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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2002
  • Latest Book:
    July 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Beauty Queen Mystery

1 - Ms. America and the Offing on Oahu (Jun-2011)
2 - Ms. America and the Villainy in Vegas (May-2012)
3 - Ms. America and the Mayhem in Miami (Apr-2013)
4 - Ms. America and the Whoopsie in Winona (Nov-2013)
5 - Ms. America and the Brouhaha on Broadway (Feb-2016)
6 - Ms. America and the Naughtiness in New Orleans (Jan-2017)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • Youth. Beauty. Ambition. Watch Your Back! Meet anchorwoman Natalie Daniels. Her husband just dumped her. Her boss is scheming to replace her. And she's hopelessly in love with a man who's engaged to another. What's a woman like Natalie to do-espec...



  • Truth. Treachery. Temptation. Hang on to your heart. Bestselling authors Jayne Ann Krentz and Jane Heller raved about Diana Dempsey's debut novel, Falling Star, and Booklist called it "dishy and fun." Now she delivers a stylish and sexy new page-t...



  • Born and raised in California's lush Napa Valley, Gabby DeLuca, the beautiful winemaker for Suncrest Vineyards, is doing everything she can to keep her mind off her recently broken heart. The most important thing in her life right now is rescuing her...



  • (Beauty Queen Mysteries #1) Readers who enjoy books by Janet Evanovich are sure to enjoy MS AMERICA AND THE OFFING ON OAHU, the debut mystery in a fast and hilariously funny series about how being a beauty queen can be murder … Ms Ohio Happy Pennin...



  • Known for page-turning romantic novels that keep you reading late into the night, Diana Dempsey delivers a suspenseful tale about a man and a woman who must shed the past to embrace the future … Annette Rowell’s latest novel is leapfrogging up th...



  • (Beauty Queen Mysteries #2) “Superfab fun mystery” … “A giggle a minute” … “Happy might be the next Stephanie Plum!” So say readers of the debut mystery in the Ms America series, MS AMERICA AND THE OFFING ON OAHU. Now beauty queen and...



  • (Beauty Queen Mysteries #3) Beauty queen Happy Pennington can’t say no when hunky reality-show host Mario Suave asks her to step in as a last-minute judge for the Teen Princess of the Everglades beauty pageant in which his daughter Mariela is compe...



  • (Beauty Queen Mysteries #4) Beauty queen Happy Pennington loves Christmas, but this year murder gets in the way of the tinsel and the candy canes … In snowy small-town Minnesota -- where Happy and her beauty-queen BFFs are cutting the ribbon at a n...



  • “¡Guau!” En ATRAPAR LA LUNA, el talento de la Señora Dempsey brilla con personajes vibrantes envueltos en una narrativa fluida rica en detalles. Los sucesos progresan rápidamente con cada vez más tensión hasta llegar a una conclusión gratif...






  • «¡Un 10!… La autora novel Diana Dempsey sorprende con ESTRELLA FUGAZ, una potente historia, emotiva y cautivadora de avaricia y traición, amor y autoconocimiento…» Romance Reviews Today Natalie Daniels no pasa por su mejor momento. Su marido ...



  • (30-thousand word novella) Imagine you are in San Francisco on a chilly December night. A dark-haired woman you've never met urgently presses a gorgeous ring into your hands. "This ring could change your life," she tells you. "You'll just have to tru...



  • (Beauty Queen Mysteries #5) Ms America Happy Pennington can’t sing a note, but that doesn’t keep her from landing a consulting gig on a Broadway musical. All would be A-OK on the Great White Way were it not for one hitch: a death on stage during ...



  • Who better than Ms. America Happy Pennington to grace Mardi Gras festivities in never-say-die New Orleans? She packs good looks, party moves, and sleuthing smarts -- which come in handy when the king for an elite old-line krewe is bumped off during a...



  • Winner, Midwest Fiction, National Indie Excellence AwardsFinalist, Historical Fiction, National Indie Excellence AwardsLonglisted, Best Indie Book 2023, Shelf UnboundHonorable Mention, Historical Fiction, The Eric Hoffer Book AwardSilver Medal, Plain...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Diana Dempsey has published 14 books.

Diana Dempsey does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft, was published in July 2023.

The first book by Diana Dempsey, Falling Star, was published in August 2002.

Yes. Diana Dempsey has 1 series.