Dana Mentink Books in Order

Circus manager Pi Steely is already trying to keep her eccentric family show on the rails when a body turns up on the grounds. Add a slightly married soulmate and the chaos only grows from there.

Recuperating firefighter Ivy Beria starts asking questions when a gentle savant vanishes after setting a strange fire. With computer expert Tim Carnelli, she follows a trail of numbers toward danger and an unexpected romance.

Ruth Budge’s quiet worm-farming life is interrupted by a severed toe, a strange cult, and the first-ever Finny Fog Festival. Soon an old diary and a hot air balloon disaster turn weird into deadly.

Pilot Maria de Silva discovers drugs hidden among her pet-supply cargo and barely escapes the people behind them. Hiding at an Oregon animal sanctuary draws Cy Sheridan into a chase he never asked for.

Widowed Ruth Budge finds both her late husband’s secret novel and a dead body in Finny’s town fountain. Between bizarre townsfolk and mounting clues, she is pushed into a mystery far bigger than she expected.

On the run, Jackie Swann hides at an Alaska lodge tied to her brother’s fatal accident. There she meets pilot Roman Carter, the man she still blames, just as the lodge’s secrets turn deadly.

Anita Teel races to Arizona after her brother’s last phone call ends with the word murder. The only person willing to help is Booker Scott, the rancher whose heart she broke and still may need.

Ruth Budge faces another wonderfully odd Finny mystery when talk of treasure draws greed and danger to town. As usual, the locals are eccentric, the clues are messy, and murder is never far behind.

In South Dakota’s badlands, old violence and fresh suspicion pull two hurting people into the path of a determined killer. Buried secrets, rugged country, and second chances keep the tension high from the start.

Former tribal agent Bill Cloudman learns the murderer who destroyed his career is back in the South Dakota badlands. When a reporter he once loved returns chasing the same story, both of them become vulnerable.

After losing both her job and her fiancé, Simone Greevey flees to her aunt’s Arizona trailer park for a reset. Instead she gets a missing aunt, a Bible camp, and a man who challenges everything she has avoided.

Maddie Lambert is escorting a transplant organ to her father when sabotage brings the plane down. Stranded on a mountain with the ex-fiancé she cannot forgive, she soon learns the crash was only the beginning.

Treasure seeker Stephanie Gage is blackmailed into hunting a rare Guarneri violin when a man from her past threatens her father. The search could save her family, or drag them into their deadliest case yet.

Shane Mason enters South Dakota’s brutal Desert Quest race to clear his brother’s name and finds Kelly Cloudman in the middle of the case. The reunion is painful enough before a killer makes Kelly the next target.

Brooke Ramsey needs a missing painting to protect her dying father’s reputation. Private investigator Victor Gage has reasons of his own for taking the case, and together they move closer to a murderer.

Blueberry farmer Misty Hart hears an eerie voice in the trees and stumbles into a tiny but lively mystery. An abducted parrot, missing treasure, and a local feud keep this short cozy moving quickly.

When Ava Stanton’s uncle is kidnapped from the family ski resort, she has no choice but to seek help from treasure hunter Luca Gage. Hidden fortune, old feelings, and a ruthless enemy make a dangerous mix.

Antonia Verde is pulled from the ocean by the one man she never expected to trust again. Stranded at Reuben Sandoval’s island hotel during a hurricane, they must face both a killer and their history.

Missionary nurse Nina Truman is hunted through Guatemala by smugglers and forced to rely on Shaw Wilder, a man who blames her for his sister’s death. The jungle gives them almost nowhere to hide.

An earthquake traps journalist Sage Harrington in a crumbling opera house with ex-soldier Trey Black. As they search for Sage’s missing cousin, it becomes clear they are not alone and someone wants the truth buried.

Martina Escobar lives quietly at a desert animal preserve until a plane falls out of the sky outside her home. Solving the crash may expose family secrets she has spent years trying to outrun.

Mia Sandoval becomes a murder suspect after her friend is killed under strange circumstances. With floodwaters rising around their Colorado town, search-and-rescue worker Dallas Black may be the only person she can trust.

Ruby Hudson finds evidence tied to the childhood disappearance of her best friend and stirs up a dangerous cold case. Cooper Stokes wants to clear his brother’s name, but the truth may destroy them both.

Speed skater Laney Thompson is finally chasing the competition she has trained for, until sabotage and a stalker threaten everything. With trainer Max Blanco beside her, the push for victory becomes a fight to survive.

Rosa and Cy Franco see a decorating contest at the aging Pelican Inn as their big chance. For Rosa, returning means facing old family pain, an old flame, and a project that could change everything.

