Give the Gift of a Book this Christmas

Looking for a gift for an avid mystery book reader? From now until December 25th, all of my paperbacks are on sale. I’ve dropped the price as low as Amazon will allow. (Amazon offers free shipping on orders over $35.00.) With the purchase of any paperback you can get the Kindle version of that book for free.

Below is the link to the book trailer for Famous in a Small Town (A Southern Country Novel) book one in the trilogy plus the link to my Amazon author page.
 Famous in a Small Town Book Trailer

Diana Anderson's Amazon Author Page

Happy Valley (A Southern Country Novel) FREE 9/17/2015 - 9/21/2015

FREE 9/17/2015 - 9/21/2015 for Kindle app. Happy Valley (A Southern Country Novel) 1st in the series.

A year ago, Jo Preston was released and sent home from a mental institution. She has only vague memories of why she had been committed. Circumstances beyond her control will cause those memories to surface, one by one.
A tragedy, brought on by deceit, leaves her heartbroken and rejected. She is sent away to live with some rather peculiar relatives. Her fear of being institutionalized again has her desperate to keep her past hidden, but how long can she keep it a secret when her imagination begins playing tricks on her... or is it? A voice from her past resurfaces as well as the man who wants her secret to die with her.
This is a story about a young girl's heartbreak, rejection, fear, faith, and determination.
Happy Valley is the first in the series of A Southern Country Novel.
Happy Valley on Amazon

A Southern Country Novel Series Books 1-3: Boxed Set: Happy Valley, Mississippi Gambler, Mississippi Bluff

Happy Valley
A year ago, Jo Preston was released and sent home from a mental institution. She has only vague memories of why she had been committed. Circumstances beyond her control will cause those memories to surface, one by one.
A tragedy, brought on by deceit, leaves her heartbroken and rejected. She is sent away to live with some rather peculiar relatives. Her fear of being institutionalized again has her desperate to keep her past hidden, but how long can she keep it a secret when her imagination begins playing tricks on her... or is it? A voice from her past resurfaces, as well as the man who wants her secret to die with her.
This is a story about a young girl's heartbreak, rejection, fear, faith, and determination.
Happy Valley is the first in the series of A Southern Country Novel.

Mississippi Gambler
When Jo Preston Lane was nineteen, she left home thinking that was the answer to her problem, but now, four years later, she must return, and who she has to face is the least of her problems. To protect her family, she must keep all that she discovered five months ago a secret. She has little time to prepare for her great escape before her worst nightmare catches up with her. She can’t afford to trust anyone, as her life truly depends on it. Not the police or the FBI.
Mississippi Gambler is the second in the series of A Southern Country Novel.

Mississippi Bluff
A Mississippi Bluff is a Texas Hold ’Em poker strategy, seventy-five percent bluffing and twenty-five percent odds. Jo Lane doesn’t gamble on anything but love and her life. In the past, gambling on love has been a no-win for her. However, she’ll have to bluff her way out to win the latest game on her life.
With a deranged clown and a contract assassin after her, the odds don’t look good for the young Special Agent Lane. The clown is seeking revenge—but for whom? The contract assassin is desperate to get his hands on something in Jo’s lost airline luggage. The assassin plans to take her out of the picture as soon as he gets his hands on it—but who hired him?
Sam Hunter is new in town. He’s looking for his missing young niece, April, and requests Jo’s help in finding her. After much thought, she agrees to try to tap into her God-given ability to locate April. The more she digs into April’s history, the more confused Jo becomes. Something isn’t adding up—but what?
Jo’s love life takes a toll on her emotions, leaving her heartbroken. After she’s made up her mind that she’s through with the game of love, a new player sits down at the table, and he’s all in. Is she willing to take the risk and bet it all, or will she fold and walk away?
The stakes are high in Mississippi Bluff, the third book in A Southern Country Novel series.

Available on Amazon for Kindle Apps

Mississippi Bluff, A Southern Country Novel 3rd in Series.

A Mississippi Bluff is a Texas Hold ’Em poker strategy, seventy-five percent bluffing and twenty-five percent odds. Jo Lane doesn’t gamble on anything but love and her life. In the past, gambling on love has been a no-win for her. However, she’ll have to bluff her way out to win the latest game on her life.

With a deranged clown and a contract assassin after her, the odds don’t look good for the young Special Agent Lane. The clown is seeking revenge—but for whom? The contract assassin is desperate to get his hands on something in Jo’s lost airline luggage. The assassin plans to take her out of the picture as soon as he gets his hands on it—but who hired him?

Sam Hunter is new in town. He’s looking for his missing young niece, April, and requests Jo’s help in finding her. After much thought, she agrees to try to tap into her God-given ability to locate April. The more she digs into April’s history, the more confused Jo becomes. Something isn’t adding up—but what?

