Dahlia Donovan

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  • Bibliography:
    37 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2014
  • Latest Book:
    February 2025
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Full Series List in Order

A Grasmere Cottage Mystery

1 - Dead in the Garden (Oct-2018)
2 - Dead in the Pond (Oct-2018)
3 - Dead in the Shop (Oct-2018)

A Honey Mead Murder Mystery

1 - Honey Mead Murder (Sep-2023)
2 - Honey Bee Murder (Nov-2023)

A London Podcast Mystery

1 - Cosplay Killer (Dec-2020)
2 - Ghost Light Killer (Aug-2021)
3 - Crown Court Killer (Jun-2022)

A Motts Cold Case Mystery

1 - Poisoned Primrose (Jul-2020)
2 - Pierced Peony (May-2021)
3 - Pickled Petunia (Nov-2021)
4 - Purloined Poinsettia (Aug-2022)

The Sin Bin

1 - The Wanderer (Apr-2017)
2 - The Caretaker (Jul-2017)
3 - The Botanist (Aug-2017)
4 - The Royal Marine (Oct-2017)
5 - The Unexpected Santa (Nov-2017)
6 - The Lion Tamer (Feb-2018)
7 - Haka Ever After (Jul-2018)

Book List in Order: 37 titles

  • Ivy

    Widowed photographer Ivy Langdon avoids people in general after her husband's death. She ventures out days before Christmas for last minute gifts and stumbles into the middle of a terrorist attack in London. Will her luck ever change?Steven Samuels a...

  • Natasha

    Undercover Interpol agent Natasha Itsov is the ice queen of the European shifter world. Her reputation for loving and leaving without a second thought is well known. Until she met Darren Martel, another fox shifter. She broke both of their hearts whe...

  • After the Scrum

    Caddock "The Brute" Stanford lost his brother and rugby career within the same year. The once man-about-town is now a has-been and guardian to his young nephew. Not sure where life will go after the scrum, he decides to purchase a pub in the Cornwall...

  • The Misguided Confession

    One rich Moroccan businessman.One autistic cougar shifter.One dangerous religious zealot. When the pot is stirred, will one misguided confession trigger a catastrophic end? Elaine Gibbs lives on the fringes defined by labels: autistic, genius, retire...

  • Found You

    Kent Casado has lost everything that defined him: his construction business, his husband, his home, and his fortune. He went from one of the first gay men to marry in Colorado, to the first to be divorced. Crushed and alone, his only recourse is to m...

  • The Wanderer

    The Sin Bin - 1

    Graham Hodson lives for adventure. His entire life has revolved around his obsessive wanderlust. His inner fear of staying in one place or being with one person for too long has kept him on the go. The last thing he expects is a sudden diagnosis t...

  • The Caretaker

    The Sin Bin - 2

    Nurse Freddie Whittle devotes every fibre of his being to his work with cancer patients. Their pain weighs heavily on his shoulders. Between losing clients, the expectations of his fathers, and bigot neighbours, he’s slowly reaching his breaking...

  • The Botanist

    The Sin Bin - 3

    When mistaken identity leads a young botanist into trouble, Navy SEALs come to the rescue. Aled Demers prefers plants over people. He survives an attack in Anguilla alive but emotionally and physically scarred. Back home in Cardiff, he struggles with...

  • The Royal Marine

    The Sin Bin - 4

    Who keeps the Royal Marine's heart safe when he's running headlong into danger?

    Akash Robinson fuses his Indian and British heritage into his baked creations. His life is all things sugar and spice, especially when a blind date leads him to ...



  • The Unexpected Santa

    The Sin Bin - 5

    This story is the prequel to Gray and Scottie's story, The Lion Tamer. When a rugby bad boy butts heads with a retired Marine, which alpha male becomes top dog?Scottie Monk came out of the womb angry at the world. He's selfish and bitter. "Bah humbug...

