The Darlings of Orange County

Shark Guy is Real? "The Darlings of Orange County" Lives!

Thursday, 11 April 2013 17:21 Jennifer Devore

Haven't read The Darlings of Orange County by Jennifer S. Devore, yet? You'd best get busy, before everything else in the book comes true! Apparently, it's all happening with frightening speed and accuracy.

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So, now Shark Guy exists. If you've read my latest novel, The Darlings of Orange County, you'll know full well the antics of surfer Ryan Darling and his beach-bum pal Pardo Phillips. Most of the time, Ryan and Pardo do little but scope wave action, hang out in Shantytown partaking and creating stoner-rock, drink Sierra Nevada and simply enjoy their blessed lives on California beaches. Unarguably though, their most notable moment in the novel (with the exception of their devilish, dark secrets) is when they kayak fish in the kelp beds off the coast of Encinitas, CA. Ryan hooks a gigantic Great White and gets dragged out to sea! Okay, it's not exactly the same as the shark action off Waianae, HI this week, but it's eerily close.

Novel-Shark Guy, Ryan Darling, ends up on theToday show and scores a book deal, befuddling his brainy beauty of wife, and struggling novelist, Veronica Darling. I've yet to see on which morning news show real life-Shark Guy Isaac Brumaghim ends up tomorrow morning.

There also happens to be, in real-life, a pro surfer by the name of Joel Parkinson; he goes by the nickname Parko. I happen to have a surfer in my book, Parker Phillips III; he goes by the nickname Pardo. IRL Parko, and Parko's IRL attorneys, I swear on my pup's life I was not aware of Mr. Parkinson until a few months ago. All so weird.

To boot, if you've read my bikini-and-martini novel, you'll recall the tasteless, tacky and Übersuccessful, New York Times-bestseller Raina Schein. Raina is nice as pie, but nonetheless remains the "literary" nemesis of our heroine Veronica Darling and author of My Vagina Loves You: a Picture Book. Raina then has the good luck of a Broadway musical, My Vagina Loves You: the Musical , produced by Kathie Lee Gifford. Fifty Shades of Grey ring any bells, anyone?

Consider this, my pretties. I started writing The Darlings of Orange County in 2009; it was published in 2011. Because it is a mild roman à clef (expressionistic autobiographical or, loosely based on real life), it is subtitled as such: The Darlings of Orange County: Based on a Soon-To-Be-True Story. So, what's next? Do "Chet and Lorelei" get a reality show? Do I get a seven-figure movie deal for The Darlings? Does Johnny Depp get kidnapped at my premiere? Crikey, who knows?!

Update, May 5, 2013: So, continuing along the weird track of real-life events mimicking those of my fictional The Darlings of Orange County ... if you've read the book, you'll note a slight similarity in the following, sporting event, to Veronica and Ryan Darling's party day at Del Mar in the Seabiscuit Terrace, organized by their dear friend Kieran Kelly Mulholland.

Whilst it's not quite Del Mar, it is a private party at a SoCal sports venue. Real life-Sugar Belle Darling has organized and invited my Viking and Moi to a private-suite party at Angel Stadium for an Anaheim Angels-Kansas City Royals baseball game. Now, let's see if any of our Darlings get too tipsy and receive a big Angels welcome via a shot on the JumboTron! If that happens ... I'll just plotz! I'm telling you, read it before it happens!

The Darlings of Orange County: New Year's Ad Campaign 2013, Part I

Wednesday, 02 January 2013 12:29 Jennifer Devore

Fresh from the art department once again, The Darlings of Orange County 2013 New Year's ads, Part 1: "Downright Filthy" & "Leaking Silicone".

Look for the ads, along with "Meet Pardo" wherever you surf, online or otherwise!

The Darlings of Orange County Stings H-town with Sexy Salacious Satire: Press Release

Saturday, 24 March 2012 09:37 Jennifer Devore

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The Darlings of Orange County
Stings H-town with Sexy Salacious Satire
San Diego, CA - March 27, 2012 - Author, Jennifer S. Devore, will release her 4^th book, a work of fiction, The Darlings of Orange County, published by KIMedia, LLC. The novel will be released in Kindle, Nook, and epub formats.

