About Frances
Frances is the author of the horror novella The Mine. She has also been published in Abundant Grace; Magical: An Anthology of Fantasy, Fairy Tales, and other Magical Fiction for Adults; Answers I’ll Accept: True Accounts of Online Dating; 20 Something Magazine; and Wisteria Magazine. She wrote for Epinions.com for eight years. Frances is currently working on a dark fantasy/horror novel called Plague Town.
Frances has a Master in Writing from Johns Hopkins University and works as a program specialist during the day.
Frances’ Reviews

Daniel Deronda
A Classic About Heritage Author: George Eliot Daniel Deronda is a story of identity told from three views: a former debutant ...

Lost Horizon
Lamas, Long Life, and the Moderately Heretical Author: James Hilton It’s 1931. The situation in Baskul, China has deteriorated into all ...

Long Way Home, The
Love, the Muse, and Murder Author: Louise Penny It’s the year long anniversary of Clara and Peter’s temporary split: a ...

Tell Me Lies
Ambition, Secrets, and a Killer Author: J.P. Pomare Margot Scott, happily married psychologist with two nearly grown children and the ...

Purple Lotus
Abandonment, Abuse, and Reclamation Author: Veena Rao Tara’s earliest memories are of not being wanted. As a child she was left ...

Night Swim
Two Girls, One Guilty Town Author: Megan Goldin Rachel Krall, successful creator and voice of Guilty or Not Guilty: “the podcast ...

Girl, Serpent, Thorn
The Princess is the Monster Author: Melissa Bashardoust “There’s something restless growing within you. We’re all very curious to see what ...

Let Us Dream
A Feel-Good Speech Without a Soul Authors: Pope Francis and Austen Ivereigh So, I am not Roman Catholic, but my ...

Ninth House
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Meets the Illuminati Author: Leigh Bardugo Since Galaxy Stern (Alex) can first remember, the dead have ...

Anne’s House of Dreams
The Real Anne Author: L.M. Montgomery Newly married, Anne and Gilbert settle into their first house together at Four Winds Harbor, ...

Shattered Tempests
When All That Remain is Order and Chaos . . . Author: Jessica Dall What’s left in a world where everything ...

Squeeze Me
Hiaasen Takes on Trump Author: Carl Hiaasen On the night of a swank gala in honor of the President, near Casa ...

Blood Territory: The Death of Jimmy O’Connell
What If An Innocent Man . . . Oh, Nevermind Author: Mark Whittaker Philip Mather spent over a decade in prison ...

Deadly Outbreaks
A Clinical What-Dunnit Author: Alexandra M. Levitt, PhD Plagues, pandemics, simple diseases that have mutated into never-before-seen forms, all seemed the ...

Sisters, The
One Murder Case, Two Sisters Author: Dervla McTiernan Two sisters, both working to make the world a better place, both ...

Handyman, The
The House that Frank Built Author: Bentley Little It’s odd that Daniel Martin, who brutally lost his entire family to a ...

Cut and Run
“A light hearted dark comedy” Authors: Ben Acker and Ben Blacker At almost three hours, Cut and Run is a fast-paced, ...

Reading While Black
The Bible, Hope, and the Big Questions Author: Esau McCaulley So, what’s a white, formerly fundamentalist, southern-born girl in the suburbs ...

Goodbye, Orchid
Amputation, Love, and Goodbyes Author: Carol Van Den Hende Everything is going well for Phoenix. He is a powerful advertising mogul ...