  • The Lion Tamer

    The Sin Bin - 6

    One dominant Marine.

    One troubled rugby player.

    The Sin Bin will never be the same.

    Gray Baird's to-do list for the year includes starting a restaurant, claiming his submissive, and keeping his nosy friends out of his business. H...

  • One Last Heist

    It should've been easy. Crack a safe, steal from a villain, and go on vacation. The last thing Mack and Toshiro expect is to descend into a nightmare of betrayal.

    Mack Ueda-Easton loves three things: his husband, heists, and his odd family o...

  • All Lathered Up

    When a quintessential good girl meets a self-professed bad boy in school, they've no idea how long their friendship will last.Neither of them can imagine life without the other.Neither realises they’ve gone and fallen in love.Violet St. John went f...

  • Not Even A Mouse

    You are cordially invited to the Sin Bin wedding of the year -- kilts required, undergarments optional.Taine Afoa has faced opponents on the rugby pitch without an ounce of fear. He hopes to find the same courage when asking the love of his life to ...

  • Forged in Flood

    From bestselling author Dahlia Donovan comes a new witty novella between three very different men. With drama, emotional turmoil, and hilarious banter, be prepared to be swept away in Dahlia’s British M/M/M romance.When one drunken night forever sc...

  • Haka Ever After

    The Sin Bin - 7

    You are cordially invited to the Sin Bin wedding of the year -- kilts required, undergarments optional.Taine Afoa has faced opponents on the rugby pitch without an ounce of fear. He hopes to find the same courage when asking the love of his life to ...

  • Dead in the Garden

    A Grasmere Cottage Mystery - 1

    Join bestselling author Dahlia Donovan on a cosy mystery adventure in Grasmere Cottage Mystery book one. With love, wit, and a murder to solve, life for Valor and Bishan is about to get bloomin' complicated in this sweet gay romance.Dead body in the ...

  • Dead in the Pond

    A Grasmere Cottage Mystery - 2

    Join bestselling author Dahlia Donovan on a cosy mystery adventure in Grasmere Cottage Mystery book two. With love, wit, and a murder to solve, life for Valor and Bishan continues to be blinkin' complicated in this sweet gay romance.Killer on the loo...

  • Dead in the Shop

    A Grasmere Cottage Mystery - 3

    Join bestselling author Dahlia Donovan in the final book of her cosy mystery adventure in Grasmere Cottage Mystery book three. With love, wit, and a murder to solve, Valor and Bishan really need to stop life being so bloody complicated in this sweet ...



  • At War with a Broken Heart

    What's the perfect recipe for an emotional MMM romance? One autistic coffee shop owner, one morose mug maker, and a mostly cheerful police detective. Fie Morogh Russell goes off to war with a broken heart and returns with a shattered spirit. He hermi...

  • Here Comes The Son

    Ignatius Faber knows a few things for absolute certain. He’s half-demon, his father is the unequivocal prince of darkness, and demons want to destroy his city. And if he doesn’t make the first move on his crush, they’re never goi...

  • Pure Dumb Luck

    When two small-town country dudes win the lottery, they finally find the courage to speak their truth.An unexpected adventure follows.Linwood "Woody" Robinson has a routine. He works for his baby brother in construction, buys three lottery tickets ev...

  • Poisoned Primrose

    A Motts Cold Case Mystery - 1

    Meet Motts and the quirky cast of characters in her world. Poisoned Primrose is a quintessential cosy British mystery and an all-round fun story to throw yourself into.Autistic, asexual, and almost forty, Pineapple Motts Mottley flees London with her...

  • Cosplay Killer

    A London Podcast Mystery - 1

    Osian Garey and Dannel Ortea live together in a colourful flat in Covent Garden. They run a podcast and throw themselves wholeheartedly into Cosplay, video games, and musical theatre. This year, they're all fired up to attend their annual convention ...

