P. K. Darling

***Prequel to Virtually Me - short story, only 6,000 words****

Kimberley has spent the better part of her adult life stuck in a dead-end marriage and a dead-end job. Now she’s in her forties, she’s single and her life is an endless cycle of mundane chores.Encouraged by success stories from people at work, she joins a dating chat room. Online, she isn’t a shy, lonely and depressed 40-something; she’s SeattlesAnswerToBradshaw, a sexy, confident and flirty woman with an army of admirers and a gift for talking dirty.  Kimberley’s new persona encourages her to ditch her old self, to hit the gym and reinvent her image and her lifestyle. But there is an even bigger change and a bigger surprise waiting around the corner and — just like her new body, her new confidence and her new style — Kimberley never saw it coming.  Virtually Me is a light-hearted, romantic comedy about a single mom searching for true love.