Darlene Gardner

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  • Bibliography:
    55 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2000
  • Latest Book:
    October 2020
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Full Series List in Order

Least Likely Lovers

1 - Baby It's You (Aug-2012)

Return to Indigo Springs

1 - The Hero's Sin (Feb-2009)
2 - The Stranger's Sin (May-2009)
3 - The Secret Sin (Aug-2009)
4 - An Honorable Man (May-2010)
5 - That Runaway Summer (Oct-2010)

Multi-Author Series List

American Heroes (HT)

5 - To The Max (Apr-2005)

Going Back

11 - A Time To Come Home (Jan-2007)
36 - The Christmas Gift (Nov-2011)

Suddenly a Parent

8 - Anything For Her Children (May-2008)

Twins

21 - Twice the Chance (Jun-2011)

Book List in Order: 55 titles

  • Forget Me? Not!

    Harlequin Duets - 39

    Straitlaced, by-the-book Amanda Baldwin is at loose ends. Her longtime fiance has just dumped her! What's Amanda to do? Easy...let the most charismatic, hunky beach guy -- namely Zach Castelli -- show her the wild side of life. Zach is irrepressible,...

  • The Cupid Caper

    Harlequin Duets - 51

    Sam Creighton has responded to his brother's SOS, only to find him missing, his P.I. agency shut tight, and the only case this would-be detective has is a case of the hots for his brother's fiancee. Sam and Mallory team up to locate the absent brideg...

  • The Husband Hotel

    Harlequin Duets - 68

    The fix is in! Jay Overman, inventor of the Impeccabra, has a job to do: keep eligible fellas away from hotel manager Tara Patterson. No way was she to get distracted from climbing the corporate ladder. Sounds easy enough, but not for Jay! It turns ...

  • Born for Each Other

    Annie Kubek is heartily sick of her mother insisting that she and Michael Reeves were born for each other. The ludicrous becomes the preposterous when Michael visits Annie's beloved rural community twenty-five years after they shared a crib.

    No w...

  • The Misconception

    L-O-V-E Evolutionary scientist Marietta Dalrymple viewed it as the ultimate four-letter word for sex. Romantic love--like the myth of the monogamous male--was a fairy tale. Men were good for only one thing: procreation. And using the Conception Co...

  • Anything You Can Do...!

    Harlequin Duets - 77

    Lane Brooks and Clay Crawford know competition! As rival newspaper reporters, they live to scoop one another. Now they're rivals for a prestigious job at a hot new magazine, and things are really heating up. But onlookers wonder: could their huffy lo...

  • Bait & Switch

    DOUBLE TROUBLE To catch a criminal and save his sibling's skin, Mitch agreed to switch places with his identical twin. As a cop, he felt comfortable with the undercover assignment. After all, he was trained to handle any number of hair-raising si...

  • Clash of Hearts

    Michelle Germaine doesn’t want, or think she needs, a man in her life. Her ex-husband took off before their son was born and she learned the hard way not to rely on anyone but herself. She’s not looking to replace him with anyone, least of all...

  • One Hot Chance

    Harlequin Temptation - 926
    Mills & Boon Sensual Romance - 196

    What's a sexy D.C. blue blood doing in sultry Savannah? Cutting loose -- that's what! Tiffany Albright trashes her conservative suits and corporate briefcase for a few days of fun, fun, fun. She's lobbying for a weekend fling with a hot guy. He has t...



  • Once Smitten

    Harlequin Duets - 101

    That's who Jack Carter is to Zoe O'Neill -- the one who got away. Sure, she denies it, but Zoe must contact her onetime college crush just to prove her point. However, Jack's got his own point to prove -- he may be one hot jock, but he strikes out po...

  • Twice Shy

    Harlequin Duets - 101

    That's who Matt Burke and Amy Donatelli are to each other -- the ones who never left. Since their friend Zoe found true love, these two best buds are on their own for the very first time. How will such a workaholic lawyer and a free spirit ever get t...

  • Cole For Christmas

    Harlequin Temptation - 955
    Mills & Boon Sensual Romance - 216

    Merry Christmas to Anna... Anna Wesley can't bear anyone to be alone on Christmas Eve, not even her new marketing assistant Cole Mansfield -- the man who's after her job. Still, she invites him to dinner with her family. Big mistake. Anna's never ...

  • Snoops in the City

    Tori Whitley is possibly the world's worst snoop. Who else would fall for the man she was investigating? As a favor to her private-detective cousin, she agrees to tail Seahaven businessman Grady Palmer. How hard can it be -- especially following a ma...

  • Winter Heat

    Harlequin Temptation - 1001

    It's going to be a very hot Christmas! Architect Riley Carter never does anything without a blueprint, including moving next door to his ex-girlfriend, Kate Marino. The only thing he wants for Christmas is Kate back in his arms and he has a secret, ...

  • To The Max

    American Heroes (HT) - 5
    Harlequin Temptation - 1019
    Mills & Boon Desire 2-in-1 - 147

    Black and white. That's how FBI agent Max Dolinger sees the world. So there's no way he'll move in on his old buddy's ex-girlfriend. Even though the very thought of Sara Reynolds has Max thinking red-hot affair. But when Sara asks for his help, sudde...

