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Charmaine Pauls was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She obtained a degree in Communication at the University of Potchefstroom and followed a diverse career path in journalism, public relations, advertising, communication, and brand marketing. Her writing has always been an integral part of her professions.
When she moved to Chile with her French husband, she started writing full-time. She has been publishing novels and short stories since 2011.
Charmaine currently lives in Montpellier, France with her family. Their household is a lively mix of Afrikaans, English, French, and Spanish.
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Girls like me, we know how to survive.
We each have our own little ways, but we acquire those skills at the same tender age.
If you ask me how many times a person can die, I'll tell you many times. As many times as a man stabs you in the stomach with betrayal and wrings out your heart with lies.
Girls like me, we live.
We don't get a choice.
We step over the cliff and fall.
Eat, sleep, die, and repeat.
Dark Romance Readers LOVE this Dark and Twisted Romance! See what they have to say about Diamonds in the Rough:
"Pauls is an amazing writer in the darker side of romance novels. She does a fabulous job blending the light in between the dark. Her books are a compulsion that I just can’t miss!" Chris C - A Midlife Wife, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Five shining stars sparkling with its own brilliance! Wow! Ms. Pauls has outdone herself with this installment of her Diamond Magnate trilogy." Carvanz, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"If you are looking for a series to get your emotions so revved up that you can't think straight? Read this series... This author writes edgier stories and she writes dark enough to push at the boundaries I have set for myself." Mindy Lou's Book Review, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"This story twisted my mind and at 70% I was having heart palpitations." Kelly, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
* Diamonds in the Rough is Book 2 of the Diamonds are Forever Trilogy and ends on a cliffhanger. Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1) must be read to follow the story. Diamonds are Forever (Book 3) concludes the story.
Other novels in the Diamond Magnate collection:
Standalone Novel
Beauty in the Broken
Diamonds are Forever Trilogy
Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1)
Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2)
Diamonds are Forever (Book 3)
Men like us, we see things.
We do things, things that make us unfeeling.
That's the price of power and money, of living la belle vie and running the French mafia. Then she came along like a pretty wildflower pushing through the cracks on a dirty pavement - fragile yet resilient, a breath of beauty among the filth. She was supposed to be just another job, a nameless person I was to pluck from her life and hand to my brother, nothing but a pawn in the gamble of our diamond business.
There's a psychological label for men like us.
We lack empathy and guilt.
We do things to have what we want, things that make flowers wilt.
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Dark Romance Readers LOVE this Dark and Twisted Romance! See what they have to say about Diamonds in the Dust:
"This book and what is to follow is a thing of beauty, in my opinion. I don’t think there is a better way to describe it." Jessica Alcazar, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Charmaine Pauls delivers her most complicated anti-hero and most adorable heroine to date in this very dark and twisted modern fairy tale romance." Buffyanna, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Diamonds in the Dust ends in a hell of a cliffhanger,plunging me into the abyss.... I need Diamonds in the Rough more than my next breath!" Cécile Smits, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Charmaine Paul's writes stories that capture the reader from page 1 and then gently weaves the story until the devastating end." Kelly, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
* Diamonds in the Dust is Book 1 of the Diamonds are Forever trilogy. The story continues in Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2), and concludes in Diamonds are Forever (Book 3).
Other novels in the Diamond Magnate collection:
Standalone Novel:
Beauty in the Broken
Diamonds are Forever Trilogy:
Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1)
Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2)
Diamonds are Forever (Book 3)
Once upon a cold, dark night, a Russian killer stole me from an alley.
I’m dangerous, but he is lethal.
I escaped once.
He won’t let me do it twice.
The revenge is his.
The betrayal is mine.
But so are the lies to protect the ones I love.
We’re cut from the same twisted cloth. Both merciless. Both damaged.
In his embrace, I find hell and heaven, his cruelly tender touch destroying and uplifting me at once.
They say a cat has nine lives, but an assassin has just one.
And Yan Ivanov now owns mine.
Ich bin ein Kredithai. Leuten Knochen zu brechen, liegt mir im Blut. Die Haynes sollten ein einfacher Job sein. Reingehen und zweimal abdrücken. Eine Kugel für Charlie, eine für seine Schwester. Aber als ich Valentina sah, wollte ich sie. Nur in unserer Welt bekommen diejenigen, die uns etwas schulden, keine zweite Chance. Meine Mutter wird sie auf keinen Fall am Leben lassen. Also habe ich mir einen Plan ausgedacht, um sie zu behalten.
Er ist verdorben.
Er ist unmoralisch.
Er ist zweifelhaft.
Er ist perfekt.
Genau wie sie.
When Gabriel broke down my door, he took over my body and life. Never with force, but always with clever manipulation. He stripped me of my independence, my defenses, and my clothes and turned me into an addict. My addiction is him.
Once, I had dreams and a future. Now, I have fears, scars, and insatiable needs. I'm damaged beyond repair, but if I'm to survive the most dangerous man in Johannesburg, I can't allow him to break me, because broken toys are destined for the garbage dump.
Dark Romance Readers LOVE this Dark and Twisted Romance! See what they have to say about Consent:
"Oh this book is the perfect completion to the two book series... The author gave it her all and crafted a wonderful, absorbing read that took you on a roller coaster of highs and lows." Chris C - A Midlife Wife, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Intense Dark Romance... The story of Gabriel and Valentina... is not a calm boat ride on a placid lake. It's a boat ride on a stormy sea where you get thrown up to the top of a 20 foot swell to plummet headfirst down to the bottom." Maura Pritchard, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"5 stars is not enough to rate this book, it should get 10!" Ana (thestarlisten), Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"The Loan Shark Duet by Charmaine Pauls seriously puts the reader through the ringer in the best and worst of ways... and I loved every minute of it!!" Hettie Ivers, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
* Consent concludes The Loan Shark Duet. Dubious (Book 1) must be read first in order to follow the story.
