Showing results by narrator "Frances Anderson" in All Categories

The bohemian inhabitants of Marlborough Road lead lives of barely contained chaos, full of demands, distractions and domestic dramas. Fortunately, they have one person they can count on when things go wrong - Sally, their cleaning lady-cum-therapist.

Laura Burton has a secret. One that she has always been able to count on until Carter Price crashes back into her life. As a paramedic, Laura helps people, but her secret power heals them, or it had until now. She hasn’t seen the billionaire tech mogul since he broke every promise back when they were dating in high school. Now, in the back of the ambulance, Carter’s breaking the rules again when her power fails to work on him. Laura needs to find out why while managing to keep herself and her son afloat on a shoestring budget, when Carter offers her a deal.

Austin Brooks is almost 100 years old, but he, like all of the residents of Brightrock Island, doesn’t age normally. The tight-knit community off the coast of Massachusetts has a closely guarded secret - they’ve discovered the fountain of youth. In an effort to escape his painful memories of World War II, Austin has settled into his job at Brightrock’s only school as the funny guy, Mr. Fix It, on track to becoming a principal. Then new teacher Caitlyn Landry arrives from the mainland, throwing all life on Brightrock - especially Austin’s - into chaos.

In the world of Kaslon, the people are able to transform into a chosen animal form, bestowed on them during their coming-of-age ceremony. The world is a peaceful one, and people live in harmony with the amazing animal life around them. For Siray, a young female about to go through the change, a unique sequence of events has her realizing just how much the world about you can alter overnight. Targeted for her special abilities, and forced to take sides in an emerging war, Siray finds new friends who fight to save her, while an unknown power desperately hunts her from the shadows.

Megan White should’ve died 25 years ago. Now she appears to have it all—a solid career, a trendy apartment—but she feels like a fraud. A firefighter, Megan has an edge she doesn’t deserve. She doesn’t burn. Torn between her duty and her dreams, Megan is about to escape to the life she always wanted when a handsome soldier marches into her life.

Ethan Brooks has led an extremely long double life, one that always felt stable and secure - until he crossed paths with Nora St. Clair. Suddenly, the dogged police lieutenant is invading his office in her quest for answers about the mysterious Brightrock Island he hails from, an idyllic community off the coast of Massachusetts and home to a literal fountain of youth. 

Do you feel overwhelmed by the commitments you should have but didn’t turn down? When you say “yes” to everything, you spread yourself thin and limit your ability to do any task well. But “no” puts power back in your hands and allows you to be more effective at home, in the workplace, and in social settings.

Can a hurricane threatening the Georgia coast reunite the once high school sweethearts? With her disgruntled teenage daughter in tow, Anna, a recently divorced paramedic, returns to Magnolia Hill to heal and to prove to herself she is capable of providing for them on her own. Soon her old small-town life she had left behind catches up with her - but not all in a good way. Only by facing her fears and the people who've told her she's not worthy can she make room in her heart to love again.

Fifteen-year-old Kalia has her life all mapped out. Heir to the elven homeland, promised to a Duke’s son, and the war against her people nowhere near the castle, she thinks herself safe from any and all harm. But then she accidentally bonds with her greatest fear, a dragon. No longer a princess and stuck with a blue dragon, she reluctantly joins the dragon riders. But the fearless Dragoneers won’t have anything to do with nobility, former or not.

We Are the Evidence is the first comprehensive resource for survivors of sexual assault. Written with conviction and compassion by Cheyenne Wilson, a registered nurse and survivor of sexual assault, this handbook contains everything victims and advocates need to know to navigate the tumultuous times that follow an assault.

Karen Jarvis’ overthinking never stops, not even in death. To cope, the former child prodigy clings to the rules: Ignore the visions when they intrude, or go crazy; don’t reach out to the living, or they die; tap the 42 special points in her house in the same order every day, or fade. But when a voice from the past pushes her to question the know-it-all people-pleasing that left her friendless in life, she launches into a fit of adolescent rebellion long overdue—and discovers she’s been lied to all along.

Late on September 23, 2018, two 17-year-old high school sweethearts returning home from a celebratory birthday date are discovered dead. Finn, a decorated combat veteran with 10 years as a hardened and dogged county homicide investigator, happens upon the recent yet unreported accident. His initial assessment of the fatal scene is simply a broken pasture fence, along with the lifeless teenagers, and a seemingly undamaged car, suggesting it was anything but an accident.

After becoming the Hero of the Battle of Tulta, Kalia finds herself feeling invincible. But her arrogance is short-lived when she's thrown into the Dragon Run, a dangerous competition that tests both her physical and mental strength. With the odds stacked against her, Kalia must rely on her newfound friends and her dragon to survive.