  • Pierced Peony

    A Motts Cold Case Mystery - 2

    On a casual walk along the Cornish Coast, Pineapple Motts Mottley stumbles upon a body and a perilous new murder case in the second novel in the Motts Cold Case Mystery series. As spring rolls into summer, Motts settles into her cottage. She's e...

  • Ghost Light Killer

    A London Podcast Mystery - 2

    Several months after their first brush with death, Dannel Ortea and Osian Garey are back with a thrilling murder investigation in the second London Podcast Mystery Series novel.While helping their flamboyant neighbour with his play, Dannel and Osian ...

  • Pickled Petunia

    A Motts Cold Case Mystery - 3

    Mystery beckons when a young woman seeks out budding amateur detective Pineapple Motts Mottley to find her missing mother in the third novel of the Motts Cold Case Mystery series. Murder comes to Motts's doorstep when a stranger asks her to inve...

  • Crown Court Killer

    A London Podcast Mystery - 3

    Months after saving their flamboyant theatre friend from disaster, Dannel Ortea and Osian Garey are back with a thrilling murder investigation in the third London Podcast Mystery series novel.Dannel and Osian's breakfast double date rapidly devolves ...

  • Purloined Poinsettia

    A Motts Cold Case Mystery - 4

    Murder comes knocking when a killer hunts for budding amateur detective Pineapple Motts Mottley in the fourth novel of the Motts Cold Case Mystery series. The past and present collide for Motts when two serial killer brothers barge into her plan...



  • Farm to Fabre

    When Andriana Milne-Marchetti kisses an old family friend under an apple tree, she never imagines he'll run halfway around the world and stay gone for three years. Thirty-five-year-old asexual Andie runs a small remote family farm in Scotland. S...

  • Stubbed Toes and Dating Woes

    Will their treasure hunt lead them to true love or fool's gold?Niclas Ruiz loves digging in the dirt for ancient artifacts. He's obsessed with old words and lives in his own world. His summers are often spent traveling to new places to hunt for treas...

  • Honey Mead Murder

    A Honey Mead Murder Mystery - 1

    Get ready for a charmingly quirky romance with a twist of murder mystery in Honey Mead Murder!  Follow the heart-warming story of George Bernard Sheth, a devoted pug and bee lover, who has been secretly crushing on a local mead brewer. But ...

  • Honey Bee Murder

    A Honey Mead Murder Mystery - 2

    George Bernard Sheth plans to spend July in the garden with his beloved pug, Bumble. He's tending to his bees when a neighbour harasses him quite vocally. When the man winds up dead, all eyes are immediately on George and the many hives in his garden...

  • Honey Moon Murder

    Honey, Romance, and Danger… As August winds down, George Sheth and Murphy Baird are ready to put months of murder mysteries behind them. They hope for calmer days as they move in together. But it's all for nought when his pug, Bumble, stu...

  • A Curse for Samhain

    Welcome to the Skeleton Crew. Bring your knitting needles and a good, strong brew.Gender fluid, autistic vampire Hyde Snodgrass runs Between the Leaves-a cosy village book store. Their life revolves around books, all things autumnal, and the two cats...

  • A Fatal Autumnal Stew

    Welcome back to the Skeleton Crew. Keep your knitting needles sharp and have a strong brew in hand for their next adventure. Life for gender-fluid, autistic vampire Hyde Snodgrass has never been better. Her cosy village bookshop is thriving as i...

  • A Merry Murderous Midwinter

    Welcome back to the Skeleton Crew. Bring your knitting needles, a good strong brew, and plenty of snacks. You're going to need them.Gender-fluid, autistic vampire Hyde Snodgrass is living their best life with their bookshop, cats, and witch girlfrien...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Dahlia Donovan has published 37 books.

The next book by Dahlia Donovan, A Merry Murderous Midwinter, will be published in February 2025.

The first book by Dahlia Donovan, Ivy, was published in May 2014.

Yes. Dahlia Donovan has 5 series.
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