Darlene Gardner: 18 books

Updated Edition! When evil invades her town for a second time and a little girl is missing, she needs to team up with the man she loved and betrayed to find the truth. Years ago, Leigh Hampton could have given Wade Conner an alibi when he was accused of an unspeakable crime. Too afraid...

An original publication Is he reaching out from the grave to ask her to solve the mystery of his death? A romantic mystery with ghostly overtones. Cara Donnelly is sure she's never visited the sleepy Florida town of Secret Sound. So why does the very name ring a haunting bell? Why does...

Updated edition! Originally published by Avalon Books under the title Born for Each Other at 182 print pages. If she won’t entertain the notion that love is in the air, how can she possibly believe it started in the crib? Annie Kubek has heard of baby love, but this is ridiculous. Twenty-five...

Updated edition! Originally published by Avalon Books at 184 print pages. She can’t decide whether to kiss him or argue with him. Michelle Germaine can take care of herself and her twelve-year-old son, thank you very much. She had a man in her life, and it didn’t work out so well....

Updated edition! The sperm donor she hired has gone AWOL, so who’s this man in her bed? A misunderstanding of biological proportions. A man is good for only one thing. Dr. Marietta Dalrymple wants a baby, but all she wants from a man is his sperm. A professor of evolutionary...

Updated edition! After switching places with his identical twin to catch a criminal, Mitch is the one who’s hooked – on his brother’s girl! Grant “Mitch” Mitchell is a cop accustomed to bailing out his charming, irresponsible twin, but his brother’s never been mixed up with...

A paranormal mystery serial for young adults on up. All nine 25,000-word volumes now available in boxed sets and in a complete collection! Dead Ringers 4: SHELL GAME If Max is playing a shell game, Jade needs to figure out what he’s hiding and why he’s in Midway Beach. Dead Ringers...

A paranormal mystery serial for young adults on up. All nine 25,000-word volumes now available in boxed sets and in a complete collection! Dead Ringers 7: THE MENTALIST Jade has good reason to keep her discovery that she can read minds a secret: Telepathy is behind what’s happening in Midway...

Lenora Patterson should have kept her lips zipped. Because she didn’t, the listeners of a popular morning radio show believe the most maddening man Lenora has ever met is the love of her life. So does Nikos Calloway, the maddening man himself. And all the guests at a destination wedding where...

Contains all nine volumes of the paranormal mystery serial. For young adults on up. Jade Greene remembers nothing from the time she went missing except a blinding headache and an evil clown with a syringe. Not exactly the stuff to convince others of her sanity. Nobody at the summer carnival...

Updated edition! What’s an amateur PI to do when she falls for the man she’s investigating? Tori Whitley might be the world's worst snoop. As a favor to her private-detective cousin, she's supposed to investigate Seahaven businessman Grady Palmer. From afar, not up close and...

A boxed set of three short and (mostly) sweet romantic comedies. Baby It's You—If Annie Kubek won’t entertain the notion that love is in the air, how can she possibly believe it started in the crib? Clash of Hearts—Michelle Germaine had a man in her life, and it didn’t work out...

A boxed set containing three full-length romantic comedies. SNOOPS IN THE CITY—What’s an amateur PI to do when she falls for the man she’s investigating? THE MISCONCEPTION—The sperm donor she hired has gone AWOL, so who’s the man in her bed? A misunderstanding of biological...

Updated edition! Two books in one! The one who got away. The person from your past you can’t forget. The one who creeps into your mind when you least expect it and gets you thinking about what might have been. For Zoe O’Neill, that’s college crush Jack Carter. No matter how much...