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

I Let You Go
Another Abusive Relationship Thriller Author: Clare Mackintosh A rainy night – the cold post-twilight streets slicked in wet and glistening ...

Cruelest Month, The
An Easter Flavored Gamache Mystery Author: Louise Penny Returning to Three Pines during the time of resurrection, burgeoning new hope, ...

America’s Library: The Story of the Library of Congress 1800-2000
A Crash Course on the World's Biggest Library Author: James Conaway A bookworm since my earliest memory, I used to ...

Hillbilly Elegy
It's a Hard Knock Life for Us Author: J.D. Vance In an America covered by increasing political dissonance and an ...

Octopus: The Ocean’s Intelligent Invertebrate
The Secret Life of the Octopus Authors: Jennifer A. Mather, Roland C. Anderson, and James B. Wood Since my discovery of ...

The Dilbert Principle
Didn't You Get the Memo? Author: Scott Adams I have as yet to experience the work world sans a sardonic ...

Daredevil, Vol. 2
Flawed Justice Author: Mark Waid Illustrators: Paolo Rivera, Emma Rios, Kano Kano, Khoi Pham Fighting the forces of darkness has ...

Graveyard Apartment, The
Horror in the Sunshine: Can You Really Start Over? Author: Mariko Koike Teppei (husband) and Misao (wife) are a seemingly ...

Burnt Offerings
The Original Muse for Stephen King's The Shining Author: Robert Marasco Isolation and infatuation combine in the somber story of a ...

The Princess Diaries
Heavy is the Teenage Head Who Wears the Crown Author: Meg Cabot After finishing the absolutely delightful and side-splitting Heather ...

Hidden Hand, The
Madcap Heroines, Desperate Criminals, and a Place Called Hurricane Hall Author: E.D.E.N Southworth Regaling readers with a mix of 19th century ...

Eat Only When You’re Hungry
Lifetimes of Addiction Author: Lindsay Hunter In a land of self-indulgence, instant gratification, the temptations of sleazy bars and dark ...

Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants
Love, Laughter, and the Cosmic Horn Author: Louise Rennison The whirlwind life of self-absorbed and hilarious teen Georgia Nicholson is ...

Teacher’s Pet
Along Came a Spider Author: Andrew Neiderman When a mysterious and distinguished man appears in the run-down nowhere town of ...

Purple Hibiscus
The Truth Hidden Behind Lucky Families Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Another book club special, this time inspired by the One Maryland yearly ...

Apartment, The
Psychological Tension and Abandoned Paris Ghettos Author: S.L. Grey Enticed during a luxurious book store peruse by its moody cover ...

Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate
. . . In the Library, With a Knife Author: M.C. Beaton What do drunken Morris dancers, duck races, unimaginably ...

Storm of Swords, A
Red Weddings and Bloody Awakenings Author: George R.R. Martin And so it continues, my epic quest to work through the Game ...

Holiday Buzz
Holiday Homicide Author: Cleo Coyle Christmas is coming to New York and with it holiday cookies, skating parties, and a ...