Author: dianevallere
A secret message hidden in her robot cat leads Sylvia Stryker on a rescue mission to Saturn.Sylvia Stryker is making up for lost time. Picking up where her formal education left off, she turns to unlikely sources to train her for simulated physical combat and mental strategy (while wear-testing a new, prototype uniform!). When an empty space pod lands by her training site and the body of a space … site and the body of a space courier is discovered inside, her simulated training goes to the test.Sylvia and her mentor hijack a spaceship, assemble a crew, and take on…
It’s a retro reboot! After a falling out with a friend flips interior decorator Madison Night’s world inside out, she’s determined to revamp her life. Jane Strong, fellow mid-century modern enthusiast, encourages Madison’s entry in an upcoming design competition, but their rift makes collaboration no longer an option.When Jane is found dead, Madison tops the suspect list. And when anonymous … computer hackings interfere with both the investigation and the competition, Jane’s murder no longer seems random. With a mess of a love life, an angry client, and a looming deadline on her contest entry, Madison turns to an unlikely…
Risque Business!When amateur sleuth Samantha Kidd is assigned to cover the lingerie shows in Las Vegas, her excitement is more visible than panty lines. Events in her hometown have made her a celebrity, and a romantic getaway with fiancé Nick Taylor is timely.But when a lingerie model is found dead outside their hotel room, their escape turns brief. Cheeky designers, high-class hookers, and … high-class hookers, and tabloid trouble make this gamble her most dangerous one yet, but when push comes to shove, Samantha bares everything in order to save her future.Can Samantha keep her cool or will this gamble…
Nightie Night!Interior decorator Madison Night is no stranger to the occasional odd inheritance. But when an octogenarian friend dies and leaves her a pajama factory, the bounty is bittersweet. Once a thriving business, Sweet Dreams closed decades ago after a tragic accident took the life of a young model. Or was that simply a cover up?Between her friend’s death and her own stagnant life, Madison … own stagnant life, Madison is tempted to hide under a blanket of willful ignorance. But when family members and special interest groups lobby to expose the secrets of the factory, Madison gets caught in…
When space academy dropout Sylvia Stryker lands the position of Uniform Inventory Manager aboard Moon Unit 5, she jumps at the chance to leave her small planet behind. Besides, who will find out she faked the results of her physical? But when the ship’s second navigation officer is found dead in the uniform closet shortly after departing the space station, Sylvia’s problems become bigger than … falsified test results. And when her supervisor places her on probation for her own uniform infraction, she’s at risk of being dropped off at the nearest substation. Juggling red shirts, white lies, and little…
Costume shop owner Margo Tamblyn faces a deadly conspiracy when a small-town festival turns into big-time trouble.It’s no secret around Proper City, Nevada, that the Sagebrush Festival, the town’s annual family-friendly event, is the place to be. This year’s theme of board games has everything from Conspiracy to Clue. Margo Tamblyn’s costume shop, Disguise DeLimit, has been tasked with providing … tasked with providing costumes for the festival headliner, the Domino Divas. But on the night of the performance, one fallen Domino threatens to bring down the whole show when head dancer Ronnie Cass is found in her dressing room,…
She agreed to work for her boyfriend’s ex. A break-up made her an ex, too. Can she trust the woman at the center of her love life crisis?Samantha Kidd’s love life is lukewarm. After agreeing to help her ex-boyfriend’s maybe-former girlfriend with a runway show, she hides her broken heart behind her reputation. But when she’s assaulted outside the venue, accusations of attention-seeking make her … attention-seeking make her lose her cool.Determined to find her attacker, she investigates the scene as an outsider. When a fire starts on the catwalk and destroys the designer’s collection, Samantha suspects her assailant was…
Interior decorator Madison relishes her retro ’60s style — but she never thought it would make her the target of a serial killer! Soon she’s racing to save herself and unlock a decades-old mystery in this “tremendously fun” ride (Library Journal).
In the seamy world of designer clothing, you’re bound to find dirty laundry… Samantha Kidd, ex-buyer turned Trend Specialist, designed her future with couture precision, but finding the Fashion Director’s corpse one day leaves her hanging by a thread. When the killer fabricates evidence that puts the cops on her hemline, her new life begins to unravel — with humorous results. She trades high … trades high fashion for dirty laundry and reveals a cast of designers out for blood. Now this flatfoot in heels must keep pace with a diabolical designer before she gets marked down for murder.more