Books with author Tom Franklin

Abigail and her best friend Charlotte love horses. More than anything in the world, the girls want to learn how to ride real horses, not the pretend horses they’ve been riding around the school playground since first grade. As the school year ends and summer begins, the girls’ wish comes true. Abigail and Charlotte receive a gift of horse riding lessons at Collard Farm. The girls’ brothers, Max and Joey, have no interest in horses but are forced to visit Collard Farm against their will. The boys come to the farm angry and irritated to be pulled away from their video games and television. However, what they find at the farm surprises everyone, including themselves.And so begins a summer of magical adventures, new friendships and an unbreakable bond between Abigail and a horse named Majestic.

Amos, Mississippi, is a quiet town. Silas Jones is its sole law enforcement officer. The last excitement here was nearly twenty years ago, when a teenage girl disappeared on a date with Larry Ott, Silas' one-time boyhood friend. The law couldn't prove Larry guilty, but the whole town has shunned him ever since. Then the town's peace is shattered when someone tries to kill the reclusive Ott, another young woman goes missing, and the town's drug dealer is murdered. Woven through the tautly written murder story is the unspoken secret that hangs over the lives of two men - one black, one white. "Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter" is a masterful crime novel, sizzling with deep Southern menace, and distinguished by brilliant plotting and unforgettable characters.

It's 1911 and the secluded southwestern Alabama town of Old Texas has been besieged by a scabrous and malevolent character called E. O. Smonk. Syphilitic, consumptive, gouty and goitered, Smonk is also an expert with explosives and knives. He abhors horses, goats and the Irish. Every Saturday night for a year he's been riding his mule into Old Texas, destroying property, killing livestock, seducing women, cheating and beating men—all from behind the twin barrels of his Winchester 45-70 caliber over and under rifle. At last the desperate citizens of the town, themselves harboring a terrible secret, put Smonk on trial, with disastrous and shocking results.Thus begins the highly anticipated new novel from Tom Franklin, acclaimed author of Hell at the Breech and Poachers. Smonk is also the story of Evavangeline, a fifteen-year-old prostitute quick to pull a trigger or cork. A case of mistaken identity plunges her into the wild sugarcane country between the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers, land suffering from the worst drought in a hundred years and plagued by rabies. Pursued by a posse of unlikely vigilantes, Evavangeline boats upriver and then wends through the dust and ruined crops, forced along the way to confront her own clouded past. She eventually stumbles upon Old Texas, where she is fated to E. O. Smonk and the townspeople in a way she could never imagine.In turns hilarious, violent, bawdy and terrifying, Smonk creates its own category: It's a southern, not a western, peopled with corrupt judges and assassins, a cuckolded blacksmith, Christian deputies, widows, War veterans, whores, witches, madmen and zombies. By the time the smoke has cleared, the mystery of Smonk will be revealed, the survivors changed forever.

They’re gifted. They’re powerful. And they’re after her.Ava Michaels isn’t sure what’s real anymore. She’s haunted by terrifying nightmares of a huge, hulking man with mismatched eyes. But then that same man shows up on her doorstep and tries to abduct her – and her mild-mannered physics tutor, Caleb Foster, appears out of nowhere to come to her defense.And she has no idea why.On the run for her life, Ava discovers a secret, ancient race with amazing gifts and abilities. But they see her as a threat, and now her life is on the line. She can’t hide forever, and must find a way to survive – with or without Caleb’s help. Along the way, Ava learns she’s not really normal. In fact, she’s not simply human.She’s a little bit MORE.MORE is the first book in a complete, action-packed trilogy. If you like heart-stopping adventure, awesome supernatural abilities, kick-butt heroines, and a touch of romance, then you’ll stay up all night flipping the pages of T.M. Franklin’s MORE Trilogy.Buy MORE to start the super-powered journey today!

When 16 year old Amaya's mom disappears for days at a time, she steps in to care for her younger siblings. A set of boy twins and a younger sister keep Amaya on her toes, but she parents effortlessly. For years the four children have been keeping their mother's secret. What happens when they are found out to be parentless children fending from themselves? What is the right thing for Amaya to do in this situation? Find out how Amaya chooses to do what's right for her siblings.

It’s not every day a girl learns she’s not entirely human.Ava Michaels’ once-hidden powers are strong enough to make even the First Race take notice. After surviving an attempted kidnapping and standing up to the Race’s Ruling Council, Ava returns to college and what she hopes is a normal life. But for Ava, normal may not exist anymore.The Council wants her under their control, and they’re not the only ones. The mysterious Rogues have a plan of their own, and it turns out Ava’s a big part of it, whether she wants to be or not.On top of that, her boyfriend, Caleb Foster, has disappeared—accused of betraying the Race—and Ava herself stands implicated in a crime she didn’t commit.Clearing both their names will mean uncovering a web of deceit with Ava woven right in the center. To unravel the strands, she joins forces with some unlikely allies; a Protector who once haunted her nightmares, a young girl with secrets as unexpected as Ava’s, and a group of rebel Guardians who have their own fight against the Council.Together they stand in a battle to find the truth, bring Caleb home, and secure Ava’s freedom—not to mention save her life.

Ava is gifted,powerful, and--whether she likes it or not--part of a plot to take over theworld.It's only been a few months since Ava Michaels discoveredshe has ties to an ancient people living in the shadows of the human worlddespite their superior gifts and abilities. A select few don't like hiding,however, and think it's time to take control. Now Ava's caught up in a conspiracy in the works before shewas even born. In fact, her birth was an integral part of the plan. She's oneof the Twelve, the most powerful Race ever created, and they were created for apurpose.Ava, however, doesn't like being told what to do.All she wants is to start a new life with Caleb Foster, theProtector who once put his own life at risk to save hers. Before they can eventhink about that, however, they need to figure out exactly what the Twelve andtheir power-hungry leader are up to--and find a way to stop them.Along the way, they'll have to forge alliances with formerenemies, seek out powerful new friends, and infiltrate the heavily fortified enemystronghold in an attempt to get some answers. In the end, Ava must decide ifher destiny lies in her DNA or in her conscience. If she can turn her back onwhat she was born to do, and do what is right. If she will save the ones sheloves, or save the world.Or if her ties to the Twelve mean she has no choice at all.