Jacqueline M Franklin

Biography

I am an Indie author who loves to tell a story. I've published many books on Amazon, from poetry to contemporary. However, Historical is my favorite genre.

I hope my writing makes you laugh, cry, or touches your emotions in some way throughout your journey. If so, then I have proven with love and the instinct to survive against the odds that anything is possible.

Series

The Allister Saga
Dare to Dream
Price: $3.99 USD.
Maybe Someday
Price: $3.99 USD.
Lone Walker
Price: $3.99 USD.
Lost
Price: $3.99 USD.

Books

Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 55,010. Language: English. Originally Published: May 31, 2022 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » General, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Life shifts when a common errand turns into a living nightmare while Natalie is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Suddenly she and Hunter find their lives upended. As Natalie spirals out of control, Hunter is forced to face a new reality. His life will also be forever altered. Sometimes love isn't always enough for love to survive. However, can time heal the wounded soul?
4 -X- LOVE
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 55,670. Language: English. Originally Published: February 5, 2022 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Erotica » General, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
There is no timeframe for grief, be it from a loved one's passing or the end of a marriage. But once one comes out on the other side, perhaps love is waiting. However, can one love again to find a second soulmate in life? Or is it best to protect what was and dare not take a chance for what could be? What if it fails, only to bring more heartache? Perhaps the answer is that voice within us that...
A Twist of Fate
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 93,640. Language: English. Originally Published: July 25, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Western
En route home to Kaylee, a contrived lie from a jealous suitor, causes Grady to spiral out of control and into a wastrel lifestyle. Even when Grady fails to return within the promised year after giving Kaylee time to contemplate marriage to a half-breed, her love for him never dies. After ten years, he decides the only way he can find peace within himself and move on with life is to return home...
Beneath Her
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 66,260. Language: English. Originally Published: July 5, 2022 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Romance » Western
Born into a wealthy legacy, Carly's future was not her own. Nor was her childhood full of warmth and love. Her cold existence finally took its toll when falling in love with a half-breed, Zane Blackwell. Against her parent's wishes, they married. No matter the obstacles that came their way due to her rebellion, Zane's love and determination to protect Carly never waivered… even when tragedy...
Rescue Me
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 71,440. Language: English. Originally Published: October 6, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Historical » General
^Stoneford, Arizona -1881^ -- When Alyssa Granger's father, the mayor of Stoneford, abruptly announces he has arranged for her to marry a much older man, she panics. Not only a scoundrel, but the man holds many secrets and not all good ones. Tanner Blackhawk, a Navajo half-breed, orphaned young and raised in various homes, faced bigotry at every turn. However, since coming to Stoneford, fifteen...
Smolder
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 68,800. Language: English. Originally Published: December 11, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
We all experience life's adversity in varying ways—some worse than others. However, we must learn from it and withstand what we cannot change. If not, heartache breeds anger, causing reality to blur. If revenge seeps in, then all that remains are the smoldering after-effects to endure.
Lethal Deception
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 100,080. Language: English. Originally Published: July 11, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
After Maggie becomes a victim of a mugging, Sergeant Tom Gentry investigates. She swiftly becomes the love of his life. However, she is also the widow of a man who might have been involved in the intrigue, greed for power, wealth, and lust in Mel Santana's decadent and corrupt empire. What does Tom do if he discovers Maggie is entangled or an innocent victim? Was her husband's death accidental...
NoBody Knows
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 73,920. Language: English. Originally Published: July 7, 2021 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » General
When Nate and Addison are forced to fight overwhelming adversity because of their son's actions, the odds of untold heartache will test their strength of mind. Will their love survive? Will they turn to another? At what point will one or both say, "I've had enough?" Will they slowly surrender to the black hole of despair that offers oblivion? Although one might believe they know what they'd...
Chocolate Decadence
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 61,970. Language: English. Originally Published: March 1, 2022 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Erotic
Even though it seems impossible to move forward when we meet someone by chance, be it through grief. Yet, it can yield unexpected blessings. So, it went for Cole and Brooke. However, the past can rear its ugly head when unaware there is anything wrong, as happened to Brooke. When chaos breaks out, who will pay the ultimate price because of another's jealousy? Will it be her? Or perhaps her new...
Maybe Someday
Series: The Allister Saga, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 68,210. Language: English. Originally Published: August 29, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
Sheriff Zack Allister of Peaksville, Arizona, has fallen hard and fast for widowed Lacy Marie Devlin, who has relocated to town with her daughters to start a new life. Rumor has it that Lacy Marie's husband, Gene Devlin's demise, may not be fact, posing the question. Did he die a hero as thought—or is he very much alive—maybe even an outlaw? The road to happiness is plagued with many pitfalls...
