About the Book
Book: Visible
Author: Darlene Corbett
Genre: Romantic Women’s Fiction
Release date: May 15, 2024
Therapist Rachel Karem is accustomed to helping emotionally wounded individuals navigate the murky waters of dealing with complicated family dynamics, relationship issues, and life transitions. When individual therapy hits a brick wall for five successful professionals, she persuades them to engage in a ten-week group therapy program. But working through these sessions with her clients reveals Rachel’s own brokenness.
Widowed, childless, and estranged from her family, Rachel wonders if she will ever have a second chance at love. She is amazed when her own therapist advocates for her to “get back in the game.” To her surprise, Rachel enrolls in dance classes where she learns the Tango. Romantic, passionate, intense, sensual, dramatic, the Tango embodies everything that is missing in Rachel’s life. As she grows more confident in her dance steps, her life becomes more entwined with her handsome dance partner, Michael. But past betrayals haunt Rachel’s emotions, and current rivals for Michael’s affections feed past rejections.
Even as her clients in the therapy group learn to support each other in their quest for personal wholeness, Rachel yearns for a deeper connection within herself to propel her into the next stage of her life. But will it be with or without Michael?
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About the Author
Darlene Corbett views herself as a lifelong learner, a pursuer of excellence, a work-in-progress, and a truth seeker.
Serving others as a licensed psychotherapist has been her primary professional position for over thirty years.
Now, she includes Author/Writer and Speaker.
Her wealth of experience in human behavior prompted Darlene to write her ideas on paper, which set the stage for her book, “Stop Depriving the World of You,” published by Sound Wisdom in 2018.
Darlene wrote her first novel, Visible, a women’s fiction about second chances, published by WordCrafts Press in the spring of 2024, and plans on writing two more books in this series.
And right now?
Also, she’s finishing a contemporary romance, the first in another series.
Besides being an avid reader, Darlene loves animals, especially dogs, which you’ll see in her novel. Also, she treasures learning another language, yoga, fitness, traveling, and connecting with her inner circle.
She belongs to many organizations, including the ACFW, FHL-CW, and AWSA.
She makes her home in Central Massachusetts with her beloved Shih Tzu and remains excited about the next chapter of her life.
More from Darlene
I created the protagonist, Rachel, with a Jordanian background. I’m half Syrian/Lebanese, so I thought I’d share an easy but delicious recipe given to me by my mother:
Hushwee:
1 lb. of ground lamb or lean beef
1 stick of butter
2 cups of white rice
5 cups of water and 5 chicken bouillons
1 tablespoon of cinnamon
1 table spoon of allspice
A handful or 2 of pinenuts
On medium heat, stir-fry the beef with the butter.
Once it’s browned, mix in the dry rice, cinnamon, allspice, and pinenuts
Put aside
Boil 5 cups of water with the bouillons.
Once water has boiled, spoon in the mixture, bring the heat to low or one above, and cover.
20-25 minutes and should be done.
You may adjust according to your preference and stovetop.
This can be a side dish or the main mean with a nice Syrian salad such as Tabouli or Fattoush.
Bon Appetit
Author Interview
Can you tell us a little bit about what readers can expect from your books?
Escape with a unique story and education about fictional characters dealing with real-life themes.
What is the greatest advice you have ever been given about writing?
Learn the craft and understand the rules. What are they? I’ll quote W. Somerset Maugham: There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
If you plot, do so, but if you are a pantser, don’t let anyone tell you that’s wrong. Stephen King, Diana Gabaldon, Meg Cabot, James Joyce, Margaret Atwood, and Raymond Chandler are among the luminaries who fall under the pantser category.
What book made you fall in love with reading?
Again, so many, Trixie Belden’s series began my love, but Nancy Drew’s novels deepened my love. I remember reading her mystery (I think number twenty), Quest of the Missing Map, and I couldn’t put it down.
What was the inspiration behind it?
God inspired me to use my work as a therapist and share my brief acquaintance with Tango dancing.
What do you hope readers will take away from the book?
The joy of learning and being inspired even by a work of fiction. It does mirror real life as anyone who reads my novel will takeaway.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. Before you go, where can readers keep up with what’s next?
You can go to my website, www.DarleneCorbett.com, and sign up for my short and sweet newsletter, which I send out every three to four weeks.
Blog Stops
Simple Harvest Reads, October 24 (Author Interview)
Artistic Nobody, October 25 (Author Interview)
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, October 26
Fiction Book Lover, October 27 (Author Interview)
Library Lady’s Kid Lit, October 28 (Author Interview)
Guild Master, October 29
Tell Tale Book Reviews, October 30 (Author Interview)
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, October 30
Blossoms and Blessings, October 31 (Author Interview)
Holly’s Book Corner, November 1
Stories By Gina, November 2 (Author Interview)
A Reader’s Brain, November 3 (Author Interview)
Texas Book-aholic, November 4
A Modern Day Fairy Tale, November 5 (Author Interview)
Locks, Hooks and Books, November 5
Pause for Tales, November 6
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Darlene is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon card and a winner’s choice of a paperback or eBook copy of the book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
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