DiAnn Mills Books in Order

After her father’s death, Katie Colter leaves the Comanche community where she grew up for relatives at Fort Davis. Friendship with Sergeant Peyton Sinclair offers hope, but her intended husband Lone Eagle’s demands force a test of loyalty.

Widowed Paula has little intention of falling in love again until a new relationship challenges her guarded heart. As romance develops in Texas, she fears that accepting another chance at happiness could cost her bond with her daughter.

Kristi Franklin insists she is not looking for a husband, but her connection with Jack challenges that resolve. Against a Texas setting involving Arabian horses, their relationship becomes entangled with his damaged faith and difficulty trusting other people.

Cassidy has turned away from the mistakes of her teenage years, yet struggles to believe she deserves lasting love. In Texas, hopes for a new relationship confront old judgments, cultural expectations, and the challenge of forgiving herself.

Nursing student Allison Reynolds and undercover officer Beau Oliver are brought together by an act of violence. As mutual support develops into love, renewed threats force them to identify the person endangering their lives before another attack occurs.

Anita Todd returns to her Oklahoma hometown hoping to build a stable life and help her traumatized son. Fire marshal Regan Moore first clashes with her over a school inspection, then becomes the boy’s volunteer mentor.

Patriot Delight Butler resents having to care for wounded British soldier Henry O’Neil in Boston during the Revolutionary War. Their conversations foster unexpected affection, but doubts about his loyalties make trusting him a difficult test of faith.

Recovering from substance abuse, Rachel Morton seeks custody of her children from a mother who doubts her transformation. Skeptical attorney Adam Raeburn reluctantly takes the case, and getting to know Rachel challenges his assumptions about forgiveness and redemption.

Debra Patterson’s children disappear outside a Houston mall, and she discovers her controlling husband has vanished too. Facing isolation and grief, she struggles to find strength through faith while searching for a way to recover her family.

Typhoid separates Sarah Jane Benson’s family from their wagon train on the journey west. Scout Painted Hands stays to help care for her parents, but a marriage arranged for propriety forces Sarah Jane to confront fear and unfamiliar trust.

This nonfiction account follows Abraham Nhial’s escape from war-torn Sudan as a child, his journey to Ethiopia, and life in refugee camps. His personal story of survival and Christian faith is placed alongside the broader history of Sudan’s conflict.

Temperance campaigner Nettie Franklin lands in jail after confronting saloon customers in Mesquite, Nebraska. Marriage to the unfamiliar Riley O’Connor offers an escape, but their temporary arrangement soon challenges both her stubbornness and her expectations of love.

Alina Marlow must help former fiancé Ryan Erikson manage a company transition after losing her job. The secret that ended their engagement still divides them, while rising Ohio floodwaters turn their difficult reunion into a fight for safety.

Audra travels to Colorado expecting to marry a pastor, then encounters robbery and confusion involving his identical twin. Caleb Windsor struggles to escape blame for his brother’s crimes, while his growing feelings for Audra complicate an already dangerous situation.

An American doctor, an Arab Christian, and a Sudanese liberation officer join forces to rescue a girl abducted into slavery. Their mission unfolds amid civil conflict, religious hostility, and personal tensions that test both trust and faith.

Jenny arrives in Kahlerville determined to remove her deceased sister’s daughter from the care of Dr. Grant Andrews. Discovering his attachment to the child and her own attraction to him complicates a custody struggle increasingly shadowed by danger.

Casey O’Hare flees an outlaw gang hoping to begin again, pursued for crimes she says she never committed. A stranger called Morgan helps her down a snowy mountain, but his interest in the gang leader makes her distrust him.

Zack Kahler returns from New York to run his Texas hometown newspaper, bringing two homeless young pickpockets with him. Caring for Curly and Charlie while rebuilding his own life creates unexpected complications and possibilities during the Christmas season.

Widowed Bonnie Kahler struggles with grief as preacher Travis Whitworth arrives in Kahlerville hoping to escape his past. Their growing attraction becomes dangerous when a discovered body raises suspicions, and concealed histories threaten both their lives and future.

Doctor Larson Farid and her husband Paul risk their lives helping persecuted people in Sudan, while his family threatens him over his Christian conversion. Pregnancy and a friend’s deteriorating health intensify personal tensions amid continuing political danger.

In Spanish-ruled Texas, wealthy rancher’s daughter Marianne Phillips sympathizes with the people her father oppresses. Her connection with rebel Armando Garcia crosses divisions of race and class, forcing difficult choices about family loyalty, freedom, and love.

Former CIA operative Paige Rogers lives quietly as an Oklahoma librarian after a disastrous mission and suspected betrayal. A stranger’s questions and her former leader’s campaign for governor threaten the concealed identity that has kept her alive.

After gunmen destroy her family’s life, Sage Morrow becomes a bounty hunter seeking justice in the Colorado mountains. The kidnapping of two boys forces her to work with Marshal Parker Timmons, bringing renewed danger and uncomfortable questions about revenge.

FBI agent Bella Jordan returns to West Texas to investigate murders linked to the legendary Spider Rock Treasure. Suspects with connections to her past and a rancher whose redemption remains uncertain complicate a case that soon threatens her own life.