A Penny for Your Thoughts
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 62,940. Language: English. Originally Published: July 30, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Historical » General
Arnie Wesley rescued Logan Burke when he was four years old. From that day on, he and Maddie raised Logan as their own, along with their daughter, Rachel. Through a tragic twist of fate, Rachel lost her mother, her husband, and her unborn child within five years. Through it all, Logan was there for her. Now that Rachel and Logan are drawn to each other, some believe it isn't right. But why?
Forget Yesterday
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 54,140. Language: English. Originally Published: July 10, 2022 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » General, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
After years of abuse and near captivity, Sidney escapes her cruel husband when he suddenly gives her a divorce. She asked no questions—just hurriedly packed necessary and left before he changed his mind. Upon returning to her hometown, the one thing that hadn't changed was how she felt about her high school crush. Nor had Chase's feelings wane for Sidney, no matter the years and what happened...
Winds of Change
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 28,680. Language: English. Originally Published: September 15, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General
Ekphrastic Poetry: Interpretive poetry from a photo--artwork--object. From romance to drama to poetry just for fun. Enjoy the read.
Lost
Series: The Allister Saga, Book 4. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 63,950. Language: English. Originally Published: November 26, 2021 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
After years of wandering—lost… Gabe has finally found his true love. However, when untold circumstances occur, his past returns to haunt as old memories of dark and troublesome times arise. Rachel had no idea that a chance meeting with a handsome stranger from years past would reappear and change her life forever. Yet, now that their lives have merged, they must fight to survive. With the...
Heart & Soul
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 35,430. Language: English. Originally Published: August 8, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
'Heart and Soul' is a collection of contemporary short stories about life's ups and downs, laughter, and tears—but always—there is love with hopes and dreams for new beginnings and a forever after.
Lone Walker
Series: The Allister Saga, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 77,780. Language: English. Originally Published: September 4, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
Half-breed Lone Walker lost his family in a massacre when he was fifteen. Taken in by Breanna and raised with her two sons, Zack and Gabe, he realizes once again the love of a family. When Lone Walker became Zack's deputy, bigotry was nothing new to him—he had lived with it all his life. It wasn't until he met Candace that it horrifically reared its ugly head. No matter the peril they face...
Dare to Dream
Series: The Allister Saga, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 82,600. Language: English. Originally Published: August 23, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
Breanna Allister's forever-after fairytale to Luke crumbled within two years of marriage. When he left to live a wastrel lifestyle for months at a time, forward-thinking helped her survive to support her and Luke's sons. And her adopted half-breed son she took in at fifteen when his family was killed in a massacre of his village. Chance Marley loved Breanna since childhood yet let her slip...
The In-Between
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 70,850. Language: English. Originally Published: August 14, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Sam's jealous ex-girlfriend, Rochelle, returns to wreak havoc when he falls in love with Brenda, but the result may be a deadly game for his new love. Instead of jail, Rochelle is sentenced to a mental institute for the criminally insane, where she engages in mind games with the doctors, ultimately gaining a transfer to a less secure facility. Using her assets, she orchestrates her escape to...
The Link Between Us
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 67,080. Language: English. Originally Published: March 14, 2022 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Erotic
Sometimes tragedy, misfortune, and a bad start in life can turn around when that certain person comes into our life that is the missing link. Can they become the tie that binds? So it was for Hallie and Evan. One look. One touch. From that moment on, their lives changed. But change and promises of a new life can also bring past traumas into the scenario.
I Promise You--Someday & Forever
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 74,660. Language: English. Originally Published: May 24, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Prairie Flatts, AZ / Peaksville, AZ -1890-After two years, half-breed Brody Navarone still grieved the loss of his Chippewa wife and daughter, but he grew weary of wandering. Devina Rhineholdt grew up with dreams of having a husband and family. Nevertheless, all she had accomplished in her twenty-nine years was to become a schoolmarm after the loss of her mother to a brutal murder. Soon...
Last Wish Gift
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 62,530. Language: English. Originally Published: July 7, 2020 by Jacqueline M Franklin. Categories: Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
A twist of fate causes Seth to lose his memory. Although he left Nina at the altar on their wedding day, her love remained steadfast. Years later, another twist of fate unites them, and his memory begins to come back. However, he has a new name, a new wife, and three children. When the third twist of fate occurs, can love overcome all the years of absence? Whose identity will win out—Seth of...