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March 23, 2023
Every time I look at somebody else-anybody else, I get jealous.I...
Every time I look at somebody else-anybody else, I get jealous.
I should be living their life, I shouldn’t be living mine. I shouldn’t be unhappy, I shouldn’t be invisible. I am wasting my time on this planet, not living.
Nobody wants me here. I shouldn’t be here.
I don’t want to be here.
March 19, 2023
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“The difficulties of the hero are the same thing as the difficulties of the...
“The difficulties of the hero are the same thing as the difficulties of the writer.”— David Mamet
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March 15, 2023
mcfrankauthor:When I was a young girl my father took me into the...
When I was a young girl my father took me into the city to see a marching band.
He said: “Girl, when you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?”
Before I was quite an adult, my father walked into the Eternal Summer.
And I might never be able to save anyone, least of all myself, but I have decided to write about the ‘broken, the beaten and the damned’ and to save them in my books. That’s all I can do for them and for me (because I am one of them). If anyone can see themselves in the brokenness and darkness of my books, and then see themselves redeemed, saved and filled with light, like my characters end up, then I will have not lived in vain.
My father never said “Because one day I’ll leave you a phantom…”
But he did. And so I write.
This is the latest book I have written.
Peter Pan falls for Captain Hook’s daughter…
“Promise me you won’t forget me.”
“Are you daft? I’d sooner forget my own name.”
But he did forget.
And she didn’t see him again for years.
When she finally met him, he wasn’t her Peter any longer: he was a stranger. A pirate. An enemy.
When Wendy Hooke was a little girl, she saved a boy from starvation. The boy, Peter, taught her how to fly. Now the boy is a man, a gorgeous man, and he has forgotten all about her. She watches him take London’s ballrooms by storm, pursued by every designing mama, but Peter doesn’t even glance at her. Because it’s not ‘Peter’ now, it’s Lord Darlington.
Peter Darlington hasn’t forgotten the girl who saved his life. In fact, he can’t stop thinking about her. But his life is complicated. Forces stronger than himself, dark, vicious forces, are driving him into a life of danger and daily confrontations with death. He is no longer the teenaged boy who fell in love with Wendy Hooke. And now the webs of his secret gang that fights crime on the streets of London are closing in on the greatest criminal of all time, the Viscount Hooke.
And Wendy…well, she is his daughter.
HOOKED comes out tomorrow
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTXJYHWG
March 14, 2023
When I was a young girl my father took me into the city to see a...
When I was a young girl my father took me into the city to see a marching band.
He said: “Girl, when you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned?”
Before I was quite an adult, my father walked into the Eternal Summer.
And I might never be able to save anyone, least of all myself, but I have decided to write about the ‘broken, the beaten and the damned’ and to save them in my books. That’s all I can do for them and for me (because I am one of them). If anyone can see themselves in the brokenness and darkness of my books, and then see themselves redeemed, saved and filled with light, like my characters end up, then I will have not lived in vain.
My father never said “Because one day I’ll leave you a phantom…”
But he did. And so I write.
This is the latest book I have written.
Peter Pan falls for Captain Hook’s daughter…
“Promise me you won’t forget me.”
“Are you daft? I’d sooner forget my own name.”
But he did forget.
And she didn’t see him again for years.
When she finally met him, he wasn’t her Peter any longer: he was a stranger. A pirate. An enemy.
When Wendy Hooke was a little girl, she saved a boy from starvation. The boy, Peter, taught her how to fly. Now the boy is a man, a gorgeous man, and he has forgotten all about her. She watches him take London’s ballrooms by storm, pursued by every designing mama, but Peter doesn’t even glance at her. Because it’s not ‘Peter’ now, it’s Lord Darlington.
Peter Darlington hasn’t forgotten the girl who saved his life. In fact, he can’t stop thinking about her. But his life is complicated. Forces stronger than himself, dark, vicious forces, are driving him into a life of danger and daily confrontations with death. He is no longer the teenaged boy who fell in love with Wendy Hooke. And now the webs of his secret gang that fights crime on the streets of London are closing in on the greatest criminal of all time, the Viscount Hooke.
And Wendy…well, she is his daughter.
HOOKED comes out tomorrow
March 12, 2023
“You must be Wendy,” the boy said, using the name her youngest...
“You must be Wendy,” the boy said, using the name her youngest brother, Michael, had made up for her when he was a baby and could barely lisp—Guinevere was quite a mouthful, after all. “What a charming bedchamber.”
Who or what was this boy who dared to come hurtling through her window, looking like he had one foot in the grave, and knowing such intimate details about her?
Now this went beyond impropriety and danger: this was enraging.
And how dare he call me ‘Wendy’.
“What are you doing here?” she managed to sputter through her fury and fear.
“I,” the almost dead boy said, waving his hand dismissively in the air, as if it wasn’t a matter of extreme importance anyway, “am looking for my shadow.
Hooked comes out in 3 days
March 11, 2023
mcfrankauthor:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTXJYHWGh......
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTXJYHWGhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTXJYHWGPeter Pan falls for Captain Hook’s daughter…
“Promise me you won’t forget me.”
“Are you daft? I’d sooner forget my own name.”
But he did forget.
And she didn’t see him again for years.
When she finally met him, he wasn’t her Peter any longer: he was a stranger. A pirate. An enemy.
When Wendy Hooke was a little girl, she saved a boy from starvation. The boy, Peter, taught her how to fly. Now the boy is a man, a gorgeous man, and he has forgotten all about her. She watches him take London’s ballrooms by storm, pursued by every designing mama, but Peter doesn’t even glance at her. Because it’s not ‘Peter’ now, it’s Lord Darlington.
Peter Darlington hasn’t forgotten the girl who saved his life. In fact, he can’t stop thinking about her. But his life is complicated. Forces stronger than himself, dark, vicious forces, are driving him into a life of danger and daily confrontations with death. He is no longer the teenaged boy who fell in love with Wendy Hooke. And now the webs of his secret gang that fights crime on the streets of London are closing in on the greatest criminal of all time, the Viscount Hooke.
And Wendy…well, she is his daughter.
Hooked is a heart-wrenching love story of enemies-to-lovers to enemies again. It alternates between sparkling adventure, shattering sadness and searing-hot romance. It is inspired by the tale of Peter Pan and the rich lore of Greek mythology, as well as the glorious history of the Greek Revolution of 1821. It is set in the glittering world of Regency London, and so, among all the anguish and kisses, the reader can expect to read all about sharp cheekbones, pirate ships, witty banter, painted ballrooms, fierce ladies and a roguish gentleman or two who are up to no good.
One thing is certain: we are no longer in Jane Austen’s Regency London.
Filled with humor, steam, angst and hope, this is Regency as you’ve never read it before.
Content warning for: Mental health issues, parental harm, criminal behavior (lots of it), an extremely cute but idiotic found family and an overload of pining. For more information about serious issues that might concern you, please contact the author.
Hooked might look like a quick, fun read, but don’t be fooled: it will break your heart into a million pieces.
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March 10, 2023
mcfrankauthor:
moodboard: Salt for Air, a Greek mythology...
moodboard: Salt for Air, a Greek mythology fantasy retelling
“What are you?”
“I’m a Prince. And you are going to save me.”
“Yeah, right. If you don’t leave me alone this second, I’m calling the police and telling them you’re a fish.”
“No, no, please don’t- You’re my last hope. Our last hope.”
“Is that so? Well, why don’t you begin by telling me the truth this time, just for a change. I’m listening.”
©M.C. Frank, 2018
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