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The HBS Author's Spotlight SHOWCASES Dianne Harman' s New Book: A Sparkling Deceit
She is an Award-Winning Bestselling Cozy Mystery, Suspense and Romance author of The Teddy Saga, the Coyote Series, the High Desert Cozy Mystery Series, the Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery, Cottonwood Springs Cozy Mystery, Chef Dani Rosetti Cozy Mysteries, Gabriella Hunt Cozy Mystery, and the Liz Lucas Cozy Mystery.

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A Sparkling Deceit

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Author: Dianne Harman


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When Jane's husband left her and their children for greener pastures, she had no choice but to take as many housecleaning jobs as she could get to support them. Little did she know that during one of those jobs she would discover that a valuable ring her client owned had been stolen.

Even more unexpected is when her client asks her to investigate the theft and find out who stole the ring. Jane soon discovers she has a knack for solving crimes as well as locating a treasure that has been missing for over a hundred years.

When she looked at a long-lost map that a treasure seeker had discovered, she realized it gave directions to an old farmhouse that had been in her family for generations. Even more ironic, it’s the very same farmhouse Jane and her children are moving into, a farmhouse that’s been abandoned for decades.

Follow Jane on her journey of self-discovery as she solves the mystery of who stole her client’s ring, while at the same time she struggles to provide for her family.

Author: Dianne Harman

Author Genre: Cozy Mystery, Romance and Literary Fiction

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Author Description:
USA Today Bestselling Author and Amazon All-Star, Dianne Harman, draws her stories and characters from a diverse business and personal background. She owned a national antique and art appraisal business for many years, left that industry, and opened two yoga centers where she taught yoga and certified yoga instructors.

She's traveled extensively throughout the world and loves nothing more than cooking with her husband, Tom, and playing with their boxer dog, Kelly.

Being a dog lover and having attended numerous cooking schools, she couldn't resist writing about food and dogs. She’s the author of several cozy mystery series: Cedar Bay, Liz Lucas, High Desert, Midwest, Cottonwood Springs, and Chef Dani Rosetti. Most of these books contains recipes from her travels.

She is also the author of the award-winning suspenseful Coyote Series, Midlife Journey Series, Holly Lewis Mystery Series, Miranda Riley Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series, and the Maria Rodriguez Mystery Series.

She hopes you enjoy the reads as much as she enjoyed the writes!




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Chef Dani Rosetti Cozy Mysteries 2
When danger follows Dani Rosetti wherever she goes, she must use her culinary talents and the help of her bodyguard, Arthur, to keep her and her niece safe.

After Dani's parents die in a plane crash, she leaves law school behind and heads to Paris to become a celebrated celebrity chef. But when a rabid fan tries to kill her, Dani starts a catering company for the VIPs of the world instead.

Along with this career change, Dani unexpectedly finds herself taking on the role of guardian to her deceased brother's precocious ten-year-old daughter, Anna, a niece she didn’t even know she had!

Join Dani, Arthur, and Anna as they travel to Savannah, Georgia, Jupiter Island, Florida and the South of France in this three-book page-turning boxed set. Plenty of dogs, food, and mouth-watering recipes make these a great read.


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Murder in Cabin 3 - Cottonwood Springs Cozy Mystery Series Book 26
A romantic little trip away from home.
A cabin with a murdered woman in it.
So much for a carefree weekend!

When Linc and Brigid decide to go to the mountains for a romantic getaway, the last thing they expect to find is a murdered woman in Cabin 3, the cabin they’ve rented.

Then they find out about several people who have gone missing in the little town of Pine Hill. There’s talk that the Pine Hill Mine is polluting the environment, but since people’s jobs and the town are reliant on the mine, people tend to look the other way.

Brigid and Linc make the decision to help solve the woman’s murder, since the sheriff doesn’t seem to be doing much about it. There’s even talk that he could be in on a conspiracy to protect the mine. It becomes personal when Linc is kidnapped because he’s asked too many questions.

