Diana Dempsey Books in Order

With her marriage over and her boss planning to replace her, television newswoman Natalie Daniels fights to rebuild her life. An attraction to an Australian news agent offers hope, but his plans to propose to another woman complicate their relationship.

Prosecutor Alicia Maldonado takes on a stalled career and a murder case involving a candidate for California governor. Television reporter Milo Pappas covers the investigation, but their growing attraction puts professional obligations and ethical boundaries under pressure.

Winemaker Gabby DeLuca returns from Italy heartbroken and determined to rebuild her Napa Valley life. Financier Will Henley wants to acquire her winery, drawing her into a romance where business interests and personal trust become difficult to separate.

Happy Pennington competes for the national Ms America title in Hawaii, where her fiercest rival dies during the televised finale. Becoming a prime suspect, Happy investigates her fellow contestants and the pageant’s other personalities to clear her name.

Bestselling novelist Annette Rowell becomes a target for a killer who preys on authors. Former detective Reid Gardner, now host of a television fugitive show, tries to protect her while pursuing the murderer, but their attraction complicates an already dangerous hunt.

Happy Pennington travels to Las Vegas as a bridesmaid, only for the wedding’s best man to die and the groom to fall under suspicion. Investigating the killing draws her into casino secrets, colorful suspects, and renewed complications with Mario Suave.

Happy Pennington judges the Teen Princess of the Everglades pageant, hosted by Mario Suave and featuring his daughter. When another judge is strangled with a string bikini, Happy must untangle the rivalries and secrets surrounding the competition.

Happy Pennington and her beauty-queen friends visit Winona for a Christmas ribbon-cutting, but their host’s death spoils the celebration. Family feuds, a Victorian mansion, and devotees of Norse goddesses complicate an investigation that also brings Mario Suave back into her life.

San Francisco diva Veronica Ballard receives a Claddagh ring from a stranger and finds herself swept toward ancient Ireland. Mysterious forces and an unexpected romantic encounter challenge her to listen to her heart and reconsider her life.

While consulting on a Broadway musical, Happy Pennington witnesses a death onstage during a preview performance. The victim’s many enemies provide suspects, while a publicity-hungry producer and Mario Suave’s new romance add complications to Happy’s investigation.

Happy Pennington arrives in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, where an elite krewe’s king is killed during a parade. Amid the French Quarter’s stories of ghosts, vampires, and voodoo, she investigates a crime whose consequences threaten someone she loves.

In 1844 St. Louis, Eliza Haycraft escapes an abusive husband and poverty by entering a brothel. Her rise to wealth and influence attracts enemies, while the approach of the Civil War forces her to confront new choices.