Diana Tregarde Investigations

## Genre Information

Urban Fantasy
Low Fantasy

Mystery Thriller
Myths and Legends

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## About the Series

* **Genres:** Urban Fantasy, Mystery Thriller, Myths and Legends
* **Theme:** Part of the Elves on the Road Universe. Low Fantasy, where the humans do not know of the existence of the paranormal or supernatural all around them.
* **Narrative style:**

## Series Description

Diana Tregarde is a Guardian, someone who has been given extra magical power in order to help others. She is also a Wiccan and a romance novelist.

## Books in order

* Publication Order
	1. Burning Water (Diana Tragarde Investigations Book 1) (1989)
	2. Children of the Night (Diana Tragarde Investigations Book 2) (1990)
	3. Jinx High (Diana Tragarde Investigations Book 3) (1991)

* Reading Order
	1. Magic 101 (A Diana Tragarde Novella 0.50) (2018)
	2. Children of the Night (1990)
	3. Burning Water (1989)
	4. Jinx High (1991)

### Stand Alone Novels

* Sacred Ground (Jennifer Talldeer Book 1) (1995) - Was originally intended to be a series, but no other books were every produced. This is not a Diana Tragarde novel, but introduces Jennifer Talldeer as a prequel series.

### Shorts

* Magic 101 (A Diana Tragarde Novella 0.50) (2018)
* Killer Byte (Diana Tregarde Novella) (2011)
* Nightside (Diana Tregarde Novella) (2011)
* Satanic, Versus (Diana Tregarde Novella) (2011)
* Magic 101 (A Diana Tragarde Novella 0.50) (2018)

### Series in the Elves on the Road Universe

* **Diana Tregarde Investigations**
	+ plus the Novel - Sacred Ground (1994)
* Scepter'd Isle series
* The SERRAted Edge series
* Bedlam Bards series

## World Building

### Setting

* Dallas, Texas
* Oklahoma

### Fantasy Elements

Psychic, guardians, witches, elves, magic, werewolves, psychic vampires (suck life force), blood-drinking vampires, Aztec gods, nullity (kills magic), Nulls, sorcerers, Reincarnation, modern life, Native American mythology, avatar of an Aztec god,

### World

The culprits are reincarnations of the Aztec deity Tezcatlipoca and his handmaidens, in the bodies of a fashion photographer and his four native-blooded muses. Driven by the deities inhabiting them, they set out on a crusade to rid their America of the invaders who stole it from the Aztec people a few centuries ago.

Magic has to have rules. Diana operates in certain ways based on her own internal power, whereas the Aztecans are stealing power from those that they sacrifice, and then the power manifests in ways that make sense.

### Protagonist

Diana Tragarde
Tregarde is a special kind of witch, a Guardian, who cannot refuse a person’s call for help. She deals with godlets, vampires, werewolves and other witches, having no mercy on any who take advantage of anyone else. Tregarde is extremely tolerant of anyone’s point of view, as long as that point of view allows for differences in other people.
## Book Descriptions

Burning Water (Diana Tragarde Investigations Book 1) (1989)
A sexy witch who writes romances and a police detective who sees more than mortal man team up to battle an ancient Aztec god! Dallas Police Detective Mark Valdez isn't just any cop, he's a psychic who knows that the cattle mutilations and torture murders he's been investigating are somehow tied together. He also knows that his meager psychic abilities aren't enough to identify the killers, much less stop them. Luckily, Mark has an ace up his sleeve: an attractive young romance novelist who happens to be a practicing witch. And not just any witch, either-Diana Tregarde is a Guardian, charged with protecting the Earth and all its creatures. Using modern science and ancient magics, Diana and Mark discover that they are tailing no ordinary serial killer but the awakened avatar of an Aztec god. Tezcatlipoca and his four beautiful handmaidens are preparing for a great sacrifice that will transform North America into a new Aztec realm. Diana isn't sure her powers are strong enough to take on those of a risen Aztec god, but she has no choice. As a Guardian, she is sworn to protect mankind, even at the cost of her own life. Luckily, she does not stand alone. Mark Valdez is more than just a cop. And Tezcatlipoca is not the only Aztec god walking in the world.
Children of the Night (Diana Tragarde Investigations Book 2) (1990)
When Dave Kendall realizes that his rock band is under the control of hanger-on Master Jefferies, he figures he's just been partying too hard. But Diana Tregarde and charming vampire Andre Le Brel have been tracking Jeffries for some time. Now the witch and the vampire face Jeffries and his evil minions in a battle for the soul of rock-and-roll.
Jinx High (Diana Tragarde Investigations Book 3) (1991)
Fay Harper looks like any other teenage girl--any other Queen Bee, that is. She's blond, and beautiful, and very, very popular--the kind of popular that attracts boys like honey. Fay and her gang take a lot of risks, but so far they've managed to get away with everything. It's as if they are magically protected. Summoned to Tulsa by an old friend whose son has fallen in with Fay's crowd, Diana Tregarde, practicing witch and successful romance novelist, quickly finds herself in hot water. The new girl at school, Monica Carlin, has come under sorcerous attack, but Diana cannot identify, or stop, the power-wielder. To make matters worse, there is an ancient being sleeping under Tulsa, a being who might be woken by the magic battles taking place in the city. What will happen then, even Diana cannot predict.