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Replacement Children: A Twisted Gothic Tale of Greed, Loyalty, and Survival in the Rural South
An ex-Marine only days from homelessness. A wealthy Southern matriarch in need of protection from her children. And a solution that could destroy them all.
Charlie Woods survived three tours in Afghanistan without a mark. Now he's barely scraping by. Desperate for money, he accepts a lucrative job driving the sharp-witted but frail Vivien Granville from Georgia to her son's funeral in Key West.
Vivien recognizes Charlie’s simple decency and maneuvers him and his ambitious wife, Desiree, into her mansion life. Unsuspecting human shields.
Desiree wants in permanently, whatever the cost. For Charlie, it's a trap lined with secrets and temptation—especially one dangerously alluring daughter.
As tensions rise and lies unravel, Charlie finds himself outnumbered and teetering on the edge of betrayal. Has his luck finally run out?
Charlie Woods survived three tours in Afghanistan without a mark. Now he's barely scraping by. Desperate for money, he accepts a lucrative job driving the sharp-witted but frail Vivien Granville from Georgia to her son's funeral in Key West.
Vivien recognizes Charlie’s simple decency and maneuvers him and his ambitious wife, Desiree, into her mansion life. Unsuspecting human shields.
Desiree wants in permanently, whatever the cost. For Charlie, it's a trap lined with secrets and temptation—especially one dangerously alluring daughter.
As tensions rise and lies unravel, Charlie finds himself outnumbered and teetering on the edge of betrayal. Has his luck finally run out?
438 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 14, 2025
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About the author
Rick Maloy
10 books9 followersI'm the middle child of five. Regular smoker at eleven (quit at thirty-two). Actually liked school, especially high school, where my modern language was Russian.
Father at twenty and grandfather at forty-seven. College took nine years at four schools (BS from Fairleigh Dickinson).
I've earned money cutting grass in a graveyard, washing dishes, sorting mail, collecting for a finance company, bookkeeping, supervising seventy office clerks, and selling insurance - eventually owning the agency with my older brother.
After cashing out, I switched from part-time to full-time fiction writing. Pieces have won and placed in short fiction contests. Others have appeared in numerous e-zines. Before switching to novels, I released a collection of my favorites in Sum of Many Things.
Replacement Children is my first published novel. Evenings and Mournings, the second. Detour From Honor, the sequel to Replacement Children is the most recent, for now.
My first-and-only wife, Ann Marie (the oldest of ten), enriches my life in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, while the rest of our vast clan prefers to freeze half the year in the northeast. Go figure.
Father at twenty and grandfather at forty-seven. College took nine years at four schools (BS from Fairleigh Dickinson).
I've earned money cutting grass in a graveyard, washing dishes, sorting mail, collecting for a finance company, bookkeeping, supervising seventy office clerks, and selling insurance - eventually owning the agency with my older brother.
After cashing out, I switched from part-time to full-time fiction writing. Pieces have won and placed in short fiction contests. Others have appeared in numerous e-zines. Before switching to novels, I released a collection of my favorites in Sum of Many Things.
Replacement Children is my first published novel. Evenings and Mournings, the second. Detour From Honor, the sequel to Replacement Children is the most recent, for now.
My first-and-only wife, Ann Marie (the oldest of ten), enriches my life in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, while the rest of our vast clan prefers to freeze half the year in the northeast. Go figure.
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November 24, 2025
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November 30, 2025
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January 31, 2026
This was great book the characters are very well written the dialog to this book is interesting.This book you couldn’t put down I love in the book one part “ no sex no breakfast “ I laughed and blushed on this part if you are looking for fast read and some interesting and little at first confusing dialogue you can’t put it down this your book .
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