Release Date announced for New Book

Bake Wars, a romantic suspense by D.M. Tregaskis is coming on September 9th, 2024. (Pre-orders for the ebook are available here.) If you’re one to read the back of the book cover, (I’m not because I prefer to be surprised!) read on!

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.

Book News

I’m excited to announce Bake Wars has been submitted for copy edits. This dark romantic suspense will be here before you know it. Details including release date and images to come.

Did you see that The Lonely Mortician is now on Audiobook? And it’s still free on Kindle Unlimited.

In other news, I’m almost ready for beta readers for Lies in Color, a YA psychological thriller—yes, I’ve been working on two books at once, so things have been a bit crazy! But maybe make that three because I’ve got the beginning pages of another romance in the works, (maybe this one will be lighter and not so dark, but no guarantees).

Happy reading

xo,

D.M.

Current Projects

These are high-concept overviews of the |TWO| books I’m currently working on. The YA has some full requests (SQUEE!), and I’m polishing it up before submitting, and the other is a romantic suspense set to release this summer.


For the record, I’m awful at these (the YA blurb is too vague, I know), and I might destroy and rewrite them both.


*And just so you know, my books are clean so pay attention to the words–they find love, not *make* love. 😂

Too much fun?

If you missed the launch party or signing, don’t fret (and don’t worry, that’s a stick of cinnamon), I’ve got plenty of books you can pick up or I can ship (or you can order on Amazon–its free on Kindle).

THANK YOU

Thank you to everyone who came to support me at my launch party. I felt so loved and it was so much fun! We’ll have to do it again next year around the same time (yes, there will be a new book called Bake Wars).

Launch Party – Tonight!

TONIGHT!

The launch party is tonight (6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Historical Joseph H. Frisby home, 209 North 400 West, Provo) and I’m making a grazing table, kind of like the one pictured here.

Here are pictures from yesterday’s signing at the library.

Tonight is a different day and a different dress. I bet y’all are dying (mortician humor intended) to see it.

GIFT WRAPPING IS AVAILABLE TONIGHT TOO.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO DRESS UP, BUT I DEFINITELY AM!

And if you can’t come, buy from me in person or order on Amazon

TODAY! Thursday, November 30th: 10 a.m. – Noon at the Spanish Fork Library, Wonderland room. (Book purchase & signing)

Friday, December 1st: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Historical Joseph H. Frisby home, 209 North 400 West, Provo. (Reception with finger foods—some cinnamon flavored of course— and books available for purchase and signing. Perfect for date night.)

Did someone say Grazing Table?

Just a sneak peek at some of the snacks that will be on the grazing table at my Launch Party on FRIDAY!

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Historical Joseph H. Frisby home, 209 North 400 West, Provo. (Reception with finger foods—some cinnamon flavored of course— and books available for purchase and signing. Perfect for date night.)