Jo’s love life takes a toll on her emotions, leaving her heartbroken. After she’s made up her mind that she’s through with the game of love, a new player sits down at the table, and he’s all in. Is she willing to take the risk and bet it all, or will she fold and walk away?

The stakes are high in Mississippi Bluff, the third book in A Southern Country Novel series.

Mississippi Bluff Available at Amazon 

Cruise Control

Many things move me emotionally, my family, my friends, and my relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Apart from these I'm moved by causes that have affected my life in one way or another. Causes such as the homeless, disaster relief, child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault and rape, and animal abuse and rescue. I find that in writing novels I most always include one or all of the above. I had never really made the connection until one reader pointed it out to me. He referred to several chapters about a homeless woman. He said it was an emotional plight for my main character. He said it was written in such a way that he had assumed that I must have experienced it. I was moved by his grasp of what I had written. I told him yes, I had experienced being homeless. But I told him nothing more about my experiences, however, I later pondered his comment. For several months I've pondered it. It brought me to the realization that some of the main characters' experiences don't necessarily come from my imagination, but from my own life experiences.

With my life's experiences I've had several opportunities to help people and for that I'm grateful. Years ago, after going through Christian counseling, I stepped out of my shell. All the hurt and anger I had felt was gone. I was able to say, "Yes, this happened to me, but I'm a stronger person now because I no longer allow that experience to control me. I'm in charge of the control button."

 All of the sites listed below are wonderful causes. Most have links to their Facebook pages and Twitter profiles. Please check out these sites and don't forget to like, follow, and share.



Memphis Union Mission
Salvation Army
Prevent Child Abuse
New Hope for Women
Joyful Heart Foundation
Hope for Paws

If you're going through a dark valley, don't camp out there. Keep on going.

Ghost in a Small Town (An Entering Southern Country Novel) 2nd in the Trilogy

 The second in the trilogy of An Entering southern Country Novel is now available on Amazon.

 The folks of Cypress, Mississippi are unnerved when the ghost of Avery Carson appears not long after her car is found abandoned on Crow River Bridge. Laurel County Sheriff Cal Rayburn and his deputies set out to find the missing woman’s body, but what they discover is the woman’s sister is missing too. What could have happened to the sisters to persuade them to take their own lives? Or did they? As evidence is collected, doubts arise concerning the sisters’ demise. Was the sheriff’s department investigating a double suicide or a double homicide?
Deputy Travis Velardi is new to the sheriff’s department. He has moved on with his life after a bad relationship a year ago. Determined not to be deceived again, Travis keeps a tight lock on his heart. Mara Soriano unintentionally picks that lock and turns Travis’ life upside down, but Mara has no intention of starting a relationship with anyone, especially Travis.
The sheriff assigns Deputy Velardi second in charge on the case. With Mara on his mind, Avery Carson’s ghost wreaking havoc in town, and the investigation leading him in every direction, he’s uncertain that he’s the man for the job.
To what end will one go for fame and fortune?
What mystery does the shallow grave in the woods hold?
Who is the mysterious woman in the cabin by the lake?
Just when Travis thinks he has it figured out, he’s led down another dead-end road.
Ghost in a Small Town is the second in the trilogy of An Entering Southern Country Novel. It’s a story about lies, corruption, and murder.

Ghost in a Small Town

Goodreads Book Giveaway Famous in a Small Town (An Entering Southern Country Novel)

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Famous in a Small Town

by Diana Anderson

Giveaway begins Friday, April 18, 2014 and ends Sunday, May 18, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

  I'm giving away five autographed copies of Famous in a Small Town (An Entering Southern Country Novel) the first in the trilogy. Famous in a Small Town is a dark, southern, mystery thriller.
Check my Goodreads profile for the book trailer. Sample pages can be read on Amazon.
Happy reading!

Famous in a Small Town
The quiet town of Cypress, Mississippi is turned upside down when a former citizen, Raven Sawyer, returns for a funeral. Raven’s fictional novel goes viral when the town folk realize that she’s the author, and soon they’re thinking that her book is not fiction but truth. Every little dirty detail is revealed in her book and has the people of Cypress wagging their tongues and shaking their heads at a few of the upper-class citizens and—the Sheriff. All Raven wants is to get through the funeral and go back to New York, but Sheriff Cal Rayburn can’t allow her to leave after she discovers and turns over evidence that may be connected to a double homicide that he’s investigating. At least, that’s the excuse he’s giving her, and he’ll go to any length to keep her in Cypress until he can make her believe that the affair, that she thinks he had six years ago, never happened. When more dead bodies turn up, Cal feels they’re connected to the double homicide, but with the evidence he has, he can’t make a connection. He’s left with more questions than answers. He’s told that Raven’s novel may have answers to questions that could help with his investigation, but what it reveals is more than what he wants to know.
Famous in a Small Town is book one of An Entering Southern Country Novel trilogy. It has murder, lies, fiction, and truth—and more twists and turns than the back roads of northwestern Mississippi. Enter at your own risk.