
Darlene Franklin
Author · 27 books
Award-winning author and speaker Darlene Franklin lives in cowboy country—Oklahoma and loves writing about the American West. Oklahoma also has the benefit of being the home to her son, his wife, and their four beautiful children. Darlene loves music, needlework, reading and reality tv. Talia, a Lynx point Siamese cat, proudly claims Darlene as her person. Darlene is the author of seventeen contracted books and novellas, as well as several hundred short pieces. Two of her books have finaled in ACFW’s Book of the Year (now the Carol award) contest: her novella, Dressed in Scarlet, and her cozy mystery, A String of Murders.
Series
Books

A Bride's Rogue in Roma, Texas
2012

Jacob's Christmas Dream
2015

All Roads Lead Home
2018

Christmas Visitors
2014

Hidden Dreams
2013

Bridge To Love
2010

An Apple for Christmas
2014

A Woodland Christmas
Four Couples Find Love in the Piney Woods of East Texas
2010

A Texas Brides Collection
2013

The Heart of the Midwife
4 Historical Stories
2020

The Homestead Brides Collection
2015

A String Of Murders
2009

The Coffee Club Mysteries
6 Whodunits Are Brewing in Small-Town Kansas
2019

The Prodigal Patriot
2010

Lone Star Trail
2011

The Tea Shoppe Mysteries
4 Mysterious Deaths Steep in Coastal Maine
2021

Gunfight At Grace Gulch
2008

Love's Raid
2012

Brides of the Old West
Five Romantic Adventures from the American Frontier
2015

Paint Me a Murder
2015

A Ranger's Trail
2012

Infusion of Love
2016

Love Is Patient Romance Collection
2016

Christmas at Barncastle Inn
2011

Love's Glory
2015

Angel in Disguise
2016

Calico Brides
2013