D. B. Colquitt

Author

D. B.
Colquitt

See what she’s working on
Author D. B. Colquitt seated in her library

Writing from North Dakota

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About

Her friends call her Dusty.

D. B. Colquitt writes fiction from her home in North Dakota. She is the mother of three grown children and, by day, helps young adults figure out what comes next. The rest of the time, she’s writing, giving relationship advice, reading outlandishly adult romance novels, making music, or collecting personalities, stories, and other ideas from conversations she probably wasn’t supposed to hear.

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Current work

On the desk

Stories
in progress.

An anonymous woman’s shoulder in deep plum shadows
UnderHer Skin
Book one of a two-part storyRomantic espionage

Under Her Skin

Melody Woodburn has built a carefully controlled life around privacy—hers and everyone else’s.

When a political scandal reaches the doorstep of The House, the discreet business she runs in Houston, that control begins to slip. Then she meets James, whose attention feels as dangerous as it is impossible to ignore.

Their attraction is immediate. Trust is another matter.

A character-driven story about power, intimacy, and two people who survive by keeping secrets.

Also taking shape

Widow of Blackwater Cove

Set in the nineteenth century, a woman begins rebuilding her life after her husband’s death. But grief is not the only thing haunting Blackwater Cove, and the past may not be as buried as she believes.

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Writing playlist

The sound of Under Her Skin

Velvet and
Gunpowder

Secrets, seduction, danger, and the songs living behind the story.

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Occasional updates

Notes from
the writing desk.

Book news, early excerpts, and whatever Dusty is willing to admit she’s working on. No manufactured emergencies. No daily emails.