Veronica Darling has an image problem; nobody knows who she is. To get noticed in the literary and entertainment worlds, she soils her soul to bring Hollywood to the California Riviera.

The Darlings of Orange County is a salacious, hysterical and murderous romp that's overflowing and pulsating, like a bikini top that's way too small, with eco-terrorism, horseracing scandals, sleazy drug deals and an obligatory lipstick-lesbian affair. It all leads to a white-knuckled climax in a glitzy, celebrity-encrusted, Laguna Beach film premiere that spells success for Veronica Darling and trouble for her friends and family.

Like a virus, as she stood next to the sickness of celebrity, it infected her. She flashed back in an instant to what had worked for Raina Schein, dead “author” of The New York Times Best Seller My Vagina Loves You. It was at that moment that it dawned on her. These people didn’t want intelligence or historical-accuracy or morality and ethics wrapped up nicely in an exciting and well-written adventure. She watched the people watching Lorelei. They grew animal. They wanted dirty sex and reveled in the fear and threats of perceived violence.

In an act of pure selfishness, Veronica jumped into action … reached up grabbed Lorelei’s blouse and ripped it open like she was welcoming the morning sunshine by pulling back the drapes.

-excerpt from The Darlings of Orange County

When asked about release of her fourth novel, Jennifer replied, “It’s bonkers! The idea for it spilled out of a bottle or two of red wine over dinner. Three years later, voila! All I can say is grab your sex wax and string bikinis, Guys and Dolls! If you think Bravo's The Real Housewives of Orange County is trashy, hold on to your bippies! You haven’t seen anything yet!”

Gary David of KIMedia, LLC, the book’s publisher, says, “We are really excited about this story. The comedy is sharp and the characters are dysfunctional riots. For a publisher, a novel like this, spit-out-your-coffee funny and sexy, is a dream come true. This story has it all.”

KIMedia, LLC. is a publishing and visual media company based in San Diego, California: www.provideoshow.com

Jennifer S. Devore is the author of the Savannah of Williamsburg novels. She writes for www.jennypop.net and is a regular contributor to the official San Diego Comic-Con Book. She also writes for www.goodtobeageek.com under the pen name Miss Hannah Hart, Ghostdame of the Hotel del Coronado.

Pack Your Uggs and Rat Mask, Astrid: It's a Summer Holiday in France

Monday, 07 January 2013 11:37 Jennifer Devore

What's hotter than our Astrid in her trademark uniform of bikinis and Uggs? Astrid in a rat mask, of course!

Any question as to what the hottest couple in Encinitas, California, our very own Pardo and Astrid, (Of The Darlings of Orange County fame: book now $2.99!) will be up to this summer? Pack your Uggs and rat mask, Astrid. It's the annual Rat's Cup in Biarritz, France, along La Côte Basque. Bikinis, boards, booze and the Rat Patrol. Who knows? Maybe the Kia Soul Hamsters will even be there. Now that's a party even our Miss Savannah Squirrel might attend. Maybe.

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I spent a month in Biarritz one week. My Viking and I explored the beaches, bars and casinos with frightening speed and agility. It helps to have beaucoup d'euros; but ce n'est pas necessaire. The beach is the beach and a drink is a drink, no matter where you live or where you travel. To quote Ethan Hawke to Winona Ryder in 1994's Reality Bites, "You see, this is all we need. A couple of smokes, a cup of coffee and a little bit of conversation. You and me and five bucks."

Replace "smokes" with "Gin and Tonics" add a couple of rat masks and some bonkers wave action, symbolically speaking, of course, if you're not on the coast, and you've got the perfect day, en Biarritz, San Diego, Washington, D.C., Rome, Nashville, Seattle, Zermatt, Poipu Beach or anywhere your pin drops on this great blue marble map.