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Brent Mitchell wants one Christmas gift, the truth about his missing sister. Teaming up with private investigator Donna Gallagher leads him into a deadly tangle of secrets on Coronado Island.

Decorator Cy Franco has to transform a damaged reception room on a paddlewheel inn without disrupting a celebrity wedding. The job gets harder when a woman from his past reappears and missing jewelry stirs up fresh trouble.

Former parole officer Mick Hudson blames himself for a woman’s death and fears her sister is next. Keeley Stevens does not want his help, but the past is back and somebody is hunting her family.

When Dominic Jett crashes into Sarah Gallagher’s medical mission clinic, trouble follows immediately. Soon the pair are imprisoned on a remote island and forced to hunt a valuable painting before their captors decide to end the game.

Stephanie Pink needs a valuable manuscript and instead gets sent chasing a runaway dog named Sweetness. Her search throws her together with Rhett Hastings, a man with troubles of his own and no wish for complications.

Navy chaplain Angela Gallagher cannot ignore a plea for help from her late assistant’s brother. With Dr. Dan Blackwell beside her, she digs into a web of lies that someone is willing to kill to protect.

Reporter Madison Coles comes to Desert Valley chasing a crime-spree story and quickly becomes part of the danger herself. Rookie K-9 officer James Harrison may be her only ally, if he can learn to trust her.

Baseball pitcher Cal Crawford inherits an elderly dog he does not want and hires Gina to deal with the problem. The dog may prove to be the one thing that can soften Cal’s guarded heart.

Conductor Pippa Lewis arrives in Christmas Town carrying grief, work pressure, and responsibility for a little girl. Meeting Brodie may be the first step toward healing wounds neither of them expected to revisit.

A holiday threat turns cowboy country into dangerous ground in this Gold Country suspense. Protective instincts, family stakes, and Christmas pressure collide as danger comes far too close to home.

Private investigator Candace Gallagher Andrews is weeks away from testifying in a gang murder trial when someone starts hunting her. Former Navy SEAL Marco Quidel must protect Candace and her little girl before the killer strikes.

Car mechanic Valerie is still scarred by her father’s fatal wreck and by what racing has cost her life. When a stranger comes after her over a mysterious delivery, driver Jackson becomes her only safe ally.

Goldie Portman thinks hosting a high-profile wedding at her inn will solve her problems. Then the bride’s brother, her old nemesis, arrives with three unruly dogs and a talent for making everything wonderfully complicated.

Author Marcy Deveraux retreats to a mountain cabin to work and gets more than quiet in return. A zany dog and a handsome cowboy send her story, and her heart, in a completely new direction.

After a humiliating day, spa owner Corrine is sent to do community service in a desert national park. Ranger Tom Tohono becomes her guide to heat, healing, and a romance she never saw coming.

Misty Agnelli agrees to mind an impossible terrier for a fading screen star and ends up tangled in movie-set chaos. The dog leads her straight to chocolatier Bill Woodson and the chance at a very different life.

Shannon Livingston is hiding a baby from a biker gang when she calls the man she secretly married years ago. Jack Thorn agrees to protect them both, even if pretending they were never separated opens old wounds.

After a head injury wipes out her memory, murder witness Tracy Wilson can no longer remember what put her in danger. Cowboy Keegan Thorn believes her, but Christmas is running out and so is time.

Private investigator Kendra Bell agrees to pose as another woman while military police lieutenant Ethan Webb and his K-9 partner hunt a killer. The deeper the ruse goes, the harder it is to stay one step ahead.

Farrier Ella Cahill is accused of murder, and somebody wants her dead before she can clear her name. Former marine Owen Thorn is her best hope, even if helping her means breaking an old promise.

Airline employee Violet Griffin notices suspicious passengers and ends up in the sights of a drug-smuggling operation. Officer Zach Jameson and his beagle Eddie race to keep her alive as the danger closes in.

Former marshal Mitch Whitehorse put his serial killer brother behind bars and tried to disappear into ranch life. When that brother escapes, Mitch must protect his former sister-in-law and the toddler she has kept secret.

Maggie Lofton is posing as her sister for Christmas, which is dangerous enough before a killer enters the picture. Teaming up with her twin’s cowboy ex may be the only way to survive the holiday.

Equine veterinarian Aubrey Jones heads to Donkey Island to care for rescued animals and runs into the country boy turned NFL star who once broke her heart. Then a storm strands them there together.

April Reed becomes a target when her uncle vanishes after crossing dangerous criminals. NYPD K-9 officer Declan Maxwell and his dog Storm are all that stand between her and the people hunting her down.

Private investigator Sergio Ross is sure his sister’s death was no accident. To prove it, he must work with Helen Pike, a woman linked to two old murders and perhaps the truth that could get them both killed.

