Playing Darlene: The True
Double Life of a Public School Teacher & Professional Dominatrix
by Darlene
Published August 31, 2012 by Chances
Press, LLC
Erotic Memoir/Tell All
Contains Elements of BDSM/Light
Bondage
Heat Level: Sizzling
Length: 114 pages
Thanks to Fifty Shades…
by Darlene, author of
“Playing Darlene: The True Double Life of a Public School Teacher &
Professional Dominatrix”
BDSM is getting a lot more
attention these days partly due to its inclusion in the Fifty Shades
trilogy. Here’s what I think has been
going on:
People have always had sexual
fantasies. We like to fantasize about
situations and/or activities that are considered naughty, illicit, or otherwise
frowned upon by society. Whatever is
prohibited becomes more desirable.
Imagining these scenes in the safety of our minds can be highly
arousing. Frequent scenarios involve
kidnapping, domination, sex with a stranger, and even rape. Romance novels have been the most popular genre
for quite a while, and guess what they involve?
That’s right — those four activities.
What woman wouldn’t like to be overpowered by a handsome stud, carried
off to the man’s “cave,” and seduced?
Many women wish that sex could be like that for them, but, darn it, it’s
not. I think the cause could be that
belief among dinosaurs that women aren’t supposed to enjoy sex. Society is still telling us that we’re not
“good girls” if we like it as much as boys do. How can we take pleasure in sex if we’re made
to feel guilty afterward? But wait a
minute. If it wasn’t our idea, we can’t
be guilty, right? The above-mentioned
fantasy is the perfect solution. It was
the MAN who swept us away and forced us to surrender. We can relax and have a mind-blowing orgasm
and not have to take any responsibility for it.
So…Fifty Shades comes along, and in addition to containing the
gorgeous, very-skilled guy and the naive gal, throws in a few BDSM
elements. Now women are discovering that
a little kinkiness can make a romance novel even more erotic.
The next logical step is for
people to wonder what OTHER activities exist in this “forbidden”
world. If a small amount of BDSM is
good, more would be even better.
Consequently, it’s not surprising that people are taking more of an
interest in it. Besides, let’s face it,
after a while, vanilla sex can get boring, but with only a handful of B&D
tricks up one’s sleeve (coupled with a bit of imagination), there’s no end to
the variety of fun and satisfying sensual adventures ahead.
I’m excited to see that BDSM is becoming more
mainstream. It looks like the addiction
has begun.
Blurb:
In this eye-opening true story, one woman recounts the double life she led working in two very different professions…one revered and the other reviled. Darlene spent over twenty years being thought of as a well-mannered teacher in a Southern California public school district, but her colleagues and students would have never imagined that for eighteen of those years she also worked as a professional dominatrix in a dungeon.
“Playing Darlene” lets the reader take a peek into the mysterious lives of professionals in the sex industry and some of the jaw-dropping encounters she had with the thousands of clients whose fantasies she helped come true. With everything from roleplaying a shopaholic wife being spanked by her husband to wrapping up a muscular cross-dressing client in plastic and watching him wiggle, Darlene helped men realize their most secret desires…while she wasn’t grading school papers on her breaks.
Darlene’s true stories of balancing her two different personas are frequently shocking, at times hilarious, and occasionally touching, but at the heart of the story is a woman on a personal journey not only to reconcile with her past, but also to discover the full potential of her own sexuality.
About the Author:
Darlene was born in
Hollywood, California, and grew up in Pasadena, a quiet suburb near Los
Angeles. She received a BA in German from California State University, Los
Angeles. For several years she worked in television and film. Credits include
General Hospital, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and the female lead in the film
Monstrosity in which she played a spaced-out punk rocker. She even
photo-doubled for Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun and Corey Feldman in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (when they were 14 and 12 respectively). For
the past 20 years, she has been a public school teacher in Los Angeles County.
She currently lives in the San Fernando Valley, where she can be found
indulging in her favorite hobby, ballroom and country-western dancing. Her next
book is scheduled to be released in early 2013. You may also email her at [email protected].
Darlene will be featured in
an upcoming episode of Discovery Fit & Health’s “Shocking Family Secrets.”
The episode will air on Thursday, Dec. 27th at 10PM (9PM Central).
http://health.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=56.17811.136231.43229.x
Sounds interesting.
Darlene reminds me a lot of Loni ANderson.