The Darlings of Orange County

Somewhere between the ghostwritten reality-show memoirs and the celebrity-spawn "novels" clogging the bestseller lists, real wit, satire, and dark comedy seem to be extinct.

As an author, Veronica Darling has done everything right: a popular series of historical fiction novels, and all the book tours and promotional events a person can handle. The only problem ... it doesn't seem to be working. Her books gather dust on the bottom shelf while the best sellers list is crowded with schlock by r...