Diana A. Hicks

Diana A. Hicks writes contemporary and suspense-inflected romance, with recurring interests in powerful families, fraught loyalties, and relationships complicated by hidden motives. Love Over Lattes was her 2018 debut and the first Desert Monsoon novel. Set in the American Southwest, it brings together Valentina, a recent graduate raising her son, and Derek Cole, a business owner facing a struggle over his company. Their connection begins with practical help and develops under the pressure of mistrust and unresolved history. The book was later revised and republished as Entangle You, opening the Cole Brothers sequence under its new title. Hicks followed the original Desert Monsoon entry with Love Over Time and expanded her bibliography through the Crime Society, Beast Duet, and other connected romances. Love Over Lattes remains important within that career because it introduced both her published voice and characters she later chose to revisit. Its blend of domestic stakes, business conflict, and romantic suspense became a recognizable part of her subsequent fiction.