Hi! I'm Dedra
aka D.M. Tregaskis (Tree-Gas-Kiss)
If you love character-driven stories with kissing-only romance and zero expletives, you’ve come to the right place. Grab your favorite format of book (audiobook, paperback, ebook, or hardcover), sit back, and enjoy.
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Sushi Wars
Romantic Suspsense
Coming December 4th, 2026!
A hijacking is an interesting way to start a relationship. So is bonding over a love of sushi. Mix in fake deaths, missile launch codes, and a plan to right all wrongs, and you’ve got a war, a Sushi War.
On the anniversary of her best friend’s death, paramedic Holland Martin responds to a gunshot victim. She should be home, working on her friend’s bucket list; instead, she’s held at gunpoint by Liam O’Niall’s captor.
If his family dies, it’s all Liam’s fault. He went chasing after ghosts. He wanted information. Now the paramedic is in danger too.
They weren’t supposed to become friends, but late-night texting about sushi and sumo wrestling is the only way to cope with their grief, now that the FBI Director controls their every move. To be free of his grasp, they must lure in a sushi-loving mark. But if they fail to get the launch codes, if Holland falls for the agent hired to watch her, they’ll put their families’ lives and everyone in Pilpil Bay, Oregon, at risk.
Two Fake Dates
Holiday Rom-Com Novella
Coming November 6th, 2026
Two Sisters. One Matchmaking Agency. Two Fake Dates.
A year ago, Megs Suttner met someone. At her hometown grocery store. Next to pie. They shared a moment, but Jake left without even getting her last name.
Determined not to be alone at the holidays this year, she hires fake dates for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Zeth is serious boyfriend material; Karter is young with all the looks. But Megs keeps thinking about Jake. When her sister brings Jake home as her date, Megs has to face her truths. Sisters have to come before misters, and she’s only willing to be someone’s first choice.
But will her first choice choose her?
Gulf War Letters
1878 American West Mystery
Step back in time to 1990 during the Gulf War and watch love unfold through a series of fictional letters.
9 envelopes, sent via USPS every week for 8 weeks
Prison Letters
1878 American West Mystery
Six couples. Six romances. One overarching fictional story.
Embark on a romance-and-mystery adventure set in the American West in 1878, told through six couples. Secrets. Thieves. Enemies. And lovers.
What’s included:
96 letters total, sent via USPS every week for 8 weeks.
Bake Wars
Romantic Suspense
Frisking is an interesting way to start a relationship. So is bonding over grief. Mix in an Italian mob, a hijacked ransom note, and two competing bakeries and you’ve got a war, a Bake War.
Former thief Bridge O’Niall needs to wipe her ledger clean. A new identity plus a fresh start are the perfect ingredients to create a guilt-free do-over.
FBI Agent Cowen Amaratti needs a change of profession, one where he doesn’t have to shoot anyone ever again. When the two meet, their lives are too incompatible, oil and water. But everything changes when they both move to the same tiny town to live their dreams as bakers.
Pilpil Bay, Oregon is hardly big enough to support one bakery, let alone two, so Bridge and Cowen duel in a bake-off. But competition isn’t healthy for a budding relationship, neither are ghosts from their past that endanger everyone. The only way to keep their friends and families safe is to do the things they’d vowed never to do again—steal and kill.
The Lonely Mortitian
Mystery Romance
Cinn Spice is an expert in bad choices. Becoming a mortician to help her demanding relative should top them all. But she overachieves by participating in a dating show run by her former high school nemesis and falls for the unavailable jerk next door, all while a mysterious creep attempts to haunt her out of town.
To fix her missteps, Cinn has to uncover the identity of “the ghost,” her neighbor’s secret, and the why behind her pushover flaw. If she succeeds without breaking too many laws, the holidays are bound to turn delicious.
Definitely NOT Cruising for Love
Quirky Rom-Com
What’s worse? Going on a first date with your family tagging along or having a mouth with no filter?
What if life dishes you a slice of both?
“This sweet romantic comedy had me turning pages until I was finished. Tregaskis captures the essence of accepting others as they are while also illustrating the benefit of recognizing the changes we all have to face to become who we are meant to be. Definitely NOT Cruising for Love is heartfelt, quirky in all the right ways, and sweet on the romance.”
Jana L. Perkins, author of the Crimson Seasons series
How to be a Dirtbag
A 30-Day Guide for the Aspiring Dirtbag in Your Life
Someone in your life needs this book. You know who.
Passive-aggressiveness is an art form, and you’re halfway to a masterpiece by hovering your mouse over the Add-to-Cart button.
In this upside-down book, How to be a Dirtbag is on one side, and How NOT to be a Dirtbag is on the other. Gifting this book will win you humor points and earn trust. How can people change if they don’t know what’s wrong?
With zero profanity, this gift is for everyone.
Add this to your cart for the next obligatory office exchange. No, add several. You have a family party coming up.
My Christmas Gifts
Christ-centered Picture Book
In this heartfelt story, a young girl learns how to express the true Spirit of Christmas by serving others. Told from the girl’s own narrative, she orchestrates a simple, yet profound plan to give the best gifts she can to all within her reach. Filled with fresh illustrations and witty dialogue, My Christmas Gifts is sure to become a holiday favorite.
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