Darlene Corbett
Darlene Corbett has been serving others as a licensed psychotherapist for over thirty years.
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 in August, she became the winner in the 2024 Storytrade Book Awards “Christian Fiction - Contemporary” category:
https://2024.storytradeawards.com/
And right now?
She’s finishing Mesmerize, a contemporary romance.
Besides being an avid reader, Darlene loves animals, especially dogs, which you'll see in her novel. Also, she treasures
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