  • Million To One

    Harlequin Super Romance - 1316
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1316

    Kaylee Carter may have just found her birth mother -- and the sense of belonging that's been missing all her life. But Sofia Donatelli's stepson, Tony, is suspicious. He thinks Kaylee's just another parasite who's come to sponge off h...

  • A Time To Forgive

    Harlequin Super Romance - 1360
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1360
    Mills & Boon Super Romance - 288

    When Connor Smith has to unexpectedly care for his nine-year-old niece, he isn't prepared. In fact, he's overwhelmed. Blending their lives poses one problem after another until Jaye's violin teacher throws them a lifeline. Abby Reed not only knows...

  • Assignment Humbug

    in Dashing Through The Mall

    Retail manager Joy O'Connell is fraying at the edges when rheumatologist Ed Hall and his three child-terrors enter her store. Between shopping hell and bah humbug, can Ed uncover the true Joy of the season?...

  • A Time To Come Home

    Going Back - 11
    Harlequin Super Romance - 1396
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1396
    Mills & Boon Super Romance - 331

    She'd been keeping secrets long enough... Nothing's harder than moving back to your hometown after you've hit rock bottom--unless it's telling your high school sweetheart he's the father of your nine-year-old daughter. Diana Smith still has feeling...



  • The Other Woman's Son

    Harlequin Super Romance - 1431
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1431

    Clay Dillon is everyone's hero -- especially to his family. So when his kid sister needs a kidney, he tracks down Jenna Wright. Jenna's the only one who can help, but to gain her trust he has to lie. Jenna believes Clay can be everything...

  • Anything For Her Children

    Harlequin Super Romance - 1490
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1490
    Suddenly a Parent - 8

    A love worth any sacrifice... The bond Keri Cassidy shares with her adopted kids couldn't be stronger if they were her own flesh and blood. So when coach Grady Quinlan suspends her teenage son from the basketball team, the fiercely protective sing...

  • The Hero's Sin

    Return to Indigo Springs - 1
    Harlequin Super Romance - 1544
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1544

    He's not the man she thinks he is Murderer. That's what they call him. That's what he calls himself. It's nine years since Michael Donahue set foot in his Pennsylvania hometown, but they're all still pointing fingers. Even after he risks his life to...

  • Ordinary Girl, Millionaire Tycoon

    Mills & Boon Super Romance - 360

    When your life changes in the blink of an eye… Kaylee Carter may have just found her birth mother - and the sense of belonging that’s been missing all her life. But Sofia Donatelli’s stepson, Tony, is suspicious. He thinks Kaylee’s just an...

  • The Stranger's Sin

    Return to Indigo Springs - 2
    Harlequin Super Romance - 1562
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1562

    She didn't do it Accused of a crime she didn't commit, Kelly Carmichael skips bail and heads to Indigo Springs. It's a shot in the dark, but with her freedom at stake she has no choice if she wants answers. When forest ranger Chase Bradford starts a...

  • The Secret Sin

    Return to Indigo Springs - 3
    Harlequin Super Romance - 1580
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1580

    She's your daughter Annie Sublinski was sixteen when a brief encounter with Ryan Whitmore left her pregnant. Ryan stood by her decision to give up their baby for adoption. Now that child is here in Indigo Springs, forcing Annie to confront the man s...

  • An Honorable Man

    Return to Indigo Springs - 4
    Harlequin Super Romance - 1636
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1636

    A rugged stranger asking questions... Sierra Whitmore figures the guy is just a journalist doing his job. That's before the reserved doctor gives in to the powerful attraction simmering between them. Before she discovers the real reason Ben Nash c...

  • That Runaway Summer

    Return to Indigo Springs - 5
    Harlequin Super Romance - 1666
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1666

    An honest woman...with secrets For Jill Jacobi, who's on the run with her younger brother, Indigo Springs is the perfect place to hide. So no matter how powerfully attracted she is to the kind veterinarian, Dan Maguire is a risk she can't afford to ...

  • Twice the Chance

    Harlequin Super Romance - 1714
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1714
    Twins - 21

    She'd know her twins anywhere Jazz Lenox had her reasons for giving up her babies for adoption. So she can't burst into their lives after eight years. Yet there's no doubt these kids are hers. No one could mistake that unique hair. She knows she sh...

  • The Christmas Gift

    Going Back - 36
    Harlequin Super Romance - 1745
    Harlequin Super Romance Large Print - 1745

    Love works in mysterious ways... Krista Novak knows you can't go home again. Yet here she is, touching down in the place she left for good eight years ago. Even though it's only for the holidays, being back means facing Alex Costas. It also means d...



  • Baby It's You

    Least Likely Lovers - 1

    Updated edition! Now part of the boxed set Three for All.Annie Kubek has heard of baby love, but this is ridiculous. Twenty-five years after Annie last spent time with Michael Reeves -- while in a crib wearing diapers! -- her mother...

  • The Truth About Tara

    Harlequin Super Romance - 1803

    Brought together by a secret Tara Greer's world is fine the way it is -- even if some details of her childhood simply don't add up. Life on the beautiful Virginia coast with her mother and young foster brother are all she needs. What she doesn't n...

