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Frances M. Thompson

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Frances M. Thompson writes stories about bisexual disaster heroes usually getting the HEAs they deserve in her spicy contemporary romance... but sometimes getting into a lot of trouble in her suspense thrillers.

Frances loves chatting with her readers and the best places to do so is in her Facebook Readers' Group or on Instagram.

Originally from London, UK, but now based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Frances is the author of the contemporary (and steamy!) romances, Five Sunsets, The Moon Also Rises, and Let Love Rule, sapphic romances Hummingbird and Butterflies, three short story collections (Shy Feet Short Stories Inspired by Travel, London Eyes Short Stories, and Nine Women: Short Stories), a collection of poetry called Lover Mother Othe ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 2,449 ratings · 573 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hummingbird: Part One (Birds and Butterflies, #1A) 3.89 avg rating — 733 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let Love Rule 4.02 avg rating — 287 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Sunsets (Sun, Moon & Stars, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Butterflies (Birds and Butterflies #2) 4.35 avg rating — 160 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hummingbird: Part Two (Birds and Butterflies #1B) 4.20 avg rating — 136 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moon Also Rises (Sun, Moon & Stars #2) 4.15 avg rating — 96 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tastes of Honey 3.83 avg rating — 100 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shy Feet 3.90 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas Sunrise (Sun, Moon & Stars #1.5) 3.78 avg rating — 45 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightingale (Birds and Butterflies #3) 4.90 avg rating — 31 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Don't Let the Forest In

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Bi The Way, I Love You: A Charity Anthology of Diverse Bi+ Love Stories

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Knot My Type (All Access, #1)

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Frances Thompson rated a book it was amazing Encounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 years by Lindsay Barrett	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
As other reviewers have said, this is a book to dip in and out of rather than read in one go, and for me personally, it was also one of those books where you need to pause after each text to just absorb it or maybe let it absorb you. It's a really cl ...more
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Frances Thompson rated a book it was amazing Local Heavens by K.M. Fajardo (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4.5 stars. This book prompted so many mixed feelings from me I consider it to be remarkable just for that! But all in all, I really did enjoy Local Heavens and I can imagine that if you like cyperpunk/sci-fi/speculative fiction AND The Great Gatsby t ...more
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Frances Thompson rated a book really liked it Lone Yellow Flower by Erika Gill (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I was attracted to this book because the author is queer and queer poetry has a very special place in my heart. While the poetry itself is not necessarily or specifically about queerness, that didn't mean I was disappointed. I would describe the poem ...more
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Frances Thompson rated a book it was amazing If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An all-consuming, slickly written story but if you don't like Shakespeare you will struggle. ...more
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Frances’s Quotes

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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“Any planet is 'Earth' to those that live on it.”
― Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky

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“News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Scoop

tags: newspapers

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“Perhaps some day I'll crawl back home, beaten, defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of my heartbreak, beauty out of sorrow.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: stories, sylvia-plath

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