Join Brigid and Linc as they search for what’s really going on at the mine and in the Sheriff’s Department.

Better carve out some time when you start the book, because you won’t be able to put it down until the final page!


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Murder at Home - The Ozarks Cozy Mystery Series
Della told Jim she needed a fence for her garden. It seemed like an innocent enough request. Until she found him lying dead next to the partially built fence.

Della’s carefully tended garden was being ravished by the local animal population, which was why she desperately needed the fence. When she hired her friend Jim to do it, the last thing she expected was to have to investigate who killed him. The other murders she’d helped solve were strangers, not one of her best friends, and it was very hard for her to stay objective about this murder.

She had plenty of possible suspects to investigate including Jim’s soon-to-be ex-wife and her new love. And then there was a jealous client of Jim’s who accused him of being a little too friendly with his wife. Not to mention the shady bald-headed man with the goatee and a skull displayed on his jacket.

The coroner’s report determined that Jim died from strychnine poisoning, which was almost impossible to buy. But when someone is determined to commit murder, they find a way, such as breaking into an exterminator’s truck and stealing it.

When strange things start happening in Della’s yard, her big St. Bernard, Moose, isn’t the only one worried about her safety. Sheriff Jared, who shares an on-again off-again budding romance with Della, makes it his personal mission to protect her, but takes a dim view of her helping him investigate Jim’s murder.

Della has become an excellent amateur sleuth when it comes to murder investigations, but when she learns that the FBI has become interested in the hit-and-run death of her husband over a year ago, she’s not sure if that is a mystery she can solve.


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Murdered Underground - The Ozarks Cozy Mystery Series
Just the thought of a cave is scary.
You know, one with utter blackness and full of bats.
But what about a dead body?
Now, that’s really scary!

When Della attends a dinner party given by the new owners of a cave in the scenic Ozark Mountains, she’s really looking forward to seeing the cave, one that she and her deceased husband visited many years ago.

Unfortunately when the dinner group is given a tour of the cave, they find a dead body. Who is he? How did he get there? It’s been almost ten years since the cave was sealed off to questionable visitors who used it for illegal purposes.

Did the man’s death have something to do with the illegal activities that took place in the cave years ago? Did he die of natural causes, or from an accident, or was he murdered?

Driven by curiosity, and in an attempt to learn more about the man who died in the cave, Della talks to a convict, the woman the dead man loved, and a heartbroken sister still grieving over his disappearance.

Sheriff Metcalf pleads with Della to leave the sleuthing to him, but she’s driven to find out the truth about the man’s strange death and disappearance. Seems that the sheriff has a more personal interest in Della, and that’s why he doesn’t want her involved in the investigation. She might be the next victim!


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Murder in Toronto - Gabriella Hunt Cozy Mystery Series Book 6
It’s said that everyone has their price. What’s yours?

That’s the thought Ella has when she visits her cousin in Toronto hours after a famous author living next door to her, Howard Ross, was murdered.

A lot of people could profit from the author’s death. His publisher and his children certainly would, and the author’s romantic interest and his bitter literary foe might likewise benefit.

His mansions, money, and publishing rights would certainly make him a likely target for murder, if someone would profit enough from doing it. But what happens during the many years subsequent to the author’s death? The years when his print books, eBooks, audiobooks, and other merchandise will continue to sell. Who will own those valuable rights? That’s where the real money lies, and his will should certainly spell it out, shouldn’t it? That would certainly be worth murdering for, wouldn’t it?

Join Ella and her new friend, Toronto Homicide Detective Hanger, as they struggle to figure out who has the most to gain from the author’s death.


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The Puppet Master - Chef Dani Rosetti Cozy Mysteries Book 10
Two women were threatened with blackmail and death if they didn’t do what the mysterious voice on their phones told them to do. Both refuse to comply with the caller’s demands, and now their deaths are almost a certainty.

