An affair. A marriage. Accidental encounters. A secret spying mission masquerading as research. This is the rich ground from which The Darren Effect springs, carrying readers through the complexities, tragedies, and unanticipated triumphs of love and loss.

The Darren Effect is a miraculous novel, in which characters coalesce and crisscross in awkward, surprising, and hilarious ways. Damaged by grief and circumstance, Heather, Isabella, and Darren offer each other heartbreak, love, and redemption at a time when all previous points of reference have vanished.

Creelman's writing snaps with wit. Spinning a cunning plot, she upends reader's expectations in a devastatingly funny novel that entertains with ticklish tenderness and keen perception.