Frank, introduced in the first book of the series, is the steadfast husband of Libby, and the warm, dependable brother-in-law Keira gains when she crosses the Atlantic to start over. Born and bred in New England, Frank is a man rooted in his home. His family has always hailed from these parts, and building a life there with Libby is exactly what he wanted.
Physically, he is a big bear of a man, built to handle the masses, as Keira puts it on first seeing him at the airport. He greets her with a proper hug that means it, lifts her off her feet without effort, and carries all her bags in one hand as an afterthought. From the beginning, he treats her like his little sister, which is exactly how she comes to think of him, too. He is a coffee drinker in a household of tea, an avid fisherman who comes home windswept and smelling of the river, a man who watches sport from his favorite chair with a beer and no apologies, and someone who loses all coherent thought the moment a spectacular car enters his field of vision.
He started out as a bodyguard and now runs his own security firm, recruiting and placing bodyguards professionally. It is through this network that he arranges Keira’s job at the Afterlife club, quietly tipping off his contact Jerry, who manages the place, and putting in a good word before Libby can talk anyone out of it. In Book 13, Keira reflects that without Frank getting her that job, she may never have found Draven at all.
The house Frank and Libby share was inherited from his uncle, George Miller, his mother’s oldest brother. George had been a well-liked fireman and a devoted husband, but after his wife died of cancer, he withdrew from everyone. Frank was the last person to see him and the last to hear his voice on the phone, a call that seemed perfectly normal right up until a hiker found George’s body in the log cabin on the land. The family believed it was grief. What they did not know was that a hell demon had been feeding on George’s despair, driving him deeper into isolation. George’s only dying wish was that the cabin and its land never be sold, a request Frank honored even without understanding why. The guilt of not seeing the signs stayed with Frank long after.
He is not a man who hides his feelings about things that matter to him. When Draven appears to have broken Keira’s heart in Book 5, Frank is openly furious, declaring that no real man leaves his woman like that and only stepping back when Libby shoots him a look. He also, at some point during the pregnancy, tells Libby she has put on “a good amount of baby weight,” a comment Libby receives catastrophically, sending her up the stairs in tears and Frank running up after her three steps at a time, having been firmly instructed by Keira to go and grovel. He does. He is also, to his credit, the kind of man who knows exactly what to say in tender moments, offering to babysit a friend’s child so Adam and Pip can have date nights, then immediately winking at Libby and adding that it means they get their own back too.
In Book 4, Frank is at Libby’s side when she gives birth to their daughter, whom Keira suggests naming Carrie Ella, a character whose story later unfolds in the Hellbeast King series.
By Book 8, Frank is one of Draven’s groomsmen at Keira’s wedding, standing at the aisle alongside Vincent, Adam, and Zagan. He also, at some point during his own stag do years earlier, passed out after one too many slippery nipple shots and woke up with half his body covered in temporary Disney princess tattoos, a detail Keira finds significantly funnier than Draven does. At the wedding reception, he sits at the top table, managing a squirming Ella who is doing her level best to escape her high chair. In Keira’s speech, she thanks him and Libby for giving her another home, calling him her brother after about five seconds of meeting him.
Throughout the saga, Frank remains a constant, grounding presence, the most straightforwardly human figure in a story that grows increasingly supernatural, and all the more essential for it.
What does Frank look like? Here’s a detailed visual profile.
Frank is the kind of man you notice the moment he walks into a room, not because he is trying to be noticed but simply because there is a lot of him. He is big in a way that is immediately reassuring rather than threatening, the human equivalent of a solid wall that happens to be on your side.
Height and Build: Tall and heavily built, described consistently as a big bear of a man. He is big and burly rather than lean or athletic, with what Keira describes as heavy weightlifting arms, the kind that make lifting her luggage in one hand look like an afterthought. His brother Justin is described as a baby-faced beauty, and the contrast is explicit: Frank is the cute, cuddly bear version of handsome, not the pretty-boy version. He is broad-shouldered and carries his size with complete ease.
Face: Described at one point as handsome, with a thick smirk that sits comfortably on his features. After a day of fishing, his face comes home windswept and red from the elements, which suits him. He winks easily and often, a natural communicator with his expression rather than his words.
Hands: Large enough to completely swallow Keira’s hand in a handshake, described by a club regular as bear-like in their own right.
Overall physical presence: The kind of man everyone instinctively steps aside for without him having to ask, which Keira notes on first seeing him navigate the airport crowd. His hugs are something of a hazard, tight enough that his own brother demands to be released from one while hitting him on the back.
Style: Casual and entirely unpretentious. Fishing gear with a tackle-adorned hat after a day on the water. Sport on the television, beer in hand, favorite chair. He is not a man who dresses for an occasion unless the occasion absolutely demands it, at which point, in Book 10, he stands in the aisle at Keira’s wedding as a groomsman alongside Vincent, Adam, and Zagan.
Overall vibe: A big, warm, handsome American bear of a man who looks exactly like what he is: a former bodyguard who now runs his own security firm, loves his wife, adores his daughter, and has quietly adopted his sister-in-law as family from day one.