Meet Verena DeLuca!

Verena DeLuca is a pen name for the life partner duo Sabetha Danes & NAK Baldron. When we’re not homeschooling our artistic daughter, we spend our afternoons arguing the finer details of books. Failing that, we can be found walking the many nature trails around our home.

Marble Falls is an actual tourist destination an hour west of Austin, Texas, that we’re proud to call home. While Aconite Cafe isn’t an actual coffee shop, it is the name of our publishing company. We love coffee nearly as much as Hailey, though we’ve been known to break the cardinal rule and drink tea.

Where To Read My Works:

Exotic animals, small-town murder, and romance.
What more can a girl ask for?

I love animals. It’s why I opened an animal sanctuary.

But when the sheriff called me to identify a fish, I had no idea it would lead to an investigation into the death of a college freshman.

Why in the world would he swallow a clownfish? Snorkel with me as I paddle through the evidence.

Corruption & Clownfish is a prequel story to Homicides & Hedgehogs Dusty Paws Mysteries. Read it for FREE!

Jump to a Series:

Dusty Paws Mysteries

Join Natalie as she wrangles animals, mysteries and her love life in Raton, New Mexico in a Non-paranormal Cozy Mystery

  • Prequel
  • Novella
  • Previously in A Bookworm of An Aquarium of Deceit
  • Prequel
  • Novella
  • Larceny and Lemurs

Firedrake Investigations

Join Blair as she settles into her new life in Kingsland, Texas in a Non-paranormal Cozy Mystery

  • Prequel
  • Novella
  • Previously in A Bookworm of a Suspect Anthology
  • Prequel
  • Novella

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Hill Country Mysteries

Meet Hailey and her dragon Azure in a Paranormal Cozy Mystery

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  • Recipe Book
  • Short Story

Read about Azure’s Cases

Join Hailey for story time as Azure recounts mysteries during his time with Tona

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