Claire Gem has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Spirits of the Heart .
Spirits of the Heart
Summary
An addiction counselor and a security guard struggle to free a little girl and her father, two lost spirits trapped inside an abandoned mental asylum.
Addiction counselor Laura Horton returns from college to move in with an old friend and start her career. But her homecoming is jarring. Her friend moves out, leaving Laura alone with the gorgeous but intimidating ex-boyfriend - in a house right next to an ancient graveyard.
Officer Miller Stanford is a man with a shattered past. His alcoholic dad destroyed their family - a weakness Miller is terrified will consume him, too. The last thing he needs is a sexy, blonde addiction counselor watching his every move. When he begins to see specters in the dark, he starts questioning his own stability.
But Laura sees her, too - a pathetic child-spirit searching for her father. Then Laura starts digging into old asylum records.... Can Miller and Laura uncover the secrets of Talcott Hall without jeopardizing their love - and lives - in the process?
©2017 Frances Brown (P)2018 Frances Brown
A Taming Season
Summary
Author's Note: This is the first in a loosely connected series. Each story can be read as a stand-alone novel, though the secondary characters you meet will reappear in future audiobooks.
Manhattan domestic violence counselor Zoe Anderson is going on the most important vacation of her life. Her Cinderella dreams shattered three years ago, leaving her a scarred widow, inside and out.
In an attempt to bury her demons, Zoe sets out for picturesque Lake George to claim the treasured family cottage she recently inherited - a place where she found happiness...before. Her therapist's advice: reboot, restore to an earlier time.
What she finds is a rundown shack.
The neighboring resort mogul Jason Rolland whisks in to her rescue, insisting Zoe stay at his upscale Lakeview Lodge. The wealthy, handsome star of his own radio show, he's a terminal bachelor. Jason figures he might use the gifts God gave him to convince the sexy redheaded stranger to give up the crumbling eye-sore next door - the last reminder of his own tragic, childhood memories.
What Jason doesn't figure on is Zoe's charms melting his emotional armor. But with his reputation, can he ever win her heart? Or will their pasts come back to bite them both?
©2016 Frances Brown (P)2018 Frances Brown
Hearts Unloched
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A psychic interior designer reluctantly agrees to renovate a sexy investor's abandoned hotel on Loch Sheldrake, a lake rumored to have once been the mob's body dumping ground. Interior designer Kate Bardach loves her single girl's lifestyle, living in Manhattan and spending weekends at her lake house. She's passionate about her career, too - reinventing old buildings. But there are some projects she can't take on because of the spirits trapped inside. Kate is psychic - she sees dead people. Marco Lareci is one of Wall Street's most successful investment brokers who's achieved all of his life's goals - except for finding his soulmate. His latest project, an abandoned resort on Loch Sheldrake, needs a savvy designer to transform the crumbling complex into a boutique hotel. When Marco meets Kate, he can't believe his luck. She's the perfect match for his business and his heart. Marco's body excites Kate even more than does his renovation project. But he wants more than a casual relationship, and she's not willing to give up her freedom. Plus, the haunting at Marco's resort, a bona fide poltergeist, affects her on an intensely personal level. Kate's aunt disappeared from the place 50 years ago. Will the spirit doom Kate and Marco's love, or drive them closer together?
©2016 Frances S Brown (P)2016 Frances S Brown
Phantom Traces
Summary
A history professor in a tweed jacket, a cheeky Goth chick, and a pipe-smoking, book-hurling ghost. Put them all together in an antiquated library and, well.... Professor Jack Wood's silver-streaked hair definitely ages him, and he can thank Killer Dawn for that. He won't be falling into the love trap again anytime real soon. But this new librarian has him curious, with her head-to-toe black Goth garb and piercings and a defiant attitude to match. Definitely not his type of girl, but still.... Abigail Stryker's got her work cut out for her. The last two librarians didn't last a month before airborne books chased them off. But Abby's determined to make her new life a go - and to stay as far away from older men as possible. Once was enough. Might be tough to do when the library's best patron is none other than dreamy-eyed Jack Wood. And it seems the eccentric ghost may have taken a shine to her as well. Set in the fictional town of Caldwell, NC, Phantom Traces is the contemporary story of Abigail Stryker, a young librarian struggling to revive the antiquated and reportedly haunted Harvey Library. A pipe-smoking ghost has suddenly begun hurling books at anyone he doesn't like, and if the haunting isn't stopped, the library will be shut down. Abby enlists the help of history professor Jack Wood to figure out what has stirred the spirit of the library's founder and why he's still trapped within its walls after over 100 years. In so doing they uncover a tragic, 19th-century tale of love - creating one of their own along the way.
©2015 Frances Susanne Brown (P)2015 Frances Susanne Brown
Civil Hearts
Summary
A widow with no family, web designer Liv Larson yearns for big change. After all, she can work from anywhere, right? Why not throw a dart at the map? She heads out of the big city for the rural South and falls in love as soon as she arrives - with the Belle Bride, an abandoned antebellum mansion.
Heath Barrow loves his country life, managing his antiques store in sleepy Camellia. But he’s lonely, and his condition - epilepsy - makes life uncertain. It’s already cost him a marriage. A new medication and the new girl in town have his heart hopeful again.
Sparks fly between Heath and Liv. But his first seizure sends Liv into a tailspin. Its mimics those her husband suffered before he died....
To make matters worse, Liv discovers she’s not living alone. Her challenge? Dealing with a confederate soldier, one who clearly resents his Yankee roommate - even though he’s been dead for over 150 years.
©2018 Frances S Brown (P)2019 Frances S Brown