Darlene Gardner no longer spends her days waiting for an athlete to say something interesting. Nope. Now she makes up her own quotes and torments people. Fictional people. Promise. Although leaving her life as a newspaper sportswriter behind for love and romance worked out pretty well, she's veering off in a haunting new direction with the Dead Ringers serial, landing at a seaside carnival where evil lurks and nothing is as it seems. Darlene has more than thirty books in print, from single-title romantic comedies to emotionally charged family dramas. Updated editions of her romcoms, as well as a couple romantic mysteries, are available for the eBook market.