I'm a loan shark.
Breaking people is in my blood.
The Haynes were supposed to be a straightforward job. Go in and pull the trigger twice. One bullet for Charlie, one for his sister.
But when I saw Valentina, I wanted her. Only, in our world, those who owe us don't get second chances. No way in hell will my mother let her live. So I devised a plan to keep her.
It's depraved.
It's immoral.
It's dubious.
It's perfect.
Just like her.
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Dark Romance Readers LOVE this Dark and Twisted Romance! See what they have to say about Dubious:
"Gabriel is delicious...one of the best anti-heroes I have ever read! This book is a gem." - PerSefone, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"The writing, characterization and setting were woven perfectly together into a beautiful tapestry that left me with a whole bunch of FEELS!" - MsMoxy, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"The most salacious yet beautiful, tragic story I have ever read... A modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast." - Anne Baker, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"My heart was wrecked right from the start!" Natalie,The Biblioholic, Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
* Dubious is Book 1 of The Loan Shark Duet and ends on a cliffhanger. Consent (Book 2) concludes the story.
If a man tells you he's no good for you, best heed the warning. I learned the hard way. I had Jake Basson's baby. He left to chase his dream. Now he's back, demanding a second chance, but why should I give him anything after four years of nothing? No correspondence, no news. I finally have my life back on track. Jake has never been uncomplicated. He never follows the rules. I should've known he'd play dirty in his fight to win me back.
He caught me once. I'm not going to let him catch me twice.
* This story contains cheating. HEA guaranteed.
Mädchen wie ich wissen, wie man überlebt.
Jede von uns hat ihre eigene Art zu überleben, aber wir erwerben diese Fähigkeiten im selben zarten Alter.
Wenn man mich fragt, wie oft ein Mensch sterben kann, sage ich: viele Male. So oft, wie ein Mann dir mit Verrat in den Bauch sticht und dir mit Lügen das Herz aus dem Leib reißt.
Mädchen wie ich überleben.
Wir haben keine Wahl.
Wir treten über die Klippe und fallen.
Essen, schlafen, sterben und das Ganze von vorne.
Männer wie wir sehen Dinge.
Wir tun Dinge, die uns gefühllos machen.
Das ist der Preis für Macht und Geld, dafür, dass wir la belle vie leben und die französische Mafia leiten. Dann tauchte sie auf wie eine hübsche Wildblume, die durch die Ritzen eines schmutzigen Pflasters wächst – zerbrechlich und doch unverwüstlich, ein Hauch von Schönheit inmitten des Schmutzes. Sie sollte nur ein weiterer Job sein, eine namenlose Person, die ich aus ihrem Leben reißen und meinem Bruder übergeben sollte, nichts weiter als ein Pfand in unserem Diamantengeschäft.
Für Männer wie uns gibt es einen psychologischen Stempel.
Uns fehlt es an Empathie und Schuldgefühlen.
Wir tun Dinge, um zu bekommen, was wir wollen, Dinge, die Blumen verwelken lassen.
Old Enough (Book 1)
Society says I'm too young for her. What do they know? It's not my age that matters. It's my experience. I'm everything she never knew she needed. Meeting her was no coincidence. How and why our paths crossed are every shade of twisted and wrong, but she'll never know. I'm taking those sinister secrets to my grave. I'm keeping her forever, no matter what it takes.
Young Enough (Book 2)
I thought I'd lost everything. My life was in tatters when a man half my age broke into my property and invaded my future. Our love is forbidden, but I'm single and he's all the taboo I crave. For once in my life, why not? But what if I start wanting more than a fleeting love affair? What if his secrets will destroy me? I had no idea how much more I was about to lose.
Dubious (Book 1)
I'm a loan shark. Breaking people is in my blood. The Haynes' were supposed to be a straightforward job. Go in and pull the trigger twice. One bullet for Charlie, one for his sister. But when I saw Valentina, I wanted her. Only, in our world, those who owe us don't get second chances. No way in hell will my mother let her live. So I devised a plan to keep her.
It's depraved.
It's immoral.
It's dubious.
It's perfect.
Just like her.
Consent (Book 2)
When Gabriel broke down my door, he took over my body and life. Never with force, but always with clever manipulation. He stripped me of my independence, my defenses, and my clothes and turned me into an addict. My addiction is him.
Once, I had dreams and a future. Now, I have fears, scars, and insatiable needs. I'm damaged beyond repair, but if I'm to survive the most dangerous man in Johannesburg, I can't allow him to break me, because broken toys are destined for the garbage dump.
Dies sind die Ereignisse, die zur Invasion der Erde durch die Krinar führten. Diese Geschichte wurde noch nie zuvor erzählt.
Dies ist eine eigenständige Geschichte, die mit Erlaubnis der Autorin in der Krinar-Welt von Anna Zaires spielt. Sie müssen die Krinar-Chroniken nicht im Original lesen, um der Geschichte folgen zu können, aber zur Steigerung des Lesevergnügens und um die Figuren besser zu verstehen, wäre es dennoch unbedingt empfehlenswert.
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