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Remember that weird girl from school you and everyone else avoided? Ever wonder what happened to her? In reading this melodramatic and quirky spin on the classic coming-of-age tale, you may or may not feel regret over the way you treated that girl, but you're definitely going to hate her mother.
Set in the 1970's South, Maggie's story is both heartbreaking and absurdly funny. Crazy Red is Book One in the Jackson Sugar series.
Maggie dreams of having a life like the ones she sees on TV, with laughter, loving parents, supportive friends, and a home free of giant flying cockroaches. In reality she lives in a cold, unhappy home ruled by Sybil, a mother determined to safeguard her daughter's virtue, and dark family secrets, at any cost.
As Maggie transforms into an oddly attractive young woman and finds love with the overly devout, All-American William Marshall at the neighborhood church, she becomes hopeful of realizing the life she's longed for--but it won't be easy. Between her mother's vicious schemes, a propensity towards suicide, killer tornadoes, and Will being blackmailed into marching off to war, Maggie's got her hands full. Or she thinks she has until meeting Edmond Jackson, an attractive, charming, and sadistic drug trafficker obsessed with making a virgin his wife. Edmond is enthralled by Maggie's innocence, and contrives to seduce her into marriage by preying on her desire to be loved.
Titles in the series (2)
- Jackson Sugar: WANTED DEAD
Banished and left homeless by her mentally unstable mother, and devastated upon learning Will has married someone else, Maggie enters into a coerced marriage with the nefarious but charming Edmond Jackson. But as 1971 draws to a close, his suspicion that she still loves Will Marshall leads to an act of violent, unforgivable rage, and the threat of death should she ever betray him. Unable to leave, but determined to find a safe haven before her child is born, Maggie soon finds herself entangled in circumstances beyond her imagining, where even the voice of God cannot be heard. Set in the 1970's South, Maggie's story continues in WANTED DEAD, Book Two in the Jackson Sugar Series. Rich in period detail, absurdly funny, smart and sexy, WANTED DEAD is a love story that will make you laugh, cry and rage with it's unforgettable characters, bizarre happenings, and suspenseful situations. This chapter of Maggie's story is about the strength we find in love, and the power of promises kept. J.
- Jackson Sugar: CRAZY RED
Remember that weird girl from school you and everyone else avoided? Ever wonder what happened to her? In reading this melodramatic and quirky spin on the classic coming-of-age tale, you may or may not feel regret over the way you treated that girl, but you're definitely going to hate her mother. Set in the 1970's South, Maggie's story is both heartbreaking and absurdly funny. Crazy Red is Book One in the Jackson Sugar series. Maggie dreams of having a life like the ones she sees on TV, with laughter, loving parents, supportive friends, and a home free of giant flying cockroaches. In reality she lives in a cold, unhappy home ruled by Sybil, a mother determined to safeguard her daughter's virtue, and dark family secrets, at any cost. As Maggie transforms into an oddly attractive young woman and finds love with the overly devout, All-American William Marshall at the neighborhood church, she becomes hopeful of realizing the life she's longed for--but it won't be easy. Between her mother's vicious schemes, a propensity towards suicide, killer tornadoes, and Will being blackmailed into marching off to war, Maggie's got her hands full. Or she thinks she has until meeting Edmond Jackson, an attractive, charming, and sadistic drug trafficker obsessed with making a virgin his wife. Edmond is enthralled by Maggie's innocence, and contrives to seduce her into marriage by preying on her desire to be loved.
Kaley Craig
Kaley Craig is a freelance writer/photographer with a background in criminal law, social work, and education. She lives in Atlanta.
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