The voice told Willow the nude pictures taken of her would be given to the media if she didn’t tell her significant other, Jackson Steel, the CEO of Omni Financial, to promote Rafe Edwards to the new position of West Coast Manager.

Isla, a child of the San Diego barrio, was also being considered for the new position. She felt it would be the culmination of her professional life, and also benefit her Mexican mentor.

When Dani is hired as the chef for the West Coast Manager dinner event which was to take place at a Jackson’s private lodge on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, she discovers that her sous-chef, Arthur, was hired before she was. But not to cook. His company, of which he is the CEO, was hired to provide security for the event.

As the hours lead up to the event, Arthur discovers Isla is going to pay the mysterious caller one million dollars, so he won’t kill her. But Arthur is certain an attempt will be made on Isla’s life even if she pays the money.

Will Arthur and his security staff be able to stop the murder? It’s a good thing Arthur bought Killer, a big mastiff guard dog, along with him to the special dinner event. Sometimes it helps to have a dog for backup!


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Murder in the Attic - The Ozarks Cozy Mystery Series
When a woman is grieving the loss of her husband at a young age, the last thing she needs is to find a dead body in the attic.

Della Fox’s husband never came home from his early morning run and never would. He’d been killed by a motorist. It’s been six months, and although Della has survived her tragic loss, it takes a supreme amount of effort for her just to get through each day.

But the morning she finds a dead body in the attic of an old Victorian home is the morning she begins to come alive again. Della discovers she’s a suspect in the case, because the victim was a business competitor of hers. They both owned antique and collective stores. She has to clear her name and find a suspect who has a far better motive for murder than the one attached to her.

Letting new interests back into her life is a huge step. A book club, a handsome sheriff, and a huge St. Bernard dog by the name of Moose, can certainly help a woman want to come alive again, and they do!

Join a reluctant amateur sleuth as she discovers a trait she never knew she had. She’s actually quite good at solving a murder mystery, and even the new sheriff agrees she has some sort of a special talent in this area!


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Murder in York - Gabriella Hunt Cozy Mystery Series Book 5
When Ella treats Fiona, her sister-in-law, to a vacation in York, England, the last thing they expect is to become involved in a murder investigation. Plus, they both saw the victim and the murderer on the very first night they were in York.

When the Head of Tourism in York is murdered, the city fathers are afraid that it will affect tourism in the city, which the city’s economy is dependent on. The police make a quick arrest in order to assure tourists that they have nothing to fear when they come to York. It looks like the murder involved bribery and a civic scandal, and had nothing to do with tourists.

When Ella meets up with an old friend of hers, who is now an investigative journalist looking into the murder, Ella becomes involved. Her involvement soon turns to fear, because she’s certain the man she saw in the bar on the night the victim was killed is the hitman who killed her husband in Belize.

Was it just a coincidence? Or is something far more sinister afoot? That’s what Ella, the investigative journalist, and Fiona have to find out. But will they discover the truth before one of them becomes the hitman’s next victim?


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The Final Farewell - Northwest Cozy Mystery Series Book 28
Is Nicole, a young college girl, alive or dead? When the police are contacted, they feel she just needed to take a little break, and that’s why she’s gone missing. But a well-known television news anchor feels there’s more to it than that, and when she hires Jake and Al, private investigators, to find the missing young woman, they fully agree.

It’s a difficult case. Her roommates have no idea what happened to her and don’t seem all that concerned, nor does her boyfriend. But when Jake and Al discover Nicole has an unknown admirer she exchanges texts with, their antenna go up. Did she meet with this person? Is that why she’s missing? Who could it be, and if she went with the person, did she go willingly or was she coerced?

What makes it even harder for Jake and Al is the fact they’ve been involved in one difficult case after another without a break. Maybe when this case is solved, the time will have come to make some changes. They’re not getting any younger, and they need to start thinking about their futures.