Penelope McGregor finally learns who killed her parents decades ago, and then the killer comes after her. Detective Tyler Walker and his K-9 partner Dusty must keep her safe before the past claims another victim.

This two-story suspense collection pairs women in danger with K-9 officers who cannot afford mistakes. Dana Mentink’s featured story, Act of Valor, throws airline employee Violet Griffin into the path of a drug-smuggling ring.

New evidence about a deadly boating accident puts private investigator Dory Winslow back on a case that ruined lives. Working with Chad Jaggert, the father of her secret child, may be the only way to stay alive.

Firefighter Beckett Duke has already lost his name and his marriage after being framed for murder. When his estranged wife Laney is threatened, protecting her and their unborn child becomes his one clear mission.

A one-word text from her missing sister throws Mara Castillo back into a nightmare she never escaped. With rancher Levi Duke as her only protection, she chases answers that could save her life or end it.

Freshly divorced Trinidad Jones opens her dream shake shop in tiny Upper Sprocket, Oregon, and immediately finds murder next door. When one of her fellow ex-wives is accused, she starts sleuthing before everything melts down.

Katie Kapowski returns home when sabotage threatens her family’s reindeer ranch in Alaska. Trooper Brayden Ford and his K-9 are assigned to protect her, but the attack on the ranch is only getting worse.

Trinidad Jones is preparing for Alpenfest and a magazine feature when her grandfather claims he found a body in his trunk. When the corpse vanishes, Trinidad and her ex-wife friends have a fresh mystery on their hands.

Animal rescuer Nora Duke returns to Death Valley and is nearly run down before Christmas even starts. Trapped on Seth Castillo’s ranch with a pregnant donkey and a killer nearby, she has nowhere safe to turn.

Pilar Jefferson learns her supposedly dead father is alive, and his old partner wants revenge. With her mother held for ransom and her ex-fiancé back at her side, escape may be their only chance.

Placed in witness protection while his brother testifies, Tony Ortega is guarding two children from a hit man. Hiding out with Willow Duke in Death Valley may save them, if bullets do not find them first.

Officer Daniella Vargas and her K-9 partner Zara go undercover as nanny and protector when a little boy is threatened. At his widowed father’s inn, the case opens onto a mystery tied to the late wife.

Officer Tanner Ford and his K-9 finally locate crime tech Mara Gilmore, who has been hunted for a double homicide she did not commit. To clear her name, they must survive both a killer and the frozen wilderness.

Winter has reached Upper Sprocket, and Trinidad Jones is trying to keep her shake shop alive with holiday catering. Then her ex bursts in accused of murder, and the season gets messy fast.

Felicia Tennison discovers she has a little sister she never knew, and both of them instantly become targets. Sheriff Jude Duke, the ex she never wanted to see again, is now their best hope of survival.

Former U.S. Marshal Lola Armstrong left her past and former fiancé behind until he appears at her cabin with amnesia and two small twins. Corruption, pursuit, and old feelings turn the road ahead into pure danger.

Catherine Hart thinks it is finally safe to stop hiding when her father’s killer is arrested. Then he escapes, kidnaps her, and forces her to rely on Garrett Wolfe and his tracking dog to survive.

A bloodhound competition turns into a death trap when Stephanie Wolfe is ambushed by an escaped fugitive. Stranded in the wilderness with bounty hunter Vance Silverton and two dogs, she has to keep moving.

After Emery Duncan is abducted and dumped in a lake, private investigator Roman Wolfe and his bloodhound pull her back from death. Now they must uncover why someone fears the truth about her father’s old confession.

An earthquake in Yosemite traps Stella Rivers with her baby and the former fiancé who does not know he is the child’s father. K-9 handler Von Sharpe must keep them alive while a killer keeps closing in.

Detective Chase Wolfe and his bloodhound Tank answer a frantic call and find their neighbor escaping an abduction. Protecting Pilar Alonso means unraveling a deeper scheme before the people after her try again.

Kit Garrido wakes in her wrecked big rig with no memory and someone else’s baby in her arms. Former cop Cullen Landry helps her escape armed pursuers while a volcano turns the whole landscape against them.

K-9 handler Kara Wolfe witnesses Beau O’Connor survive a targeted hit-and-run, then learns his mother is missing. With Beau unable to recognize faces, Kara and her blind bloodhound race to find answers first.

Detective Beth Wolfe reunites with journalist Jack St. James just in time for both of them to be attacked. Jack’s amnesia and a booby-trapped amusement park only make the mystery more dangerous.

True crime podcaster Mackenzie Bardine blames Gideon Landry for her brother’s death and follows a lead into Washington wilderness. Floodwaters, killers, and a drug kingpin force them into an uneasy alliance.