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.
From TheBooksDebut.com
From Teacher to Dominatrix - and what a wild journey it was. Playing Darlene takes you behind the scenes of a lifestyle Dominatrix, walking you through some incredible scenes and shocking you all the way until the end. We follow "Darlene" as she begins in this career and she shares some of her most unforgettable clients.
From Richard Horgan, Media Bistro
It's all entertainingly laid out in Playing Darlene: The True Double Life of a Public School Teacher and Professional Dominatrix, a 109-page book that will no doubt benefit from the current appetite for all things Fifty Shades of Grey-related. And in this case, all the more intriguing because it is gender-reversed and purportedly all true.
From Erzabeth's Enchantments
Playing Darlene is a must read if you are going to write about the lifestyle. It will take you beyond the stereotypical scene and introduce you to characters and situations that you likely have never encountered before unless you have been there.
From Mommysreading.com
This book is about more than just a school teacher living a double life, this is about one woman's journey to self discovery and emotional healing.
Darlene also appeared on the TV shows "Shocking Family Secrets" and "The New Ricki Lake Show" discussing her years leading a double-life.
Road Trip to Vegas- A Client Session
My older brother and I are on a road trip to Vegas. He's twenty-one, and I'm sixteen. I'm wearing a tank top and shorts. I'm barefoot and my toe nails are painted bright red. He's driving, and I'm in the passenger seat with my feet up on the dashboard. We're listening to the radio. He's talking about all kinds of things -- football, cars, music, and stuff he does with the guys at college. I'm sort of listening while I sing along with the radio. I'm also keeping time to the music with my feet. I'm wearing shorts, remember, and my legs and feet are constantly moving around and distracting my brother from his driving. That's the whole point. My legs, feet, and bright red toe nails are really turning him on. But he's my brother and I'm only sixteen... Oh, and I'm munching on potato chips. That's also part of the scene.
I say I don't like the song that's being played right now and ask to change the station. He tells me to go ahead and change it, but I have to use my feet. I start pushing the buttons with my toes. I still can't find a station I like, so I start turning the dial with my toes. He's trying to drive, but he's really watching my feet as they play with the buttons and knobs on the radio. And the smell of potato chips... He starts driving with only one hand on the wheel because the other hand has moved to his crotch. He begins to rub his dick, but very cautiously so I won't notice.
Of course, I don't notice anything. I'm busy singing along and looking out the window. He's sure I'm not paying any attention to him, so he unzips his pants and reaches inside. He's actually stroking his cock as he's driving, and I start commenting on the vegetation -- Joshua trees, tumble weeds, and cacti.
Now he's certain he can get away with everything, and he actually comes all over his pants. I see nothing, but I do smell something. I ask him if he smells something funny, and he says he doesn't smell anything, only the potato chips... The session ends before we get to Vegas.
Footnote: The client brought the tank top, shorts, potato chips, and radio with him. The red nail polish had been delivered the day prior to our session so that I would have plenty of time to paint my toenails. I got to keep everything but the radio.