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Dana Mentink

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The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Christian, Romance

Influences

Jan Karon, L. Frank Baum, Harlan Coben, Elizabeth Peters

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USA TODAY bestseller Dana Mentink enjoys writing in many different capacities. She currently writes for Harlequin's Love Inspired Suspense and Poisoned Pen Press.

Dana is the recipient of a Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, two ACFW Carol Awards as well as a Holt Medallion.

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Dana Mentink’s books

Average rating: 4.31 · 22,262 ratings · 5,154 reviews · 205 distinct works • Similar authors

	Love at First Bark (Love Unleashed, #0.5) 4.02 avg rating — 1,227 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Act of Valor (True Blue K-9 Unit #2) 4.48 avg rating — 876 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pint of No Return (Shake Shop #1) 3.94 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yukon Justice (Alaska K-9 Unit #7) 4.52 avg rating — 695 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Top Secret Target (Military K-9 Unit #3) 4.48 avg rating — 684 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snowbound Escape (Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit, 8) 4.56 avg rating — 636 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undercover Assignment (Rocky Mountain K-9 Unit #4) 4.41 avg rating — 641 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Case Pursuit (True Blue K-9 Unit: Brooklyn, 7) 4.54 avg rating — 606 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shield of Protection (True Blue K-9 Unit #0.5) 4.14 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sit, Stay, Love (Love Unleashed, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Love Unleashed (3 books)
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Desert Justice (6 books)
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Shake Shop (4 books)
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Roughwater Ranch Cowboys (4 books)
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Gold Country Cowboys (4 books)
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Fire Mountain (Elements of Danger, #1)

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Scent of Sabotage (Security Hounds Investigations, 6)

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Thrown For A Scoop (The Shake Shop Mysteries Book 4)

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“I'm tired of hurting, Lord. I'm tired of being scared. I'm tired of losing.”
― Dana Mentink

tags: inspirational-suspense

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“He sighed and picked up Charlie, who licked his chin. “That’s the good thing about dogs, isn’t it? They look at you like you’re a hero just for loving them.”
― Dana Mentink, Love at First Bark

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“God is the one thing, the only thing, I know is true.”
― Dana Mentink, Danger on the Ranch

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Polls

This is our poll for November's Books of the Month - the two with the most votes will be our reads!

From a Distance (Timber Ridge Reflections, #1) by Tamera Alexander

From a Distance by Tamera Alexander

6 votes 24.0%

The Girl From the Train by Irma Joubert

6 votes 24.0%

Sit, Stay, Love (Love Unleashed, #1) by Dana Mentink

Sit, Stay, Love by Dana Mentink

4 votes 16.0%

Same Kind of Different as Me A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall

Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall

3 votes 12.0%

The Fragrance of Geraniums (A Time of Grace, #1) by Alicia G. Ruggieri

The Fragrance of Geraniums by Alicia G. Ruggieri

2 votes 8.0%

They Almost Always Come Home by Cynthia Ruchti

1 vote 4.0%

Refuge of the Heart by Ruth Logan Herne

1 vote 4.0%

The Hidden Altar by Jeff Shelnutt

1 vote 4.0%

The Confessions of X by Suzanne M. Wolfe

The Confession of X by Suzanne M. Wolfe

1 vote 4.0%

Family Wanted (Willow's Haven #1) by Renee Andrews

Family Wanted by Renee Andrews

0 votes 0.0%

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Dana’s Quotes

“If she hadn’t wanted to marry him, she could have thought up a good dozen ways to break it to him besides running from the altar like a scalded cat.”
― Dana Mentink, Death Valley Double Cross

tags: romance, suspense

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“But being a substitute parent? Him? It was a tall order for a guy who couldn’t even keep a houseplant alive.”
― Dana Mentink, Death Valley Hideout

tags: romance, suspense

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“Trinidad Jones had never before realized how much her dog Noodles appreciated yodeling.”
― Dana Mentink, A Sprinkle in Time

tags: cozy-mystery, poisoned-pen-press

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“Her insides quivered with the combination of terror and titillation. The bare bones truth was The Shimmy and Shake Shop needed an infusion of income, since her brand- new ice cream shop had to be rebuilt after a criminal tried to destroy it... and her. So much for the quiet small- town life. Murder, mayhem and milkshakes. Who’da thunk it?”
― Dana Mentink, A Sprinkle in Time

tags: cozy-mystery-series, poisoned-pen-press

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“She stumbled as if in a dream.
But this wasn’t a dream.
It was a real dead body…in Papa’s trunk.”
― dana mentink, A Sprinkle in Time

tags: cozy-mytery

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