uses her wiles and artistic talents to overcome her taunting demons – the painful memories of anorexia, rape, domestic violence, losing her soul-mate in horrific circumstances, and helplessly witnessing her father’s suicide attempts. Just when she thought she could cope, a dramatic occurrence leaves Crystal fighting for her life. Will she survive? Will she discover the answers to the dark family mysteries that haunt her? Follow the gripping action and heartfelt drama in Kellie’s Curse: Sometimes the Safest Place Is Inside a Shell.

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Bad Moon Rising: Sometimes Revenge Is Sweet

Bad Moon Rising: Sometimes Revenge Is Sweet is the sequel to Kellie’s Curse. Set in Port Melbourne, Australia in the 1960s, it is the engaging story of the flamboyant Kellie Earl, her handsome and artistic brother Billy, and their glamorous and enigmatic Russian mother, Jana Zirakov.

When Jana first arrived in Australia, she was pregnant with Kellie and Billy was two years old. Jana hopes to put the horrors of her past behind her and start a new life, but is bitterly disappointed. Years later, Jana unwisely brings unsavory boyfriends into their home and Kellie is raped. Kellie ends up killing the man.

At twenty-eight, Kellie becomes a rich widow. However, she cannot forget her suspicions surrounding Billy’s tragic death at seventeen. She moves to Sydney where she writes popular novels using the nom de plume B.M. Rising, for “Bad Moon Rising,” Billy’s favorite song.

Nothing alleviates the pain over losing her brother or can lessen the hatred of her rapist. She is also troubled by the secrets Jana keeps about Russia. poses the questions: Is murder ever justified, and are killers born or created? Although the characters are fictional, events are based on real stories.

“Fantastic. I couldn’t put down! It’s an intriguing novel, very cleverly written.” – Robert Bailey, former editor with the Commonwealth Government

“Brilliant work. You are a literary genius!!!” – Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, director, MonashAlfred Psychiatry Research Centre

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About the Author

Maggie Charters lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she is a high school English and Psychology teacher. She is working on the sequel to Kellie’s Curse.