  • An Innocent Man

    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 wh...

  • Lowcountry Lies

    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 wh...

  • Wish Upon a Christmas Star

    Harlequin Super Romance - 1822

    Giving up is not her style The odds are about a million to one. But after eleven years, P.I. Maria DiMarco jumps at the possibility that her brother might still be alive. And when she makes a wish on a rare pre-Christmas shooting star, well, it co...

  • Dead Ringers 2

    Now part of the boxed set Dead Ringers: Volumes 1-3An Original Publication. This is a 25,000-word novelette that is the second volume of a nine-volume paranormal serial with mystery and romance for young adults and new adults on up.Do you know who yo...

  • Dead Ringers 3

    A paranormal mystery serial for young adults on up. All nine 25,000-word volumes now available individually and in boxed sets! Dead Ringers 1: ILLUSIONJade Greene's memories of the two days she went missing are slowly returning, but they involve a bl...

  • Dead Ringers 4

    Now part of the boxed set Dead Ringers: Volumes 4-6An Original Publication. This is a 25,000-word novelette that is the fourth volume of a nine-volume paranormal serial with mystery and romance for young adults and new adults on up.Should you listen ...

  • Illusion

    A paranormal mystery serial for young adults on up. All nine 25,000-word volumes now available individually, in boxed sets of three and in a complete collection!Jade Greene remembers nothing from the time she went missing except a blinding headache a...

  • Invertigo

    A paranormal mystery serial for young adults on up. All nine 25,000-word volumes now available individually and in boxed sets of three! Max Harper insists Jade Greene's best chance of finding out why she remembers so little about her abduction is to ...



  • Shell Game

    A paranormal mystery serial for young adults on up. All nine 25,000-word volumes now available individually and in boxed sets of three! Jade Greene has barely accepted the existence of Ringers when she has to consider Max Harper is one of them. His m...

  • The Spider

    A paranormal mystery serial for young adults on up. All nine 25,000-word volumes now available individually and in boxed sets of three! Jade Greene can't accept that the late Black Widow is alive and hiding in someone else's body. After all, body swi...

  • Dead Ringers 5

    Now part of the boxed set Dead Ringers: Volumes 4-6An Original Publication. This is a 25,000-word novelette that is the fifth volume of a nine-volume paranormal serial with mystery and romance for young adults and new adults on up.How can you stop a ...

  • Pitfall

    A paranormal mystery serial for young adults on up. All nine 25,000-word volumes now available individually and in boxed sets of three! Jade Greene doesn't buy for a second that the Strangler is dead. She thinks his suicide was staged and he's taken ...

  • Dead Ringers 6

    Now part of the boxed set Dead Ringers: Volumes 4-6An Original Publication. This is a 25,000-word novelette that is the sixth volume of a nine-volume paranormal serial with mystery and romance for young adults and new adults on up.Is it possible to m...

  • Dead Ringers 7

    An Original Publication. This is a 25,000-word novelette that is the seventh volume of a nine-volume New Adult paranormal serial with mystery, romance and missing memories.Is the gift of telepathy a curse?Jade Greene has good reason...

  • The Mentalist

    A paranormal mystery serial for young adults on up. All nine 25,000-word volumes now available individually and in boxed sets of three! Jade Greene has good reason to keep her discovery that she can read minds a secret: Telepathy is behind what's hap...

  • Tilt-A-Whirl

    A paranormal mystery serial for young adults on up. All nine 25,000-word volumes now available individually and in boxed sets of three! Now that Jade Greene has the facts about Max Harper, she's on her own as she seeks the truth about the body switch...

  • Freak Show

    An Original Publication. This is a 25,000-word novelette that is the eighth volume of a nine-volume paranormal serial with mystery, romance and missing memories. How do you win a mind game? Another telepath roams Midway Beach, and Jade Greene is no...

  • Hall of Mirrors

    A paranormal mystery serial for young adults on up. All nine 25,000-word volumes now available individually and in boxed sets of three!In the thrilling conclusion to the serial, the secret's out that Jade is a telepath. With Ringers...



  • Her Very Merry Mistake

    Now part of the boxed set Three for All.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 Cal...

  • Three for All

    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 Germain...

  • Three's Comedy

    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 Germain...

  • Sound of Secrets

    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...

  • The Christmas Cupid

    Crystal Bell is very much afraid that all she wants for Christmas is Max Angell.Since Crystal saw him dashing into traffic to save a child who'd spotted Santa on the other side of the street, Max has been her Christmas hero. But Crystal has a perfec...

  • Let's Behave A Time To Tattle

    This book is about a little girl name Parker who tattled a little bit too much on her friends at daycare, and although as parents we offer just tell our children to stop tattling, when actually tattling can at times be necessary. Therefore, the dayc...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Darlene Gardner has published 55 books.

Darlene Gardner does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Let's Behave A Time To Tattle, was published in October 2020.

The first book by Darlene Gardner, Forget Me? Not!, was published in November 2000.

Yes. Darlene Gardner has 2 series.
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