Suspense + Romance + One Bad-Ass Heroine Who Kicks Butt and Takes Initials =
Great Stories by Darla Lukenbaugh!

Welcome to my web page. Come in, grab a cup of coffee or tea and sit down a spell. My name is Darla Lukenbaugh, and I write Romantic Suspense with an edge.

Have you ever wondered, what makes an author put words, actions, emotions down on paper for the world to experience? Well, I can't tell you why other writers write, but I can tell you why I do it. All my life, I've had an over-active imagination and instead of driving myself (and everybody close to me!) crazy with the 'But, what if …', I decided sanity wasn't optional, and had to make it work for me, instead of against me!

One of my favorite things to do is brainstorm. With close friends and critique partners we brainstorm every chance we get. It doesn't matter if we're walking on the beach or shopping at the mall, 'What if…' always gets our imagination into high gear.

Many of my books have come from just such a brainstorming session.  

What if your sister was murdered? What if it was your twin sister? What if … you were both kidnapped and she was murdered while you lay helpless?

So, HUNTER'S REVENGE was born (click on the link for a glimpse of the story behind the story).

Joselyn Briscoe is a deputy in the middle of the Oregon high dessert who is bent on saving a teenage girl from a fate she herself escaped ... Jake Randolph is the father who will give up everything, even his freedom, to rescue his little girl. They team up to get the teenager home safely and Joselyn finds out that to love again is to risk HER PROTECTED HEART.

THE JEOPARDY CLUB the first story in a series set in a Wisteria-like community in Oregon. Meet Janine, mother ... wife .. . questioning life and her place in it. Then her husband's bank is robbed and he's the only suspect. What lenghts will Janine go to prove her husbands innocence and what price will some exact to keep their life-style?