Jaine Austen Books in Order

Jaine writes a love letter for awkward Howard Murdoch, only to find his dream date murdered on Valentine's Day. With Howard the prime suspect, she starts asking questions and lands in her first comic, dangerous case.

Jaine finally gets a sitcom writing job on a cheesy Hollywood show, and the work is bad enough before murder shows up. When the show's heartthrob dies after a poisoned doughnut, she has to clear her best friend Kandi.

Hired to ghostwrite hostess tips for Beverly Hills socialite SueEllen Kingsley, Jaine expects easy money. Then she finds SueEllen dead in the tub and faces a tangle of glamorous suspects, family secrets, and very expensive hair.

A visit to a trendy shoe boutique brings Jaine new ad-copy work and front-row access to vicious staff gossip. By morning, the store's nastiest clerk is dead, stabbed with a stiletto, and Jaine is on the case.

Jaine joins a margarita-fueled women's support group after helping a new friend with her resume. When one member drops dead over the hostess's famous guacamole, the gossip turns deadly and Jaine must sort through a room full of grudges.

Short on cash, Jaine takes a job writing jokes for an unfunny comic and reconnects with an old crush. When a handsome rival comic is strangled with pantyhose and her client is arrested, Jaine chases laughs and a killer.

Jaine is hired to write Romeo and Juliet style wedding vows for her awful high school nemesis, Patti Devane. When the bride plunges to her death during rehearsal, Jaine faces a long suspect list and a nasty trip down memory lane.

A teaching job on a luxury cruise sounds perfect, especially with a buffet. Then Jaine's cat stows away, a wealthy passenger gets engaged to a shady charmer, and murder breaks out at sea.

Jaine takes an ad-writing gig for mattress king Marvin Cooper after meeting his young wife Bunny at brunch. When Bunny is poisoned at a party and Lance is blamed, Jaine dives into a mansion full of motives.

In this holiday novella, Jaine helps stage her parents' retirement community play, The Gingerbread Cookie That Saved Christmas. When the leading man falls to his death mid-performance, she starts digging through the residents' romantic grudges.

An all-expenses spa getaway turns out to be a grim diet retreat with celery juice, weigh-ins, and no carbs. When a difficult actress is strangled during a seaweed wrap, Jaine investigates before the killer strikes again.

After Prozac terrorizes a parakeet, Jaine gets dragged into a feud with a nasty former horror actress on her block. When the woman is murdered on Halloween night and Jaine becomes a suspect, neighborhood secrets spill out.

Jaine lands a copywriting job at a matchmaking service and quickly learns its glossy promises are mostly smoke and mirrors. When the boss dies at a Valentine's Day mixer, she has to untangle lies, lonely hearts, and murder.

Behind the scenes at a teen beauty pageant, Jaine is hired to write a contestant's song. When a pageant assistant is bludgeoned with a silver tiara and the girl's pushy mother is blamed, Jaine goes hunting for answers.

Things look up when Jaine lands a paying ad job, a possible romance, and a commercial for her cat, Prozac. Then the pet food inventor drops dead on set, and Jaine finds herself pawing through suspects.

Jaine flies to a tropical island to write dialogue for a cheesy dating show about a faux royal bachelor. After one contestant dies and nobody can leave, paradise becomes a locked-down crime scene with Prozac along for the ride.

House-sitting in Bel Air over Christmas should be restful, but Jaine is soon tangled up with a hateful former child star who ruins everyone's holiday. When he is killed and Jaine lands on the suspect list, she has to clear her name.

Jaine ghosts a steamy romance novel for rich heiress Daisy Kincaid and watches a much younger gold digger charm his way into Daisy's life. When he ends up dead before the wedding, money and jealousy take center stage.

At Lance's urging, Jaine agrees to a glamorous before-and-after makeover with celebrity stylist Bebe Braddock. When Bebe is strangled and Jaine's prints are on the hanger, she must solve the case before her new look includes prison orange.

Jaine takes script-doctor work on a stage version of the old cult sitcom I Married a Zombie. When the production's diva actress dies after drinking a poisoned smoothie, rehearsals turn into a murder investigation.

In this holiday mystery, Jaine takes a humiliating job as a mall elf and gets paired with a truly awful Santa. When he is murdered at work and suspicion falls on her, she has to save her Christmas fast.

In this holiday entry, a roofing contractor asks Jaine to investigate after a wealthy homeowner falls from his roof while hanging a giant candy cane. The trail leads straight into vicious neighborhood decorating wars and buried secrets.

Jaine's new ghostwriting gig starts with a private train trip from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara and a tyrannical client named Chip Miller. When Chip ends up dead in his cabin and Jaine's DNA is on the weapon, she has no choice but to investigate.