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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2014
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Gilda Wright Mystery

1 - Can't Keep a Brunette Down // Dead Without Honor (Apr-2015)
2 - Hardheaded Brunette // Dead Without Glory (Jun-2015)
3 - Life is Better Brunette // Dead Without Pride (Apr-2016)
4 - Dead Without Shame (Jan-2020)
5 - Dead Without Remorse (Aug-2021)

A Glitter Bay Mystery

1 - All That Sparkles (Feb-2019)
2 - All That Shines (Feb-2021)
3 - All That Shimmers (May-2023)

A Sugarwood Mystery

1 - Drop Dead Cowboy (May-2020)
2 - Dead Man's Doll (Oct-2022)

A Wild Blue Mystery

1 - The Bookstore Lady (Jul-2014)
2 - The Mystery Lady (Jan-2015)
3 - The Bakery Lady (Jan-2015)
4 - The Painted Lady (Jan-2019)
5 - The Conned Lady (Feb-2022)

Yin-Yang Mysteries

1 - Death of a Jaded Samurai (Nov-2014)

Book List in Order: 17 titles



  • Danny Walker is tracking Paulina Chourney who fell deep into the dark side of life and is lucky to get out before her boyfriend Maddox kills her. Paulina escapes Maddox and arrives in a small town, a blessing in disguise since the men she worked for ...



  • Gilda Wright thinks she's landed a dream job managing a karate school. Sure, her boss, Sensei Mick Williams, is almost as demanding as he is sexy, but Gilda is inspired by the strength of people around her and hopes to absorb some of that into her ow...



  • From the moment Leo Blue meets the local tattoo artist's sister Christina, he's drawn into a web of bread dough and lies. Christina Davidson has returned to Packham with a duffel bag full of secrets. Leo soon discovers her biggest secret is Christina...



  • From the moment Leo Blue meets the local tattoo artist's sister Christina, he's drawn into a web of bread dough and lies. Christina Davidson has returned to Packham with a duffel bag full of secrets. Leo soon discovers her biggest secret is Christina...



  • The scroll of the Four Possessions of the Samurai holds the key to a deadly mystery…Gilda Wright thinks she’s landed a dream job as the receptionist at a karate school. Her boss, Sensei Mick Williams, is almost as demanding as he is sexy, but Gil...



  • One body on the beach.One crazy man with a sword accused.One feisty receptionist on the case.Gilda Wright’s life seems to finally be on track. Her love life is looking up and she’s planning and promoting a grand opening extravaganza for Sensei Mi...



  • Gilda Wright has always had an open mind about the spiritual world. Dating the hot sensei at her martial arts school, Mick Williams, has taught her that mind, body, and spirit have a strong connection. But when her good friend and sometimes flirtatio...



  • The pieces of Christina Davidson's life have built up into place over the past few months, despite the one last secret she's trying hard to hide. When Leo Blue returns to town, then people from her past turn up, her carefully constructed walls begin ...



  • What do a trunk full of vintage clothes, a handsome land developer, and a fifty year old diamond heist have in common?Laken Miller receives a trunk full of expensive vintage clothing and a stack of newspaper clippings about a fifty-year old diamond h...






  • Once more, Gilda considers leaving the karate school to work for her friend Happy (no one has ever called him Harvey). When three men rob Happy Harvey’s Hangover Hut killing the woman at the front counter, Gilda is stunned to think that could h...



  • Audra Clemmings loves Halloween. At least until she sees the display of voodoo dolls in the shop next door that resembles nearly everyone in Sugarwood, Ontario-including her.Then there's the matter of the dead cowboy on the bench in front of her shop...



  • Sage Miller is knee deep in fashion designers—whether she wants them in her new vintage boutique or not.One winds up dead.Another isn’t what he seems.A third is treasure hunting.Sage is stuck in the middle trying to solve a murder before ...



  • An explosion leaves a gaping hole in the streetscape where the Nine Lives Consignment Shop and the former martial arts school once stood. When police find remains of a bomb inside, Gilda Wright needs to track a killer before her suspects scatter like...



  • Eccentric romance novelist Mimsy Lexington has a secret.When she approaches Katie Mullins to help find details around her late husband’s death, Katie and her boyfriend Danny Walker are drawn into a web of lies and deceit. The deeper they dig, t...



  • Christmas blooms in Sugarwood in the form of a brightly lit tree in town square, colourful ornaments, and a snowstorm. It's just Audra Clemmings' luck that she literally stumbles over the local butcher in Miss Lavinia's shop. Then a witch doctor a...



  • When Laken Miller moves into the apartment above Vintage Sage, it seems all of Glitter Bay goes crazy, especially when Laken suspects her new home is haunted. Just when she thinks she's the victim of mass hysteria, she finds her ex-husband's body in ...



  • What happens at Grandma's house, stays at Grandma's house.The problem is A. J. (Alison Jane) Cadell can't remember Grandma or her house.Dreaming of becoming a best-selling romance novelist, Alison is invited to Beech Grove, British Columbia to be a W...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Diane Bator has published 17 books.

Diane Bator does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Written in Stone, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Diane Bator, The Bookstore Lady, was published in July 2014.

Yes. Diane Bator has 5 series.