They decide, along with their families, Cassie, DeeDee, and little Gemma, to take a vacation in Hawaii. But what does the future hold for Al and Jake, and even Al’s little girl, Gemma? What will she grow up to be? And could DeeDee’s cookbook make her a future well-known household name? As she finds out when they’re in Hawaii, a famous model and prominent cookbook editor certainly think so.


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The Confession - Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery Series
What Father Brown hadn’t counted on was that the penitent would tell him exactly how she was going to murder Nikki Rice and when and where.

In many states, if someone is threatened or their life is in jeopardy, doctors, lawyers, psychiatrists, school personnel, and others who may have knowledge of such a threat, are required by law to report it to the appropriate authorities. Not so for Catholic priests. They are required to do the exact opposite, namely, nothing.

It was a situation unlike anything the aging priest had ever faced, because he was bound by canon law never to reveal what someone told him when they were in the confessional booth. But when the person to be murdered was the godmother of a baby he would be baptizing in his church, and part of a family unit he’d been close with for over fifty years, it created an internal struggle for Father Brown, the likes of which he’d never encountered.

Kelly, the owner of Kelly’s Koffee Shop, was the grandmother of the baby who was going to be baptized. And that baptism was where the murder would be taking place.

Kelly’s husband, Sheriff Mike, heard about the impending murder from several sources, but none of them could reveal how they knew about the impending murder. Essentially, they fell into the category of anonymous tips, and often those weren’t all that reliable. Even so, he’s faced with two difficult choices. Either cancelling the baptism or doing everything in his power to make sure the murder doesn’t happen. But what if it does?


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Murder in Las Vegas - Gabriella Hunt Cozy Mystery Series Book 4
When a bride falls to her death from the 17th floor of a Las Vegas honeymoon suite, the police quickly determine that she’s been murdered.

The groom is downstairs in the bar drinking with his Army Ranger friends, but there’s fifteen minutes he can’t account for where he was.

So much for a happy ever after!

When Ella Hunt and Luke Falconer arrive at the Cosmos Hotel in Las Vegas so Ella can advise the hotel regarding some interior design work, they’re expecting to spend their time enjoying all that the fabled city has to offer, even a side trip to the Grand Canyon.

What they don’t plan on is for Luke to become an advisor to the homicide detective investigating the bride’s murder. They also never expected that the Coeur d’Alene police chief would suggest Ella become involved in the case because of her past success in solving murder cases in that city.

When Ella and Luke become involved in the murder investigation, they find they not only have to deal with a curmudgeonly detective, they have to figure out the events that led to the murder. And when those events include blackmail and affairs, they begin to wonder if the bride had a lot more secrets than her new husband knew about.

Then the bride’s sister is murdered. Strange coincidence, family vendetta, or something far more sinister?

Join Ella, Luke, and a curmudgeonly detective who has his own interesting past, as they try to find the reasons the sisters were murdered and catch the killer.


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The Backseat Mystery - Cottonwood Springs Cozy Mystery Series Book 25
A dead man is found in the backseat of his own car.
A medical emergency?
Or something far more sinister? Like murder?
And he was a recovering addict. Could he have overdosed on drugs?

That’s what Brigid and Sheriff Davis need to find out when they begin to assess the situation. Even though the dead man, Frankie, had been successful at fighting his addiction, when it comes to an ex-addict’s death, there seems to be a built-in bias that they’ve slipped, and their death was a result of that slip. As they work on the case, Brigid has to fight her own bias of thinking that way.

But as they begin to talk to the people Frankie knew, like his ex-wife, a picture evolves of an ex-addict doing everything he could possibly do to stay clean. He desperately wants to reconcile with his wife, and he knows the reason she left him was because of his drug abuse, which is all the more reason for him to stay clean.