Border Patrol agent Danika Morales has never learned who murdered her husband while he helped undocumented immigrants. A new pattern of attacks and arrests suggests a smuggling operation in McAllen may connect her current investigation to his death.

John Timmons saves an apparent young horse thief from hanging and brings the fugitive to his Colorado ranch. Discovering that Bert is actually Ember Farrar complicates his trust, especially when her criminal family threatens the household he protects.

Secret Service agent Meghan Connors is assigned to protect the vice president’s threatened daughter at a secluded Texas ranch. Clashing with fellow agent Ash Zinders complicates the assignment, but escalating danger forces them to investigate a much larger conspiracy.

After witnessing a murder, socialite Eva Fortier flees New York for New Mexico’s secluded Ghost Ranch. Navajo doctor Tahoma Benally is drawn into protecting her through a family promise, while a pursuing killer threatens their growing connection.

Novelist Kariss Walker wants to turn an unsolved child death she once reported on television into fiction. Working with FBI agent Tigo Harris reopens the Houston case, but searching for the girl’s mother exposes an ongoing danger.

Widow Lena Walker advertises for a husband to help raise her sons and keep her Nebraska farm running. Bookish Philadelphian Gabe Hunters answers, convinced by faith, but his arrival challenges Lena’s expectations of the partner she needs.

This writing guide explains how characterization and plot work together to shape a novel. Practical examples and exercises address setting, motivation, point of view, dialogue, and revision, helping writers develop an initial idea into a polished manuscript.

Kariss Walker agrees to write about a doctor’s unsolved childhood attack, unknowingly stepping into danger. Her former partner, FBI agent Tigo Harris, investigates a car bombing while trying to protect the woman whose research has made her a target.

Taryn Young survives an airport bombing on the way to her honeymoon, then discovers her husband is missing and both are suspects. FBI agent Grayson Hall investigates whether her software work connects her to a wider terrorist scheme.

FBI agents Bethany Sanchez and Thatcher Graves investigate Houston murders that may involve a serial killer or a copycat. Conflicting methods and family history strain their partnership, until threats against them make cooperation a matter of survival.

FBI agent Laurel Evertson’s investigation of a scam targeting elderly people leads to a felon she once arrested. Police officer Daniel Hilton joins her to protect his grandparents, but trusting their imprisoned source could expose them to another betrayal.

Veterinarian and volunteer airport ranger Stacy Broussard discovers a murder victim beside an injured dog and a weaponized drone. FBI agent Alex LeBlanc investigates possible terrorism as further incidents suggest Stacy and her community may have been deliberately targeted.

In Revolutionary Boston, patriot Delight Butler develops feelings for a wounded British soldier housed with her family. Questions about Henry O’Neil’s loyalties test her trust, while this edition also includes Jill Stengl’s historical romance Faithful Traitor.

FBI agent Savannah Barrett investigates church arsons while unexpectedly taking custody of three grandchildren after her estranged son’s death. Partner Paul Winston offers support, but threats against the children turn the investigation into a deeply personal emergency.

An oil magnate’s death through his pacemaker and a recent rig bombing suggest a larger conspiracy. FBI agent Tori Templeton and Deputy Marshal Cole Jeffers investigate, complicated by the victim’s wife being Tori’s friend and a prime suspect.

FBI hostage negotiator April Ramos is handed an infant, then abducted by a man claiming to be the baby’s father. His insistence that he was framed for murder draws her into suspected corruption in a small Texas town.

An assassination attempt on a Saudi prince visiting Houston brings FBI agent Kord Davidson together with CIA operative Monica Alden. Their protective assignment grows complicated when political motives and possible inside help emerge behind the attacks.

FBI agents Leah Riesel and Jon Colbert investigate Galveston killings in which law enforcement officials receive fatal injections of snake venom. A missing suspect and guarded witnesses complicate efforts to establish whether a local gang is responsible.

Relief pilot Paul Farid, American doctor Larson Kerr, and Sudanese military officer Ben Alier have different loyalties and beliefs. When young assistant Rachel is abducted into slavery, they must cooperate on a rescue in war-torn Sudan.

FBI agent Heather Lawrence's flight to Salzburg becomes an emergency when passengers develop symptoms of a deadly infection. Quarantined with survivors, she investigates a possible deliberate release as suspicion turns toward her estranged husband, a specialist.

In war-torn Sudan, Christian relief pilot Paul Farid risks his safety while his wife Larson faces pregnancy. Colonel Ben Alier's doubts about a peace treaty and concerns for his health bring family obligations into their uncertain future.

At an inn near Philadelphia in the 1850s, Emma Leigh Carter and Thad Benson develop feelings for each other. His medical ambitions and her father's illness complicate their romance as a Christmas gift exchange approaches.

DiAnn Mills examines how novelists develop plots, raise stakes, and connect character goals with obstacles. Guidance on beginnings, weak middles, endings, and research is accompanied by exercises designed to help writers strengthen their own stories.

Paroled after confessing to her brother-in-law's murder, Shelby Pearce seeks a new life in Texas. Undercover FBI agent Denton McClure investigates missing money, but threats against Shelby and doubts about her guilt complicate his assumptions.

Avery Elliott discovers her grandfather beside a dead man and notices questionable charges in his construction business. FBI agent Marc Wilkins investigates as threats against Avery and doubts about a dam's safety coincide with an approaching hurricane.