Middle-grade just got a whole lot funnier - if you can get past the mayhem, the strangeness and a touch of the unreal Read on for the blurb for Book 1 - There's A Goldfish In My Living RoomThirteen-year-old Joey thinks life is already tough enough. His mum makes him do all the chores around the house, his sisters drive him nuts and his FIFO working dad is never around long enough.Then one afternoon after falling asleep watching TV, Joey wakes up to find his living room completely flooded… and a giant talking goldfish splashing around like he owns the place.The worst part? Joey knows exactly who he is-Louis the goldfish, straight out of his little sister's storybook.Louis is bossy, chaotic, and invisible to everyone else. Well, almost everyone. Turns out Sienna, the girl next door, can see him too-and unlike Joey, thinks Louis is the best thing ever.Now Joey must figure out how to get rid of a magical goldfish who's determined to turn his life upside down. But Louis has plans of his own… and nothing is going Joey's way. As a contemporary romance author, Frances loves nothing more than losing herself in a good romance. She's all about helping you forget the housework, or the bus to work you're going to miss, if you don't put the book down now!She's devoted to giving her readers an emotional, passionate, possibly some ugly-cry, fairly steamy love story, that'll melt your heart and have you fighting for the happy ending right until the end.Frances sets her books in North Queensland. She makes no excuses if some of her settings include amazing lakes and waterfalls, stunning views from tops of mountains, spectacular outback scenes, or crystal-clear creeks shadowed by tropical rainforest.When she isn't writing, Frances is climbing mountains, searching for waterfalls and swimming across lakes. She loves to exercise, would prefer it if someone else cooked dinner every night, and never notices dust on the furniture. She lives with her husband in tropical Far North Queensland, Australia, and uses her great baking skills to tempt her three daughters to visit home as often as they can.