Did someone hate Frankie enough to murder him and then put him in the backseat of his car? When the coroner’s report comes back that Frankie died of an overdose, it seems like a pretty open and shut case. But why would someone overdose in the backseat of their own car that was parked next to a gas station?

None of it makes sense, at least not to Brigid and Sheriff Davis, and so they continue to try and find out exactly what happened in the time period right before Frankie’s death.

And when they do discover the truth, it’s a very good thing that Brigid’s big Newfoundland dog and her husband decide to help!


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Voices From The Past - Northwest Cozy Mystery Series Book 27
When Cooper Hudson, a successful Seattle businessman, is suddenly investigated by the police for the death of a college friend, Javier, from many years ago, he’s forced to revisit past events and relationships.

There was a painful breakup with Juliana, who became Javier’s girlfriend, so not all of those memories were pleasant.

If the death of his friend from the past is determined to be from murder, a police detective has assured Cooper that he will be the number one suspect, because of his falling out with Javier. There were a number of witnesses to their arguments all those years ago, but some of those people had issues with Javier which might make them suspects as well.

It’s a fact. Very wealthy businessman make enemies. Is that the reason this case was opened after all those years? Is this a vendetta against Cooper? If the police decide he’s involved in Javier’s death, it could mean the end of his business empire.

Fortunately, he has Jake and former Mafia man, Al, on his side to help. They begin to investigate the case and soon find missing evidence. But will it help or hurt Cooper?

And thank heavens Jake has spent some time training Balto, his husky dog, to find scents. It sure helps when a little boy goes missing.


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Murder in Santa Monica - Gabriella Hunt Cozy Mystery Series Book 3
Lady Pemberton has a rare flower that people would kill for.
And if they had the flower, it would make them rich beyond their wildest dreams.
But that’s not the only reason people want to kill her.
If you’re one of them, you’ll probably have to stand in line and take a number.

When Dani’s contacted by Lady Ellen Pemberton to cater a dinner the night before the Dahlia Show she’s hosting in the village of Tintagal in North Cornwall, England, she’s completely put off by the woman’s imperious attitude. Dani finally agrees to do it only because her young niece, Anna, is completely enthralled by the legend of King Arthur, and the dinner is taking place very near King Arthur’s castle.

When she and Arthur, her sous-chef, who also owns an international private investigation firm, arrive in the small village where the dinner is to held, she finds out the woman is far worse than she’d imagined. Arthur regrets talking Dani into accepting the job, then he does a little investigating, and discovers that Lady Pemberton’s death is high on the priority list of a lot of people.

Fortunately, Giles, the son of one of the dahlia judges, is a Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective who has flown to England to make sure his mother won’t be collateral damage if there is an incident at the dinner. Along with Arthur and Matt, Arthur’s right-hand man, they team up, hoping to keep the dinner drama free.

But that may be more difficult than they think, because Lady Pemberton carries drama with her wherever she goes, often of her own making.

Join Dani, Arthur, Matt, and Giles, as they combine their efforts to keep Lady Pemberton alive, even though privately each of them thinks the village may be far better off if she’s dead.


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Undecided - Chef Dani Rosetti Cozy Mysteries Book 9
Lady Pemberton has a rare flower that people would kill for.
And if they had the flower, it would make them rich beyond their wildest dreams.
But that’s not the only reason people want to kill her.
If you’re one of them, you’ll probably have to stand in line and take a number.

When Dani’s contacted by Lady Ellen Pemberton to cater a dinner the night before the Dahlia Show she’s hosting in the village of Tintagal in North Cornwall, England, she’s completely put off by the woman’s imperious attitude. Dani finally agrees to do it only because her young niece, Anna, is completely enthralled by the legend of King Arthur, and the dinner is taking place very near King Arthur’s castle.

When she and Arthur, her sous-chef, who also owns an international private investigation firm, arrive in the small village where the dinner is to held, she finds out the woman is far worse than she’d imagined. Arthur regrets talking Dani into accepting the job, then he does a little investigating, and discovers that Lady Pemberton’s death is high on the priority list of a lot of people.

