From the bestselling author of Kindle freebie Falling Star, here’s the set-up for Diana Dempsey’s Ms America and the Offing on Oahu, just $2.99 on Kindle:

Customers who enjoy books by Janet Evanovich are sure to enjoy Ms America and the Offing on Oahu, the debut mystery in a fast and hilariously funny series about how being a beauty queen can be murder …

Ms Ohio, Happy Pennington, finds out it’s not all sequins and silicone when she competes on Oahu for the Ms America crown—the first national title of her life.

When her fiercest competitor tumbles dead out of the isolation booth during the televised pageant finale, Honolulu PD gets to thinking Happy might have killed her.

What’s the only thing a beauty queen worth her sash can do? Nab the real killer—even if that means tangling with snarky rival contestants, a local who claims to be Hawaiian royalty, a brooding helicopter pilot, and a pageant emcee hot enough to die for …

From the reviewers:

A Terrific Heroine and an Absorbing but Fun Murder Mystery.  –  W.E. Fuller

Delightful & Intriquing Mystery For All Readers–We Guys, Too  –  T. Dulaney

Fulfills every expectation for a cozy mystery! –  Diana Driver

This is a fun fast read. Lots of twists and turns. As an unsuccessful pageant girl I was tickled to read how accurate the portrayal of pageants was presented.   –  Molly 359

Author Diana Dempsey never competed in beauty pageants but she did the next best thing: she worked in TV news. After a dozen years as an Emmy-winning anchor and reporter, Diana morphed into an author of fast and fun romantic fiction.

Her novels have been called “almost impossible to put down” (Romance Reviews Today), “skillfully plotted and filled with realistic detail” (Library Journal), and “spicy, sexy, and sultry” (Booklist).

Her debut novel, FALLING STAR, was nominated for a RITA award for Best First Book by the members of Romance Writers of America. It centers on the personal and professional travails – and eventual triumphs – of a primetime anchorwoman. TO CATCH THE MOON, a Romantic Times Top Pick, combines a murder mystery with a love triangle. TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN goes behind the glossy veneer of a Napa Valley winery to find forbidden love, intrigue, and betrayal. CHASING VENUS is a romantic suspense about writer Annette Rowell, who discovers that being a best-selling novelist can be a killer …

In her dozen years in television news, the former Diana Koricke played every on-air role from network correspondent to local news anchor. She reported for NBC News from New York, Tokyo, and Burbank and substitute anchored such broadcasts as Sunrise, Today, and NBC Nightly News. In addition, she was a morning anchor for KTTV 11 Fox News in Los Angeles. She started her broadcast career in the anchor chair for Financial News Network.

Born and raised in Buffalo, New York – Go, Bills! – Diana is a graduate of Harvard University and the winner of a Rotary International Foundation Scholarship. She enjoyed stints overseas in Belgium, the U.K., and Japan, and now resides in Los Angeles with her husband and a West Highland White Terrier, not necessarily in that order.

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