Denise Farnsworth | Updates

A Contrary Betrothal

Denise Farnsworth — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release day! Formerly Bent Tree Bride.

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Festival on the Square

Denise Farnsworth — Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I'll join the Western North Carolina Writers in Hayesville with my most recent books from 10-12 and maybe some time in the afternoon, weather permitting.

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Blue Ridge Rangers Coming Sooner!

Denise Farnsworth — Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

What does an editor/author do when unexpected shifts in her editing schedule open a window? SHE WRITES! And guess what? Book one of the Blue Ridge Rangers, The Socialite's Secret and Her Reluctant Protector, set in Greensboro, Asheville, and Biltmore Forest in 1908, is finished! It's with beta readers, about to be turned into my publisher.

And...I just finished researching book two, The Biltmore Botanist and Her Cherokee Guardian. This one will be set in Biltmore Village, the Vanderbilt hunting lodge at Buck Springs, and the Snowbird Mountains in 1916, the year of the most devastating flood in the area's history. I start writing immediately and would appreciate your prayers that the story be rich and meaningful.

Given the accelerated writing schedule, Wild Heart Books was able to find an earlier slot to release book one and move the subsequent books into prior slots. Here's the new release schedule:

The Socialite's Secret and Her Reluctant Protector - May 11, 2027
The Biltmore Botanist and Her Cherokee Guardian - August 17, 2027
The Lost Archeologist and Her Scarred Soldier - March 21, 2028

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Freed by the Frontier

Denise Farnsworth — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release day!

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New Series Secrets

Denise Farnsworth — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello readers! The last book of my Twenty-Niners of the Georgia Gold Rush series released in May. This summer, my novella, Ofuskee Trail Surrender, debuts as part of the three-novella collection, Freed By the Frontier (6/30/26). In August, we'll add A Contrary Betrothal (8/18/26) to the Scouts of the Georgia Frontier. I'll be promoting these books online and in person this year. But that doesn't mean I'm not looking ahead to 2027 and beyond. Between book promos and editing, I've been diligently researching my next series. And now I'm delighted to announce that I've signed a contract with Wild Heart Books for The Brides of the Blue Ridge Rangers!

What is this, you say? Blue Ridge Rangers?

Yes, this series will feature adventurous and unique heroines who had the gumption and grit to throw in their lots with Western North Carolina's first forest service rangers in the early 1900s. The stories will be set in Biltmore Forest (1908), Pisgah Forest (1916), and Nantahala Forest (1919). The photo featured with my post is of one of 14 Black Forest-style lodges George Vanderbilt's forester, Carl Schenck, had built for his rangers to oversee Vanderbilt's land in Biltmore and Pisgah forests. These rangers faced dangers from greedy loggers, bootleggers, fires, floods, and wild animals. Their remote forest service stations became sites for some of the earliest lookout towers later built by the CCC. Book blurbs to come, but here are the titles and release dates:

The Socialite's Secret and Her Reluctant Protector - August 17, 2027

The Biltmore Botanist and Her Cherokee Guardian - March 21, 2028

The Lost Archeologist and Her Scarred Soldier - August 15, 2028

I look forward to taking another adventure with you in 2027 and 2028. Sign up for my newsletter for more detailed updates and glimpses into my research ramblings in the NC mountains.

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Mountain Laurel Festival

Denise Farnsworth — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Clarkesville, Georgia

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The Schoolmarm and the Miner

Denise Farnsworth — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release day!

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Springing Into 2026

Denise Farnsworth — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hi, readers and friends! I'm glad you found me here at my new website. Be sure to sign up for my once-a-month newsletter with my updated provider, Bookbub. You'll stay abreast of new releases, special deals, in-person events, and behind the scenes history and research. I'll also feature freebies and highlights from other Christian historical romance authors, many of whom I have served as editor for or worked with in the publishing world.

Right now, I'm scheduling in-person events for my 2026 releases, including:

The Schoolmarm and the Miner, which will complete my Twenty-Niners of the Georgia Gold Rush series. I've done a couple of events with The Maiden and the Mountie, pictured here, which released in February. Book 3 is coming in May.
Freed by the Frontier, a collection of three exciting novellas with Susan Craft and Sherry Shindelar. These novellas are connected to our other series (in my case, Ofuskee Trail Surrender ties into two books of my Scouts of the Georgia Frontier series) but can be read independently.
A Contrary Betrothal, formerly Bent Tree Bride, becomes book six of my Scouts series in August.

You can read more about all of these on my book page. I'm now doing events farther north in Georgia (Blairsville and Hiawassee) and in Western North Carolina, but I'll also return to some of my favorite festivals, historic sites, and bookstores during the year.

What's coming next? While I'm editing away for Wild Heart Books, I'm sneaking in some research time. I think my next series will surprise you, but rest assured, it will feature all your favorite tropes and a setting and time period that will take you from glittering ballrooms to rugged mountain cabins. Oops, I think I just gave something away...

More to come. :)

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