Fortunately, Giles, the son of one of the dahlia judges, is a Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective who has flown to England to make sure his mother won’t be collateral damage if there is an incident at the dinner. Along with Arthur and Matt, Arthur’s right-hand man, they team up, hoping to keep the dinner drama free.

But that may be more difficult than they think, because Lady Pemberton carries drama with her wherever she goes, often of her own making.

Join Dani, Arthur, Matt, and Giles, as they combine their efforts to keep Lady Pemberton alive, even though privately each of them thinks the village may be far better off if she’s dead.


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Murder By Design - Cottonwood Springs Cozy Mystery Series Book 24
A redecorated dream house.
A bottle of wine.
A dead designer.
But did the murderer kill the wrong person?

When the new owners arrive to meet the designer they hired in the small town they’ve just moved to for a “reveal” of what she’s done with the house, things don’t quite go as planned. Their initial excitement leads to horror when they find the body of their designer on the living room floor, clearly dead. And three glasses on the dining room table, one of which is now empty.

Sheriff Davis and Brigid encounter one false lead after another in their search for the murderer. Brigid begins to wonder if the killer got the right person. Then it becomes a search not only for the murderer, but a search to find out if someone else had been targeted, and if so, who?


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Murder on the Rooftop - Northwest Cozy Mystery Series
A police fundraiser.
An argument.
A note saying “Come to the rooftop.”
A fatal fall from the roof.
Was it suicide or murder?

A man is arrested for murder within minutes of the victim falling to his death from the rooftop of a hotel where a police fundraiser is being held. The arrest is based solely on earlier harsh words between two men, and it doesn’t add up. At least not to Jake and Al, private investigators hired to look into it by a wealthy friend of the accused.

The banquet room was full of police. After all, it was a police fundraiser, but Al and Jake think Gio La Serta’s arrest was a little too sudden and a little too convenient. Then strange things begin to happen to them. Black cars start following them, Jake is handed a thumb drive while on a ferry by a person who disappears, and the gas tank cover on Jake’s truck has obviously been tampered with.

It becomes obvious someone doesn’t want them to discover the truth about Niles Balderelli’s murder, and now Al and Jake have gone from being hunters to being the prey. But are they beginning to discover the truth a little too late?


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Murder in Santa Fe - Chef Dani Rosetti Cozy Mysteries Book 11
When Dani Rosetti, a world-famous celebrity chef, was hired to cater a gourmet dinner party in Santa Fe, New Mexico, it sounded heavenly. The guests scheduled to attend were some of the wealthiest Native American art collectors in the United States, and the dinner was to be held on the eve of the legendary Indian Market which takes place each year in August.

In addition to the art collectors who would be attending the dinner, two art dealers and a beloved Native American artist were also on the invite list. But the threat of murder is never heavenly!

Dani’s sous-chef, Arthur, who is also the owner of an international private investigation firm, reviewed the list of invitees for the dinner and became very concerned. His research led him to believe that several guests might have a reason why they’d like to see one of the art dealers dead, and the others might as well.

It seems the art dealer from New York, Julian Schimmer, is alleged to have sold fake Indian art pieces to several of the guests invited to the dinner. But what Arthur can’t figure out is why Annabelle Rosen, the hostess, and probably the most successful gallery owner in Santa Fe, would invite Julian to the dinner?

She was hosting the dinner for her wealthy clients, some of whom had bought fakes from Julian, which she well knew. Was Annabelle using the occasion as a carrot for romance with him? Julian would have a unique opportunity to meet her clients, and maybe, just maybe, he’d be so indebted to her that there would be a chance for romance. After all, the New York art dealer was a very, very attractive man.

And so the age-old motives of greed and romance rear their ugly heads on the night before Indian Market, a night none of the guests will ever forget, nor will Dani!


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