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  • Bibliography:
    76 Books (15 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2008
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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About the Author

Dana Mentink lives in California where the weather is golden and the cheese is divine. Her family includes two daughters (affectionately nicknamed Yogi and Boo Boo.) Papa Bear is retired from the fire department and he met Dana doing a dinner theater production of The Velveteen Rabbit. Ironically, their parts were husband and wife.

Dana writes in two genres, cozy mystery and romantic suspense. She’s a USA TODAY, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon bestselling author as well as a two time ACFW Carol Award winner, and a Holt Medallion recipient. Her suspense novel, Betrayal in the Badlands, earned a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. She is honored to write for Harlequin’s Love Inspired and Poisoned Pen Press.

Full Series List in Order

Badlands

1 - Betrayal in the Badlands (Oct-2010)
2 - Buried Truth (Aug-2011)
3 - Escape from the Badlands (Jan-2012)

Desert Justice

1 - Framed in Death Valley (Mar-2021)
2 - Missing in the Desert (Aug-2021)
3 - Death Valley Double Cross (Mar-2022)
4 - Death Valley Hideout (May-2022)
5 - Christmas Crime Cover-Up (Dec-2022)
6 - Targeted in the Desert (Apr-2023)

Elements of Danger

1 - Fire Mountain (Jul-2025)

A Finny's Nose Mystery

1 - Trouble Up Finny's Nose (Jan-2008)
2 - Fog Over Finny's Nose (Aug-2008)
3 - Treasure Under Finny's Nose (Jan-2009)

Gold Country Cowboys

1 - Cowboy Christmas Guardian (Nov-2017)
2 - Treacherous Trails (Mar-2018)
3 - Cowboy Bodyguard (Jul-2018)
4 - Lost Christmas Memories (Nov-2018)

Happily Ever After

1 - Just Right Romance (Apr-2017)

Love By Design

1 - Sailing in Style (Jul-2015)

Love Unleashed

0.5 - Love at First Bark (Apr-2017)
1 - Sit, Stay, Love (Apr-2016)
2 - Fetching Sweetness (Aug-2016)
3 - Paws for Love (Feb-2017)

Pacific Coast Private Eyes

1 - Dangerous Tidings (Nov-2015)
2 - Seaside Secrets (May-2016)
3 - Abducted (Nov-2016)
4 - Dangerous Testimony (Apr-2017)

Roughwater Ranch Cowboys

1 - Danger on the Ranch (Jun-2019)
2 - Deadly Christmas Pretense (Nov-2019)
3 - Cold Case Connection (Feb-2020)
4 - Secrets Resurfaced (Jun-2020)

Security Hounds Investigations

1 - Tracking the Truth (Apr-2024)
2 - Fugitive Search (Sep-2024)
3 - Hunted on the Trail (Jan-2025)
4 - Following the Clues (Jun-2025)

An Shake Shop Mystery

1 - Pint of No Return (May-2021)
2 - A Sprinkle in Time (May-2022)
3 - Spoon to be Dead (Nov-2023)

Stormswept

1 - Shock Wave (Aug-2013)
2 - Force of Nature (Dec-2013)
3 - Flood Zone (Jul-2014)

Treasure Seekers

1 - Lost Legacy (May-2012)
2 - Dangerous Melody (Nov-2012)
3 - Final Resort (Feb-2013)

Wings of Danger

1 - Hazardous Homecoming (Nov-2014)
2 - Secret Refuge (Apr-2015)

Multi-Author Series List

Alaska K-9 Unit

7 - Yukon Justice (Nov-2021)

Military K-9 Unit

3 - Top Secret Target (Jun-2018)

Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit

8 - Snowbound Escape (Nov-2023)

Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit

4 - Undercover Assignment (Jul-2022)

Rookie K-9 Unit

3 - Seek and Find (Jun-2016)

True Blue K-9 Unit

0.5 - Shield of Protection (Mar-2019)
2 - Act of Valor (May-2019)

True Blue K-9 Unit: Brooklyn

7 - Cold Case Pursuit (Oct-2020)

Book List in Order: 76 titles

Award-Winning Books by Dana Mentink

Betrayal in the Badlands
2010 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense
Jungle Fire
2014 Carol Award -- Romantic Suspense


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Dana Mentink has published 76 books.

The next book by Dana Mentink, Fire Mountain, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by Dana Mentink, Trouble Up Finny's Nose, was published in January 2008.

Yes. Dana Mentink has 15 series.